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.
v3.4.4 [Sep 17, 2013]
-New: Support for Octagon SF satellite receivers.
-Improved: Support for FLV format for WD TV Live, WD TV Live Hub and WD TV Live Plus media players.
-Improved: Support for OGG format for WD TV Live, WD TV Live Hub and WD TV Live Plus media players.
-Improved: Support for streaming video to 8player app on iPhone and iPad devices.
-Improved: Support for MKV format for Samsung D-series TVs.
-Improved: Support for H264 video codec for Samsung D-series TVs.
-Improved: Support for artwork thumbnails for Samsung BDP (2013 models).
-Improved: Auto-detection of movie and TV show metadata based on video filenames.
-Fixed: Scheduled maintenance sometimes not running at the specified time.
-Fixed: New files sometimes not added to Mezzmo library after maintenance.
-Fixed: Getting album artwork for music files.
-Fixed: Listing files sometimes stops working on Panasonic Viera TVs and BDP Blu-ray players.
-Fixed: Various crashes reported by users.
