ServeToMe

ServeToMe is a free application for Intel Macs or Windows that supports the StreamToMe iPhone/iPod Touch application.

Once you've purchased StreamToMe and downloaded it to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you must run ServeToMe on your Intel Mac (running Mac OS X 10.5 or greater) or Windows (XP SP2, Vista or Windows 7) to stream files to it.

Learn more about StreamToMe on the StreamToMe product page or visit the StreamToMe page on the iTunes App Store.

Previous versions of ServeToMe are available here:

• ServeToMe 3.1 (Mac)
• ServeToMe 3.1 (Windows)
• ServeToMe 3.0.4 (Mac)
• ServeToMe 3.0.4 (Windows)
• ServeToMe 2.1.1 (Mac)
• ServeToMe 2.1.3 (Windows)

Installation and usage:

To install ServeToMe, open the disk image (DMG) file and drag the ServeToMe icon contained within to your Applications folder.

Double-click the ServeToMe icon in your Application's folder to launch. It will appear in the menubar while running (not the Dock). Add folders whose contents you wish to share using the "+" button in the server window.

Further details about ServeToMe and StreamToMe can be found on the StreamToMe product page.

New in version 3.0:

• (3.1.1) Bug fixes for all platforms
• (3.1.1) Video resolution control
• (3.1) iTunes Playlist integration (requires StreamToMe 3.1)
• (3.1) 3G video quality improvements
• (3.0.4) Fixed a password timeout issue that could cause streams to be terminated after 60 seconds.
• (3.0.3) Fixed a crash bug on Mac OS X 10.5.8. Stability improvements for all platforms.
• (3.0.2) Fixed a potential deadlock causing playback issues for some users.
• (3.0.1) Fixed a bug in the 3.0 build that caused StreamToMe to hang on the "Loading stream from server" message.
• (3.0) Added support for StreamToMe 3.0 features including iPhone4 720p video support and background audio.

Fixes since version 2.0:

• (2.1.3 — Windows-only) Additional fixes for East Asian languages on Windows.
• (2.1.2 — Windows-only) First official full-release of Windows version. Changes since Windows beta: fixed non-latin character sets, thumbnail loading, memory leaks and processes not terminating.
• (2.1) Support for StreamToMe 2.1 features including manual bitrate selection, right-to-left text and non-UTF-8 subtitles (2.1 is pending approval on the App Store).
• (2.1) Significantly reduced CPU and bandwith burden of iPad transcoding.
• (2.1) Fixed timing of SRT and MOV Text subtitles.
• (2.1) Added support for BMP thumbnails for music files.
• (2.1) Alias redirections limited to 10 to stop infinite loops.
• (2.0.4 beta 3 for Windows) Speed improvements. Support for UNC paths. Fixed numerous warning messages.
• (2.0.4 beta 2 for Windows) Prevented ffmpeg-servetome crash messages.
• (2.0.4) Added a new stream quality for iPad
• (2.0.3) Fixed playback of MJPEG videos (common home video format).
• (2.0.2) Fixed a subtitle scaling issue where subtitles could be too large.
• (2.0.2) Fixed an audio sync issue with some files.
• (2.0.1) Fixed a fontconfig issue that could prevent music files from playing.
• (2.0.1) Fixed a potential crash bug (library not found on some systems).

New in version 2.0:

Major new features:

• Added support for features in StreamToMe version 2.0.

Minor changes:

• Rewritten transcode pipeline to improve stream transitions and encode quality.
• Preliminary support for EyeTV .mpg streams (contained in .eyetv bundles)
• Added support for alias and symlink folders and files
• Increased the number of stream qualities to 6 (bit rates are roughly 64kbps, 96kbps, 160kbps, 360kbps, 720kbps and 1.4Mbps)

Version History:

Recent new features:

• (1.2) Added automatic router configuration via UPnP/NAT-PMP.
• (1.1.3) Added a 4th stream quality between medium and low for use on slower remote WiFi.
• (1.1) Immediate seek to any point in the file (no waiting for encoding to reach the end of the file).
• (1.1) Username and password protection.
• (1.1) Remote access over WiFi or 3G with bitrates between 96kbps and 1600kbps according to connection speed.

Recent bug fixes:

• (1.2) Fixed a bug where only 9 folders could be shared reliably.
• (1.1.3) Fixed a problem where files within a folder might be shown unsorted.
• (1.1.3) Fixed a situation where the stream would exceed the target bitrate.
• (1.1.3) Fixed a situation where the stream would encode at greater than 30 frames per second (causing pauses and failures on the iPhone).
• (1.1.3) Fixed a problem preventing passwords from being enabled correctly.
• (1.1.2) Fixed a problem where password settings were not saved correctly.
• (1.1.1) Fixed a missing library error in the 1.1 build that caused some encodes to fail.

Support:

If you're having problems with StreamToMe or ServeToMe, or you have a query about supported features, please select the appropriate support category:

Getting started	Which files and formats are supported by StreamToMe?
Connection problems on a local network	Connection problems from a non-local (internet) or 3G network
Quality issues and problems playing files	Known issues

If you have a query that isn't covered by these topics please, email: