DLNA Server/Control Point like Windows Media Player

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Yes, I know that most questions ending with "like Windows" are odd, but this one really bothers me ;)

If you ever used some DLNA renderer (in my case DLNA-enabled loudspeakers) you probably know the handy "play to"-feature.

From my knowledge of DLNA stuff I would guess, that Windows Media Player is both a DLNA server and control point here, so my question is:

Is there any similar software for Linux accomplishing the same thing with minimal configuration effort? I normally use Banshee for my music library, but it doesn't seem that there is anything available for Banshee...

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '12 at 09:24

The control points in Gupnp-tools are very basic, more a testing tool than a every day media player. Try rygel as a DLNA server and eezUPNP as a control point. There is also kinsky by Linn, but I wasn't able to get it to work, keeps crashing. Another alternative may be serviio, but I haven't tried that yet.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '12 at 17:20

You might try the gupnp-tools package. Among others it adds

A uPnP AV Control Point and
A uPnP Universal Control Point

After adding the package to your system type gupnp into your dash to find these programs.

Reference: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1491399

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 14 '13 at 13:20

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For me my best option for now are Leia and Minimserver, both very stable.

edited Mar 14 '13 at 13:20

Seth

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answered Mar 14 '13 at 10:53

Tomatito

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DLNA Server/Control Point like Windows Media Player

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