this is "a companion to the Plex Media Server" -- the client. as noted, the plex client is open source, the server is not. if there were a raspi binary i might even consider running the server despite it being closed source, but it appears to me it's only for x86 linux, win, and osx. I have no desire to keep an additional x86 server powered all the time for media.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Benjamin Foote <[email protected]> wrote: > Last month my gf and I were house sitting for a friend who happened to have > a roku device connected to his television. > > I used plex ( http://plex.tv ) to stream videos I had on my hardrive to the > roku device. This required adding the Plex "channel" to the device via the > channels browser. > > After the connection between the roku and the plex server was configured I > was able to stream 1080p video to the TV from my laptop. There was a > learning curve around getting the indexing engine on the laptop to notice > new videos, but after that all appeared to fall in line. > > I used a Mythbox a few years back as a PVR (with a tv tuner card) and I > always enjoyed that experience. Perhaps libre firmware for the roku will > become available and we'll be able to hack on the roku hardware some and > make the TV in that setup just the viewing portal of a central server (I'm > excited to setup a freenas home backup and media server tp serve this > function for the tv and all other thin clients). > > Or perhaps there's a raspberrypi or beaglebone setup that should be > considered. > > Looks like someone's already there: http://www.rasplex.com/ > > Benjamin Foote > Linux System Administration and Development > 503-313-5379 > [email protected] > http://bnf.net > @bnf > > > On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Rigel Hope <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, go fuck yourself. >> >> *plonk* >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:03 PM, King Beowulf <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > You already bought a Roku, so what's another 10 bucks to access your >> > media? Obviously upi didn't read the "fine print" on the Roku >> > specifications - its a closed proprietary box. Besides, you are >> > coughing up $$ for netflix, et al. so stop being such a damn cheapskate. >> > If you don't what to pay for decent software that supports Linux, then >> > sell the Roku, and build your own HTPC with MythTV or XBMc, etc. >> > >> > [OT] >> > Linux might be F/OSS but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to support >> > the devs is some way - the have to eat too. If Linux users weren't such >> > cheap ass sponges, M$ would have been relegated to the dust bin of >> > history long ago >> > [OT] >> > >> > >> > On 03/09/2014 12:30 PM, Rigel Hope wrote: >> >> thanks for your helpful suggestion! >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ronald Bynoe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Then write it yourself? >> >>> On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, "Rigel Hope" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> paying additional monies just to access my own server? >> >>>> >> >>>> the hell you say. >> >>>> >> >>>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf <[email protected]> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote: >> >>>>>> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the >> >>>>>> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause, >> >>>>>> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various >> pay >> >>>>>> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, >> the >> >>>>>> ones with all the DRM nonsense. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from >> >>>>>> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source >> >>>>>> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server >> >>>>>> is not, yecch). >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language >> >>>>>> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect >> that >> >>>>>> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my >> >>>>>> available time, or ability. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable >> to >> >>>>>> find one using the googles. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Thanks in advance. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w >> >>>>> (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - >> which >> >>>>> led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your >> post >> >>>>> then brought me here: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/ >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow >> >>>>> streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with >> USB >> >>>>> ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In >> >>>>> fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a >> >>>>> standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for >> >>>>> transcoding..). It will even do music and photos. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -Ed >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PLUG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
