[Cialug] DLNA

[Claus]

I'm in the process of going with time with my TV and most likely dvd 
(aka blu-ray) player.  We don't spend much time watching stuff on it but 
it's about time to get rid of the CRT.

Anyway, I came across "DLNA compliant" with some of the feature.  I 
don't know anything about that but apparently it allows one to watch 
videos from a DLNA server that resides at home.

Are there *nix DLNA servers and are they simple to deploy?  Also are 
there any kind of content restrictions (i.e. some digital rights 
management)?

Currently I have a smb server where I store mp3 that I have ripped from 
CD and a variety of home videos in various formats (avi, mpeg-2, etc) 
that I watch on the computer on occasions.  I could see it being nice to 
view them on the TV as well.  But I don't have time for a major 
tinkering project.

   Claus