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I've got a huge digital video library and a ton of devices I use to watch content. I want to be able to stream content from my library to my devices, and generally the easiest mechanism I've found is good ol' HTTP.
For the moment I've got IIS pointed at my media folder with directory browsing. This works but it has some drawbacks:
- Sucks on mobile browsers because the text is too small
- Includes a ton of extra files
- No way to password protect some, uh... content, that my kids shouldn't be seeing
Ideally what I want is something that is visually appealing, like http://www.mediabrowser.tv/ with images and metadata, but is served over HTTP and looks good on a variety of browsers.
I'm not wedded to IIS, but I am sticking with Windows on the server.
I actually have tried Orb, but it was a few years ago. Then the interface was great for a laptop (very iTunes-ish), but not so easy to navigate on a phone. It hosed itself after a while and I wiped it. I'm downloading it to try again, but I've got 2 questions: Does it support skins to make that UI sleeker, and when I stream to my phone on my LAN does it send my video out through their server and back to my house or is it all handled locally (I understand that's great for on the go streaming, but it wangs chung for local). – Hounshell – 2011-12-31T06:18:16.733
I would imagine for it to still be around that it would not communicate externally and reroute back inside your home with as many products as they are setting for home use. Worst case, make the media server a static IP address and access it via the local address instead of a domain name. – kobaltz – 2011-12-31T06:21:09.917
I too tried it a few years back and had problems (didn't load/was buggy), will have to give it another shot. – studiohack – 2011-12-31T06:25:34.040