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On 21/02/2013 16:54, James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> One of the things I've been rearching is how to configure |
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> a gentoo server with local sports video so folks can |
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> enjoy video on thier smart phones, where some video |
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> is open to everyone and other video is limited (password |
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> or device id) to only a select set of viewers.... |
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> XBMC is in portage. There is a package, loosely based on XBMC |
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> getting a lot of favorable reviews called "plex"; not in portage: |
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> http://www.howtogeek.com/65590/how-to-stream-video-to-both-ios-and-android-devices-with-plex/ |
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> Plex for other linux distros can be found here: |
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> http://www.plexapp.com/getplex/ |
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> Has anyone any experience with Plex? |
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> Know of a (dev)hacked-package of Plex for Gentoo? |
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> http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/30273-how-to-pms-with-gentoo/ |
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> Other, better approaches to video steaming to iOs/Android devices |
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> from a (gentoo) Linux server? (wiki?) |
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Someone broke xbmc in the tree a while ago (cry...), something about |
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libav IIRC. Is it still busted? |
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Plex forked off xmbc about 4 years ago, the front end is still |
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xbmc-like, the back-end is proprietary. Do you have a special need to |
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use Plex over XBMC for the back-end? |
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I would say XBMC does everything you need. It supports profiles, which |
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give you the password protection you mentioned, and there are many |
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awesome front-end/remotes for android and i* in the markets. Just don't |
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use the so-called "official XBMC remotes", that one uses an obsolete |
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http API to XBMC, the current code base (Eden and Frodo) uses something |
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much better in json. The best remote/front-end currently for android is |
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Yatse IMNSHO |
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Other options: |
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Ditch gentoo entirely for this and use OpenElec instead (openelec.tv). |
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It's XBMC on an appliance, and all of the maintenance issue you will |
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experience (like broken libav or ffmpeg....) just ImmediatelyGoAway(tm) |
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minidlna (in the tree) is a nice minimal media server, you get none of |
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the xbmc awesomeness (like fanart and libraries and posters), but it's |
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quick and fast and delivers content nicely. There are many front ends |
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out there all speaking DLNA, and they support pushing and pulling |
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content to varying degrees. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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