~~Case file~~ · Open source · media server

Rustiio

DLNA/UPnP media server

A DLNA/UPnP media server written in Rust as a Serviio replacement: one binary, no runtime dependencies, device profiles instead of hardcoded rules. Ten crates cover discovery, the UPnP services, a SQLite-backed library, the playback decision and an embedded web UI. It serves films and series to TVs on the LAN, remembers watch positions and pulls posters by title ID.

Field

Open source · media server

Years

2026 → present

State

live

System

macOS · Linux · Windows · Web

open

github.com/fvaha/Rustiio ↗

Rustiio — DLNA/UPnP media server — **Screenshot** · No. 17 Rustiio — library, devices and the playback decision on one screen.

What it does

01 / 10

SSDP announce and M-SEARCH responder, probe to see what is on the network
ContentDirectory with Browse, paging and DIDL-Lite output
Byte-range streaming with DLNA headers, seeking works on the TV
Direct / remux / transcode decision per device profile, with the NVENC encoder
17 built-in profiles plus capture of an unknown device's real headers into a new profile
SQLite catalogue with stable IDs and FTS5 search, watch positions tied to those IDs
Posters by title ID (TMDB, Wikipedia, TVmaze), one poster per series
Locked folders: a PIN from the phone and a QR the TV opens as a video
Web UI (Svelte) embedded in the binary, plus a Tauri desktop app
v1.0.0 release: macOS, Linux and Windows, each shipping its own ffmpeg

Layers

02 / 03

Protocols

SSDPSOAPDIDL-LiteHTTP Range

Discovery on UDP 1900, announce and M-SEARCH responder
ContentDirectory with Browse and paging, Fault with the right codes
protocolInfo and contentFeatures per item, subtitles as their own res
Byte-range and seek so the TV can scrub

Library and transcode

RustSQLiteFTS5ffmpegNVENC

Folders scanned into a catalogue with stable IDs, the TV remembers ObjectID
FTS5 search: prefix on titles, whole words on paths
ffprobe metadata, bit depth and subtitles stored, not held in memory
Direct / remux / transcode decision, with h264_nvenc and a libx264 fallback
Prepare for TV: video copied, audio to AC-3, output every device plays

Interface and packaging

Svelte 5ViteTauri 2rust-embed

The web UI builds into dist and is embedded in the binary
Bento cards you can drag and collapse, layout kept in localStorage
Pages: library, devices, profiles, transcode, logs, statistics
The Tauri desktop app runs the same server inside its own process

Technologies

03 / 03

Languages RustTypeScriptSQL 03

Frameworks & tools axumtokioSQLite + FTS5ffmpegSvelte 5Tauri 2 06

Infrastructure systemdNVIDIA NVENCLAN 03

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