Universal Media Server (UMS) how to?

[vzey]

I have FreeNAS 8.3 and would love to install this
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unimediaserver/

But I can't figure out how, any guides available?

Thanks

 

[dlavigne]

It won't be easy as it hasn't been ported to FreeBSD yet. I assume it is also 64-bit, meaning it won't work in a Linux jail.

 

[joelmusicman]

Just curious, but why not just use MiniDLNA? It's a one-click install...

EDIT: On newer FreeNAS versions.

 

[vzey]

Thanks - might upgrade to 9 to get this. Was wanting something would read my XBMC library... This has a plugin that does just that. :)

Also it needs to transcode on the fly for PS3

 

[cyberjock]

DLNA does no transcoding of any kind. So if you need transcoding to be handled on FreeNAS your options just narrowed significantly.

 

[vzey]

what are my options?
i found this for PMS
http://www.homemultimedianetwork.com/Guides/Installing-PS3-Media-Server-on-FreeNAS.php
looks old though?

 

[cyberjock]

Not sure. I don't own a PS3.

 

[TheSmoker]

PlexMediaServer. It will work with your PS3 as well.

 

[Neuromancer]

Bump!

Any news about porting UMS 5.x to FreeNAS 9.3?

MiniDLNA is great but doesn't transcode...

 

[Bobbyg387]

Plex Media Server does transcode. Why not just use that?

 

[Neuromancer]

Hi Bobbyg387, just installed and configured Plex, done some tests with VLC on iOS devices and it works very well.

TY!

 

[Rilo Ravestein]

Why do you need transcoding if you use VLC?

 

[Ericloewe]

Hi Bobbyg387, just installed and configured Plex, done some tests with VLC on iOS devices and it works very well.

TY!

The whole point of VLC is that you can read damn near anything.

 

[Neuromancer]

Because VLC on iOS is only ONE of a lot of devices I use to view movies. PS3, PS4 (when DLNA client support will arrive), smart TVs, etc etc

 

[Rilo Ravestein]

The point is that VLC is not something you call a test for Plex.

 

[Neuromancer]

Installed MiniDLNA and put a load of files on dataset.
Using VLC I couldn't see some of them.
Instead I can see the same files if served by Plex...

 

[Rilo Ravestein]

There are a number of applications that can serve media through dlna. I don't know minidlna, never used it. But what I mean is that the real strength of Plex lies in other areas. Transcoding to all your devices if they can't play them natively for example :) :) :)

 

[Bidule0hm]

No problem with MiniDLNA and a few thousands of video files (about 5300 IIRC). You need to let it index the files (about 1 min/1000 files on my server) before they are available. If there is some caching on the client it might be that too (cached an old incomplete index).