I turned a forgotten laptop into a full media server—no money, no pain.

I've been using Plex to host my media for about a year now, but recently the platform has made several changes that pushed me to look for alternatives. For one, the company changed how remote ...

Self-hosting is an increasingly popular alternative for those looking to escape the convoluted (and expensive) content-streaming landscape and return to a more traditional personal ownership approach ...

Has anyone of you guys used windows server 2003 to build a streaming media server? We are developing corporate training videos that will be encoded in avi format or wmv format. I have to come up with ...

Old laptops or PCs lying around may seem like a waste of space and a catch basin for dust, but they may still have a purpose to turn it into a powerful Windows server that could work wonders for users ...

What if you could replace every streaming service you subscribe to with a single, tiny device that costs less than $100? It sounds almost too good to be true in a world where Netflix, Disney Plus, and ...

RealNetworks Inc. unveiled new software that can distribute streamed audio and video in a range of formats — including rival Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Media format — and announced a shared source code ...

Turn your Jellyfin or local library into ad-free TV channels you can flip through, complete with schedules, guides, and that ...