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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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One great new feature of Windows 7 is “Play To” and DLNA support, Windows Media Player can operate as a media player, server and controller and the Xbox 360 Media Center extender sessions can be controlled via DLNA. Because WMP is using DLNA you can use it in conjunction with other DLNA devices...
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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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One useful bit of information that we’ve not yet discussed is how to configure your network for streaming from Windows 7 over the Internet. The configuration is really simple, but it can depend on what type of router you have on your home network (the router is the device that shares your internet...
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Not much to say here other than to draw your attention to it, but over on the E7 blog there’s a very long, detailed post on the Streaming Media functions of Windows 7. There’s not much new information in there, but it’s a great intro for anyone who’s not played with the features yet. For more information...
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It’s not just individual media files that can be played over the network with PlayTo, whole playlists can be sent to other machines too. There are a couple of things you need to do, first make sure you have a machine running as a Digital Media Server (have a look here to find out how to set that...
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One of the coolest new features that came along with the Windows 7 RC was the added functionality of being able to stream media over the Internet, so where ever you are you have access to your entire collection. Many of us have had this type of functionality with Windows Media Center and Web Guide in...
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Windows 7 includes some clever functionality to allow you to remotely play music around your home through a very simple to use feature called PlayTo. There are a couple of things that you’ll need to take advantage of PlayTo, not least of which is a second device, either another Windows 7 PC or...
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Following on from my first post on Windows 7’s streaming media functionality, and how it’s changed a little in the Release Candidate this post talks a little about the more advanced options for configuring network streaming. Access to all of the features in this post is gained easiest through...
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The first building block for a home media network is to have a streaming media server. The function isn’t turned on by default, but it’s very simple to enable and very powerful once it is. The quickest way to access streaming media features is to use Windows Media Player, it brings everything...
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With the Release Candidate of Windows 7 available thanks to torrent sites and the MSDN / Technet release and public releases just around the corner it’s time to have a look at the new streaming features of Windows 7. This series of posts will explore how to turn on and use the network media functions...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Gabe Frost and Stan Pennington from Microsoft plus TDL blogger Simon May talking about the new "Play To" feature in Windows 7. We find out what Play To is, what kind of content it will render and what kind of devices will work with Play To. Play To is a great...
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If you playing Windows 7’s Play To feature please check and update the “Play To” wiki page created by Simon May. With the feature being new to Windows but with a whole range of devices supporting DLNA there is a need for a community created repository of Play To experiences. I have...
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Today I got chance to play with a Samsung NC10 netbook, which must be one of the best netbooks around. It’s miles away from the EEE PC 701 I have and for most tasks could replace my Tablet PC as my main devices. So as I have done with just about everything else in sight I installed Windows 7. When you...
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Yesterday I revealed the answers to the questions you asked about using multiple devices and sync with Play To. Today I’m going to give you the information you really want, how it works with Media Center. The answer is: simply, and yes we’d probably like a lot more, I have to say though that...
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Ian and I just had a great call with Gabe Frost and Stan Pannington about Play To and all it entails. Thanks to Gabe and Stan for their help and information, you’ll be able to hear the interview in a forthcoming episode of The Media Canter Show . I want to thank everyone that had some questions...
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Already posted by Simon (he is becoming the the Play To guy!) but worth posting again. On10.net have a video with Gabe Frost (who we will be interviewing tonight for a future show) of the Windows team showing Play To which is one of my favourite features of Windows 7. The video shows off controling an...
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Right now over on the on10.net blog you’ll find a fantastic video of just how great the Play To features of Windows 7 are. Gabe Frost from the Windows team brings together lots of different devices that perform all the different DLNA roles and give a great demo of how all this stuff works together...
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Play To, it’s a fantastic feature of Windows 7, one that you may well find you already have devices in your house to support! Ian and I will be talking to Microsoft tomorrow and putting your Play To questions to them. Ahead of that though it’s time for a little present… this is not...
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I think it’s time for a little more info on Play To . Having poured through the white paper that we posted about yesterday and thanks to a couple of emails with the product team here we go. Windows 7 is really DLNA compliant. Within DLNA there are some basic rolls that a device can perform: Digital...
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This is a bit of fantastic news! We've been contacted by Microsoft following our coverage of the Play To feature in Windows 7 pointing us to a white paper that has some great information in it about "Play To" devices. It's written for those intending to build a compatible device but...