NOTE -- The UPnP standard has largely been replaced by DLNA. DLNA is a superset of UPnP.
What is UPnP?
UPnP stands for 'Universal Plug and Play'. It is an architecture for devices to interact with other Universal Plug and Play devices or software. The most common type of device used with Media Center is a Media Receiver.
In MC14, DLNA support was added. This standard is a superset of UPnP.
What are Media Receivers?
Introducing FireStream: the most advanced UPnP/DLNA media server for the Mac platform. FireStream is written for the Mac from scratch, so you can be sure it provides a true, seamless Mac experience. Enjoy all of your media, including videos, photos and music on all of your DLNA devices.
Media Receivers are devices that sit next to your stereo or TV and play music/photos from your computer on the stereo/TV. They serve as a connection hub between your home network, home theater or TV, and computer. With a Media Receiver next to your home stereo or TV, you can access the digital music or photos stored on your computer and play them on your stereo or TV, even when the computer is somewhere else in the house. The media receiver connects to your computer via an internet connection (ethernet or wireless), and it connects to your TV or stereo via the old-fashioned way-with cables.
To set up a UPnP Device
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If a media receiver is already on the network, and the server is started, the receiver should pick up the server right away. When a media receiver is first turned on, if the server is already started, the receiver should pick up the server. Some receivers may not do both correctly, so try both.
To View your Schemes
Options
To access Options, select Services & Plug-ins in the organization tree, then UPnP Server. Select the Options button in the content pane to the right.
Note: Choosing Advanced in the Receiver window will leave the options for the last selected device. They can then be changed. This is useful when you want the options to be the same as for a particular device with only one change.
UPnP and Random Smartlists
When a UPnP device asks for information about collection of songs (a container in UPnP protocol-speak), it may ask several questionsin a row about the same collection. It may ask when first seeing the collection as a child of the current collection, and then againto find out how many songs when that child is selected, and then again a few times for information about the songs making up that collection.
If the collection is a smartlist with random sorting, the random shuffling cannot be applied for every query. The order of the songs would bedifferent, and even the number of songs may be different. The UPnP device, in asking the sequence of questions, assumes the collectionto be the same songs in the same order.
To make UPnP devices work well with random smartlists, the UPnP server keeps track of which collections have been queried recently.If a collection is far enough away to mean that the user has browsed to a different portion of the tree, then the next time the smartlistis visited a new order will be returned. Far enough means at least the grandparent of the smartlist, or a nephew or an aunt. Merelybrowsing to the parent and back is not enough, nor a sibling.
UPnP and International CharactersFirestream 1 23 – Upnpdlna Media Server Ip
At this time, only the Roku SoundBridge M500 and XBMC support international characters. As pointed out here by Horse, the Denon does not. For devices that do support international characters, de-select the Filter International Characters option.
Firestream 1 23 – Upnpdlna Media Server SettingsIgnoring Some Network Interfaces
Media Center 13 only.
Today's computers often have several network interfaces available, and you may want to ignore some of these for UPnP. In particular, if there is a control point on the same computer as the UPnP server, you will want to ignore all interfaces except for those that have UPnP devices on them. This isdone with a registry key:
This is a String value, and should have a list of interfaces to ignore, with the '/' format for subnets. For example, '127.0.0.1/8,169.252.2.2/16' will ignore all localhost addresses (127.x.x.x) and all 169.252.x.x addresses (commonly assigned to devices that cannot locate a DHCP server).
![]() Supported UPnP Devices
With MC14, the XBOX 360 is now supported. It uses a UPnP-like protocol, but is a proprietary Microsoft protocol.
The DirecTV HR20 also now works with J. River's UPnP server. The NetGear EVA700, however, does work with J. River's UPnP server.
Most DLNA devices made around 2008 or later should work with MC14 or above.
Philips Streamium devices usually work well.
Firestream 1 23 – Upnpdlna Media Servers
Sony's PS3 is also supported, beginning with MC14.
TroubleshootingFirestream 1 23 – Upnpdlna Media Server Hosting
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