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Author Topic: DNLA server  (Read 5922 times)

nerve

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DNLA server
« on: August 07, 2010, 01:33:23 AM »
I invested a lot of time in getting DNLA (mediaserver) to work, but I fail to.
This is fw 2.0, the euro version.

I tried the root folder, subfolders, secure and open mode, watched the youtube videos of that fat moron explaining the obvious at length.

iTunes/daap works, it did already in 1.0, but I'm no Apple friend


Sure I can connect using the filesystem but I'd like my DIR-685 to show up in WMP, JRiver etc as a streaming source, not as a network source. I'm planning to buy a BR/mediaplayer/home-theater combo (like LG HB650SA) and I need to know up front if DIR-685 is truly DNLA certified, else I degrade dir-685 to normal router chores and invest in something like Synology DS110j.

Thx for any advice


this freaking router has been nothing but a disappointment, the fan, the obnoxious Framechannel account bulls*** I didn't ask for works for a week and then the screen goes "Pin: 213333". I just want it to show a freaking clock. Bought it full price a year ago, now they pave the streets with them.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2010, 01:40:28 AM by nerve »
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GMCinema

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Re: DNLA server
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2010, 06:30:22 AM »
Unfortunately even the latest F/W2.0 in this particular router sucks big time and is full of bugs even for its standard purpose as a router. For example the DHCP server is tottaly flawed. UPNP keeps adding more and more holes into the firewall not realising the same client is requesting the opening for the same purpose.
LAN clients linger in the list eventough they have been gone for days etc ....
Simply dreadful. I am going back to my DIR-655. Had hoped the 685 would gibve me a better WIFI coverage and better throughput.
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nerve

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Re: DNLA server
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2010, 02:22:40 AM »
update :
Never bothered to do much with the touchscreen ... tried that now and got the media renderer feature working. Not that it's usefull or anything :(

make sure you turn your pc's firewall off for the sake of the experiment.
Make sure the upnp service is running
start windows media player

make sure you have a folder shared on the dir685 with some music, everybody readwrite rights, activate dlna etc

now go to the touchscreen, browse to DLNA settings and follow the instructions : at some point you arrive at your media folder, then dir685 asks what renderer to stream to, it will list your pc, select it and presto, WMP will start playing the music.

the point were the dlink engineers tap themselves on the back is the fact that the renderer can triangulate, ie stream to WMP not from its own disk but from another networked mediaserver. Wow guys !

What I want is for a PC/ a BR player to connect to my NAS, with all albummeta data displayed (CD cover, list of songs etc) and play it through the speakers in my living room. Why is it that hard to comprehend ?
I want the 15watts that a NAS consumes, not the 350 my PC does. So why does the entire industry, MS up front, force me to run mediaservers from pc's ?

Oh yeah : I had the device display a holiday pic of mine from the internal harddrive ... as I type this, it now says PIN:0123323. DLink really needs a kick in the groin.
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