Serviio

I have used Serviio for about one year and now a registered user. It is installed on a Acer A150 netbook with 1Gb ram ( yes a netbook !) running Windows 10 which started life as Windows XP upgraded to Windows 8 (with the Microsoft £25 offer) thence to 8.1 and now Windows 10. The server runs only the media software, Windows updates and anti-virus. Most other programs have been removed or disabled.

Serviio has been upgraded to version 1.6. The media library is stored on a WD 2TB USB attached drive. It runs 24/7 and has not been switched off for a year (OK I switched the whole system off when I went abroad for one month). The main purpose is audio although I have a lot of photos and some video mainly home produced. The audio is 99% FLAC and consists of 16/44.1 CD rips (about 600 albums) and some recent 24bit digital purchases (24/88.1, 24/96 and 24/192).

My main digital player (renderer) is a Denon DNP-730AE player which is connected to a Naim NAC72/NAP140 amplifier and Celestion Ditton 25 speakers. The sound is excellent and I have been most impressed and satisfied with my whole digital music experience. The system is controlled by the (excellent) Mezzmo Android control App on a Kindle Fire HDX as the Denon App is unstable

Also connected are two WD TV Media Players, a Panasonic Blu-ray player and Panasonic TVs, and a second Naim system.

The network is wired using a TrendNet router (connected to my Internet router) and some Devolo powerline adapters. Most devices are configured with fixed IP addresses.

Yea my setup is similar but instead of setting static IP on each device, I assign IP in the router setup by Mac address. That way all devices on the network are dhcp and the ones you need static have their address reserved. I find it slightly less tedious. I use mine for video, have 2tb Western digital USB in Dell win7 dual core desktop. Panasonic Blu-ray and Chromecast and a Chinese tablet. It plays everything perfectly, and I never upgraded to 1.6, 1.5.2 is working great for me.