--- title: Install Home Media Server on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Home Media Server for on elementary OS - Digital Media Server (UPnP, DLNA, HTTP) url: https://snapcraft.io/install/home-media-server/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Home Media Server on **elementary OS** # Home Media Server [Evgeniy Lachinov (hms)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/hms "View all snaps from Evgeniy Lachinov (hms)") * [Evgeniy Lachinov (hms)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/hms "View all snaps from Evgeniy Lachinov (hms)") * [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio) * [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/home-media-server/elementary#install) #### Digital Media Server (UPnP, DLNA, HTTP) Home Media Server (UPnP, DLNA, HTTP) - program, which provides media resources (photographs, audio and video files) on your computer to other UPnP (DLNA) devices in the home network, for example, Philips TVs (SimplyShare), Sony TVs, Samsung TVs (AllShare), LG TVs (SmartShare), Toshiba TVs, Sony Playstation, XBOX 360 (One), WD TV Live, iPad/iPhone/iPod, Apple TV (AirPlay), Chromecast (Google Cast), mobile and PDA devices. * Software contains a transcoders audio and video files, allows you to convert media resources in a format that is supported by the playback device. You can also convert the aspect ratio of video files to a format screen playback device and to choose audio tracks, subtitles. * Software supports special video folders **Music (Visualization)** and **Photo (Slideshow)**. * Software supports external and internal subtitles, can impose subtitles (**2D** and **3D**) during the process of transcoding. * Software supports DMR (**Digital Media Renderer**) devices control, mutli-room systems **Sony Party Streaming**, **Yamaha MusicCast**, **Sonos**, **Denon (Heos)** and **Airplay 2**, you can use the feature **"Play to"** to single device and group of devices (multiple devices). * Software supports scripts to load the data from internet database of movies (IMDb, IMDb-API, TheMovieDB, TheTVDB.com included). * Software supports Web-navigation with **HTML5** player on devices without DLNA (UPnP) support. * Software supports **Digital Media Renderer (DMR) emulation** for Airplay and Google Cast devices. * Software supports customizing structure of media resources for each device, dynamic folders (the items in the folder are created with a script). * Software supports **Digital Media Controller (DMC)** functionality. ### Package name * home-media-server --- ### License * Proprietary --- ### Last updated * 24 March 2023 - latest/stable This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [www.homemediaserver.ru](https://www.homemediaserver.ru/en "https://www.homemediaserver.ru/en") --- ### Contact * [www.homemediaserver.ru](https://www.homemediaserver.ru/en/feedback.php "https://www.homemediaserver.ru/en/feedback.php") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/home-media-server/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Home Media Server Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install Home Media Server To install Home Media Server, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install home-media-server ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/home-media-server/elementary) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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