How DLNA worksĭLNA is a very simple protocol. But who wants to have a messy living room cluttered with cables? And what if you want to stream your multimedia to not just your TV but to your smartphone, tablet, and several other devices located in different places in your home? This is precisely where DLNA shines.ĭLNA has evolved from version 1.0 released in 2004 to the latest which is 4.0 announced in June 2016 that solves the “media format not supported” problem between PCs, TVs and mobile devices while supporting Ultra HD TV content streaming. You could connect an external hard drive with your multimedia directly to your TV via USB port and play your movies or you hook up your laptop to the tv via HDMI cable and it’ll work just fine. sarraken, bleuecinephile, bd.DLNA is short for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) and it’s a technology standard that defines ways in which networked devices such as smart tvs, computers, Roku, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PlayStation gaming consoles connect and share multimedia content with each other.boblinds and snoots for the network test cases :).Thanks for significant/frequent language translations: Thanks for documentation and contributions to the community:

Thanks Thanks for major code contributions: It is powered by FFmpeg, MediaInfo, OpenSubtitles, Crowdin, MEncoder, tsMuxeR, AviSynth, VLC and more, which combine to offer support for a wide range of media formats. The program streams or transcodes many different media formats with little or no configuration. Universal Media Server supports all major operating systems, with versions for Windows, Linux and macOS.

To see a comparison of popular media servers, click here It was originally based on PS3 Media Server by shagrath, in order to ensure greater stability and file-compatibility. It is capable of sharing video, audio and images between most modern devices. Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server.

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