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I'm looking for a UPNP/DLNA Client for Windows.

The server is MediaTomb on a Ubuntu box.

The clients are Windows (any, XP and up).

I'm looking for a simplistic music player program but failed to identify any.
I'm hoping for something in the style of Winamp or Windows Media Player.

I've looked, but so far only been able to achieve playback on Windows with HTPC-ish software like XBMC, and on an android cellphone (several players for that there, all worked fine).

Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not looking for an HTPC Suite (IE XBMC), I'm looking for a regular-looking music player.

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I settled on Serviio: serviio.org – Linker3000 Jul 5 '11 at 23:05
That's a server, I'm asking about a client. – DM8 Jul 5 '11 at 23:24
Yes, in an earlier edit of your post you listed some alternative servers you were thinking of trying and I am suggesting Serviio is worth a look too. – Linker3000 Jul 6 '11 at 8:28
indeed, but still that was not my problem, which is why I removed that to make it clearer ;) ... I'm really amazed that googling for this piece of information is so difficult, I can't believe that there is NO music player software for windows that speaks DLNA/UPnP... (as in a program, not an HTPC suite) yet I can't find one! – DM8 Jul 6 '11 at 20:52
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foobar2000 has a supported DNLA plugin. Its winamp-styled, configurable and works pretty well in general

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Believe it or not Windows Media Player sees my mediatomb server - unfortunately it won't play the files on it due to codec issues, but it may work for you.

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How did it see the server? Are you using any plugins? – Simon Sheehan Nov 9 '11 at 21:21
@SimonSheehan Windows Media Player in Windows 7 supports DLNA natively. – sidran32 Jan 20 at 1:21
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There is a Winamp plugin called ml_dlna that is supposed to work. Some people have problems loading it but the problem seems to be that you have to have the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)" installed even if you have a 64-bit operating system.

Microsoft Media Player does work but does not seem to have the codecs it needs. But if I try it a few times it seems to work. I use Mezzmo as a server though, and it supports transcodeing, so it might be converting them on the fly.

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Have you tried VLC? http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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I use VLC regularly but afaik (and as far as google is willing to say) it doesn't act as a DLNA/UPnP client. – DM8 Jul 5 '11 at 23:27
Yes it does - read the VLC FAQs/Forums or see this post: superuser.com/questions/191736/… – Linker3000 Jul 6 '11 at 8:28
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as it is mentioned in that forum post linked above, there is no 'upnp' option in the services discovery config (using vlc-1.1.10-win32) .. I have searched and searched, but all I get is forum post upon forum post on people discussing that vlc 'should' support it but it doesn't. – DM8 Jul 6 '11 at 21:03
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iTunes is the ultimate solution for me. With its Home Sharing feature, I can view and listen to my library on any computer running iTunes or iPhone. Sometimes I even stream my music to my AirPort Express with AirTunes. (I'm a Mac guy, but this all works on my Windows PCs too)

Other than that, XBMC or Boxee seems to be the way.

EDIT: Or use Twonky server for linux to keep a dedicated media server.

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already tried it, it fails to see mediatomb – DM8 Jul 5 '11 at 22:57
What is failing to see mediatomb? The idea with this is to replace mediatomb with iTunes. – emb1995 Jul 5 '11 at 23:02
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iTunes as a server? seriously? .... let me spell it out: not interested in having iTunes come ANYWHERE near touching my MP3 collection in that way, that would be like mollestation! ... itunes royally messes everything up, I have no desire whatsoever of losing my file/folder structure ;) --- Besides, this question is about a client, not a server. – DM8 Jul 5 '11 at 23:16
@ XBMC/Boxee yeah I know, I've fooled around with those on my HTPC, but I'm looking for a regular music player proggy not a full HTPC suite. – DM8 Jul 5 '11 at 23:33
If you want your folder structure, then what about a plain old Samba share on the Ubuntu server? Just map a network drive and use Winamp. – emb1995 Jul 6 '11 at 0:17
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Kinsky works nicely. It's a control point only, so it reads a remote library and renders to a (remote) player. I use it for serviio + onkyo receiver (dlna enabled)

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MediaMonkey plays over DLNA. Also syncs with lots of devices. http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/WebHelp:Setting_UPnP/DLNA_Media_Servers/4.0

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