Jumping in here, because I lost my Squeezebox in a breakup, so have been playing with UPnP a bit (it seems I'd have to spend $500 on a Squeezebox Touch if I wanted to go back to Squeezeboxes? Seems like paying a lot for features I don't really need)
Anyway, I've been pretty impressed by how many things actually do DNLA/UPnP quite well: - The DNLA server on my Synology NAS is very nice, works well, an impressive web-based UI, and has managed to serve up pretty well all content I throw at it. - The UPnP player built in to my TV (Samsung something) is rubbish and would play almost nothing - I bought a $130 WD-TV player, and it does all things UPnP quite nicely, happily streams 1080p movies to my TV. Audio browsing is OK, not anywhere as good as the SqueezeServer of course. - It turns out my amplifier has a built in audio-only UPnP player, which is neat (It's a Pioneer VSX-921) - it plays audio nicely, without needing a TV running (a limitation of the WD-TV). The interface is poor, but I can control it pretty well from my tablet (more on this below). - I also have a FritzBox modem but haven't tried it's UPnP server because I haven't had the need. - I have a Galaxy Tab (android tablet), I've tried two players, Bubble UPnP and UPnPlay - both seem to work OK, for streaming low-def video and audio, and also to control other devices - this is how I play music on my amp, using UPnPlay to queue up music. HD video seems to not work so well, not sure if it's a bandwidth issue or decoding speed. - I haven't found a decent UPnP player for my Macbook - VLC has one but it crashes trying to browse my server. The big things I miss from the SqueezeBox are: - iTunes playlist integration - haven't found a way to get the NAS to recognize my iTunes playlists yet - The UIs are useable, but pretty poor compared to SlimServer / the Squeezebox. (I have my old slimp3 in a box somewhere - tempted to see if it still works, it might be all I need) - Korny On 26 June 2012 07:50, bluegaspode < [email protected]> wrote: > > Andrew, > > how many UPnP renderers do you know, which fully support the > specification, so that people can really enjoy sync + gapless playback? > > I only had one encounter of UPnP, which was my Samsung TV where I wasn't > able to play a single song of my library. And a program called > plugplayer, which crashed multiple times and seemed to be very slow. > I only tested with LMS (and the integrated UPnP server of the FritzBox) > though - so maybe Logitech is to blame for my bad experience. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > bluegaspode's Profile: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Kornelis Sietsma korny at my surname dot com http://korny.info "We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing" - O.W. Holmes
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