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[GUIDE] Install serviio DLNA Server v1.2.1

Well in my not very technical, don’t understand this unix based stuff opinion… I think there are a combination of issues but they can be overcome…

The Web console works but is hit and miss.

The MBL is underpowered and prone to crashing.

Serviio uses Java, which as far as I am aware is always processor intensive.

If the media scan fails for whatever reason then you may as well pull the plug on the MBL and let it start again ideally of it’s own accord.

Don’t retrieve Metadate, it kills the scans and makes the media scans more prone to crashing.

Even if Servvio seems to be completely broken… it may not be… sometimes it just seems to get really confused (or maybe that’s the MBL?), give it an hour or so and if nothing then pull the plug.

I am now scanning my next batch of videos… it’s been going for about 10 minutes and is up to 82 videos… (no metadata)… In the meantime the MBL is happily streaming a 720P movie to my Samsung C Series TV (No transcoding on though).

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