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. 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
- minidlna DLNA server for Linux that works with 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.
- XBMC built-in UPnP client and UPnP MediaServer code are from Platinum UPnP C++ SDK (open source under GPL)
- Windows Media Connect from Microsoft - free UPnP AV MediaServer and control point (server and client) for Microsoft Windows
- Windows Media Connect (WMC) version 2.0 can be installed for usage with Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP
- Windows Media Connect (WMC) version 3.0 can be installed for usage with Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP
- Windows Media Connect (WMC) version 4.0 already comes pre-installed on Windows Vista with its WMP version 11
- 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, a cross-platform UPnP mediaserver.
- 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 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 and the xbox360.
[edit] Hardware
- 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.
- 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.
[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
- Cidero Control Point, written in Java
[edit] Mac OS X
- VideoLAN Network Client (VLC), a free, open-source and cross-platform media player that has a UPnP-client (via the CyberLink UPnP plugin). UPnP support is currently broken, and will be rewritten for VideoLAN 1.0 [1]
- Kinsky is a free, open-source and cross-platform UPnP control point
- XBMC Media Center (formerly "XBox Media Center"), a cross platform open source software media-player/media-center for Apple TV, Linux, Mac (Intel), Windows, and the Xbox.
- XBMC's built-in UPnP client and UPnP MediaServer code are from Platinum UPnP C++ SDK (open source under GPL)
- MediaCloud is a UPnP plug-in for the Apple TV. [2]
- SongBook is a control point with specific support for Linn MediaRenderers
[edit] Linux
- VideoLAN Network Client (VLC), a free, open-source and cross-platform media player that has a UPnP-client (via the CyberLink UPnP plugin)
- BRisa UPnP Framework, a free and open-source UPnP framework that allows the development of UPnP devices, as well as provides three implementation reference of UPnP applications: the BRisa Media server, the BRisa Media Renderer and the BRisa Control Point. BRisa Official Website
- Kinsky is a free, open-source and cross-platform UPnP control point
- 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.
- XBMC's built-in UPnP client and UPnP MediaServer code are from Platinum UPnP C++ SDK (open source under GPL)
- Coherence, a free and OpenSource UPnP/DLNA Framework. Together with GStreamer or Rhythmbox it forms a controllable DLNA/UPnP MediaRenderer. Available in the repository of the latest Ubuntu versions.
[edit] Windows
- TVersity powerful Windows UPNP Server with on-the-fly-transcoding
- TwonkyMedia manager, a commercial control point, externally controllable renderer and media server for Windows from PacketVideo
- VideoLAN Network Client (VLC), a free, open-source and cross-platform media player that has a UPnP-client (via the CyberLink UPnP plugin)
- CyberLink PowerDVD, a commercial DVD-Video and video-files playback software for Windows
- InterVideo WinDVD, a commercial DVD-Video and video-files playback software for Windows
- Musicmatch Jukebox, a commercial music player for Microsoft Windows
- Winamp, a free media player for Microsoft Windows, using the commercial On2Share UPnP plug-in
- Windows Media Player 11, when used on Windows Vista
- This feature is supplied by Windows Media Connect (WMC) version 4.0 which comes pre-installed with Vista
- In all other cases the commercial On2Share UPnP plug-in has to be used, since previous versions of Windows Media Connect (WMC) (as used on Windows XP) only offer UPnP AV MediaServer and no client
- Kinsky is a free, open-source and cross-platform UPnP control point
- 4u2Stream, is a free, standalone and dedicated UPnP control point using .NET
- 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.
- XBMC's built-in UPnP client and UPnP MediaServer code are from Platinum UPnP C++ SDK (open source under GPL)
[edit] Symbian OS
- Nokia N82 has client and server, both DLNA certified.
- Nokia N95 has client and server, both DLNA certified.
- Nokia N78 has client and server, both DLNA certified.
[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.
- iMediaSuite is an iPhone application that supports Media Player, Media Server and Media Renderer specifications of UPnP/AV.
[edit] Android
- AndroMote is an Android control point which can also play music locally
[edit] Other
- GeeXboX, an open source lightweight Media center Live CD, no installation required
- Nokia N800 and its native MediaStreamer application. This client can also control other hardware renderers such as the Roku Soundbridge
- Playstation 3 game-console with OS version 1.8 or later through the Xross Media Bar[1]
- Xbox 360 client from Windows Media Connect
- 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.
- XBMC's built-in UPnP client and UPnP MediaServer code are from Platinum UPnP C++ SDK (open source under GPL)
[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
- Archos Generation 5 All Archos models of the 5th Generation like 605 and 705
- Archos TV+ Like the 5th generation models
- Buffalo LinkTheater HD players; http://www.buffalotech.com/products/multimedia (and the older PC-P3LWG/DVD which also includes a DVD player)
- eGreat NMT Full HD player with support MKV. http://www.egreathd.com http://www.egreat.nl http://www.egreatusa.com
- Freecom Musicpal Internet radios and upnp server, speakers included. http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=3593&CatID=400
- ISTAR Mini Full HD player with support MKV. http://www.istarhd.com/
- HDX 900 Full HD player with support MKV. http://hdx1080.com
- HP MediaSmart LCD High Definition Televisions
- Linn Klimax DS (Digital Stream) - Digital Music Player
- Linn Akurate DS - Digital Music Player
- Linn Majik DS - Digital Music Player
- Linn Sneaky Music DS - Digital Music Player
- Loewe Connect LCD High Definition Televisions. http://www.loewe-uk.com/index.php?seite=loewe_connect_de
- T+A DA-Wandler und Netzwerkspieler. http://www.taelektroakustik.de/
- TerraTec Noxon iRadio - Internet Radio & Digital Music Player. http://www.my-noxon.net
- TerraTec Noxon iRadio for iPod - Internet Radio & Digital Music Player. http://www.my-noxon.net
- TerraTec Noxon 2Radio for iPod - Internet Radio & Digital Music Player. http://www.my-noxon.net
- Netgear MP101
- Popcorn Hour Full HD player with support MKV. http://www.popcornhour.com
- Playstation 3 Sony games console from home screen
- Olive OPUS music servers and players, Olive MELODY players
- Onkyo TX-NR905 AV receiver with built in UPnP client.
- Roku SoundBridge and SoundBridge Radio (also sold under the Pinnacle Systems brand)
- Sangean WFR-20 (also supports Windows Shares) http://www.sangean.com/product.php?model=WFR-20&prod_id=42
- Xbox game-console with XBMC Media Center (formerly "XBox Media Center") software, which is a free open-source software multimedia-player.
- XBMC's built-in UPnP client and UPnP server code are from Platinum UPnP C++ SDK (open source under GPL).
- Xbox 360 game-console through the Xbox 360 Dashboard
[edit] External links
- upnp-database.info Community based approach to build a database with UPnP devices' capabilities
- CH3SNAS & DNS-323 Hacking - How to use the commonly used CH3SNAS and DNS-323 NAS as a download/media server

