I think there is some confusion in this thread wrt. DLNA, upnp, etc. As far as I can see, several issues are being discussed in parallel which somewhat confuses things.
The following info on this issue was snagged from Jriver Mediacenter's Wiki (wiki.jrmediacenter.com/index.php/DLNA) -> in principle, upnp is contained within DLNA. There are 4 different types of DLNA devices: 1. DMS -- Digital Media Server -- where the media resides 2. DMP -- Digital Media Player -- where the media is played 3. DMR -- Digital Media Renderer -- where media is played, but with ability to respond to a controller 4. DMC -- Digital Media Controller -- software control of the renderer -- functions as a remote ------------ As far as I understand, a SB is similar to a DMP in that it can browse and play upnp supplied playlists/libraries. This ability is delivered to the SB through a SB Server plugin. Currently, the SB Server cannot act as a DMS, for me no problemo since I use JRiver mediaCenter which can act as a DMS. WMP, etc. can also act as DMSes. I don't see any arguments in this thread why SB Server should act as a DMS. However, a feature whic would be extremely useful, is for each SB to act as a DMR. I.e. other applications on the network could direct streams to the SBes. This is what Microsoft calls "Play to". I think this is what people in this thread mean by "DLNA Client". As noted earlier in this thread being able to "Play To" an SB, could be acieved two ways: (1) Implement DLNA DMR in the SB. As noted somewhere in this thread:probably not possible or desirable by Logitech. (2) Implement DLNA DMR in the SB Server. As a plugin. Option (2), DLNA DMR (Play to) implemented in the SB Server seemsto be the only solution. It's an extremely desirable feature. -- raldo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ raldo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
