Verdict:Ī powerful media server which is exceptionally easy to set up and configure. 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. 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.
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. 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. TL DR DLNA just serves basic files and shows naked folder structures, pretty boring and basic, but works without client app.Universal Media Server is a Java-based server which can stream video, audio or pictures to any DLNA device.
Then install the PS3 app if you want (or just try it out over a webbrowser). My suggestion, just install the free Plex Media Server, add some folders of your movies or shows, let it scan. Btw, Plex Server can also serve DLNA in addition to that. And you can browse your collection based on these criteria.
The huge difference over DLNA is that Plex will show you the posters of the movies and shows, with additional info like the release year, who directed it, what actors are in it and more. After that it can stream the content to a client app that is installed on a Smart-TV (or Playstation, Xbox, etc.). Check good movies to watch on Plex and stream all your personal media libraries. Plex scans your media first and tries to match it against movie and tv-show databases, then it downloads the metadata for it. Plex is a one stop destination to stream movies, tv shows, sports & music. It just serves the folders you select on your computer to the device. UMS uses DLNA, meaning it can feed media content to pretty much every modern device that can receive DLNA (TV, Playstation, Xbox, etc.) and you dont need a seperate client app for that.
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