Yes, some blitches but they're pretty rare and some DLNA utilities and Apps work better than others so its a matter of experimenting and testing sometimes to see what works best with what.
On 21 Sep 2014, at 7:38 pm, Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com <mr...@comcast.net> wrote: > hello , i use the same thing, and it works great, various things can be now > accessible through wireless technology. there is still some glitches but > overall things now can be accessed. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 4:37 AM > Subject: DLNA Devices > > > Hi! > > I've always been fascinated with Media Servers and devices since I bought my > Fritz! Box over 2 and a half years ago. > > DLNA is the protocol devices, Media Servers, Computers and Apps use to > communicate with each other. > > For example, its now common place for a Smart TV to have DLNA compatibility > on board which allows the browsing and playing of content on a remote Media > Server, this is typically a hard drive or NAS storage unit connected to a > Home Network. > > Many devices available are not accessible to these media servers given their > menu systems and no built in speech capabilities so "Dead End" I hear you > cry? Well not quite. > > I have quite a few devices which have DLNA compatibility built into them and > I'm able to utilise the DLNA functions of each through DLNA management Apps > on my IOS device. > > When the App is launched on say an iPhone it comes up with a list of DLNA > compatible servers attached to your network, these may include hard drives, > computers etc. > > From here you select the type of content you wish to see, you can "Browse > Folders" for particular content or select a category such as "Music". > > What then is displayed depends very much on the category selected, if you > select "Music" then you'll see various sub categories such as Artist, Album, > Playlist etc. > > If you select Playlist then a list of playlists will appear and yo u can > select the appropriate list from here etc. > > At this point you can select an output device to play the content to, again > these are DLAN compatible devices which could include your Windows PC, your > Smart TV, a wireless speaker system, a network media player and so on. > > Thought some list members may wish to follow this up. > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > grtd...@internode.on.net > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > > ********** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
