Mezzmo for Windows

User Reviews

• Useless piece of crap!

  4/12/2017

  Pros

  NONE AT ALL!!!

  Cons

  Useless piece of crap. It just started downloading artwork and metadata that I neither need nor want with no option to prevent it. It also would only play in default media program rather than let me play using Chromecast. Your program is 100% useless to me.

  Summary

  Useless as tits on a boar!

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• Absolutely the best

  atrotter35631/1/2014

  Pros

  Transcodes on the fly and pre-transcodes. Easy to use with intuitive user interface.

  Cons

  None as far as I am concerned.

  Summary

  I recently got a streaming media player and had to find a DLNA server to feed it movies. I tried what I believe to be every one of the available servers and DLNA was absolutely the easiest to use and most powerful that I found.

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• Cost money state it up front

  drewgsands3/26/2013

  Pros

  Torrent for free 2.7

  Cons

  Fair to Poor

  Summary

  Got a free version

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• Works fine except file lists extremely slow to load.

  peter_hardcastle11/12/2012

  Pros

  Streams video to my Sumsung HDTV, which TVersity does not do. Music, photo's, video all served out to my DNLA devices without any problems.

  Cons

  The lists of files available, as shown on the connected DNLA device, are unbelievably slow to load; a few minutes for each drill down. This is the case for both my Musicpal player & HDTV. TVersity, now uninstalled, was virtually instant (but wouldn't stream to my TV). Maybe there's a setting somewhere?

  Summary

  Awkward to get going, but OK once you get your head around the control panel. Would be excellent if the file listing "Con" were resolved.

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• Awful Interface - Serviio is soo much better

  AzizRahman7867/31/2012

  Pros

  It has a uninstaller - thanks God

  Cons

  Absolutely terrible and slow Interface is so confusing

  Summary

  Had to install it after few hours of figuring it out, just awfully made and structured. Having used Serviio Media Server this is nothing compared. Trust me when i say this, try Serviio and you'll never go back to this rubbish

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• It does what it says!

  JavedNoman836/3/2012

  Pros

  Works perfectly, no more DLNA error in my media streaming players

  Cons

  None found yet!

  Summary

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• Serviio works much better, and for free.

  smb775/26/2012

  Pros

  Does not require per-device licensing as some other media servers do.

  Cons

  Even after hours of fiddling and configuring of device profiles, it still will not stream H.264 encoded videos to my Sony BD player (which plays that format natively). Support forums suggested transcoding my .mp4s into .avi format, are working fine, but I don't feel like I should have to do. Serviio, on the other hand, detected the device type and assigned the right profile, and streamed all video files to the same device instantly and seamlessly. The second nail in Mezzmo's coffin was when my wife bought a Logitech Revue (with which Mezzmo advertises compatibility), but even after fiddling with the obligatory device profiles and other settings it will not detect media indexed by the server (forget playing the media, it won't even display the list). The third nail in their coffin was the $30 price tag, which you might assume would entitle you to a stable, mature, polished product, which is not at all the case.

  Summary

  I'm not a digital multimedia expert, but I'm a highly technical user. I recognize that DLNA is still in its infancy as a technology, and just now starting to be widely used. That said, I would have expected a more mature and functional product for the $30 I paid. I cannot recommend this product.

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• Best and easiest I have found so far!

  calicodog1/19/2012

  Pros

  It works Easy set up

  Cons

  Not interactive with medial library

  Summary

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• Great media server software, excellent customer service

  LahainaJoe1/14/2012

  Pros

  Fast setup, professional support and continued updates for new display equipment. Excellent customer service and followup. I have been using it from their introduction, primarily for video, and it continues to improve and keep up to date with current technology.

  Cons

  None really, this type of product is hitting moving software/hardware targets and the products support team has been on the ball with updates and improvements to meet the users needs.

  Summary

  A good media server, stable and has made such inovations/milestones as pre-transcoding, witch many will find very usefull if they have a large library.

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• Known security risks and uninstall issues.

  RogerMaris1/11/2012

  Pros

  I like the sorting/grouping capability. Display is good too.

  Cons

  *** This product utilizes a Local User Account, which is a known security risk and common exploit. Uninstall of product is another issue because it leaves behind the known security risk (big oversight). The Mezzmo "uninstall" leaves behind 5 Registry Keys and a Local User Account, which is a known security exploit. I have not run any "tools" to discovered the password, but I know 3 ways to reset a local user password, even with the "user cannot reset password" fluff. Not good, Mezzmo.

  Summary

  In today's internet connected world, a security risk is not a good trade off for a "really great display" and there are several free competitors that don't require local users accounts. It's just not worth the risk even with a consumer software firewall (TNTL).

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