MinimServer comparison with Synology Media Server

[DavidHB]

(03-12-2013 13:53)winxi Wrote:  I think that it is about the details and every single feature of MinimServer can be considered as an advantage.

I agree with the second half of this statement, but I would question the first half.

It is clear from the documentation and from replies Simon has given on the forum, that MinimServer is the product of a clear and coherent design philosophy. Its core virtues are therefore less in individual features (valuable as they are) than in such things as reliability and maintainability, the focus on music streaming (not video or images), standards compliance and (relative) platform independence. Where device manufacturers' products provide even some of these benefits, they often seem to do so by retreating within the DNLA cocoon, probably because DNLA is now a better known and more consumer-oriented brand than UPnP AV. It is in the nature of DNLA to be feature limited.

MinimServer gives us both the core virtues and the features (particularly in the promised new version). I cannot think of any good reason to look elsewhere.

David