$20 in parts and an hour can get you your own Spotify alternative.

If you're tired of paying for streaming services, a personal media server is absolutely worth considering. These three ...

Plex is adding even more social features nobody asked for. Meanwhile, the self-hosting community just wants a better media ...

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. Based on PS3 Media Server and written ...

If you’ve been collecting digital media for any amount of time, you may have found it frustrating to catalog or access in a simple way, especially if your media comes from multiple sources or services ...

The same VLC program that plays media files on your computer can function as a media server. VLC can function as a streaming server that other programs can connect to and view. Media server support is ...

(1) Software that makes audio, video or images discoverable on the local network. See media server. (2) Any source for digital media such as a DVR, file server or personal computer. (4) Hardware that ...

Media server streaming software company Plex announced today that its lifetime Plex Pass subscription plan is soon getting a ...

Plex Media Server is a free and open-source media center software that lets you easily create a local or an internet media server, onto which you can stream almost anything. This easy-to-use software ...

Plex’s foray into free streaming video appears to be paying off, as that side of the business now has more users than its media server software. The company announced earlier this month that it now ...

The protocols used by media servers for discovering files are typically Bonjour and UPnP. For example, iTunes uses Bonjour to discover and DAAP to share, while Windows Media Player uses UPnP and ...