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dlna server for roku?

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Lee

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May 14, 2022, 1:40:05 PM5/14/22
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I'd like to watch my own video files on a Roku; apparently what I need
is DLNA software on my server..

I found this note: https://support.roku.com/article/208754908
Roku Media Player has been tested to work with the following DLNA servers:
MiniDLNA/ReadyDLNA/ReadyMedia
-- and a few others that I'm not about to bother trying

I haven't read anything really good about
MiniDLNA/ReadyDLNA/ReadyMedia, so before I spend who knows how much
time tring to get it working, is there some other DLNA server software
that I should be looking at?

Thanks
Lee

Jonathan Dowland

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May 14, 2022, 1:50:05 PM5/14/22
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On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 05:29:36PM +0000, Lee wrote:
>I'd like to watch my own video files on a Roku; apparently what I need
>is DLNA software on my server..
...
>I haven't read anything really good about
>MiniDLNA/ReadyDLNA/ReadyMedia, so before I spend who knows how much
>time tring to get it working, is there some other DLNA server software
>that I should be looking at?

MiniDLNA works for me. I stream to Roku devices, and it's packaged in
Debian. Sometimes some media or other doesn't appear on the end device.
When that happens I just transcode it (It hasn't happened to anything
where I'd be concerned about the fidelity of doing so)

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Christian Britz

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May 15, 2022, 5:10:05 AM5/15/22
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I can recommend MiniDLNA. It streams without problems from my Raspberry
Pi. I do not have a Roku device, but it have tested it with 3 other
devices successfully.
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Lee

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May 16, 2022, 5:20:05 PM5/16/22
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On 5/14/22, Jonathan Dowland <jon+deb...@dow.land> wrote:
> On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 05:29:36PM +0000, Lee wrote:
>>I'd like to watch my own video files on a Roku; apparently what I need
>>is DLNA software on my server..
> ...
>>I haven't read anything really good about
>>MiniDLNA/ReadyDLNA/ReadyMedia, so before I spend who knows how much
>>time tring to get it working, is there some other DLNA server software
>>that I should be looking at?
>
> MiniDLNA works for me. I stream to Roku devices, and it's packaged in
> Debian.

Thanks! Getting MiniDLNA to work was surprisingly easy :)

2 obvious issues tho:

1. fast forward/reverse doesn't show thumbnail pics so I get a rough
idea of what I'm skipping over. Is there some way to enable that?

2. this
> Sometimes some media or other doesn't appear on the end device.
> When that happens I just transcode it (It hasn't happened to anything
> where I'd be concerned about the fidelity of doing so)

Do you use handbrake, winff or something else to transcode to mp4?

Thanks
Lee

Jonathan Dowland

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May 18, 2022, 12:10:06 PM5/18/22
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On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 09:10:14PM +0000, Lee wrote:
>1. fast forward/reverse doesn't show thumbnail pics so I get a rough
>idea of what I'm skipping over. Is there some way to enable that?

I'm afraid I don't know, but, my first thought is, I'd check whether
this is actually a property of the dlna server or something the client
is responsible for.

>> Sometimes some media or other doesn't appear on the end device.
>> When that happens I just transcode it (It hasn't happened to anything
>> where I'd be concerned about the fidelity of doing so)
>
>Do you use handbrake, winff or something else to transcode to mp4?

ffmpeg on the command-line.
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