It's a way for your TV to stream videos from your media server and your smartphone to act as a remote that can play a file from one device on another device.
That's the idea behind DLNA, anyway. These devices use a standard protocol to talk to each other. Rather than each manufacturer creating a proprietary protocol for streaming media files on a network, DLNA-compliant devices can communicate with each other.
You can buy a device from one manufacturer and use it with a device from another manufacturer, even if those two devices were never tested together.
Many devices support DLNA. DLNA software is available for a wide variety of platforms. DLNA divides devices into different classes. For example:.
This isn't a complete list -- DLNA also defines other device classes, including different types of handheld devices. The DLNA defines standards that enable devices to share stuff - photos, video, music - with each other, and it has more than members responsible for more than 9, different DLNA devices. DLNA is designed to act as a bridge between your various bits of kit, so you can watch a film from your PC on your big-screen TV, play an MP3 from your smartphone on your stereo, or send shots from the family photo album to your wireless printer via your tablet.
Think of it as a kind of home cloud: it shouldn't matter where your media is or what device you're currently holding; with DLNA, whatever you want should come to wherever you are and whatever you're using. As you might expect, DLNA hardware is designed to work on a home network. In addition, many standalone media streamers, smart TVs, and home theater receivers can be certified as Digital Media Renderers.
This certification category applies to go-between devices that can find media on a Digital Media Server and send it to the Digital Media Renderer.
Smartphones, tablets, computer software like Twonky Beam. Some cameras and camcorders may be certified as Digital Media Controllers. You may see the DLNA logo on a product or product description, but rarely will you see what certification it has been given.
The DLNA website lists many products under each certification. Other DLNA certification categories apply to digital media printers and specific mobile devices. These certifications allow mobile devices to upload media through the network to a computer or media server. A computer or media server can save these files, eliminating the need to connect the camera for future file playback.
Similarly, a Mobile Digital Media downloader can find media on a media server and save the file to itself. For example, you can find music in a PC music library and load it to your phone via the home network. Here are a few more points about DLNA-certified devices to consider:.
Understanding the DLNA certifications helps to understand what's possible in home networking. For example, DLNA makes it possible to walk in with your smartphone loaded with photos and videos from your day at the beach, press a button, and start playing it on your TV without the need for any connections. In , the DLNA disbanded as a non-profit trade organization and relinquished all certification and other related support services to Spirespark.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Some smartphones also come with pre-loaded DLNA apps. Before you select a file, you need to select a device that you want to stream to. You can access this list by clicking on Devices, present on the main screen of the app. Select your TV from the list of renderers. If you have a separate network storage drive, you can choose to stream from it too.
Once you select the device, you need to select the content you want to play on it. You can access all your media by selecting first the source from where you want to play.
BubbleUPnP segregates all your songs, videos and images into folders. You can click on the file you want to stream. Once you select the file, the app will start streaming it on to your TV.
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