jps wrote: > So I basically have a few general questions. Do you find LMS to work > well for video streaming? Do you find the supported video formats > limiting, and how do you work around that? Is it better to use > something like Kodi (the new XBMC) or some of the other options (Plex?) > for the backend server for video? If so, do those coexist well with LMS > on the same computer? > > Thanks, > Jim
LMS is not meant to be a video streamer. Take a look at PLEX. Works very nicely for streaming video to various players, TVs, ROKU, etc. I have a PLEX install on my same computer/server running LMS and it works great.. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.9 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103789 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
