[Cialug] DLNA

[Nathaniel Petersen]

I also PS3MediaServer (though admittedly, it's on my Windows box).  I run
it on significantly less-powerful hardware:
  2 GB of RAM
  AMD Athlon II X2 250

I have found that the biggest influence on how well *any* DLNA server works
comes down to network.  I've streamed DVD rips (I was using the PS3 and a
projector hooked up through component cables, so it won't upscale DVDs)
from a puny black Macbook (1GB RAM, Intel Core Duo underclocked to 1GHz,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS).  I had zero issues streaming over an 802.11g network.

-Nick

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Less than you would think...
>
> 3 something GB of ram (4GB on the mobo, only 3.25 can be used for some
> reason) and Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7700  @ 2.40GHz.
>
> I also run Vuze (a java bit torrent client) on the same box, watch videos
> at the same time my wife is watching on the dlna client, browse the web,
> and IRC. It's not usually overtaxed. The encoding is done by mencoder. I do
> hit swap harder than I would like, but that is because I tweaked the java
> parameters for the DLNA server up to have much more RAM than the default.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On 01/10/2012 11:35 AM, David Champion wrote:
>
> Jeff, what kind of hardware is required to run that? I'm assuming it needs
> some decent horsepower, since you used the magic words "java based" and
> "transcoding on the fly". :)
>
> -dc
>
>  On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I use the PS3MediaServer on linux. It's a java based DLNA server tweaked
>> towards the PS3 and xBox as clients. It runs well headless, was simple to
>> install, and handles just about every media type I throw at it (the hardest
>> part was figuring out I needed to open iptables to allow multicast packets
>> in). It even does transcoding on the fly for formats that the PS3 does not
>> natively support -- and it was the first (and still, only) DNLA client that
>> could tell the difference between various flavors of DIVX (some supported
>> by PS3, some not). It also has a neat feature where it sets up fake folders
>> and fake video files -- when you access them, they can change the settings
>> on the server, such as transcoding options, or restart the service.
>>
>> I'm a fan, my wife is a fan.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> On 01/10/2012 11:17 AM, Claus wrote:
>>
>>> I'm in the process of going with time with my TV and most likely dvd
>>> (aka blu-ray) player.  We don't spend much time watching stuff on it but
>>> it's about time to get rid of the CRT.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I came across "DLNA compliant" with some of the feature.  I
>>> don't know anything about that but apparently it allows one to watch videos
>>> from a DLNA server that resides at home.
>>>
>>> Are there *nix DLNA servers and are they simple to deploy?  Also are
>>> there any kind of content restrictions (i.e. some digital rights
>>> management)?
>>>
>>> Currently I have a smb server where I store mp3 that I have ripped from
>>> CD and a variety of home videos in various formats (avi, mpeg-2, etc) that
>>> I watch on the computer on occasions.  I could see it being nice to view
>>> them on the TV as well.  But I don't have time for a major tinkering
>>> project.
>>>
>>>  Claus
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