For a couple of years, I have used Connect360 from Nullriver to connect my Mac to an Xbox360. There is now also a PS3 in the home plus my stereo receiver can connect to media servers directly.

A few days ago I heard about Jellyfin. This is mediaserver software not a world apart from Plex. So you run it on a local machine and it serves up TV shows and movies that are stored locally. The ...

Furtree Systems, a leader in livestreaming media server software that recently hosted a Streaming Media magazine survey on livestreaming trends, offers three levels of its award-winning Softvelum ...

Possibilities are innumerable when multiple server environments can be deployed without the need for additional hardware and can be centrally maintained. The Test Center found one entertaining way to ...

Whether you've only just begun the process of digitising your movie and music collection, or long since abandoned physical media, chances are you've heard mention of Kodi. Essentially a tool to bring ...

Have an old PC lying around that no one is using? You might want to consider converting it into a media streaming server. There was a time when people had separate devices for everything. The TV was ...

Furtree Systems, a leader in livestreaming media server software that recently hosted a Streaming Media magazine survey on live streaming trends, offers three levels of its award-winning Softvelum ...

Just because you can use a Raspberry Pi as a media server doesn’t mean that you should. I’d say there are better uses for your single-board computer, especially when media server duties can be passed ...

A media server is good for office morale. By offering CD-quality sound and a wide range of other uses, your MP3 server can be the answer to workplace "ear pollution" brought about by canned music, ...

For years, there was a lonely Raspberry Pi 3 gathering dust on my desk, right next to a cup of pens and a stack of Post-Its. Occasionally I’d pick it up and absent-mindedly twirl it around, as if it ...