I'm going to bump this and ask for a few more features. There may actually even be a way to do what I want now. I just bought a DLink-520 that I'm using via UPNP with MC. For the record, I'm having a few problems:
- The device disconnects from MC's UPNP server after being idle for a while. I haven't yet determined the exact amount of time, but let's say it's 15 minutes. Once it disconnects, the DSM-520 sends me to the "Server connect" page and reconnects pretty quickly. My undertsanding is that DLink fixed a similar problem in one of the DSM-320 firmware upgrades, so this is probably a DLink thing and not a MC thing. I thought I would mention it.
- * The DSM-520 will not connect to MC's UPNP unless another UPNP server (either Twonky or DLink) is also running. This may be because I'm running MC on my Windows 2000 file/media server, which doesn't have an SSDP Discovery (UPNP) service. It would be nice if someone more in the know could confirm this.
Now, on to my request, which may even be possible now. The DSM-520 APPEARS to want a certain UPNP naming scheme so that the "Music," "Videos" and "Pictures" remote buttons work. Having the correct naming scheme also makes the UI on the device nicer (with screen titles and so on). Right now, when I browse my MC UPNP server, I just get a folder list (Audio, Video, etc). There are no page titles in the UI and the remote buttons for the various functions don't work. Twonky supports the "right" DSM-520 naming scheme, but MC doesn't. Twonky's organizational/menu structure is goofy, so I want to stick with MC for UPNP.
Is it possible to change the names of the root UPNP items so that the DSM-520 will recognize them? Is the problem something else altogether? If not, would it be possible to add this functionality? It would be REALLY nice if MC would automatically use the right naming scheme when you selected it in the UPNP devices list.
Note that the DSM-320 and DSM-520 use the same server software, so a fix for one should work for both. Has anyone solved the remote/UI problem with MC, or are you just living with it the way it is?