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If only they'd make it a DLNA Digital Media Renderer. You'd then have many choices for playing local content, instead of just Plex. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by sciurus 13y ago
If only they'd make it a DLNA Digital Media Renderer. You'd then have many choices for playing local content, instead of just Plex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance
- syntheticnature 13y agoIt looks like what Avia offers is some form of DLNA: http://aviatheapp.com/ http://aviatheapp.com/ (scroll, and it's not clear whether they let you grab and then point the renderer at Chromecast or what)
- JshWright 13y agoI was playing with this a bit earlier today. It's a $3 in-app purchase to enable casting. It was a little wonky (seems like it took a while for the app and the chromecast talk nicely (I'd select the chromecast in aVia and nothing would happen), it took a reboot of both devices to sort it out). Some media (served by Serviio running on a FreeNAS box) worked flawlessly. Some didn't have audio. Haven't spent any time troubleshooting the audio issue.
- rooster8 13y agoIf you're seeing video playback without audio, it's likely a ChromeCast codec issue. Your best shot at getting that to work well is to transcode your file to have a different audio stream codec using something like Handbrake.
- JshWright 13y agoThat's my guess as well. Fortunately Serviio can transcode on the fly, so it may just be a matter of sorting out the right templates.
- ajtaylor 13y agoPlex Media Server on your FreeNAS is what you're looking for. If the client doesn't support a format PMS will transcode automagically for you. I'd bet this will solve your sound issues.