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[trcns]

I have a receiver which accepts Network connection, I just bought a NAS Drive which is DLNA certified (did not get it yet). So my PC, my receiver and NAS Drive all are connected to an 8 port switch. I am trying to build my concept about “DLNA” how it works and what is the involvement of a sound card and audio driver built in the PC, if I am using Ethernet?

Let’s say, I have a CD that I put it in a CD/DVD drive of PC with a sound card, I use dbPowerAmp software to rip this CD and now audio file WhatEver.wav is stored on PC. Was there any involvement of sound card or audio driver of PC during this process or not? If yes what was it? Can I eliminate it?

Now I have a WhatEver.wav file on my NAS drive, I access this drive from JRiver on a PC and send it to my receiver over the Ethernet. I am not sure I can do this making my PC as DLNA server or how it works because I did not try it yet. I am sure it will work; but this is not a worry or question.

Question is that if my computer is accessing NAS via Ethernet and my Receiver is connected over an Ethernet, is there any involvement of PC based sound card and PC based audio driver, if “No” then great. But if yes what is it and can I eliminate it?

[MrC]

The sound card is not involved when you stream over DLNA.

[pcstockton]

The sound card is not involved when you stream over DLNA.

unless you are using MC to stream to itself, e.g. using PlugPlayer as a control point.

[trcns]

Thanks everybody.

[mbagge]

This is from Wikipedia.

• Digital Media Server (DMS): These devices store content and make it available to networked digital media players (DMP) and digital media renderers (DMR). Examples include PCs and network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
• Digital Media Player (DMP): These devices find content on digital media servers (DMS) and provide playback and rendering capabilities. Examples include TVs, stereos and home theaters, wireless monitors and game consoles.
• Digital Media Renderer (DMR): These devices play content received from a digital media controller (DMC), which will find content from a digital media server (DMS). Examples include TVs, audio/video receivers, video displays and remote speakers for music.
• Digital Media Controller (DMC): These devices find content on digital media servers (DMS) and play it on digital media renderers (DMR). Examples include Internet tablets, Wi-Fi enabled digital cameras and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

When you build with DLNA components, you should be aware of the different roles.
Your NAS should have the DMS role
MC has the DMC role. (Actually it can have all roles, but that is another story)
and your receiver has the DMR role.

Then MC can access your NAS and tell it to start streaming to your receiver.

You should start with enabling DLNA in MC then enable your receiver. When you can do DLNA to your receiver, you can include your NAS.

And please consider storing music in .flac files as they are much more manageable than .wav files. You can setup this in Tools, Options, Encoding, Encoder: Flac Encoder
Don't mind the flac encoder settings, default is just right. (Even though the setting is called 'Quality Settings' it is only about compression and NOT about sound quality)

[candycane]

My NAS only runs linux.  How can one set up MC as a DMS on a linux NAS?

[mbagge]

In MC Playing Now section under 'Playing from ....' is a list of all DMS's on your network. Then simply select it and wait for MC to get all info it needs.
Provided of course only if you have enabled DLNA in MC in the first place.

[csimon]

My NAS only runs linux.  How can one set up MC as a DMS on a linux NAS?

Taking your question literally, you can't set up MC as a DMS on Linux.  It only runs under Windows.  There are two routes you can take if you want to use MC as a server while keeping the files on a NAS.

1. NAS as file server, MC as DMS.  Therefore the NAS is acting as a simple passive network drive.  MC holds the library and serves the media, but the physical files are held on an external drive. This is done by simply setting your NAS as the folder to import from.

2. NAS as DMS, MC as a DMP.  This is only possible if your NAS has a built-in DLNA server or you have isntalled an add-on package like Serviio in order to provide one.  The NAS holds the physical files, the library and serves the media.  MC can connect to it via DLNA and browse it via the Playing From menu.