Streaming Music -- UPnP server alternatives - Page 2

Will De Stijl · 01-08-2006, 07:34 AM

Windows Media Connect didn't work for my Omnifi DMS-1 nor did it even work for X-Box 360. I turn off Media Connect & do SimpleCenter(with all its limitations) again, and DMS1 works, but Media Connect doesn't seem to be worth a damn.

Next I'm going to try http://tversity.com/

Bob Russell · 01-08-2006, 07:53 AM

I'd be very interested to hear how it turns out.. especially for large numbers of audio files stored on your computer if you try that. Let us know what you find out.

I'm not ready for the video side of things myself, but it looks like it won't be too long before that becomes mainstream.

Huck · 04-12-2006, 12:39 AM

I know it's late for this thread, but I wanted to chime in. I've been looking for a better alternative for my Omnifi DMS1 and found TwonkyVision about 8 months ago and have been using it ever since. The DMS doesn't support images or video, just music and TwonkyVision has been great. Much better than the software it came with.

I just tried the J. River software, and even after updating it the DMS wouldn't play any music coming from it. I tried tweaking some of the advanced settings, but it wouldn't play.

I also tried TVersity. This did play the music, but it's not as user friendly in my opinion as the TwonkyVision. So... it looks like I've found my best bet for now. Especially since I have less than 10K files.

I've tried to look for updates to the free TwonkyVision music server, but now it seems that they are only offering a trial on the software and it only plays about 10 seconds of a song before stopping.

Orb is not for me... I just want my DMS to work. Hope this is helpful to someone.

scharkalvin · 12-02-2006, 09:53 PM

I just picked up an omnivision dms1 at 'tuesday morning' for just $60.
I quickly did some reasearch looking for info on using this with Linux.
Seems there are now two open source severs that should work,
ushare, and gmediaserver. Both are GPL'ed projects (ushare seems to be a fork of gmediaserver actually).
I havn't yet tried these out on my system (the dms1 is still in the box). I'll chime back in with the results!

Bob Russell · 12-02-2006, 10:01 PM

Good luck. And sounds like you got a good deal.
Let us know what you learn!

geekraver · 12-09-2006, 11:53 PM

I used TwonkyVision server with my Omnifi DMS1 over a bad WLAN connection until I discovered that there was a firmware version that would allow it to mount USB hard drives. I had a 120Gb IDE drive lying around and dumped all my music on that, hooking it up with a USB to IDE adapter. Much happier - no network hangs or dropouts anymore.

I planned to hack the firmware myself to support a FTP service so that I could FTP new music to the disk but never got round to that; I just move the disk over to my PC every few weeks and sync it up.

animemessenger · 01-02-2008, 10:30 PM

my laptop does not allow me to network share is there anyway to get around that so i can stream music to my xbox because i have n admin lock =..........is there any program that will just let me copy its directorys to a flash drive from my home computer(which is not blocked by an admin code)and use it on my laptop.

happynow · 03-02-2008, 07:02 PM

I think some softwares can help you .

01-08-2006, 07:34 AM	#16
Will De Stijl Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2005 Device: nokia 6800	Windows Media Connect didn't work for my Omnifi DMS-1 nor did it even work for X-Box 360. I turn off Media Connect & do SimpleCenter(with all its limitations) again, and DMS1 works, but Media Connect doesn't seem to be worth a damn. Next I'm going to try http://tversity.com/ Last edited by Will De Stijl; 01-08-2006 at 07:36 AM.

01-08-2006, 07:53 AM	#17
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I'd be very interested to hear how it turns out.. especially for large numbers of audio files stored on your computer if you try that. Let us know what you find out. I'm not ready for the video side of things myself, but it looks like it won't be too long before that becomes mainstream.

04-12-2006, 12:39 AM	#18
Huck Nameless Being	I know it's late for this thread, but I wanted to chime in. I've been looking for a better alternative for my Omnifi DMS1 and found TwonkyVision about 8 months ago and have been using it ever since. The DMS doesn't support images or video, just music and TwonkyVision has been great. Much better than the software it came with. I just tried the J. River software, and even after updating it the DMS wouldn't play any music coming from it. I tried tweaking some of the advanced settings, but it wouldn't play. I also tried TVersity. This did play the music, but it's not as user friendly in my opinion as the TwonkyVision. So... it looks like I've found my best bet for now. Especially since I have less than 10K files. I've tried to look for updates to the free TwonkyVision music server, but now it seems that they are only offering a trial on the software and it only plays about 10 seconds of a song before stopping. Orb is not for me... I just want my DMS to work. Hope this is helpful to someone.

12-02-2006, 09:53 PM	#19
scharkalvin Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006	I just picked up an omnivision dms1 at 'tuesday morning' for just $60. I quickly did some reasearch looking for info on using this with Linux. Seems there are now two open source severs that should work, ushare, and gmediaserver. Both are GPL'ed projects (ushare seems to be a fork of gmediaserver actually). I havn't yet tried these out on my system (the dms1 is still in the box). I'll chime back in with the results!

12-02-2006, 10:01 PM	#20
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Good luck. And sounds like you got a good deal. Let us know what you learn!

12-09-2006, 11:53 PM	#21
geekraver Addict Posts: 364 Karma: 1035291 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Redmond, WA Device: iPad Mini,Kindle Paperwhite	I used TwonkyVision server with my Omnifi DMS1 over a bad WLAN connection until I discovered that there was a firmware version that would allow it to mount USB hard drives. I had a 120Gb IDE drive lying around and dumped all my music on that, hooking it up with a USB to IDE adapter. Much happier - no network hangs or dropouts anymore. I planned to hack the firmware myself to support a FTP service so that I could FTP new music to the disk but never got round to that; I just move the disk over to my PC every few weeks and sync it up.

01-02-2008, 10:30 PM	#22
animemessenger Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: xbox 360	my laptop does not allow me to network share is there anyway to get around that so i can stream music to my xbox because i have n admin lock =..........is there any program that will just let me copy its directorys to a flash drive from my home computer(which is not blocked by an admin code)and use it on my laptop.

03-02-2008, 07:02 PM	#23
happynow Banned Posts: 9 Karma: 11 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: fgh	I think some softwares can help you .

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