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Interesting to see Denon announce their range of AV receivers have earned “Compatible with Windows 7” logo. This means that they are Play To compatible so you can stream music to it from Windows 7 (and other DLNA devices), in fact one of the devices can also receive video content so you could use it...
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Here at TDL we have published quiet a bit of info on Play To in Windows 7 including building the Play To wiki (which still needs your contributions) and its still one of my favourite features of Windows 7. On Microsoft’s On10 blog Sarah Perez has put together a guide on how to use Play To and Remote...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 019 is live. Now that we have wrapped up our discussions on UPnP technologies, DLNA, and DPWS, we take a break from a specific topic and discuss several of the recent technologies that impact our design and implementation strategies. Direct Download – Subscribe...
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eHomeUpgrade have details of a new DLNA/Play To compatible SmartFrame, its more than just a digital photo frame as it can do Internet radio, RSS feeds, email, video and web browsing. Unfortunately WonderMedia only have a reference design at the moment and plan to license the technology to OEMS to develop...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 018 is live. In this Installment, Ian and I wrap up our series of Podcasts covering networking, Ethernet hardware, UPnP technologies, DLNA, Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS), and Microsoft’s Rally platform. There are so many related and inner twined...
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The latest edition of The Custom Integrator Show is out, we talk about Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) and machine to machine communication. The Custom Integrator Show Installment 017 is live. In this one, we extend the concepts we covered with UPnP technologies and the DLNA roles out to resource...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 017 is live. In this one, we extend the concepts we covered with UPnP technologies and the DLNA roles out to resource-constrained network connected devices with Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS). Once again, this is a set of IP-based protocols for "machine...
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i can think of no one more qualified than Dr Flick for answers to questions that have been on my mind lately regarding DLNA and i wonder if Derek has 5 minutes he may like to shed some light on a few things if possible please, the answers may also help others with questions that are the same or similar...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 016 is live. This installment reviews the DLNA device roles in addition to the UPnP A/V Device Control Protocols (DCP) and services we discussed previously. We also take a look at the efforts of the UPnP Forum's Working Committees regarding some of the new DCPs...
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Over on TwonkyMedia’s forums they have a great best practices guide on DLNA. They cover network tips, server and storage, Digital Media Adaptors and other tips. DLNA and UPnP seems to be getting some traction for distributing content around the home and the guide has some great info on getting it working...
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As regular readers will know I am very excited by the possibilities of DLNA and Play To, we just need more devices to support the standard. Fellow Media Center MVP Barb Bowman has posted how she got a new Samsung DLNA enabled TV working with Windows 7. It looks like the Samsung TV had most of the standards...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 015 is Live. This time we dive into the major UPnP A/V services and how the protocols interoperate on the wire. We tie the individual UPnP Device Control Protocols (DCPs) to the roles defined in the DLNA specifications we discussed in the last installment and then...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 014 is live. We continue our discussions of the UPnP platform by looking how it applies to the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) ( http://www.dlna.org/digital_living/devices/ ) suite of device classes (types), especially with regard to support of the DLNA Version...
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Derek sent me a link to an interesting article on how Windows 7 could kick start DLNA in the CE market. While DLNA has been around for years and Microsoft have supported part of the spec in Windows Media Player its not until Windows 7 that Microsoft really embraced the technology . As I talked about...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 013 is live. This Podcast finishes up our discussion of the core functionality of UPnP Technologies and takes us into the services within and Internet Gateway Device (IGD). We discuss the differences between the common term "router" and the more appropriate term...
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While I was recording this weeks instalments of The Custom Integrator Show (out Friday) we were talking about UPNP, DLNA and Play To and this got be thinking about the future of digital media in the home and Extenders. First let me say that I love the concept of Windows Media Center extenders, I have...
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Installment 012 of The Custom Integrator Show is live. We continue our discussions on UPnP Technologies and the whole DLNA platform built into Windows 7. We actually spend much of this Podcast reviewing the ADDCEP architectural model we introduced in Installment 011 ( http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs...
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This week Simon Many and I chat with Edwin and Gabe, Program Managers in the Windows Experience team at Microsoft talking about “Play To”, DLNA and streaming media over the internet with Windows Media Player. Windows 7 introduces internet content streaming with WMP and you can even stream...
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The Custom Integrator Show Installment 011 is Live. This installment continues our focus on home networking by taking a look at the age old question “Now that our devices are connected together, what will they say to each other?” We hear a lot about the Digital Living Networking Alliance...