Mezzom is a media server that can help you stream various types of contents. It supports practically all devices that can be connected to a network, such as home theaters, game consoles, tablets, media players, and smartphones. Besides, the tool also allows playing media in a web browser. The application has a very nice interface, and it helps you manage and share your files by creating a media library, which is enriched with additional information downloaded from online movie and TV show databases. A few simple steps are all it takes to start streaming contents: just select a file or a playlist, pick a target device, and start playing.
Luckily, Mezzmo supports a wide range of media file types, including video, audio, and pictures, as well as subtitle file formats. It’s nice that the tool can stream subtitles taken from external files, and not only that, it can “print” subtitles on the video in case the target device doesn’t support them. Besides, it can stream the same film to various devices. Another very convenient feature is that the tool supports on-the-fly transcoding which ensures each device receives information in a compatible format. For this purpose, you can create specific profiles for each device. However, it may happen that your computer isn’t powerful enough for such a demanding process. Fortunately, there’s also the possibility to transcode your files before actually streaming them.
All in all, Mezzmo is a very efficient and intuitive media server supporting multiple devices and formats. It’s also extremely flexible as to displaying subtitles. When tested, the tool worked just as it was expected. It was tried on various external devices without any problem whatsoever. Besides, it also allowed watching movies in a web browser from a remote computer.
v3.2.1 [May 11, 2013]
--Auto extraction of embedded subtitles from videos. Mezzmo will auto-extract embedded subtitles and save them as external subtitle files so Mezzmo can deliver them to your devices that only accept external subtitles or burnt subtitles in videos. See Options dialog (Subtitles - Advanced page) to turn on/off auto-extraction.
--Support for Cambridge Audio Blu-ray players, including 752BD model.
--Support for Onkyo PR-series A/V receivers.
--Support for metadata and artwork files generated by XBMC (Frodo).
--Create smart playlists using rules that can test for empty values.
--Improved: Better compliance when streaming to Samsung devices, including TVs, Blu-ray players and home theater systems.
--Improved: Support for ASF video format for Samsung E-series TVs.
--Improved: Auto-detection of Samsung E-series TVs.
--Improved: Support for more pre-defined folders on Samsung C-series TVs.
--Improved: Reading videos from DVD ISOs.
--Improved: Support for FF/REW for Sony BDP Blu-ray players, HT home theater systems and SMP network music players.
--Improved: Support for MPEG-2 video format for Sony BDP Blu-ray players, HT home theater systems and SMP network music players.
--Improved: Support for NTSC-based Panasonic BDP Blu-ray players.
--Improved: Support for delivering high-quality photos to Grundig Fine Arts TVs.
--Improved: Support for streaming music to Cambridge Audio network music players, including Stream Magic 6.
--Improved: Better DLNA and UPnP compliance when delivering content to devices.
--Improved: Reading created date / release date from video metadata.
--Improved: Support for WTV video format.
--Improved: Processing active playlists when adding files and when maintaining files.
--Improved: Faster when deleting files from Mezzmo library.
--Fixed: Videos transcoded on-the-fly stop playing before the end on Microsoft Xbox 360.
--Fixed: Group By First Letter is sorting on Album Artist instead of Artist.
--Fixed: DVD and DVD ISO videos are not displayed for smart playlists.
--Fixed: Video perspective (2D/3D) is reset after maintaining files.
--Fixed: Duplicate sub-playlists are added to Mezzmo library when scanning and adding files.
--Fixed: Thumbnails sometimes not displayed in Properties dialog.
--Fixed: Wrong playlists are sometimes added under an active playlist after editing active playlist properties.
--Fixed: Various crashes reported by users.
