DLNA
Working page for Amahi DLNA, the Amahi port of MiniDLNA.
Contents
Tips
- You need the two RPMFusion apps installed before this one for things to work.
- You can configure it's options in a text file in:
/var/hda/apps/dlna/amahi.conf
- It has some Tivo support
- It picks up new files added automatically (as opposed to uShare)
WD TV Live
At the moment, with a WD TV Live player, we can stream from .avi files to full 1080p content from this server.
With Matroska files it also supports subtitles in various languages and multiple audio tracks.
PS3
Notes on working state with PS3.
Xbox 360
Notes on working state with Xbox 360:
- Install Amahi-dlna
- Turn on Xbox 360 and Navigate to My Xbox
- Scroll to the right until you see Music Library
- Hit "A" on your controller.
- Amahi should be one of your choices if amahi-dlna was installed correctly.
Repeat for Picture Library.
O!Play Air
Notes on working state with O!Play Air
Samsung TV with Medi@ capability
The TV will play all media (pictures, music, movies) over WLAN/LAN
Windows Media Center
Windows 7 (Ultimate pre-release) Media Center will display pictures and play music. Video doesn't work.
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player will connect to DLNA on Mac & Linux.
On Linux you will need the CyberLink UPnP plugin.
On Mac you can click on File > Service discovery > Universal Plug'n'Play discovery.
FAQs
- Q: Does it support Matroska (.mkv) files?: Yes!
- Q: Can it stream .iso files?: Nope
- Q: Can it stream full DVDs: Nope, only the VOB files
- Q: Does it have support for album art and covers?: Yes!
- Q: Does it have support for subtitles?: Yes!