Younity
Younity is a media server software that attempts to unify all of your content into one simple menu. By installing the software on all your computers, you can unify and organize all of your content to make it more easily accessible. No more struggling to remember which drive hosts which project. younity is compatible with a variety of different apps and softwares to give you the best user experience possible. You can use Airplay and Chromecast to stream your home media server's content directly to your home theater system or TV. You can also use the SmartStream technology to stream any of your content to any of your devices without sacrificing audio and video quality. You don't even have to know where all of your content is. There's no painstaking searching necessary. younity automatically finds all of your content and then organizes it into libraries for you. All the work of organization is done with the press of a button, saving you immeasurable amounts of energy and time. No complex configuration is required. younity is also unique in its accessibility. You don't need any special configuration or management to sync the software to your home network. There's no need to struggle with routers or open ports on your firewall. younity uses remote access to easily adhere to a network. younity is a multi-platform software available for Windows, Mac, Media Center PCs, Android, and iOS systems. Users simply create an online account that allows remote access to their computer. All the media files stored on that computer are then made available for streaming, transcoded, and streamed directly from the home computer to the other connected devices. All media is available everywhere, instantly, without the need for cloud software. younity supports streaming in a variety of formats including H264, HEVC, and MPEG-4. The application can automatically detect what device is being used, and then it adapts the stream to provide the highest quality stream for your player's availability and your network's quality.
- Cross-platform availability on Mac, Windows, Media Center PCs, Android, and iOS
- Online account created for server access
- All digital media files are made available for streaming
- All digital media files are streamed directly to other devices with the younity app downloaded
- Streaming support to H264, HEVC, and MPEG-4 video formats
- Automatic streaming adjustment
- Automatic access to media files
- Automatic organization
- Easy server setup and maintenance
- Automatic organization of media files
- Multi-platform, easy-to-use apps
- Intuitive interface makes searching easy
- Free to use with an optional premium package that you can pay for
- Lack of customizability in the interface
- Subcategories must be organized by the user
- Screen mirroring must be used to Chromecast media