Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) creates guidelines for interoperability of multimedia devices.
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Is "Platinum UPnP" open source library a good option to implement a DLNA system on a linux based system?
I am thinking of implementing my own DLNA system on my linux based systems. Is "Platinum UPnP" library a good option for this.
What I found is "Platinum UPnP" library is quite big in size.
Are there any other open source UPnP (DLNA) libraries…

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Android : DLNA compliant devices
I need to find the list of DLNA compliant devices in my network from my Android application.
I'm using the API's from org.cybergarage.
They're available in Java, I want to make them Android capable i.e. Porting APis
Any help on this.
Thanks

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Starting and stopping an Android app remotely through PC or another smartphone
I have an Android Data collection App which collects sensors data. First, I enter the activity name in this app and then press the start button. After the recording is completed, I press the stop button and exit the app. For another activity, I…

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Run command after mount/unmout usb pen drive
I have Raspberry Pi (with Raspbian) and using it as DLNA/UPnP server and renderer. I run minidlna as DLNA server and i have some media files on USB.
I would like to automaticaly rebuild DLNA DB when drive is mounted and unmounted. This is done by…

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Streaming web video to Roku
Does anyone know how technically to send videos (i.e. Youtube Videos) to a Roku player? There is a "Twonky Beam" app that allows streaming and what it appears to do is to send .mp4 files to Roku for playback. See the demo here:…

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How to implement a media server for local music files on the phone in flutter that can be used by DLNA
I am working on a flutter app (for iOS and Android). One of the function of the app is to find DLNA renderes in the local network and allow user to play the local music files on his phone on these DLNA renderes. I have incorperated the DART-DLNA…

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More about Casting(Screen Mirroring) Technology (Protocols)
So recently, Casting technology is almost poping up everywhere i know, and those Smart TVs and TV boxes starting to "claims" to support such technology, and i was like hmmm, how do they works? wat protocol they use?
and one day, as im a Nexus6P…

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SSDP and interface IP address
I'm writing a UPnP AV/DLNA DMS which needs to send and receive SSDP messages. In response to some M-SEARCH packets I need to send a reply with the URL of a resource (in this case a HTTP server), which I've chosen to bind to INADDR_ANY (0.0.0.0). Of…

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Differences between DLNA 1.5 and 2.0
I'm scratching my head trying to understand which are the differences between DLNA 1.5 and 2.0.
Any pointers?
Thanks in advance.
-- Paolo

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Stream HLS (Android) to DLNA clients on LAN
Currently, I want to stream a movie which are TS files in a m3u8 playlist format from my Android smartphone to on-LAN DLNA supported clients (such as my Samsung TV).
I had search but could not find any good starting point.
Any helps would be…

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DLNA sequential playback, how it work?
If the tracks are played sequentially, who initiates the switch to the next track?
Control Point. It asks the Digital Media Renderer for elapsed time from the beginning of the track and the next track starts.
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Digital Media Renderer? How?

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Browse sort criteria
I'm trying to write a upnp/dlna client for videos and I would like to allow the option to sort by title and date.
With Windows7/wmp as the server, I can use "dc:title" or "dc:date" for sorting and it seems to work but testers have told me it…

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Can Upnp or DLNA stream audio from server to multiple renderers at the same time?
I would like to know if it is possible for upnp/dlna protocol to stream audio from a single media server to multiple media renderers at the same time. Does the protocol allow this? Thank you.

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Play one multimedia content on multiple devices at the same time?
Can I send and show my multimedia content on two or more devices via DLNA
at the same time?
If yes how can I do it ? For example I want my tvs, tablets to play the same multimedia content of my smartphone( LG Nexus 4) at the same time.
If not, are…

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Routing video stream traffic through Android phone
I want an Android phone to control a video stream playback on a Samsung Smart TV. I can send a UPnP command to the TV with a URL to the video stream. Unfortunately the Samsung TV don't accept URLs that point outside the local network. To make a…

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