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Self hosted streaming media server. https://docs.streama-project.com/
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Feature request and a few questions #738

Open ghost opened 5 years ago

ghost commented 5 years ago

hello, i'm currently deciding between a few programs like stream, plex and emby. what i really like about streama is that it's open source, totally free and doesn't call home. however i tried the demo and a few things still aren't quiet clear to me and a few things that seem to be missing:

  1. does it support mkv with multiple audio tracks? i'm a native german speaker that also often likes to watch stuff in english so i have a lot of mkvs that have multiple audio tracks. can i switch between them right in the player?

  2. does it support live encoding? i have a lot of movies that require a lot of bandwith and i'm not sure if my home network can handle that.

  3. the most important feature that streama is missing that is currently pulling me to plex is a uwp app. i have an xbox one connected to my tv which i watch most movies on. streama doesn't have a uwp app so i was wondering if it would be possible to develop one. i'm sure a lot of people use xboxes to consume their media. an uwp app would also work as a windows 10 app so you'd hit 2 bottles with one stone. i would be willing to help the development with a donation. i'm not sure how much is appropriate for developing a whole client or if you even have time, so i'm open for suggestions.

also i'm sorry if that's the wrong place to ask, i'm not to github and didn't find any other contact options. thanks and keep up the good work!

Skehmatics commented 5 years ago

Streama does not support any non-HTML5 video compatible formats, which includes MKV (even if the contained codecs themselves are supported). Live encoding aka "transcoding" is addressed in #440, and due to lackluster browser support multiple audio streams (#454) will require transcoding to be implemented first.

dularion commented 5 years ago

FYI: MKV is actually supported, as long as the video & audio-codecs are correct (best is h264 for video and aac for audio). MKV is really just a wrapper..

otherwise i agree with @Skehmatics to points 1 and 2. Regarding 3: we have several things on our rodemap regarding apps:

That list is not necessarily developed in that order, basically I'll let the community decide, but the ios stuff is bugging me and i wanna get that out of the way asap.

But otherwise, feel free to start a vote :)

ghost commented 5 years ago

thanks to both!

FYI: MKV is actually supported, as long as the video & audio-codecs are correct (best is h264 for video and aac for audio). MKV is really just a wrapper..

otherwise i agree with @Skehmatics to points 1 and 2. Regarding 3: we have several things on our rodemap regarding apps:

* ios

* android TV

* chromecast (although that trend seems to be dying down)

* playstation

* xbox

That list is not necessarily developed in that order, basically I'll let the community decide, but the ios stuff is bugging me and i wanna get that out of the way asap.

this definitely makes me see a lot more potential for streama in the future. i'd love to be able to replace my plex server with something open source like streama somewhere down the line. keep up the good work!

suiciniv87 commented 4 years ago

Hi! Something about second audio?