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The DLNA/UPNP server that came with my Synology NAS is surprisingly competent. I just wish it had more RAM and a faster CPU. I also wanted a media server on my

by morsch 6y ago

The DLNA/UPNP server that came with my Synology NAS is surprisingly competent. I just wish it had more RAM and a faster CPU. I also wanted a media server on my desktop, with mixed results... Gerbera and MiniDLNA are both annoying to configure and buggy. If there's something better out there, I didn't find it.

philjohn 6y ago
I mean, Plex is the go-to answer, and if you pay for the Plus Pass you can do hardware transcoding on Intel or Nvidia GPU's for smaller-screen devices. Of course, non free (as in freedom)
- oarsinsync 6y ago
  Which then nicely leads us to Jellyfin, which is free (as in freedom)
  - philjohn 6y ago
    Yes - keeping an eye on it, waiting for the WebOS client though, as the "DLNA" client built into my OLED works, but not particularly well.
    - morsch 6y ago
      What are you missing?
      - philjohn 6y ago
        Ability to fast forward and rewind is the big one in the DLNA client on the LG.
  - morsch 6y ago
    Thanks, I'll give it a go. Like Plex, it seems to do way more than I need or even want it to do. But I guess as long as it does what I need also...
africanboy 6y ago
> I just wish it had more RAM and a faster CPU Have you tried xpenology? After my first Synology died I bought a beefier refurbished workstation on workstation4u.de and installed xpenology on it. It works surprisingly well. https://xpenology.org https://xpenology.org
- justinsaccount 6y ago
  xpenology is illegal pirated software.
  - africanboy 6y ago
    AFAIK is just a bootloader that let you install DSM which is based on GPL software (DSM is basically a Linux distro), so it's a gray area, regardless of what Synology says. https://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/Synology%20NAS%20GPL%20Source/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/Synology%20NAS%... There are also threads on various FSF mailing lists calling out Synology for GPL violations. Of course you don't get to use Synology services like quickconnect, but that's understandable.
    - justinsaccount 6y ago
      It's not a gray area. It's not free software. You didn't pay for it. you don't have a license to use it. If synology is violating the gpl that means that they have issues to fix, it doesn't change what xpenology is. There are other projects that are actually free software like FreeNAS.
      - sokoloff 6y ago
        You do have a license to use any software that Synology uses which is licensed to them under the GPL and shipped by them to a customer. That's not "an issue they have to fix" nor is it a grey area; it's the essence of the GPL license terms.
        6y ago
daniellarusso 6y ago
Honestly, I was very happy w/ using Kodi as a uPNP server (was on a dedicated laptop), but I switched to a Pi 4 with MiniDLNA and it is definitely a step backwards. I have yet to mess with headless containerized Kodi on the Pi.

by morsch 6y ago

philjohn 6y ago

I mean, Plex is the go-to answer, and if you pay for the Plus Pass you can do hardware transcoding on Intel or Nvidia GPU's for smaller-screen devices. Of course, non free (as in freedom)

oarsinsync 6y ago
Which then nicely leads us to Jellyfin, which is free (as in freedom)
- philjohn 6y ago
  Yes - keeping an eye on it, waiting for the WebOS client though, as the "DLNA" client built into my OLED works, but not particularly well.
  - morsch 6y ago
    What are you missing?
    - philjohn 6y ago
      Ability to fast forward and rewind is the big one in the DLNA client on the LG.
- morsch 6y ago
  Thanks, I'll give it a go. Like Plex, it seems to do way more than I need or even want it to do. But I guess as long as it does what I need also...

africanboy 6y ago

> I just wish it had more RAM and a faster CPU Have you tried xpenology? After my first Synology died I bought a beefier refurbished workstation on workstation4u.de and installed xpenology on it. It works surprisingly well. https://xpenology.org https://xpenology.org

justinsaccount 6y ago
xpenology is illegal pirated software.
- africanboy 6y ago
  AFAIK is just a bootloader that let you install DSM which is based on GPL software (DSM is basically a Linux distro), so it's a gray area, regardless of what Synology says. https://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/Synology%20NAS%20GPL%20Source/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/Synology%20NAS%... There are also threads on various FSF mailing lists calling out Synology for GPL violations. Of course you don't get to use Synology services like quickconnect, but that's understandable.
  - justinsaccount 6y ago
    It's not a gray area. It's not free software. You didn't pay for it. you don't have a license to use it. If synology is violating the gpl that means that they have issues to fix, it doesn't change what xpenology is. There are other projects that are actually free software like FreeNAS.
    - sokoloff 6y ago
      You do have a license to use any software that Synology uses which is licensed to them under the GPL and shipped by them to a customer. That's not "an issue they have to fix" nor is it a grey area; it's the essence of the GPL license terms.
      - 6y ago

daniellarusso 6y ago

Honestly, I was very happy w/ using Kodi as a uPNP server (was on a dedicated laptop), but I switched to a Pi 4 with MiniDLNA and it is definitely a step backwards. I have yet to mess with headless containerized Kodi on the Pi.