UPnP/DLNA Server Plugin

[Wirrunna]

WD TV Live Media Player sees the SBS Media Server, shows icons for Artists, Albums, Genres, Years, New Music, Music Folder & Playlists.
Drilling down, all display album covers when appropriate.
MP3 tracks play, but FLAC does not. The WD TV Live will will try to play FLAC track for 10~13 seconds then goes on to next track. Titles and durations are displayed.

FLAC tracks can be played by the WD TV Live if selected using network shares rather than the Media Server.

Using the network shares to drill down into a directory, select an artist then an album and finally play emphasizes how good the Squeezebox Server concept is.

From a technical viewpoint it would be nice to be able to play FLAC, but from a commercial competitive view I'm not so sure and as for requirements, the WD TV will be used to play stored video from a server onto a second HDTV, it co-resides with a Touch, an SB3 and 2 Booms, so we don't need another streaming music player in the house.

XP SP3, 7.6.0 - r31644 . Server log is full of "missing ICU" errors, so no help there.

[bpa]

I think there may be a need for a "use DLNA parameters" setting as I have just briefly tested with a Sony Bravia TV with MP3. The plugin works (with artwork shown) but only after I modified the code to include DLNA stuff in the responses.

I added DLNA to upnp:albumArtURI and the res element in Utils.pm

<upnp:albumArtURI dlna:profileID="JPEG_TN" xmlns:dlna="urn:schemas-dlna-org:metadata-1-0/">

<res protocolInfo="http-get:*:mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MP3;DLNA.ORG_OP=01

As well as disable the removal of "DLNA" item in ConnectionMgr.pm

[andyg]

On Dec 20, 2010, at 6:44 AM, bpa wrote:

>
> I think there may be a need for a "use DLNA parameters" setting as I
> have just tested with a Sony Bravia TV and the plugin works but only
> after I modified the code to include DLNA stuff in the responses.
>
> I added DLNA to upnp:albumArtURI and the res element in Utils.pm
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> <upnp:albumArtURI dlnarofileID="JPEG_TN" xmlns:dlna="urn:schemas-dlna-org:metadata-1-0/">
>
> <res protocolInfo="http-get:*:mpegLNA.ORG_PN=MP3;DLNA.ORG_OP=01

Yeah I know, I haven't implemented any of the DLNA restrictions and profiles yet. But clients should still work without them...

[bpa]

On Dec 20, 2010, at 6:44 AM, bpa wrote:
[color=blue]But clients should still work without them...

Not the Sony TV and it is a new 2010 model.

First it wouldn't recognise the server until I made the ConnectionMgr change. Then it wouldn't find any compatible files until I made the change in Utils.pm in the http-get.

I'm doing the testing out of curiousity - I also have a Panasonic Home cinema system which has DLNA but so far it won't recognise any server (e.g. minidlna, serviio) not just the SBS one.

edit:

The Panasonic also works with SBS plugin. Problem was network related - the Panasonic won't work with Homeplug that works OK with Sony - Panasonic only works with a direct connection to router. I guess something to do with Discovery and broadcast packets.

[Mark Miksis]

I'm not sure what's supposed to work yet, but here are my quick results:

Client: Revue with lateset 20101208 firmware
Server: SBS 7.6 on Sheevaplug
Library: USB drive shared from Linksys router via SMB

Revue finds the SBS "Networked Source"

MP3: plays fine
FLAC: Finds file but reports error when trying to play. (I don't know if Google TV supports FLAC - my DROID doesn't so probably not.)
Video: Doesn't see files. Files are AVI's encoded as xvid ripped from DVD.

[andyg]

On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:02 AM, Mark Miksis wrote:

> MP3: plays fine
> FLAC: Finds file but reports error when trying to play. (I don't know
> if Google TV supports FLAC - my DROID doesn't so probably not.)

Transcoding doesn't work because of a bug in Google's HTTP client.

> Video: Doesn't see files. Files are AVI's encoded as xvid ripped from
> DVD.

Video is not supported yet.

[Mark Miksis]

On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:02 AM, Mark Miksis wrote:

> MP3: plays fine
> FLAC: Finds file but reports error when trying to play. (I don't know
> if Google TV supports FLAC - my DROID doesn't so probably not.)

Transcoding doesn't work because of a bug in Google's HTTP client.

When it works, transcoding will happen on the Revue side?

[andyg]

On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:13 AM, Mark Miksis wrote:

>
> andyg;596513 Wrote:
>> On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:02 AM, Mark Miksis wrote:
>>
>>> MP3: plays fine
>>> FLAC: Finds file but reports error when trying to play. (I don't
>> know
>>> if Google TV supports FLAC - my DROID doesn't so probably not.)
>>
>> Transcoding doesn't work because of a bug in Google's HTTP client.
>
> When it works, transcoding will happen on the Revue side?

No, the server side. It already works on the server side, you can try some other clients to see.

The Logi Media Player app currently only supports MP3 but will eventually support more codecs.

[Mark Miksis]

No, the server side. It already works on the server side, you can try some other clients to see.

The Logi Media Player app currently only supports MP3 but will eventually support more codecs.

OK, the reason I asked is because I'm using a Sheevaplug and have no transcoding right now. I really have no need to play audio on my Revue, but I'll probably give shine a try sometime anyway.

Thanks.

[signor_rossi]

Just FYI. Doesn't work on the integrated media players on my Samsung LE40C650 TV and my Sony S470 BD player, also no luck on my WDTV Live with custom b-rad firmware.
I won't use this plugin regularly, but it should be nice to access the SBS music once in a while through the TV.