artatgray wrote: > After a half a decade of auditioning a number of media server packages, > Logitech Media Server has made me into a convert. > > In the past, I've auditioned Roon (over priced for what it offers), > JRiver (the remote control apps are lacking, and the CEO's attitude > towards customers is confrontational, but its DSP-Over-DLNA facility is > very good), BubbleUPnP Server (adequate but without DSP), Plex (I just > didn't like the GUI/UX), MusicBee (I still use it as a local player, but > it's UPnP-DLNA server plug-in is buggy), and Emby (a beautiful and > pleasant GUI/UX, but no DSP). > > I settled on Emby with a couple of other applications (AutoEQ, Macast > and Desktop Audio Streamer) in order to apply DSP to Google Cast and > DLNA streams. It worked fine, and the UX was pleasant, but having to run > three other applications along side it just didn't set well with me; as > a software engineer and data scientist, efficiency and optimization are > big deals to me. > > Although I'd seen mentions of LMS I just never got around to auditioning > it. I think the current open source nature of the project put me off as > I've not had good experiences with such in the past. Well, I can now say > that I shouldn't have let that put me off. > > I've been auditioning LMS over the past two weeks and have found it to > be an impressive piece of software. I guess I really shouldn't be > surprised, though, given its commercial origins. > > Well done to all the developers involved. You've made me another > satisfied convert... 😎 > >
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