UPnP AV MediaServers

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UPnP AV MediaServers store and share digital media, such as photographs, movies, or music. These media servers use the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocols to communicate with other devices.

UPnP AV MediaServers on their own provide UPnP AV ControlPoints to browse the music content of the server and request the MediaServer to start streaming that file to the ControlPoint for local playback. The UPnP AV other device categories and protocols outlines the various components.

There are UPnP MediaServers available for most operating-systems and many hardware-platforms. UPnP AV MediaServers can either be categorized as software-based or hardware-based. Software-based UPnP AV MediaServers can be run on PCs (Personal-Computers), mainly on Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, Unix or Mac OS X. Hardware-based UPnP AV MediaServers may run on any NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices or any specific hardware for delivering media, such as a PVR (Personal Video Recorder). As of May 2008, there are more software-based UPnP AV MediaServers than there are hardware-based.

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[edit] UPnP AV MediaServer

[edit] Software

Main article: Comparison of UPnP AV MediaServers
  • vp-upnp A free UPnP Media Server for Windows (requires .Net 2.0).
  • TVMOBiLi A free DLNA/UPnP Media Server for Windows, Mac OS/X and Linux.
  • minidlna DLNA server for Linux that works with Samsung LE40B650, Sony Bravia 46W4500, and PS3
  • TVersity, a free UPnP MediaServer with strong device support and on-the-fly transcoding.
  • PS3 Media Server, a free UPnP MediaServer for the PlayStation 3 with on-the-fly transcoding.
  • XBMC Media Center (formerly "Xbox Media Center"), a cross platform open source software media-player/media-center for Apple TV, Linux, Mac, Windows, and the Xbox.
  • Windows Media Connect from Microsoft - free UPnP AV MediaServer and control point (server and client) for Microsoft Windows
  • FreeNAS, a free operating-system/software (based on FreeBSD), enabling you to turn any x86-based computer into a dedicated stand-alone NAS (Network-Attached Storage) device. (FreeNAS UPnP server code is from the Portable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) SDK project)
  • MythTV, an open source HTPC and PVR software for Linux, with a built-in UPnP AV MediaServer.
  • MediaTomb, an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a web user interface and AV transcoding support.
  • Musicmatch Jukebox, a commercial audio player for Windows with uPnP audio streaming support.
  • GeeXboX, an opensource lightweight Media center has uShare for Linux.
  • SimpleCenter, a Java based UPnP AV MediaServer for Windows.
  • Elgato EyeConnect, an OS X add-on for Elgato's EyeTV PVR application. It allows for UPnP streaming of recorded content.
  • FUPPES, a free, open source, multiplatform UPnP A/V Media Server. FUPPES supports a wide range of UPnP MediaRenderers as well as on-the-fly transcoding of various audio, video and image formats. FUPPES also includes basic DLNA support.
  • 360 Media Server, a UPnP media server designed for streaming music to the Xbox 360. It is capable of transcoding many non supported audio formats including AAC, Ogg, Flac as well as the formats the 360 already supports (MP3 and WMA).
  • Coherence, a free and OpenSource UPnP/DLNA MediaServer based on Python and Twisted. It can be easyly enhanced with new backends to support Flickr, Gallery2, Last.fm etc. Also it can be integrated into Nautilus to browse and interact with other UPnP MediaServers. Available in the repository of the latest Ubuntu versions.
  • Gmediaserver, a GNU project with command line interface. Currently in early development stage.
  • TwonkyMedia Server, a commercial cross-platform UPnP media server for Windows, Linux and Mac. PC version supports realtime transcoding using FFmpeg or VLC.
  • Allegro Media Server, an iTunes to UPnP bridge server for Mac and Windows.
  • Llink, a media streamer using the HTTP protocol that should work with most Syabas middleware hardware (NetworkMediaTank; Popcorn Hour A-100, HDX900, DuneHD, ISTAR mini, Egreat EG-M31A, Buffalo LinkTheater).
  • myiHome, a free Java based UPnP AV MediaServer for Windows, Linux & Mac.
  • BRisa, an open source python based media server for Linux. It will offer a plugin architecture enabling new services such as Flickr to be added as UPnP services.
  • Vuze, an open source Java based BitTorrent client which contains MediaServer plugin.
  • Mezzmo, a commercial home entertainment software package designed for Windows.
  • PlayOn, a commercial UPnP/DLNA media server for Windows, supports PS3/360 & includes a transcoder for streaming web video.
  • PyMedS, a free Python based media server. Dynamically looks in tar/zip/rar files, supports ShoutCAST streaming.
  • Nero MediaHome 4, a commercial media server for Windows with realtime transcoding and live TV streaming functionality. Free Trial version is available. (Not available to United States)
  • Jamcast, a UPnP/DLNA media server for Windows with features including comprehensive audio format support (including WM-DRM), on-the-fly transcoding, streaming PC soundcard audio, and integrated podcast RSS/OPML services.
  • Asset UPnP/DLNA, Free Audio specific UPnP/DLNA server for Windows & Windows Home Server. Features album art, audio WAVE/LPCM transcoding from a huge range of audio codecs, replaygain support for streamed audio. Customizable browse tree.
  • Majestic a UPNP/DNLA server for Mac OS X that works with the PS3, xbox360 and XBMC on Mac or Apple TV.
  • Playback, a UPnP server for Mac OS X, allows you to share your media with any Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or other UPnP compatible device. It automatically integrates with iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture, Photobooth, Adobe Lightroom 2 and more.
  • MediaLink, an OS X UPnP server for Playstation 3 that integrates with iLife.
  • Serviio, a free DLNA/UPnP media server for Windows, Linux and OS X that works with XBox 360, Playstation 3 and most other DLNA/UPnP devices.
  • Wild Media Server (UPnP, DLNA, HTTP), a trial media server for Windows, Wine (Linux), CrossOver Mac (MAC OS), individual device settings, transcoding, subtitles, restricted device access to folders, Internet-Radio, Internet-Television, Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), etc.

[edit] Hardware

  • Mede8er MED500X http://www.mede8er.com HD Media player, MKV/H.264/AVCHD/M2TS/RM/RMVB), UPnP,Samba, Built in NFS Client, about,JPG preview function, up to 2TB HD, Special Low Noise Fan mounts, SD Card, NAS, 2 X USB Host, File Manager, Internet Radio, up to 1080P HDMI. Carry Bag included, Subtitle Support, Forum support http://www.mede8erforum.com
  • AC Ryan Playon!DVR TV HDD Recorder, TV Digital+Analog, Network 10/100 Wifi 802.11b/g, Media Player, NAS 3.5" SATA up to 1.5TB, 2x USB Host, Internet Radio, HDMI, UPnP client, GNU GPL Source code available for download
  • AC Ryan Playon!HD FullHD (MKV/H.264/AVCHD/RM/RMVB), 1080P, Network 10/100 Wifi 802.11b/g/n, Media Player, NAS 3.5" SATA up to 1.5TB, 2x USB Host, Cardreader (SD/SDHC/MMC/MS/MSPro), Internet Radio, HDMI, UPnP client, Bittorrent
  • Linksys NAS200 NAS 2x 3.5" Serial ATA HDD, LAN 10/100, average throughput 4MB/s
  • Linksys NSLU2, a hacked/modded version running ushare (a free open source UPnP MediaServer for Linux), (connect USB 2.0 drives to the NSLU2 and share)
  • Buffalo network-attached storage series (Terastation/Linkstation) a HomeServer (HS) variant runs a UPnP compatible media server; the device can also be hacked with an open-source or commercial Linux software package
  • Conceptronic CHD3NET NAS 3,5" Serial ATA HDD, LAN 10/100 Mbit/s.
  • Conceptronic CH3WNAS NAS 3,5" IDE HDD , 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Gigabit LAN, wifi 802.11b/g.
  • Conceptronic CH3SNAS NAS 2 x 3,5" Serial ATA HDD Raid max 4 TB (2 x 2TBB), 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Gigabit LAN.
All Conceptronic devices: GNU GPL source code available.
  • Eminent EM7070 and EM7071 Media Tanks Eminent has a series of two NMT type Mediaplayers that serve the content stored on internal hard disk. Can also be used as a media renderer. For more details see NMT Wiki
  • QNAPTS-109 NAS 1x 3,5" Serial ATA, max 1.5TB, 10/100/1000MBit, 3xUSB & 1xeSATA for further external devices. Explicitly advertised as PS3 and Xbox360 compatible.
  • QNAPTS-209 NAS 2x 3,5" Serial ATA HDD RAID, max 3TB, 10/100/1000MBit, 3xUSB & 1xeSATA for further external devices. Explicitly advertised as PS3 and Xbox360 compatible.
  • QNAPTS-409 NAS 4x 3,5" Serial ATA HDD RAID, max 4TB, 10/100/1000MBit, 3xUSB for further external devices. Explicitly advertised as PS3 and Xbox360 compatible via TwonkyMedia.
  • Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ NAS 4 x 3,5" Serial ATA HDD Raid max 4 TB (4 x 1TB), 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Gigabit LAN. Advertised as PS3 and Xbox360 compatible.
  • Netgear ReadyNAS DUO NAS 2 x 3,5" Serial ATA HDD Raid 500/750/1000 GB, max 2 TB (2 x 1TB), 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Gigabit LAN. Advertised as PS3 and Xbox360 compatible.
  • D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure.
  • Linksys WRT610N gigabit Wifi-N router supports UPnP with a USB hard drive, as a Storage feature: "The media server even automatically scans particular folders, or the whole NAS device, for newly added multimedia files to add to the shared list, so that these files can be picked up by other media players in the network, such as a Sony PlayStation 3 or iTunes software." (ZDNet)
  • Promise SmartStor NS4300N NAS 4x 3.5" Serial ATA HDD RAID, max 4TB, LAN 10/100/1000, 2xUSB for external devices. Advertised as PS3 compatible. Downloadable DNLA plugin required.
  • SFR - Neuf Cegetel NeufBox 5 (Gigabit LAN) and NeufBox 4 (10/100 Mbit/s with firmware 2.0.8) and USB drive key. Firmware-2.0.8

[edit] See also

List of NAS manufacturers – there are many uncatalogued NAS devices with UPNP.

[edit] UPnP AV clients (ControlPoint)

UPnP MediaServer ControlPoint is the UPnP-client (a 'master' device) that function as digital audio/video players, which can auto-detect UPnP-servers on the network to browse and stream media/data-files from them.

[edit] UPnP control points and player software

[edit] Java

[edit] Mac OS X

[edit] Linux

[edit] Windows

Notes:

  • The On2Share UPnP plugin is no longer available.
  • VideoLAN Network Client (VLC), now has integrated UPnP-client support, but not on the Windows platform yet.

[edit] Symbian OS

[edit] Windows Mobile

  • KinskyPda is a free, open-source and cross-platform UPnP control point
  • Pocket Player is a commercial UPnP Client with plugin support

[edit] iPhone / iPod touch

  • SongBook is an iPhone control point which supports Linn UPNP extensions
  • PlugPlayer is an iPhone application that acts as both a UPnP client and control point
  • AdoubleU IntelligentShare UPnP AV Renderer is an iPhone UPnP AV MediaRenderer application
  • AdoubleU ItunesDB UPnP AV Server turns your device into a multiformat network audio streaming server. You can browse through your device's ITunes music library (including playlists and podcasts) and stream the desired song to the audio gadget.
  • iMediaShare is an iPhone application that supports Media Server specifications of UPnP/AV.
  • NasViP is an iPhone application. UPnP Media Client.

[edit] Android

  • AndroMote is an Android control point which can also play music locally

[edit] Other

[edit] UPnP control point hardware

  • Philips Streamium range of products
  • Philips 9000 LCD series with DLNA interface
  • Allegro RDMC 101, a DLNA DMC test unit.
  • DIRECTV PLUS HD DVR hardware (HR20/HR21/HR21Pro/HR22/HR23)

[edit] UPnP media render hardware

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Latest PLAYSTATION3 Firmware Update Adds Upscaling for PlayStation/PlayStation2 Games and DVD Movies". Sony Computer Entertainment America. 2007. http://www.us.playstation.com/News/PressReleases/400. Retrieved 2007-05-24. 

[edit] External links

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