![]() Of course, you don’t necessarily need a Raspberry Pi to set up a home media server. I’m no expect at building PCs, but I had my first media server up and running on a Raspberry Pi in only a few hours. I then tossed some old MP3s and home video files on the memory stick, and before I knew it, my unused Raspberry Pi had turned into a media server. Mounting an 8GB USB thumb drive (I decided to start small until I knew what I was doing) on the Pi turned out to be a little trickier, although I even had that licked after another 45 minutes or so. Older and unsupported devices can access Emby’s media catalog using DLNA (uPnP) streaming.There are plenty of online tutorials on how to install Plex Media Server on a Raspberry Pi, and within an hour or so I had Plex up and running. Alternatively, run Emby on Android, your NVIDIA Shield streaming box, or as a containerized app using Docker.Įmby is then accessed using client apps for a good range of platforms including Windows, macOS, and Linux, devices like Android TV and the NVIDIA Shield, and even smart TV platforms like Samsung’s Tizen and LG’s WebOS. ![]() It also runs natively on many NAS drives including those running FreeNAS or proprietary systems from Synology and Western Digital. The server can run on computers running Windows, macOS, Linux, and even FreeBSD. Like Plex and Jellyfin, Emby is a media streaming platform that must be installed as a server. Like Jellyfin, Kodi is open-source and entirely free to use. You don’t have to plug all of your local media into your main Kodi machine (though that would be the fastest way of accessing it) since you can map network shares, NAS drives, and more. Kodi works as a standard DLNA uPnP server to bridge the gap between your main entertainment center and other devices that are on the same network.
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