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Hi all, I like to start a thread where we can discuss our findings with centralized media and playback to multiple devices around the house. I would like to avoid any discussion about playback from a storage device through the internal media application on a particular device. What I would like to see working is a stable media network around the house with a multitude of attached network devices, a central media server and 1 controller app for all of it. For Example in my case. Media Server(s): JRiver Media Center: XBMC; Plex Media Server Media Player(s): Oppo BDP-105; Sony BDP-S5100 Sonos Playbar Android Tablet Media Controller(s) (Android): Gizmo for JRiver Eos for JRiver XBMC Media Center Yatse XBMC Remote Plex media App Sonos App MediaHouse Bubble UPnP All the above media servers work in my network and provide the content to any player or controller and this seems to be the most easy part of the Media Automation. JRiver doesn't always show up as an available server and is not the most stable. All the above network players work in my network but all have their limitations. The ability to playback a certain file lies within the hardware of the device and is impossible to change yourself. Sonos Playbar doesn't see any media server except for XBMC. Doesn't always show up in the play to device list Sony BDP-S5100 crashes with BD rips in MKV format, it doesn't output Dolby True HD over the network, it doesn't play all common formats. Oppo BDP-105 has problems with subtitles over the network, doesn't always show up in the play to device list The hardest part and the cherry on the cake is the Media Controller Application. From the above list Bubble UPnP is the most reliable in finding all available Media Servers and Media Players. But it doesn't have a nice graphical interface. The graphical interface is highly dependent on what Web Interface the server software is providing, and is thus Server dependent. Plex and Yatse have by far the most elegant and complete user interface of them all. Plex however only work with Plex media players. Sonos has the best app with integrated third party applications like streaming radio, but only plays to other Sonos devices and only does music. Gizmo and Eos are not the most stable applications but have a lot of potential. In other words; Some are good with video material while others are good with music. Some of them have a very nice graphical user interface and or work with every device or server while others don't. Some are more stable than the others. But all in all the best I can get out of it at the moment is 75%. What do you use around the house and is working or not working for you?
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