Verdict:Ī powerful media server which is exceptionally easy to set up and configure. Nvidia Shield is upgrading their Dolby support to Dolby’s new ATMOS standard offering the best sound experience possible. You can also discover other devices from the server and browse their media, for example, the videos on an iPad.Īs with anything else network-related, there's plenty of scope for problems, but fortunately, you get a lot of setup and troubleshooting documentation to help figure them out. Nvidia Shield, which supports over 60 apps, now supports universal search results (Sling, Google Play, Starz, YouTube, Hulu, HBO Go, VUDU, Showtime, and more). Other systems on your network can then access them via port 9001 on your computer's IP address (just enter an address like 192.168.1.x:9001 in your web browser). Once it's up and running, all you really need to do is set up folders you'd like to share: music, pictures, whatever. When there are setup steps to consider, they're fairly straightforward: choose the speed of your network, do you want to hide the advanced settings, and so on. Universal Media Server installs and configures them itself. But its not nearly as intuitive and friendly to casual. The program is powered by assorted other open-source applications - FFmpeg, MEncoder, tsMuxeR, MediaInfo, OpenSubtitles - but you don't need to have any of these beforehand. Installing and setting up Universal Media Server (UMS) is slightly less painful than getting fellow open source media server Serviio to work. I prefer your software, but it would be nice to be able to pause. Servio), and they allow me to pause, fast forward, access the menu, etc. A few versions ago (about 3-4 months ago), I noticed that I could no longer pause video. Supported devices include Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PlayStation 4 (PS4), Microsoft Xbox One and 360, many TVs (Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Vizio, LG, Philips, Sharp), smart phones (iPhone, Android, etc.), Blu-ray players, and more. I am streaming to a Roku Streaming Stick Plus. Universal Media Server is a Java-based server which can stream video, audio or pictures to any DLNA device.
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