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Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to renderer devices (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console or mobile phone) on your connected home network. There is also a paid for Pro edition($25) which further enhances the possibilities of sharing content in your connected household. Serviio works with many devices from your connected home (TV, Playstation 3, XBox 360, smart phones, tablets, etc.). It supports profiles for particular devices so that it can be tuned to maximise the device's potential and/or minimize lack of media format playback support (via transcoding). Free vs Pro comparison. Pro version costs $25.
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Download Serviio 2.4 Windows 128MB Win
Download Serviio 2.4 Mac 121MB Mac
Download Serviio 2.3.1 Linux 121MB Linux
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Linux Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New
Release Notes - 2.4
added support for AV1 video codec (excl QNAP x19, x31, Intel 32bit); ticket #1170
added support for some unrecognised Dolby Vision files; ticket #1174
enable passing JAVA_OPTS env variable to the Linux start script; ticket #1191
fixed loading international text in browsing menu on Java > 8; ticket #1185
fixed error when browsing titles category; ticket #1188
updated FFmpeg to 5.1.2; ticket #1168
added support for AV1 video codec (excl QNAP x19, x31, Intel 32bit); ticket #1170
added support for some unrecognised Dolby Vision files; ticket #1174
enable passing JAVA_OPTS env variable to the Linux start script; ticket #1191
fixed loading international text in browsing menu on Java > 8; ticket #1185
fixed error when browsing titles category; ticket #1188
updated FFmpeg to 5.1.2; ticket #1168
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streams audio, video (SD & HD) and image files in their native format or transcoded in real-time
streams content from online sources, like RSS feeds, live audio/video streams, web page content
includes a plugin system to support streaming from non-trivial online sources
supports most known playlist formats
supports subtitles
automatically updates the media library when you add/update/remove a media file or a metadata file
supports RAW camera images
wide array of localized library browsing options
supports different editable renderer profiles
supports automatic renderer detection and per-IP profile assignment
extracts metadata of your media files the way you want it, incl. embedded metadata tags, local metadata files, online metadata sources (in preferred language), XBMC, Swisscenter, MyMovies
supports video thumbnails, CD covers, DVD posters, etc.
categorizes video files into movie and/or series and marks last viewed episodes of a series
integrates with trakt.tv
available for Windows, Linux and Mac (with the possibility to run the server part on one platform and console on another)
Supported renderers
Samsung TVs and Bluray players (supports additional features, e.g. subtitles)
Sony TVs and Bluray players
Panasonic TVs
Playstation 3, Playstation 4
Xbox 360, Xbox One
LG TVs and Bluray players
Toshiba TVs
Sharp TVs
Philips TVs
WDTV Live (supports subtitles)
Oppo BDP-83
MusicPal
DirecTV DVR
Pure Flow devices
ROKU
Android phones, iOS phones
... and many more
Supported media files
Audio: MP3( .mp3), MP2 (.mp2), Windows Media Audio (.wma), WMA Lossless (.wma), AAC (.m4a), OGG (.ogg, .oga), FLAC (.flac), Apple Lossless ALAC (.mp4), Wawpack (.wv), Musepack (.mpc), Monkey's Audio (.ape), DSF (.dsf), WAV (.wav),
Video: MPEG-1 (.mpg, .mpeg), MPEG-2 PS (.mpg, .mpeg, vob, mod), MPEG-2 TS (.ts, .m2ts), MPEG-4 (.mp4, m4v, mov), AVI (.avi, .divx), Windows Media Video (.wmv, .asf), Matroska (.mkv), Flash (.flv, .f4v), DVR-MS (.dvr, .dvr-ms), WTV (.wtv), OGG (.ogv, .ogm), 3GP (.3gp, .3g2), RealVideo (.rm, .rmvb)
Image: JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg), GIF (.gif), PNG (.png), RAW (.arw, .cr2, .crw, .dng, .raf, .raw,. rw2, .mrw, .nef, .nrw, .pef, .srf, .orf)
Playlist: PLS (.pls), M3U (.m3u, .m3u8), ASX (.asx, .wax., .wrx), WPL (.wpl)
Subtitles: SubRip (.srt, .txt), SSA/ASS (.ssa, .ass), MicroDVD (.sub, .txt), SAMI (.smi), VTT (.vtt), MOV open text
streams audio, video (SD & HD) and image files in their native format or transcoded in real-time
streams content from online sources, like RSS feeds, live audio/video streams, web page content
includes a plugin system to support streaming from non-trivial online sources
supports most known playlist formats
supports subtitles
automatically updates the media library when you add/update/remove a media file or a metadata file
supports RAW camera images
wide array of localized library browsing options
supports different editable renderer profiles
supports automatic renderer detection and per-IP profile assignment
extracts metadata of your media files the way you want it, incl. embedded metadata tags, local metadata files, online metadata sources (in preferred language), XBMC, Swisscenter, MyMovies
supports video thumbnails, CD covers, DVD posters, etc.
categorizes video files into movie and/or series and marks last viewed episodes of a series
integrates with trakt.tv
available for Windows, Linux and Mac (with the possibility to run the server part on one platform and console on another)
Supported renderers
Samsung TVs and Bluray players (supports additional features, e.g. subtitles)
Sony TVs and Bluray players
Panasonic TVs
Playstation 3, Playstation 4
Xbox 360, Xbox One
LG TVs and Bluray players
Toshiba TVs
Sharp TVs
Philips TVs
WDTV Live (supports subtitles)
Oppo BDP-83
MusicPal
DirecTV DVR
Pure Flow devices
ROKU
Android phones, iOS phones
... and many more
Supported media files
Audio: MP3( .mp3), MP2 (.mp2), Windows Media Audio (.wma), WMA Lossless (.wma), AAC (.m4a), OGG (.ogg, .oga), FLAC (.flac), Apple Lossless ALAC (.mp4), Wawpack (.wv), Musepack (.mpc), Monkey's Audio (.ape), DSF (.dsf), WAV (.wav),
Video: MPEG-1 (.mpg, .mpeg), MPEG-2 PS (.mpg, .mpeg, vob, mod), MPEG-2 TS (.ts, .m2ts), MPEG-4 (.mp4, m4v, mov), AVI (.avi, .divx), Windows Media Video (.wmv, .asf), Matroska (.mkv), Flash (.flv, .f4v), DVR-MS (.dvr, .dvr-ms), WTV (.wtv), OGG (.ogv, .ogm), 3GP (.3gp, .3g2), RealVideo (.rm, .rmvb)
Image: JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg), GIF (.gif), PNG (.png), RAW (.arw, .cr2, .crw, .dng, .raf, .raw,. rw2, .mrw, .nef, .nrw, .pef, .srf, .orf)
Playlist: PLS (.pls), M3U (.m3u, .m3u8), ASX (.asx, .wax., .wrx), WPL (.wpl)
Subtitles: SubRip (.srt, .txt), SSA/ASS (.ssa, .ass), MicroDVD (.sub, .txt), SAMI (.smi), VTT (.vtt), MOV open text
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Rating by Alwyn on
Feb 17, 2024 Version: 2.3
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 2/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 3/10
Rating by Tommy on
Jan 6, 2024 Version: 2.3
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I've been using Serviio now for 8 years, and I'm very pleased with it. I first began using it back in 2014 with Windows Vista and then switched over to Linux Mint in 2017 and then to Debian in 2020 (I'm still using the same computer as I was using in 2014, but switched Operating Systems since Vista lost support in 2017 and Linux Mint became too resource intensive for the 2007 computer). Serviio runs perfectly on the computer now with Debian. I love the mobile app and the Media Browser (Requires the Pro version, which is $25, a nice price for a one-time and it supports the developer). Also the 2.X versions allow users, so I can have different family members have their own assortment of music and listening history. The setup process on Windows is straight forward, but can be a little more tricky if you're using Linux. I do wish updates would be more often and that the plugins would have greater support. Other than that, Serviio is a terrific Media Server application.
Review by 14Super60 on
Apr 24, 2022 Version: 2.2.1
OS: Linux Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Love it. I've looked at other DLNA and was always underwhelmed. But Serviio changed my mind. It gives me everything I need for playback from my Sony BD players -- along with browsing for movies, photos, and music. I liked it so much that I go the PRO version -- not because I needed any of the advanced capabilities, but instead because I think a software project this good needs to be supported.
Review by jdobbs on
Apr 12, 2015 Version: 1.4.1.2
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I can't believe it still requires Java 6 and asks you to install Java 6 upon installation.
This should be upgraded to use Java 7.
This should be upgraded to use Java 7.
Review by sparktank on
Mar 11, 2014 Version: 1.4.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 7/10
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