[Cialug] DLNA

[Justin Richeson]

I'm not aware of any DLNA setup that works with screencasting though.  If
anyone does, PLEASE sent it my way.  I'm assuming that's what you mean by
'push a display image' and 'remote screen.'  Miracast is probably closer to
what you're looking for if your source supports it.  I believe Microsoft is
supposed to be putting an affordable miracast dongle out soon, though if
it's compatible with non-MS stuff remains to be seen.  Right now, most of
the miracast dongles I've seen (not that I've looked lately) have been
pretty expensive...especially when compared with chromecast.  What's your
source?  Android, Linux, Windows, some mix of the above?  That might narrow
down what will/won't work for you.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> I'm not sure I'd say "avoid," rather just "be informed." DLNA is a bit of a
> headache but it usually works. I have a WD NAS that has a Twonky DLNA
> server built in. I've also used a desktop tool that exposed media files
> over the network using DLNA.
>
> With the same client (Sony Bluray player) the experience was very different
> between the servers. The desktop server did better and would try to
> auto-convert files to the right format supported by the client. It
> organized the media to make it easier to find your files. Twonky doesn't do
> either of these, simply presenting all media files in a huge list organized
> only into groups of pictures, audio or video.
>
> Most clients I've seen truncate filenames and hide the extension making it
> tricky to tell the difference between two different formats of the same
> file, for example I rip my DVDs to full res and lower-res iPod format.
>
> Overall, the user experience is a headache, as Jeffrey said. But, it works.
> Once you know your clients and tools, it gets the job done. My kids figured
> out how to save videos onto the iPad for offline viewing and can watch
> their shows OK. They prefer any other service when available and
> essentially just use this to watch stuff from our DVD collection when going
> on a trip or will be offline.
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:52 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Like to push a display image to a big screen HDMI, .. it seems like
> > "DLNA"
> > > is the simplest solution, but there seems to be a dearth of docs for
> this
> > > type of application.
> > >
> > > Will a simple DLNA HDMI receiver work as a remote screen? Do not see a
> > > package with that type of description, though there are number of other
> > > DLNA ones.
> > >
> >
> > I'd avoid DLNA (unless you enjoy headaches).  While it's a "standard"
> it's
> > one of those standards that is very loosely specified so interoperability
> > between products is very difficult.
> >
> > I'd suggest getting a Chromecast.  For $35 it's hard to beat.
> >
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