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UMS on tablet
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 3:00 am
by michalf
Hi,
Is it possible to run Universal Media Server on tablet with Windows 8 or Windows 10?
It will be used for transconding mainly 720p wideos.
About hardware - something like Kiano Intelect 8 3G MS.
Best Regards,
Michal
Re: UMS on tablet
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 4:22 am
by squadjot
The answer is most likely: No
Re: UMS on tablet
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:30 am
by michalf
Thank you for answer. Could you explain why not?
Re: UMS on tablet
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:43 am
by valib
michalf wrote:Thank you for answer. Could you explain why not?
Because of the CPU power but you can try it and give us the result. In principle it may work for streaming videos but in case the transcoding is needed there could be a problem.
Re: UMS on tablet
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:48 am
by squadjot
Also, i suspect your tablet can only run windows in "tablet" mode..
If your tablet is really able to run windows in "dekstop" mode, then yes it might be able to run UMS, but transcode 720p?..no way.
Re: UMS on tablet
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:20 am
by HT1
the Kiano Intelect 8 3G MS only has an atom cpu right ?
no, most definetly it won't be able to transcode anything (i have an asus vivotab8 with z3745 in it)
also your wifi card will just burn out quicker with this kind of back and forth heavy traffic.
i wouldn't even dare with a 2000$ Micro$oft Surface with an intel i7 quad core, just the wifi card alone would burn out too.
you're better off watching the videos on your tablet than burn out your cpu and wifi.
Re: UMS on tablet
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:29 am
by DeFlanko
the 30,000 ft answer:
Typically a Tablet is a Client device. Whereas UMS (the S stands for Server) is installed and hosted on a Server like hardware.
Client devices typically dont' have the power (CPU, RAM) to transcode, store media (hard drive space), or bandwidth (typically wifi only) to supply media to several devices at once.