On 5/14/22, Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-u...@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