Questions tagged [upnp]

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of networking protocols that permits networked devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, and entertainment.

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Fetch all DLNA root storage directories in Cling?

I'm using the awesome Cling library to scan my network for UPnP devices. My goal is to throw together a little DLNA library browser so I can learn the technology. I have so far been able to 1. scan the network and get connected UPnP devices, 2. scan…
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TCP P2P without server

is it possible to write TCP P2P program without server? When I was googling this question I found something about NAT traversal,UPnP, can I use them somehow?
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SSDP on the iPhone

I need to be able to send out a UDP message and also receive one in order to discover SSDP devices on the network from the iPhone. I know that I need to send the packet to the multicast address and my HTTP request needs to look something like…
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iPhone to iPhone communication

I'm kind of curious how I should approach a problem with iPhones and communication between two phones. I have an idea for an application that needs to send data between two known phones. The problem is that the data could be very small or very…
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How to achieve double NAT port forwarding via upnp programmatically

I am trying to achieve double NAT working with UPNP. My PC connection is as follows: Internet -> Router 1 -> Router 2-> PC I have successfully done port forwarding on the Router 2, but not able to do on router 1. Due to which packets from the…
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UPnP Library for .Net

I'm trying to play around with UPnP. Specifically, I'm trying to browse the content library of a PS3 Media Server. I tried upnp.dll (a COM library that ships with windows) and found it easy to use. I can discover devices and look at their services…
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Why is NOTIFY necessary in SSDP?

I'm hoping somebody can clear up my confusion behind the purposes of NOTIFY and M-SEARCH messages used by upnp/ssdp protocol. My understanding is that a NOTIFY message is sent when a device wants to advertise itself to other UPNP capable devices and…
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What are the best options for NAT port forwarding?

I'd like to make it easy for users to forward a port on their NAT to their local machine for my C++ app. I'd like to make this work on OSX & Windows. Linux would be a great bonus, but Linux users are probably more comfortable forwarding ports…
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Can't add a static port mapping in my c# application

I'm trying to add new static port mapping in my c# application. Because my application runs as a server and i want its to listen on the port 8000. NATUPNPLib.UPnPNATClass upnpnat = new…
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How to push DLNA content from the command line

I am going to integrate broadcasted channels with IPTV channels into one menu on my TVs. The problem is that swithing between different sources is a pain. So basically I need to create a menu on the tv to select the channel I want to watch and then…
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Do any IP cameras implement the UPnP Digital Security Camera profile?

I'm trying to find an IP camera that allows me to operate it via UPnP. The UPnP forum provides a Digital Security Camera profile: http://upnp.org/specs/ha/digitalsecuritycamera/ However, I have not been able to find an IP camera that implements this…
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TCP hole punching on iPhone

I have done a bit of reading, and although I'm new to iPhone networking I was wondering if a TCP hole punch is possible for connecting two iPhones through NAT. I also read some helpful things about uPnP and hairpinning but I'm not to familiar with…
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Android native UPnP service discovery

From Android 4.1 (under Wi-Fi Direct service discovery) it is suppose to support native UPnP service discovery. I presume it was developed for Wi-Fi Direct, but the methods available seem to be generic. Even the JavaDoc for methods mention that it…
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Is it possible to retrieve album art from remote mp3 file in Android?

I'm currently writing a UPnP remote control app which is used to connect a remote MediaServer to a remote MediaRenderer. Since the actual MP3 files aren't sent to the Android device, I'd like to be able to get the album art of the currently playing…
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How do I access services of UPnP device?

The device: Belkin Wemo Switch Dev environment: MS VC++ 2010 on Windows7 I'm trying to enumerate the services of a UPnP device using C++ from Windows. I've got the IUPnPDevice pointer and can access several properties. I've got the IUPnPServices…
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