Best Open Source Linux Media Servers for the Enterprise

MediaTomb

MediaTomb is an open-source UPnP MediaServer.It comes with a very beautiful web user interface and released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It supported multiple operating systems like x86, Alpha, ARM, MIPS, Sparc, and Power PC with support for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Mac OS X. By using MediaTomb you can stream your digital media through your home network and watch/listen to it a different type of UPnP compatible devices. MediaTomb uses a web-based interface for setting your shared media directories and you can add, remove, edit, browse your media from your computer browser. MediaTomb currently supported a number of features some of these are metadata extraction from mp3, Ogg, FLAC, jpeg files, provide automatic directory rescans, and Exif thumbnail support, support for Content Directory Service container updates, and supported external URLs.

Jinzora

Jinzora is a free and open source web-based multimedia application which allows you to stream digital music and videos to any internet-connected computer using a web browser. It is written in PHP language and released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It runs on different platforms like Windows, Linux, MacOS with Apache, IIS, and more. It also supported major audio and video formats and MP3, Ogg and MPEG, etc. Jinzora supports simple flat file storage and different databases and also supported Metadata. It display the content directly from the web interface. By using Jinzora you can tag MP3, album covers, artist biographies, and download songs, and provided multiple full-featured theme able interfaces. You can stream your digital media to internet connected device.

Wizd

Wizd is an open-source media server for Syabas-based media players. It has been released under the Public Domain license and supported different operating systems like Linux, Windows, and NAS platforms. It is supported all your media like audio, video, photos, etc. It utilizes low memory usage which is less than 10 MB of disk space and browses faster than ever through your media. It allows you the customization features you can customize skins and also offer the features of bookmark for MPEG movies. Wizd consists of a simple DOS console that can be configured through a config file. You can create an M3U playlist compatible with Wizd and you can open Wizd directly in a web browser under Windows.Wizd has been successfully tested on a number of network players some of these are I-O Data LinkPlayer, Snazio Net Cinema, Pinnacle SC 200, DigitalRise Xstream Player, Quartek I-Box 800, etc.

Firefly Media Server

Firefly Media Server is also known as mt-dad is an open-source audio media server. It is written in C language and released under the GNU GPL license. It uses DAAP to share content with iTunes and Rhythmbox in Linux. It provides the features of on-the-fly transcoding for converting content format which not supported. Firefly Media Server provides a comprehensive web-based interface. The installation process of this media server is very easy and you can use it very easily. Supported features of Firefly Media Server are supported Web-based configuration and Supported Roku SoundBridge via RSP, Supported user-created smart playlists and Supported serving streaming radio stations, etc.