Would like to see a purpose built infuse media server with a streaming protocol that works effortlessly with infuse. This media server could address a lot of issues around performance, meta data handling and multiuser support.
Plex and emby make great media servers however there’s a lot of bloat and unused features in them and it would be nice to have something slimmer that “just works” with infuse.
Hey Jarvis,
Would be interested in knowing what bloat you see in Plex? There are no forced features and for managing libraries it does the job perfectly…
Music libraries, transcoding, plex tv and news, games, photos, DLNA.
I use plex currently but wish it was more modularized. If I didn’t want the feature it wouldn’t get installed.
Just disable what you dont use or unpin from left menu…
My Plex servers all serve a single purpose (and rocks doing what it does most of the time) which is simply to keep things in libraries, manage metadata and share with infuse… not using a single other feature
I have my settings and libraries down to the minimum needed for infuse, apart from the scanning and fixing movies/tv series…
I have configured mine as well but after spending all day dicking with systems at work I don’t really feel like doing it at home. I also would like to remove a paid plex subscription.
Hello all.
I use Infuse clients on my iPhone, iPad, and ATV. Any server apps planned? Apps that would transcode on the fly and manage the bitrate?
I don’t think the Infuse+Plex combo can do this now(?), and I really don’t want to use Plex.
I did find this note in the “upcoming” post - “Versatile transcoding options for Plex”. Is this the answer?
Thank you.
Alex
Plex has been the best media server for years (Jellyfin or emby are great but not as great as Plex), but recently the company made a change in their strategy and the media server is not there priority anymore.
Do you think that would be interesting for infuse to create the ultimate media server with a tight integration to infuse player ?
Don’t you think support for these back ends would make more sense such as Plex/jellyfin? Infuse can already essentially do this with a remote storage drive on the network with movies.
Best thing they could do at this point (or, more likely, before this point) would be to just create their own Infuse server. For all the work they’ve put in connecting Emby, Plex, Jellyfin, and other ways of connecting, they could really simplify things by just having their own server that feeds the player.
But for which device(s) would they create it?
I am not sure. It would open infuse to more features and easier implementation. But would mean more development going into maintaining and development of that server, taking away from the time allocated to the app. Also I am not convinced that infuse users would like to use a server. Infuse is pretty simple to set-up on you apple devices and for many this is what they look for. No extra install, just the app that gets 70% of features done.
Also, the different servers on the market serve different kinds of niches, and Infuse Server would just be another one in the group, and likely not solve much.
They are just Apple now, so just the same as they do currently. That would make having a server even easier not having to deal with Android, Roku, etc.
True, but think about how much time and effort is going into developing ways to connect to Plex and Emby already. That time could be used toward their own server. I have no idea what percentage uses a server vs other connections, but it must be a decent amount for Infuse to develop direct mode.
I think the difference would be Infuse would be a server only for their player and not for Android, Roku, etc. In the end, if every user was going through the server, less time would be spent on SMB and other connections too.
Or let infuse develop the apps for apple / android / whatnot…and leave the server dev to emby / plex / jellyfin. Basically work together.
I am an emby user and in my view infuse is visually more appealing, while the emby app has more features due to the server side. On a shield I would welcome an infuse app with the same esthetics as long as the features are on par with emby.
When infuse goes the server route they need to expand into other eco-systems beyond apple. That is a small step for man, a giant leap for infuse 
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The world doesn’t need another media server. There are already plenty of great options that are getting better every year. What we need are a variety of clients to connect to these servers so that our media is accessible from anywhere (Apple TV, Android, web, mobile, etc.).
Infuse for now is the best option for an Apple-like experience on Apple devices to access media. Let the devs improve that experience instead of getting distracted with other environments that already have satisfactory solutions.
I personally don’t see the point in this. The infuse team is smaller than those of the other media servers. The plex, jellyfins and embys of the world have been doing this for a very long time and on a lot of those you can turn off pretty much anything you don’t need. Infuse getting into the space is just more resources and time on their end for very little gain.
I’ll rather infuse just focus on what they’ve been the best at which is being the best player. Also if you hate bloat, there’s nothing more barebones than loading up an smb share and playing.
So don’t get distracted by making a server, but get distracted by Android, web, mobile, etc.?
I literally said the opposite. Focus on Apple ecosystem; the other platforms are already spoken for.