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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 29 15:16:29 2022
    As part of my fiddling about with desktops/servers etc. I want to stream
    from the HP Z620 over my network. I installed the Windows Plex server as perhaps the best known (?) but although it is described as "free" that
    seems to be dependent on my giving away the family jewels together with a picture of my todger.

    I found "Universal Media Server" which does seem to be free and seems to
    work quite well streaming to my Panasonic Blu-Ray and the Roku box.
    Anything else worth considering or shall I stick with it?

    Incidentally there is quite a difference in streaming on Panasonic -v-
    Roku which seems to be because the Roku is built for streaming and perhaps
    has a faster CPU and more memory (?) compared to the Panasonic.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    The first five days after the weekend are the hardest.

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  • From jkn@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Tue Mar 29 14:58:57 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 4:16:31 PM UTC+1, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    As part of my fiddling about with desktops/servers etc. I want to stream
    from the HP Z620 over my network. I installed the Windows Plex server as perhaps the best known (?) but although it is described as "free" that
    seems to be dependent on my giving away the family jewels together with a picture of my todger.

    I found "Universal Media Server" which does seem to be free and seems to
    work quite well streaming to my Panasonic Blu-Ray and the Roku box.
    Anything else worth considering or shall I stick with it?

    Incidentally there is quite a difference in streaming on Panasonic -v-
    Roku which seems to be because the Roku is built for streaming and perhaps has a faster CPU and more memory (?) compared to the Panasonic.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    The first five days after the weekend are the hardest.

    I am no expert, but you can run Plex without having a Plex account -
    or at least you used you be able to. I run a version of Plex ('rarflex') on
    my Roku box for this very purpose. I have a home server with all my media
    files and point Plex at that. My pi-hole DNS server has a black hole for
    all roku addresses for good meaure ;-)

    Having said that I would also be happy to hear of alternatives to Plex...

    J^n

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  • From JoeJoe@21:1/5 to jkn on Wed Mar 30 00:20:32 2022
    On 29/03/2022 22:58, jkn wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 4:16:31 PM UTC+1, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    As part of my fiddling about with desktops/servers etc. I want to stream
    from the HP Z620 over my network. I installed the Windows Plex server as
    perhaps the best known (?) but although it is described as "free" that
    seems to be dependent on my giving away the family jewels together with a
    picture of my todger.

    I found "Universal Media Server" which does seem to be free and seems to
    work quite well streaming to my Panasonic Blu-Ray and the Roku box.
    Anything else worth considering or shall I stick with it?

    Incidentally there is quite a difference in streaming on Panasonic -v-
    Roku which seems to be because the Roku is built for streaming and perhaps >> has a faster CPU and more memory (?) compared to the Panasonic.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    The first five days after the weekend are the hardest.

    I am no expert, but you can run Plex without having a Plex account -
    or at least you used you be able to. I run a version of Plex ('rarflex') on my Roku box for this very purpose. I have a home server with all my media files and point Plex at that. My pi-hole DNS server has a black hole for
    all roku addresses for good meaure ;-)

    Having said that I would also be happy to hear of alternatives to Plex...

    J^n



    I have been using both Plex and Serviio for years. Neither require an
    account and the free version does everything I need.

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