Hi Andrew, I am wondering whether you have any plans/desire to make Whitebear's Media Receiver functionality compatible with Windows 8. And whether its possible.
Windows 8 apps have access to a Devices charm which allows you to sling the particular content (video/audio) to a compatible DLNA device. This is a beefed up version of the WMP PlayTo functionality. It seems that Microsoft has extended the DLNA standard somewhat, rendering most DLNA devices out there incompatible, unfortunately. There seems to be some kind of Windows 8 certification programme for hardware manufacturers, but I can't figure out if one needs to go through it in order for the device to work with Windows 8, or whether this certification is optional but some extra features need to be supported. Any which way, as it currently stands, Whitebear *does* appear on the list of Windows 8 devices (with a note it's not certified) but does not appear in the music-playing apps as a target. It would be wicked if this were simple to implement, since presumably a lot of content will become slingable in this way in the future, at least if Windows 8 is reasonably successful. One could then use the Squeezebox as such a renderer. I've found this document which talks about the implementation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/br259123.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wigster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14899 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97855 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
