With remote streaming, uses can remotely access and stream their videos, music and pictures via remote access. When configured properly an automated differential backup of the client is done nightly. Latest guidelines improve interoperability by eliminating differences between media formats for mobile devices, pcs, tvs and set top boxes. Whats new in windows home server 2011 practically networked. Dont use the transcoding feature, just stream videos to dlna tv and wd live plus and im yet to find a file format it does not play. Heres an official microsoft guide to using its mediastreaming features. If i connect to the server using the network share method, i dont get an option to actually select the share. Whs 2011 is just a flavor of server 2008 r2, which is new. A complete ecovery of a the client is from the whswindows home server is relatively painless and quick.
It all depends on what features of whs v1 you needrely on. Dlna on samsung bluray bdc5500 and bdc6500 january. Un46d6400uf cant find videos on whs2011 october 2012. The media library in whs 2011 is either displaying a different field or using the. Connecting all my pcs to whs2011 instead of xp windows 7.
How to setup serviio on windows home server whs 2011 vail. Yeah im one of the nerds that used and still does windows home server 2011. Are there any routers available with functional dlna with. Mezzmo is the ultimate media server for streaming movies, music and photos to your upnp and dlna devices and web browsers. Lets start by looking at why whs 2011 is a good fit for your home. Windows home server 2011 has now arrived, and with it a bevy of new featuresand one key feature of the older version removed. In this post we will tell you how to remotely stream media saved on a windows home server 2011 based server. It certainly did not run cf 7 mx, or any lob application that i tried for that matter. Mezzmo allows you to stream all your music, movies and photos from your computer to your tv, home theater, games consoles and digital media appliances. Ive not used the whs addin but have been running the serviio software on my ex95x for good few months now. Streaming and sharing digital media on microsoft windows. Whs 2011s client software can now be installed directly via a browser, and both windows and mac systems are supported the existing 10 user limit remains in place. The wd tv live hub just seems to do everything, like a swiss army knife.
The media library in windows home server 2011revisited geoff. You sure an the hell do not need whs to share files. Windows home server 2011 has robust media transcoding and streaming capabilities, and it supports a wide range of. Drive extender will then balance the various files across the different hard drives. And it is my understanding that dnla does not support flac, so if i wanted lossless that the flac files would need to be transcoded to wav. One of the reasons that people like streaming video websites is because the website server is the one that has to host the large video file while the user can access it with a smartphone or tablet. Its packed with features that make it marginally complicated to set up and use. Dnla compliant digital living network alliance is a standard that allows sharing media easily with other dlna devices, which currently number over.
Posted october 4, 2010 april 17, 2011 barb posted in apple, dlna, ipad, iphone, media center, networking, software, sonos, technology, whs, windows 7, wireless streaming im not easily impressed, but my jaw is hanging open today after installing two sonos s5 music players to. If youre in the market for a new dmr device, make sure its a certified digital living network alliance dlna device, because windows home server 2011 now supports dlna out of the box. Because it employs flawless and solid windows 7 dlna play to functionality and has support for a massive number of file formats and codecs, this is the device to grab as it really does fully embrace dlna and it really just works. Mezzmo addin for whs 2011 if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Keeping in view that many consumers in the us market have dlna digital living network alliance compatible devices, microsoft has been clever enough to provide dlna streaming functionality. Im not familiar with asset, but as long as it uses a different port number than serviio you will likely be ok.
Running services and encoding on whs2011 servethehome. Throw windows home servers centralized storage into the mix, and you suddenly have a much wider variety of media to stream. Windows home server 2011 end of mainstream support. For builtin silverlightbased encoding streaming in whs 2011 i dont think you have quick sync support so that is not helpful there. However, there are some third party software vendors that have built this functionality as an add on to whs 2011. My tv finds the server and my server finds the tv so networking should be setup fine. It is a portable dlna based media server that can serve audio, video and images over the wifi network in your home, office or school using the dlna technology. The software organizes your media collection, and it can play music, video, or slideshows of digital photos through a wide range of mediastreaming receiver boxes also known as digital media players, or dmps that support either the dlna or upnp standards for av productsa long list that includes the xbox 360 and ps3 game consoleshooked up. Whs 2011 would not accept a drive with existing partitions.
With whs 2011, the product has failed to deliver the features that admittedly the noisiest parts of the community have requested, and has removed a. I will post the links to the websites i used later. Board index windows home server 2011 general discussion. Mezzmo the ultimate media server for streaming movies. New features of windows home server 2011 addictivetips. How to remotely stream media content from windows home. Windows home server 2011 support microsoft community. The digital living network alliance is a nonprofit trade organisation, and it was started by sony way back in 2003. Mezzmo addin for whs 2011 conceiva software forums. On the change homegroup settings page, click change settings. Windows home server is dead, but we shouldnt mourn it. If going whs 2011 standard allowed you to use quick sync, and you had a qs enabled program, that would be a huge speed boost and it would support usb 3. Streaming and sharing digital media on microsoft windows home. I want to be able to do an image backup of my surfacepro.
As far as i understand it, the media server settings control the dlna service. This guide shows you how simple it is to get serviio working on whs 2011. Windows home server is a home server operating system from microsoft. Both should support dlna and i can see the user accounts of my server, but if i go into videos there is no file. Both this tv and whs 2011 support dlna and should work without extra software. Whs 2011, in even its current form, does not let you do this. In addition to dlna certification and access to dlna test tool and interoperability equipment, spirespark will offer operationalization of certification programs, association development services for new and forming groups, marketing services, committee and board support services as well as an array of engineering services for new and. Get a dedicated box or something like a wdtv live hub for this and youll be much, much, much happier. The server backup feature added in power pack 1 does not include duplication of backup.
Plex media server is a home theater platform with client support for all major portable devices ios, android, windows, firetv. You can see all of the support lifecycle dates on the microsoft lifecycle page here. Open source alternatives to windows home server bittech. Im a long time user of whs and love the automated backup features provided by the whs connector. Whs does not natively support itunes streaming although you can point your itunes media folder location to a server share and as far as i am aware there are no addins for itunes streaming unlike whs1 which had firefly. On the fly transcoding whs 2011 now has the ability to change media formats on the fly for devices that do not support the original format. On the dashboard home page, click set options for sharing. The problem is that windows 10 is not windows home server. You could put the 34 quid towards more hdd space, or moviesmusic for your library, etc. My whs 2011 box doubles as the nas and media server. A home entertainmentdlna love story barbs connected world. Dont know why but this enabled the dlna support for me.
Plus each device had different uis which was a turn off. This means that a dlnacompatible deviceit could be a bluray player, a tv, a digital picture frame, or an xbox 360 in windows media center modewill. To enable homegroup members to access digital media. Why i plan on using the new windows home server 2011. The table below lists the dlna software that has been specifically tested with ihomeserver for itunes. Hi all i have just installed whs 2011 on a hp microserver, set up permissions for media streaming, enabled guest account ect. Streaming multimedia serverdlna using server 2003r2. I was just spending too much time trying to reduce the cost of additional hardware or software by using the dlna capabilities of my equipment with the various free programs, serviio, wild media server, twonky, etc. The benefits of dlna enabled streaming videos kooraroo media. I have a large flac collection stored on a whs 2011 box that i would like to have available via my network connection to my onkyo receiver. Plex is the media center software ecosystem ive been.
Windows home server 2011 is the last version of microsofts. The dlna defines standards that enable devices to share stuff photos, video. Even the new server backup feature of whs 2011 had a design shortcoming. Support dtcp for recording, both in windows 8 rt, and in native windows apps so that a service can be installed on windows 2012 essentials or windows 8 for doing pvr functionality. Support dtcp copy protection viewing natively so that every media app can view it on the device. I am now trying to setup dlna streaming, but regardless of software serviio, mezzmo i can not get any of my devices to see the server, i can ping the server, ping the devices, i can also browse the shares on the server but just cant see it as a media server.
Anyone used serviio or mezzmo on an hp microserver running whs 2011 if so any tips nd. Windows home server 2011 mainstream support ended in the second quarter of 2016. As to sharing to your dlna tv, again not something you need whs for so you could of saved your self 34 quid and spent that either on beer or anything else for that matter. Remote streaming of media content is a very attractive feature of windows home server 2011. Dlna has created a tiered certification program giving ce companies more options for certifying. Additional software can allow the server to transcode on the fly to stream to portable devices iphoneipadipod touch and w7pzune. As the simpledlna is a portable media server software, you can just download it, extract to a folder and start using it by launching the simpledlna. Reliability is mostly tied to the platform that you choose to run the server on. One windows server version that was close to many of our readers hearts is windows home server. The dlna digital living network alliance is a trade organization that sets standards and guidelines for home networking devices, including pcs, smartphones, tablets, smart tvs, bluray disc players, home theater receivers, and media streamers, among others. To fix it, i have to completely uninstall and reinstall the client. Windows home server 2011 driver quesetions software. Access the device settings, and make sure that upnp is enabled.
To facilitate sharing and streaming, whs 2011 supports dlna 1. Video streaming websites have been around for a long time and they are very popular. I also want lossless to lossless transcoding if transcoding is needed. This means that microsoft will no longer issue security updates for the home serverspecific. If you wanted to go faster, you might look at an i7.
If your software doesnt appear, then this does not mean it wont work with ihomeserver, just that it hasnt been specifically tested. In windows home server 2011, the server now supports microsofts play to. Actually windows home server 2011 is still supported, receives regular updates every month, and will continue to do so until the end of extended support. This question is related to another question already asked in this forum windows 7 file recovery. Always on, media server software that can transcode on the fly. The dlna combines them all even items in folders that arent really media folders. I realize that is how dlna works, but its not my preference. Dlna digital living network alliance windows home server 2011 provides more enhanced media connectivity options as compared to its predecessor. I will say that the support team is very responsive. On the sharing options page, click share with homegroup. Basically i have managed to install windows media player 11 and also the ssdp and upnp services and have successfully streamed audio video and still photographs to my television via my wifi network.