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There are several media servers on the market that work well with TVs and PlayStation 3’s. I prefer MediaTomb , a uPnP -compliant server, because it is simple to install and configure. MediaTomb works flawlessly with my WD TV Live, and allows me to stream video (mostly AVI files), audio (mostly AAC files with .m4a extensions), and photos from my server to my TV. Install MediaTomb MediaTomb is simple to install on Ubuntu Server because a Debian package for it is in the repositories. To install MediaTomb, simply install the mediatomb package. $ sudo apt-get install mediatomb The MediaTomb daemon will start automatically after installation. Configure Port Number By default, MediaTomb will pick the first available port starting with 49152. When restarting the server, it may pick a different port, such as 49153. I prefer to lock MediaTomb down to a certain point, so my bookmarks for the web interface are always correct, and so I can set firewall and networking rules consisten...

Mediatomb.

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There are several media servers on the market that work well with TVs and PlayStation 3’s. I prefer MediaTomb , a uPnP -compliant server, because it is simple to install and configure. MediaTomb works flawlessly with my WD TV Live, and allows me to stream video (mostly AVI files), audio (mostly AAC files with .m4a extensions), and photos from my server to my TV. Install MediaTomb MediaTomb is simple to install on Ubuntu Server because a Debian package for it is in the repositories. To install MediaTomb, simply install the mediatomb package. $ sudo apt-get install mediatomb The MediaTomb daemon will start automatically after installation. Configure Port Number By default, MediaTomb will pick the first available port starting with 49152. When restarting the server, it may pick a different port, such as 49153. I prefer to lock MediaTomb down to a certain point, so my bookmarks for the web interface are always correct, and so I can set firewall and networking r...