pvuchetich
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- Aug 23, 2012
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Is there a media server that does everything? I haven't seen an unbiased review based on a few searches.
I have multiple users (kids) who want to stream music and video. We have many CDs, and some DVDs stored as MP3, FLAC, etc., on a freeNAS server.
Is there a current (2019) comparison of media servers? Ideally they would be able to work on FreeNAS (obviously), and stream to whatever TV, Xbox, tablet, phone, etc.. that kids are using. One wants to download audio to an MP3 player (which requires transcoding from flac to mp3 for some tracks).
I've installed the Emby, Madsonic, Plex, and Subsonic plugsins (because they are easy) as a starting point for testing, but is there something better?
Media is easy enough for me on my primary workstation, but I am looking into the options for making this easy for everyone else in the house, on whatever devices everyone else wants to use.
I have multiple users (kids) who want to stream music and video. We have many CDs, and some DVDs stored as MP3, FLAC, etc., on a freeNAS server.
Is there a current (2019) comparison of media servers? Ideally they would be able to work on FreeNAS (obviously), and stream to whatever TV, Xbox, tablet, phone, etc.. that kids are using. One wants to download audio to an MP3 player (which requires transcoding from flac to mp3 for some tracks).
I've installed the Emby, Madsonic, Plex, and Subsonic plugsins (because they are easy) as a starting point for testing, but is there something better?
Media is easy enough for me on my primary workstation, but I am looking into the options for making this easy for everyone else in the house, on whatever devices everyone else wants to use.