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The latest release

The latest released version is 2.3 Pro. Download it here and give it a try. You will get a 15 day evaluation of the Pro edition, after which Serviio automatically reverts to the Free edition.

If you previously purchased a Pro license for version 1.x, it will no longer be valid after you upgrade to 2.x. You can still keep using the latest 1.x release in case you don't want to upgrade.

Release notes are here: Release Notes - 2.3.

	serviio-2.3-win-setup.exe	129,675,128 bytes, MD5: 9df7a76b6fe709ed6b78e0916a908c09
	serviio-2.3.1-osx.tar.gz	123,925,117 bytes, MD5: b47920cc4ab03f50ff2d38215d64ec96
	serviio-2.3-linux.tar.gz	28,885,139 bytes, MD5: d8fff15f87dc1c3ecaa7ad67a9f87c86
	Serviio 2.3 for QNAP Intel 32bit, Intel 64bit, ARM x19, ARM x31, ARM x41+, ARM 64bit
	Serviio 2.1 package for Synology NAS

Are you upgrading and wish to keep your media library? Check out how to do it.

By downloading this software you agree to the terms of the End User Licence Agreement. For commercial licence details look at the Contact page.

This release includes FFmpeg (post) 3.2.4 compiled using this source code, libRTMP 2.4+ compiled using this source code, Lame MP3 Encoder (v. 3.99.5) compiled using this source code. Refer to README.txt for the complete list.

Minimal requirements

• 512 MB of memory or more
• 150 MB of disk space (plus additional space for storing the media library), when using transcoding make sure there is at least 1GB free (depending on the original file size)
• if on Linux, Java 8 must be installed. Windows and OSX come with Java runtime aready included in the installation.

Additional information

• Linux users need to install the FFmpeg package (incl. libRTMP, libASS, libx264 and libmp3lame) for their OS distributions or, ideally, compile FFmpeg using the source files provided above
• Linux users need to install the dcraw package if they need RAW image support
• Only 64-bit OSX machines are supported, with OSX 10.8 minimum

Troubleshooting

If you have problems with the latest release, have a look at Getting started guide or let us know in the Support forum.

The legacy release

If you require the latest 1.x release, here are the details. Use this if you have Pro v1 license and don't want to upgrade to v2.

	serviio-1.10.1-win-setup.exe	161,814,192 bytes, MD5: 1b40a0bab3228aa91cf1b4f8555c0715
	serviio-1.10.1-osx.tar.gz	152,794,145 bytes, MD5: f7294626ac5380040a1abe8c70ba75e7
	serviio-1.10.1-linux.tar.gz	28,413,154 bytes, MD5: 24b8b85c91aac76ea654d3dc54486b9e
	Serviio 1.10.1 for QNAP Intel 32bit, Intel 64bit, ARM x19, ARM x31, ARM x41+
	Serviio 1.10.1 package for Synology NAS
	Serviio 1.6.1 package for Asustor NAS is available in your NAS App Central
	Serviio 1.10.1 package for ClearOS

Getting started

Before installation

• Make sure your environment complies with minimal requirements.
• Linux users must install FFmpeg via their OS distribution package manager or build it from the sources on the Download page. The Wiki has some useful guides.

Installation

• Windows users can simply run the downloaded installer and go through the wizard. The Serviio server will be installed as a Windows service.
• Linux users need to unpack the installation package to a desired location.
• Mac users need to unpack the archive and run the installer.

Make sure you open TCP 8895 and UDP 1900 ports in firewall. If you are using Windows Firewall these will be open for you automatically by the installer. Firewall (included with some antivirus SW) could be one of the reasons your device cannot connect to Serviio.

Running the server

Serviio consists of 2 executable files, a server and a console. To start using Serviio do the following:

• Windows - the server starts automatically after Windows start (as a service). Run ServiioConsole to start the console. Alternatively you don't have to start Serviio as a service but use bin/serviio.bat (with the -stop attribute to stop a running instance).
• Linux - run Serviio server with bin/serviio.sh (with the -stop attribute to stop a running instance). To start the console run bin/serviio-console.sh. A Daemon setup guide is available.
• OSX - the server starts automatically after OSX start (as a LaunchDaemon). Run ServiioConsole application to start the console.

You can also access the Console in your favourite web browser, by going to this address:

http://localhost:23423/console

Only one instance of the server can run at a given time on a single machine.

In a case when the machine running Serviio has multiple network cards (NICs) it will try to work out which one is the right one to advertise on. If Serviio doesn't seem to communicate with your device make sure you select the right network card in the field "Bound IP address" in the console. More details here.

Adding content to Serviio's media library

• Open the Serviio console
• Select the Library and then Shared folders section in the menu

  

• Add folders that include media files you want to include in the library and pick what type(s) of media files from those folders should be looked for (Video, Audio, Images). You can specify if descriptive metadata (e.g. online metadata, XBMC, Swisscenter, MyMovies) should be retrieved for video files in particular folders, which might be useful to control, for example, metadata of your home videos.

  

• Click Save to store your new shared folders configuration

  

• You can fine tune access to the shared content for various users
• You can also add online resources to the library
• Click the Save button when you are done.
• The library will now be updated and then kept up-to-date when Serviio detects new or updated files.
• Note that when you add a large amount of files (e.g. during your initial setting up) it might take cosiderable amount of time (even several hours) to properly locate metadata for all your files (especially if you are using online sources for metadata searching).
• You can force checking for new or updated files by clicking "Force refresh" button.
• get more information on the wiki

For details on how metadata is retrieved see Metadata extraction.

Renderer profiles

DLNA devices sometimes need a little 'tweaking' for them to play all possible supported media formats and for their extra features to be utilized. Renderer profiles take care of this.

Serviio comes with a predefined set of profiles. If your device is not supported yet we encourage the users to try writing their own profile and submitting it back to us so that we can include it in a future release of Serviio. Look here for a short guide on how to add a new profile.

You can select the appropriate profile in the Status section. You will see a list of devices that were found on your network. If your device has been recognized and a proper profile has been determined you can start viewing your content. In other cases you might have to select a profile for the found device, by clicking the Edit button.

All unrecognized devices will default to Generic DLNA profile.

Having trouble?

If you are experiencing difficulties with your setup, please check the Support Forums and Users Knowledge base. You can also have a look at Sony UK instruction video or read TechRadar's or APC mag's guides.

Features

• 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
• Alexa skill available
• available for Windows, Linux, Mac and several NAS platforms

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, .m4b), 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), WebM (.webm)
• 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