[SOLVED] MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) not showing WebM files

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I have been using MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) for some time
and works great on all devices, but for some strange reason
would not display WebM files.
MKV file work, but no WebM is container based on MKV ...

My WebM files are downloaded from YT to test 4K HDR playback on my 4K phone

[wizard10000]

The DLNA standard does not support WebM. Doesn't support .avi either

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The DLNA standard does not support WebM. Doesn't support .avi either

Well, I do not have any AVI files

Is there simple way on how to stream/serve WebM and out of curiosity AVI files?

[wizard10000]

Is there simple way on how to stream/serve WebM and out of curiosity AVI files?

You may need a DLNA server that supports transcoding. You can't send webm or avi to a DLNA client so you either have to convert before streaming or transcode on the fly.

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Is there simple way on how to stream/serve WebM and out of curiosity AVI files?

You may need a DLNA server that supports transcoding. You can't send webm or avi to a DLNA client so you either have to convert before streaming or transcode on the fly.

I see,
Am I right in thinking that "transcoding on the fly" means loosing quality in case of WebM 4K HDR file?

Do you know of any simple DLNA Server that can transcode on the fly for Stretch 64bit?

[debiman]

maybe you should be looking at a different media server altogether?
kodi?

[pylkko]

Use a web server?

[wizard10000]

I see,
Am I right in thinking that "transcoding on the fly" means loosing quality in case of WebM 4K HDR file?

Do you know of any simple DLNA Server that can transcode on the fly for Stretch 64bit?

You wouldn't necessarily lose quality, it would depend on how much horsepower your media server had and what settings you used for transcoding.

Plex will transcode, Kodi will transcode with the Emby plugin.

Hope this helps -

[debiman]

^ wouldn't it be better to eliminate the need for transcoding?
if i'm not mistaken it's an extremly resource-intensive task even on powerful machines.

[Soapm]

My WebM files are downloaded from YT to test 4K HDR playback on my 4K phone

What is YT?

How many files do you have with webm extension? If all you have is one or two then the encoding isn't that big a deal.

[wizard10000]

^ wouldn't it be better to eliminate the need for transcoding?
if i'm not mistaken it's an extremly resource-intensive task even on powerful machines.

Rendering video or audio is processor-intensive. If OP's media server has enough horsepower to transcode he should be fine as actually streaming multimedia is pretty easy on hardware. Up until about a year ago I ran minidlna on my late but sorely missed Atom N270 netbook, which made a fine DLNA server.

I can even run minidlna on my Asus RT-N66 router. I don't, but the option is available

[debiman]

Up until about a year ago I ran minidlna on my late but sorely missed Atom N270 netbook, which made a fine DLNA server.

but it wasn't transcoding on the fly, was it?

[wizard10000]

but it wasn't transcoding on the fly, was it?

Nope - my point was that if he's got enough horsepower to transcode then streaming the actual video won't add much overhead. If OP can convert the video in less time then it takes to watch it transcoding is probably an option.