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<blockquote data-quote="McGoober" data-source="post: 836493" data-attributes="member: 24098">Re: Plugin: UPnP / DLNA Media ServerAh, yes. You are talking about a Media Controller. To allow content to be &quot;played&quot; there is a system of three components. A Media Server (this is the part that allows content to be accessed), A Media Renderer (This is the part that plays the content) and a Media Controller (the part that links the two together). Most DLNA Renderers (TV's, mobile phones) are actually a combination of a Media Renderer and a Media Controller. In your case you have a Renderer without a controller. Now, with the MediaConnect iPhone app you can use it solely as a Controller and link Media Portal (with my plugin) to a Renderer (your sound system), of course that doesn't really help you much if you don't have a smart phone. You can use other software, for example UPnP developer tools. These are a set of UPnP tools, one of which is called &quot;AV Media Controller&quot; and is a rudimentary GUI for playing content on renderers from servers, and I'm sure there is more out there. As far as my plugin goes, I wasn't going to make it a Media Controller. It's solely a Media Server. However, a Media Controller plugin for MP2 Client would be a great idea. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="McGoober, post: 836493, member: 24098"] [b]Re: Plugin: UPnP / DLNA Media Server[/b] Ah, yes. You are talking about a Media Controller. To allow content to be "played" there is a system of three components. A Media Server (this is the part that allows content to be accessed), A Media Renderer (This is the part that plays the content) and a Media Controller (the part that links the two together). Most DLNA Renderers (TV's, mobile phones) are actually a combination of a Media Renderer and a Media Controller. In your case you have a Renderer without a controller. Now, with the MediaConnect iPhone app you can use it solely as a Controller and link Media Portal (with my plugin) to a Renderer (your sound system), of course that doesn't really help you much if you don't have a smart phone. You can use other software, for example UPnP developer tools. These are a set of UPnP tools, one of which is called "AV Media Controller" and is a rudimentary GUI for playing content on renderers from servers, and I'm sure there is more out there. As far as my plugin goes, I wasn't going to make it a Media Controller. It's solely a Media Server. However, a Media Controller plugin for MP2 Client would be a great idea. :) [/QUOTE]

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