Go2TV vs simpleDLNA

Go2TV

Cast media files to UPnP/DLNA Media Renderers and Smart TVs. (by alexballas)

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simpleDLNA

A simple, zero-config DLNA media server, that you can just fire up and be done with it. (by nmaier)

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Go2TV		simpleDLNA
	Project
8	Mentions	2
444	Stars	478
-	Growth	-
4.1	Activity	10.0
9 days ago	Latest Commit	about 6 years ago
Go	Language	C#
MIT License	License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

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Go2TV

Posts with mentions or reviews of Go2TV. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-09.

Selfhosted open source digital signage Screenly alternative
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 1 Jun 2023

Little different approach https://github.com/alexballas/go2tv
go2tv: Cast media files to UPnP/DLNA Media Renderers and Smart TVs
1 project | /r/coolgithubprojects | 29 May 2023
A simple guide to streaming pirated content on your smart TV
5 projects | /r/Piracy | 9 Sep 2022

go2tv : go based, portable, no setup (point to file and subtitle and we're good to go), GUI, cross-platform, bubbleupnp support for external subs.
Video processing on worker
1 project | /r/golang | 18 Jun 2022

With ffmpeg the best supported way is to pass the video file directly to it. So you would first need to upload it somewhere. You can also pipe your input to it but due to https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/34087/ffmpeg-fails-on-pipe-to-pipe-video-decoding this might fail sometimes. Here is an example function where you pass an io.Writer (ffmpeg output) and an input. https://github.com/alexballas/go2tv/blob/main/utils/transcode.go
Good Go packages for video compression?
2 projects | /r/golang | 17 Apr 2022
Show HN: Go2TV – Cast your videos and music to Smart TVs and other (DMR) devices
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Nov 2021
Go2TV - cast videos to UPnP/DLNA MediaRenderers
1 project | /r/golang | 14 Apr 2021

simpleDLNA

Posts with mentions or reviews of simpleDLNA. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-09.

Internal player not remember position after firmware update
1 project | /r/LGOLED | 10 Sep 2023

For context I'm using simpleDLNA and after backing out of playing content and then going back in, it will start at the beginning versus resuming where I left off. 100% this worked before the firmware upgrade.
A simple guide to streaming pirated content on your smart TV
5 projects | /r/Piracy | 9 Sep 2022

simpleDLNA : portable, easy-setup, GUI, Windows only. muti-directory support.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Go2TV and simpleDLNA you can also consider the following projects:

dms - A UPnP DLNA Digital Media Server that includes basic video transcoding. Tested on a Panasonic Viera television, several Android UPnP apps, and Chromecast.

nano-dlna - A minimal UPnP/DLNA media streamer

Pion WebRTC - Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API

UniversalMediaServer - A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(S) Media Server.

reisen - A simple library to extract video and audio frames from media containers (based on libav).

blast - blast your linux audio to DLNA receivers

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checkrr - Checkrr Scans your library files for corrupt media and replace the files via sonarr and radarr