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Title: Dumb noob DLNA question - Can I "push" to a DLNA device or is it always pull?
Post by: kiwi on March 16, 2013, 12:00:21 am

Sorry if this is obvious, I'm new to DLNA devices etc. 

I'm wondering whether or not it is possible to "push" music/video to a DLNA device or do they generally always have to pull content from the server?

I found this when looking around, but couldn't really sort things out.

I guess the second question is, can MC be setup to use one of these media renderers as an output?

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Digital Media Renderer
Digital Media Renderer products are similar to DMPs in that they render or play content received from a DMS or M-DMS. However, DMRs are unable to find content on the network, and must be set up by a Digital Media Controller (DMC or M-DMC). A combination DMP / DMR device can either find a DMS on its own or be controlled by an external DMC or M-DMC. Examples of DMRs include TVs, AV receivers and remote speakers for music.

http://www.dlna.org/dlna-for-industry/digital-living/how-it-works/dlna-device-classes/digital-media-renderer

Thanks,
gk

Title: Re: Dumb noob DLNA question - Can I "push" to a DLNA device or is it always pull?
Post by: jmone on March 16, 2013, 12:06:49 am

It depends on the device, eg:
- MC can be a renderer, controller and server.
- Gismo can be a renderer and controller

So you can use Gizmo (controller) to tell one copy of MC to "push" content (server) to another (renderer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance

Title: Re: Dumb noob DLNA question - Can I "push" to a DLNA device or is it always pull?
Post by: jmone on March 16, 2013, 12:10:01 am

So for example, I use Gizmo to browse info on my MC Server then have it "push" the content to my WD TV Live.  I can also do this from the MC interface as well (have a look at the "Playing Now" and you will see what devices you can push content to.

Title: Re: Dumb noob DLNA question - Can I "push" to a DLNA device or is it always pull?
Post by: JimH on March 16, 2013, 07:47:42 am

jmone's description is correct.  Here's more:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/DLNA

Title: Re: Dumb noob DLNA question - Can I "push" to a DLNA device or is it always pull?
Post by: kiwi on March 18, 2013, 02:33:05 pm

Thanks for all the pointers... time for me to do some reading and some playing.

Title: Re: Dumb noob DLNA question - Can I "push" to a DLNA device or is it always pull?
Post by: mschneid on April 05, 2013, 09:41:43 am

Read carefully.  DLNA devices suffer from wildly different implementations.  Will a specific player work AND work the way you want (an equally hard question)?

Also look for feedback on the sound quality of a DLNA Player versus a USB connected Player.