Plex vs serviio movie#
Plex vs serviio install#
Plex vs serviio software#
Plex vs serviio Pc#

Wait a little bit for installation and then leave the « Install & Upgrade » menu Select the OS partition size ( I used 1000 MB)

Plex vs serviio install#

Select the hard drive were to install FreeNAS If you already have a FreeNAS server that it setup, pass this section, but take care that your domain name finishes by '.com'īurn the FreeNAS 7 installation CD from the ISO file found on FreeNAS website So be sure to backup everything you want to keep. Warning: this will erase all your data !. The first step is to install FreeNAS on your old computer. So this is a step by step guide, for people that know nothing.īefore starting, I would like to say that this is more or less a resume of many other posts coming from this forum (thanks to DBoy, Zip, PerryHome, fafa, westlake12.). It took me a lot of time but now that it works, I would like to share this with you. So for me it was not simple to install all those software, often without a graphical interface. Why not transform it into a media Server ? The Team FreeNAS and Serviio can fill this need very well.įirst of all, i'm really a beginner in Unix-Linus things. We nearly all have a old computer (old laptop) that is not in use anymore.

Plex vs serviio software#

Its mostly a matter of opinion.Serviio is really the best DLNA software I found, but I didn't want to let open my window computer all day to act as a server. I had to encode a new profile for the blu-ray since its an off brand old POS that barely allows for media streaming and it took me all of 5 minutes to do with serviio. If you already have access to plex, I dont see a reason to switch unless the device you are running is pretty obscure (thats one of the best part of open-source, its very easy to tailor a trans-coding program to meet your devices compatibility no matter what it is.).

Plex vs serviio Pc#

If you are a PC user like me and dont want to pay for an overblown Dlna server, Serviio is a really good option. I dont have any issues rewinding or fast-forwarding even when its transcoding and even when im doing things remotely. I use it on a laptop to stream media to a blu-ray player, a tablet and a few other laptops. Its open source which only means the dev cycle is pretty slow in comparison however, most of their trans-coders work pretty easily with little need for tweaking. Theres nothing ive seen wrong with serviio.

I assume with a Roku 3 you would have a better ability to playback High-bit rate content (20mbps+)īeen using serviio for a long time. I have a Roku 2 XS which sometimes handle up to 17mbps and sometimes not.

Plex vs serviio movie#

it's not perfect though, every movie acts a little differently and it's device pending. If your bandwidth is set to 20mbps and your Roku and network can handle it, it will only transcode the audio and the video will play via direct play. If your network setting is set to anything below 15mbps then it will automatically transcode the video and audio every-time. The Roku may be able to play the video natively, but not the audio. Let's say I watch MKV of Spiderman- and it's a 15mbps bit-rate movie, that's audio and video combined. If you watch a lot of MKV's or MP4's on a Roku you can playback high-bit rate content assuming you have enough bandwidth and the Roku can handle playback (8mbps is what Roku recommends). That is the entire benefit of using Plex. Probably because Plex can be used on a ton of different devices and most devices cannot play the same formats natively.