It is a DLNA compliant UPnP server that is written in Java so it will work on Windows, Linux and OSX. After doing a bit of searching I found the Universal Media Server. Most modern TVs, games consoles, mobile phones and many more devices are DLNA certified so it would be ideal if our server software can interface with devices as well. Also, many modern devices also support DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance). So our server will have to support these. There are a set of networking protocols that allow this which come under the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) system. Well ideally you want some software that can interface with all of your devices (not just Android).

The first step is to set up a media server. To get this working there are a number of steps that you will have to follow which I will outline below. I naively thought something like this would have been supported as standard in the latest version of Android (v4.2.2 at the time of writing) but it isn’t. One of the first things I wanted to do with it was to be able to stream my music and films to it over my home network. Note: It can take some time for VLC to discover and list all the folders and sub-folders from your UPnP and DLNA servers.A couple of weeks ago I purchased an Android tablet (The Google Nexus 7 which is excellent btw). You will be playing media from your network in some time.Browse through them and right click on them to Play, Stream or Add to Playlist.You’ll see a list of files or streaming networks listed on the left.On the left under Local Network, click on Universal Plug’n’Play.Here’s how you access media from UPnP or DLNA using VLC: It’s like a private network for audio and video files. There should be another device sharing media files using this standard or protocol. If you have VLC on your computer, you will be accessing the files available via UPnP as well as DLNA. All of them should be connected to the same network or Wi-Fi. It’s like sharing the media content that you have on your computer or phone to other devices without the need to copy and move files. You can see televisions make use of this feature to access videos from your laptops and other devices supporting the standard. UPnP and DLNA allow you to stream content over your local network. The option is available in the View > Playlist section of the media player. VLC can easily access media from UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) as well as DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

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