StreamToMe Requirements

Requirements for the StreamToMe player

The biggest requirement of the StreamToMe player is that you must have a Mac or Windows computer that can run the ServeToMe server. It is not possible to use StreamToMe without a computer running ServeToMe so please check the Requirements for the ServeToMe server below and ensure that you have a computer that meets the requirements.

iOS requirements:

• Any iOS device (iPhone or iPad) running iOS 8 or newer

Mac requirements:

• Any 64-bit Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.6 or newer

When connecting StreamToMe to a television via cables, iPhone 3Gs, iPod Touch 3rd gen and older devices can only use analog cables (component or composite) and will not have access to playlists when using cables.

iPhone 4 or iPad or newer is required to use and of the digital (VGA/DVI/HDMI) output cables but these devices will not have any additional limitations when using output cables of any kind.

AirPlay requires iOS (AirPlay is not supported from the Mac StreamToMe player). Non-mirrored AirPlay video is recommended since it may result in a higher framerate.

Requirements for the ServeToMe server

Requirements to run the ServeToMe server on a Mac:

• (Minimum) Intel Mac
• (Recommended) Core 2 Duo running at 2.2Ghz or faster (includes any speed Core i3/i5/i7 CPU or Xeon CPU) with at least 2GB of RAM
• Mac OS X 10.5 or newer

Requirements to run the ServeToMe server on Windows:

• (Minimum) 2Ghz Pentium 4 or faster CPU supporting SSE 2
• (Recommended) Core 2 Duo or Athlon 64 X2 running at 2.2Ghz or faster (includes any speed Core i3/i5/i7, Athlon or Xeon made in the last 5 years) with at least 2GB of RAM
• Windows XP SP3 or newer (including Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows Home Server)
• NOTE: Atom CPUs are not supported.

For both Mac and Windows, the "Recommended" specification must be met to allow transcoding of 720p quality video.