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SSDP Discovery service unexpectedly stops

I discovered this problem as my UPnP device (a Sony Bravia tv) constantly lost connection with the Windows Media Player sharing server (used as the DLNA media server for the Sony TV and apparently ...
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Will this router serve up DLNA?

I am thinking of buying a router (this one) that allows me to plug in an external hard drive and share it on the home network. The external drive contains videos, music, photos, etc... My primary ...
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UPNP server with subtitles support

i would like to find UPNP or DLNA server which allows to stream movies with srt subtitles to my iPad. I tried Airplay with Windows Media Player UPNP. It plays video but without subtitles.
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How to get the WAN IP from a router using UPnP/SSDP

I'm trying to find a way to get my router to report back my WAN IP using UPnP/SSDP, but so far I have been unable to even get a list of UPnP supporting internet access devices on my network. Here's ...
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How can I connect DLNA devices through NAT?

I have a Windows 7 PC running Serviio as a DLNA server. I have a Samsung I9100G running Skifta as a DLNA renderer (client). My network topology: At the moment, I can connect and watch my videos ...
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VLC 2.0: can't enable UPnP support

I'm attempting to use VLC 2.0.1 (Intel 64 bit) to connect to a UPnP server (Serviio 0.6.2 on OS X Snow Leopard). I've tried to enable the feature by right clicking the "Universal Plug 'n Play" node ...
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Disable UPnP safe?

Is it safe to disable upnp or can it harm devices on the network? Are there any other problems disabling the UPnP might bring The reason I'm turning it of is so I can play battlefield 3
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What are all of these NAT terms? [closed]

I (loosely) know about Network Address Translation (NAT) in that the NAT device stores a mapping of external ports to internal ports. However, I started reading about it and got really confused by all ...
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DLNA not working with Lacie Network Space Max 2 and Linksys E3200

My old D-link dir 825 router broke down and I got the Linksys E3200 router as a replacement. I have Lacie Network Space Max 2 NAS attached to my network. I mainly use the Lacie for media streaming. ...
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UPnP Control from terminal

I would like to be able to control a UPnP Router from the terminal in linux. I don't mind what language the software is in, but Ruby/Python/PHP would be preferable.
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Problems streaming media to Samsung TV from NAS, possibly due to DLNA issues

I have been experiencing problems with my IT-entertainment setup at home lately, and haven't managed to sort it out on my own. Basically I have the following setup: an iMac desktop computer a Drobo ...
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Need UPnP enabled router, that also has port forwarding [closed]

I currently have a 3COM OfficeConnect router, and it seems I cannot get the port forwarding to work, and neither does my Qnap TS-410 seem to be able to recognize the device as UPnP enabled for the ...
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Can Windows 7 “Play To” work with non-local files?

I have found that Windows 7 can do a "Play to" on media files to send the output to my WD TV Live (plays video to my TV). I have now done some experiments and found that it appears that files on the ...
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Cheap network music playback [closed]

Here's what I want: Software for my computer that acts like an sound card driver, but instead of producing sound, it transmits the data over my home network. No dongles! A device that I can plug ...
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How do routers prevent automatic port forwarding from being abused

I have a Verizon FIOS router and when I install most applications that need a port forwarded, magically the entry is automatically set up in the router. I searched on google and found out this is ...
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How do I enable UPnP support in Windows 7?

Is there a checklist for enabling UPnP in Windows 7? I am on a home network with Network Discovery enabled in Network and Sharing Center, UPnP is enabled on my router, SSDP Discovery and UPnP Device ...
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UPNP/DLNA music player for Windows?

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 ...
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How do I figure out which applications on my computer is using UPnP broadcasting?

I'm trying to get the media server TVersity to work, but when the service is supposed to start, it gets stuck on "Starting" and NEVER moves on. I've read that TVersity won't work if I've got other ...
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UPnP from commandline in linux

Is there a utility to forward ports on a simple home networking wireless router from commandline using upnp?
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Is that possible to stream desktop content to upnp media player or LCD TV

We may use Windows Media Player to stream media content to upnp devices or TV. I wish to to stream the my windows desktop to the upnp devices or TV. Is that possible to do it? Thank you.
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Is there an established way to identify a DAAP service with UPnP?

I've been messing around with media server stuff again, I was wondering if there's a generally agreed-upon way to identify a DAAP server on the network over UPnP. Surely not everyone is counting on ...
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UPnP port mapping client for Linux

Is there any client that can request mapping and unmapping ports via UPnP port mapping behind a NAT gateway? I had problem with PortMap. I want this mostly for testing purposes.
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Good DLNA Server for Logitech Revue with DVD-ISO support?

I'm looking for a good DLNA server to serve my media files on Linux to a Logitech Revue on the same network. I'm currently using minidlna which works great without a hitch, but it lacks support for ...
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How do I get my desktop (windows 7) on my DLNA TV? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Live screencasting from a Windows PC to a DLNA-enabled TV - possible? It looks like the world+dog is writing wrappers around vlc and ffmpeg to provide a DLNA server, but ...
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How to Send UPNP commands to D-link router from windows xp?

Is there an application to connect to router? The router's web interface is limited and doesn't include the option I am looking for (disconnecting form the internet). I hope this can be done by ...
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How can you configure the uPnP server on windows home server?

I'm currently helping my parents with their home network set up while I'm home. I have a Synology NAS device which supports a uPnP server. I have a few MPEG-4 movies stored on the box, and simply ...
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What is the difference between DLNA and UPNP?

Can someone tell me the what is the difference between DLNA and UPNP? I can see that some devices' (such as NASes) specifications mention both (e.g. Iomega StorCenter) or only DLNA (e.g. Netgear ...
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What Percentage of people have UPnP Enabled at current times? [closed]

Basically, I just need to know approx the percentage of people that have UPnP enabled at current times (2010) so that I can make a business desicion on a software product (built for Windows only) I'm ...
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Why is UPnP so slow?

So, I have a UPnP enabled TV (Samsung), a UPnP server (tried several), and a UPnP control point (right now, PlugPlayer on the iPhone). Using PlugPlayer to load up my library (just a few items for ...
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upnp/dlna servers on windows

What is the best DLNA server on Windows? I'm using WMP right now but its not able to play mkv's and I would rather use VLC so I was wondering if thats possible? Any other suggestions welcome, I'm ...
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What maps port described as Teredo?

I've looked at upnp in router and i saw something unknown. InternalPort:54172 ExternalPort:54172 Protocol:UDP Description:Teredo I'm using ubuntu and i don't know which application maps this port. ...
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Can DHCP and NAT co-exist?

I am using a U.S.Robotics 9108 to share ADSL Internet access via both LAN ports and WiFi. Is there a way to allow each Windows 7 PC connected to it to handle its own port forwarding needs, rather ...
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How to automatically forward a port from the router to a Mac ? (UPNP)

I'm looking for some no-brainer commandline tool or script that can be used to forward a given port from the LAN's router (which supports UPNP) to the local machine. E.g. upnpforward 9000 would ...
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How do I connect VLC to a known DLNA server?

I have VLC on my Mac and would like to connect to a DLNA server on my LAN but the server isn't showing up in VLC's UPnP auto-discovery UI. Given the IP address of the server how can I point VLC to it ...
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How to diagnose or configure UPnP on Windows?

UPnP has been a bit unreliable (sometimes benefiting from rebooting the DSL modem). It's currently working with programs which need to open ports but it's still not showing up in Network Connections ...
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Automatically allowing SSH into a Mac behind a UPNP router?

I have a MacBook connecting to the Internet from behind various routers from time to time. All of the routers support UPNP. I need to allow a co-worker to SSH into the machine, without configuring ...
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Any NAS servers that stream FLAC audio?

I can't seem to find a NAS solution, aside from a custom built one, that is able to stream FLAC audio via UPnP. Streaming seems to be limited to MP3 or other popular formats. Do any exist that will ...
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DLNA/UPNP server with tag support?

I'm looking for a DLNA server that allows tagging media and then browsing by those tags. I have a large media library (music, videos, photos) on a server and I use my PS3 to view it. Let's say I have ...
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dns-323: changing UPNP update interval

Is there a way to change the update interval for the UPNP server on a DNS-323? Note: I know about the "refresh" button on the web management console but I'd like to automate/speed-up this process.
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Setting up a UPnP media server on a Mac

I've successfully gotten my Windows computers sharing music with my PS3 using Windows Media, and I've been able to do the same thing on my Linux computer, using MediaTomb. But I can't find a decent ...
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Application to Stream any Audio to UPnP Device (XBox 360)

Is there any sort of application that will just take whatever audio happens to be playing on a PC and stream it to a UPnP Client? For example, you could just run the app, and then play music from ...
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Why won't USB Plug & Play work?

We have a relatively young Acer laptop. Aspire 6930, 64-bit, 4GB RAM, Vista Home Premium SP1, Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2GHz, etc. Out of the blue the plug & play on the USB ports is no longer ...
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Security of port forwarding using UPnP and OS X

I have set up a VPN server in Leopard to allow me to connect to my MBP from my iPhone. I have used an application called iVPN that is great for setting one up, and I have used Port Map to map the ...
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Is there good free media server for OS X to stream movies to an XBox 360?

I have a mac mini running OS X 10.5 that is filled with movies and I am looking for a good way to stream them to and Xbox 360? Anyone have any suggestions for a media server (UPnP) for mac?