Wild Media Server (UPnP, DLNA, HTTP) User Reviews

"Good software..but lacks ALOT and has no support" by Drey on Aug 20, 2010

Pros

- has some great features

Cons

- poorly written
- sluggish interface
- very bad support (0)
- little documentation

Summary

It's a nice piece of software and functionality wise it's very good compared to others I have tested. However, for the purchase price of $40, it's a bit iffy. The software is far from polished in terms of UI, usability and plain English. You'll encounter some tooltips in Russian. Support is through Eugene, who clearly has difficulty speaking/writing/understanding the language. There is a forum for which people can ask questions, but many times Eugene can't understand what is written, or worse yet, provides a response which isn't all the clear because of the language barrier. Additionally, if you post something that Eugene doesn't agree with, your post will get deleted with no mention why.

Be careful of the licensing model. Some TVs, like my Sony KDL-46NX700 have 2 network adapters (wired and wireless). These equate to 2 different device IDs, and you will need separate licenses for each, not 1. I'm not sure if I agree with that, but that's how it is. Make sure you decide on which network connection you want to use prior to purchasing the software if you have a device that supports 2 different network connections. In an ideal world, how one chooses to connect their device to the network shouldn't matter, but the Russian philosophy must be different.
The program has great features - not much comes close to it.

However, the UI is poor and usability is lacking because of the language issue. Very little documentation comes along with it, and so you may not know what many of the options do. You can try posting a question on the forum about it and you might get a response that makes sense. If Eugene thinks it's a stupid question, he'll just delete it though. Support and customer service is a 0.