This is possible thanks to the UPnP communications protocol. This may have been due to exiting while the program was still scanning folders when the media library was still enabled, but it's stupid Java, so who knows. Universal Media Server is a multimedia server that uses the DLNA technology to communicate with the rest of devices of a household, in such a way that it will be possible to share contents directly between them and enjoy them no matter where you are. One time so far the javaw.exe process stayed stuck in memory on exit, consuming over a GB of RAM. Universal Media Server provides you with a convenient method of streaming multimedia content to the Internet or a compatible device. It can stream or transcode numerous different media formats with little or no configuration.
#UNIVERSAL MEDIA SERVER WEB STREAMING MAC OS#
And it doesn't mention that the server has to be restarted to recognize this change. Universal Media Server (UMS) is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server that is cross-platform and supports all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
#UNIVERSAL MEDIA SERVER WEB STREAMING MP4#
I had to disable transcoding of mp4 and others, because it was transcoding most files even though my WDTVLive device supports them directly just fine. Universal Media Server is a free DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server.It allows you to stream all your media content very easily with a very minimal configuration. I disabled and forego the media library to avoid this. Only caveats I've found: - The database size it creates for a modest media library it rather large, and takes forever to scan. But the program is nicely configurable, and does work rather well. Click the Turn on media streaming button to enable the media-streaming server. It allows streaming of media files to a wide range of devices including video game consoles, smart TVs, smartphones, and Blu-ray players. Click the Media streaming options link under Network and Sharing Center. To activate it, open the Control Panel and search for media using the search box at the top right corner of the window. Well, it's still a thing made with yucky Java, but at least now it includes its own runtime of it, so there's no ancient security risk, system polluting, full Java install required anymore! Of course, being Java, it's a RAM, CPU, and disk space hog. Windows has an integrated DLNA server you can enable.