I tried the following on an Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and it should work on any other distribution with at least Mediatomb Version 0.12 installed. First install software you need: apt-get install mediatomb vlc-nox ffmpeg ffmpegthumbnailer add this to your config.xml: <online-content> [..] <sopcast enabled=”yes” refresh=”43200″ purge-after=”50000″ update-at-start=”yes”/> </online> <transcoding enabled=”yes”> <mimetype-profile-mappings> [..] <transcode mimetype=”video/sopcast-x-ms-wmv” [...]