XBMC turned out to be best (and only for WinXP) player. I was unpleasantly surprised that my media players of choice ( Media Player Classic and VLC) are completely oblivious about UPnP. Security is based on list of allowed IPs and open for all by default.Ĭomparing to Linux platform choice of decent software for the task on Windows is extremely limited. I also had to correct mis-detected IP address, change access port and manually edit XML configuration file to add support for MKV files. Initial setup is supposed to be as easy as adding some folders (or iTunes database). This one is quite old and seems to be no longer developed but turned out to be very efficient.įUPPES is UPnP server only that runs in background (with icon in tray that gives access to some basic controls and calls main web-interface). This guide also leaves out video transcoding (on-the-fly re-encoding for underpowered devices) – because choice for that is beyond sucks and into realm of words that won’t be polite to use in post. It was actually quite hard to find viable Windows ways to put it together because choice of free UPnP software for this platform frankly sucks. Dedicated media servers might be better using specialized solutions like MythTV. This is very general case that can be easily accomplished on average computer. Scope of my setupįew variants I offer are all software based and for Windows environment. These can all be combined or separate with common split into server on one end and player (control point plus renderer) on another. control point – enumerates and controls servers and renderers.renderer – does media playback (software or hardware).server – does media sharing (computer, NAS, etc).There are three basic types of nodes in UPnP setup: UPnP is set of open standards that aims to simplify networking tasks and (among other things) allows compatible hardware devices and software to share and access media files. Setting up centralized media server allows to keep everything organized, in single place and (depending on your level of media obsession) offers numerous expanding and integrating opportunities – from simple convenience enhancements to smart home networks. So I decided to setup UPnP server on my desktop (which I tried and failed to do in the past for my Nokia N810).
However copying files over wireless network got boring fast and simply feeding http links from HFS into VLC cut basic control options (like skip and rewind). Trying to reduce piles of queued video seemed like logical thing to do. I spent recent few days on the couch with my notebook and nasty cold.
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