On 21/02/2013 16:54, James wrote: > Hello, > > One of the things I've been rearching is how to configure > a gentoo server with local sports video so folks can > enjoy video on thier smart phones, where some video > is open to everyone and other video is limited (password > or device id) to only a select set of viewers.... > > XBMC is in portage. There is a package, loosely based on XBMC > getting a lot of favorable reviews called "plex"; not in portage: > > http://www.howtogeek.com/65590/how-to-stream-video-to-both-ios-and-android-devices-with-plex/ > > > Plex for other linux distros can be found here: > http://www.plexapp.com/getplex/ > > > Has anyone any experience with Plex? > Know of a (dev)hacked-package of Plex for Gentoo? > http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/30273-how-to-pms-with-gentoo/ > > > Other, better approaches to video steaming to iOs/Android devices > from a (gentoo) Linux server? (wiki?)
Someone broke xbmc in the tree a while ago (cry...), something about libav IIRC. Is it still busted? Plex forked off xmbc about 4 years ago, the front end is still xbmc-like, the back-end is proprietary. Do you have a special need to use Plex over XBMC for the back-end? I would say XBMC does everything you need. It supports profiles, which give you the password protection you mentioned, and there are many awesome front-end/remotes for android and i* in the markets. Just don't use the so-called "official XBMC remotes", that one uses an obsolete http API to XBMC, the current code base (Eden and Frodo) uses something much better in json. The best remote/front-end currently for android is Yatse IMNSHO Other options: Ditch gentoo entirely for this and use OpenElec instead (openelec.tv). It's XBMC on an appliance, and all of the maintenance issue you will experience (like broken libav or ffmpeg....) just ImmediatelyGoAway(tm) minidlna (in the tree) is a nice minimal media server, you get none of the xbmc awesomeness (like fanart and libraries and posters), but it's quick and fast and delivers content nicely. There are many front ends out there all speaking DLNA, and they support pushing and pulling content to varying degrees. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
