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Softpedia Editor's Review for TVersity Media Server
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A utility that will enable you to play and record online videos
Written by Mihaela Citea on March 31st, 2012
TVersity Media Server is an application designed to help you detect and share multimedia files on your home network and the Internet. With this application, you can search, play and record online audio-video content.
The media server runs in the system tray and provides you with a method to easily manage your media library from both online and offline sources. The sources are organized in different folders: you can browse your system for audio, video or picture files and add them to the offline source.
Also, you can add items from the Internet, including media RSS feeds. You simply have to enter the URL and optionally assign it a title or a tag. The feed settings can be customized, as you can change the maximum number of items to display and add to your collection.
Furthermore, the program supports Flickr URLs, thus allowing you to view your friends' latest photos anytime you want. This media server can also include Google search queries and videos, as well as YouTube uploads, subscriptions or playlists.
With this application, you are able to play Internet audio and video streams on multiple playback devices, including TV, Wii, Playstation and so on. A useful feature is that the media server automatically detects when a multimedia file requires transcoding for playback on your media hub.
Every source item added can be edited or deleted later, thus you have full control over your media collection. Every media item you add is placed in the library corresponding folder, allowing you to easily find them. Also, you can schedule the application to automatically refresh the media library.
In addition to this, the application scans your network for available devices and allows you to handle all media files available.
TVersity Media Server allows you to view Internet media content on your TV, while also enabling you to properly organize your media library.
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TVersity Media Server description
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Here are some key features of "TVersity Media Server":
· Play Internet audio and video streams on your TV/Stereo, enter your own URLs or select from the bundled Audio and Video Guides - The media server streams media from the Internet and delivers it to media hubs via HTTP, the only protocol supported by those devices
· Play your ENTIRE media collection on your TV - Finally almost any content that plays in Windows Media Player can be played on any of the supported media hubs disregarding their codec limitations
· Automatic Real-time Seemless Transcoding - Let the Media Server automatically detect when a given media needs to be transcoded for playback on your media hub
· Very fast browsing of your media library with unprecedented speed for huge libraries (up to 100,000 items and more) - The Media Server has a very short response time, allowing faster browsing of your media library
· Easy to use Graphical User Interface - Control the media server locally or remotely by running the GUI as a web application (both MSIE and Firefox are supported)
· Support multiple media hubs simultaneously - Connect every room with a TV to the same media server
· Intuitive Navigation - Finally a media server that organizes your media properly, maintaining the order of songs, supporting extensive navigation criteria and doing it all very fast
· Manage cache of transcoded media - No need to transcode the same media twice
· Pause Live Internet feeds just like with Tivo - Watching live Internet TV has never been so much fun
· Runs as a service - You no longer need to log on to your computer for the media server to start
· Works well on slow system while providing real benefits on faster ones - Transcode Internet videos (300 kbps) on very slow systems and downsample high definition videos to standard definition on fast ones
Requirements:
· Pentium III 700 Mhz or better (Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz with support for Hyper Threading is recommended)
· 128 MB of memory or more (512 MB recommended)
· 50 MB of disk space (At least 1 GB of free space is recommended for cache area of transcoded media)
· DirectX 9.0 or higher
· Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher
· For transcoding to WMV (Xbox 360) WMP11 is required (Win2k and Win2K3 users need the Microsoft codecs from the Ace Codec Pack instead)
· Audio enabled on the computer running the software
· Macromedia Flash version 7 or higher for the GUI
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
New Features:
· Full support for various Sony Google TVs models.
· Avoid transcoding blu-ray movies with devices that support them.
· Improved support for transcoding Ogg Vorbis files.
· Restore the ability to enter user/password for Hulu (required to access Hulu plus by subscribers.)
· Restore support for RMVB.
Bug Fixes:
· USB drives and network drives are no longer removed from the library after a reboot.
· PS3 no longer stops playing Hulu videos once the 2GB mark is reached.
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