ReadyMedia Reviews

The only working UPnP Server, for linux with Sony KDL, I could find. You made my day!

I've been using miniDLNA with my Bravia TVs for 4 years now. It does what it should, and my TVs play well encoded media with no issue. It's a small memory footprint server that will run well on low-end devices like a NAS or an old PC. What does it do: It presents and plays back media based on what your device says it supports via DLNA (which may be different from what it supports via USB!). It supports music playlists What doesn't it do? It doesn't fix the poor DLNA implementation on your other devices. It doesn't transcode. It's not developed to do this by default, so it's up to you to ensure that the media you serve to your clients is capable of being rendered by your clients. It doesn't (generally) support client specific features (e.g. 'what's new', or bookmarks) It doesn't allow subtitles on clients that don't support them. If you wants subs in this circumstance, then burn them into your video or use a different server that transcodes (e.g. Serviio, or PS3MS) It doesn't allow seeking (FF/RW) on videos that were either poorly encoded, or encoded to be very small in size (i.e. by massively reducing the keyframe rate). Most issues you will encounter with miniDLNA will be caused by either your client, or your media. With well encoded media, even the most recalcitrant of media renderers (Bravia 5500 range, I'm referring to you!) can be made to playback 24 fps 1080p video.

This rocks .... first LINUX based DLNA / UPNP server that works with my Samsung TV completely.

small footprint, great results!