Organized Local Streaming Development?
It is clear from reading the documentation and reviewing the discussion groups that developing a package which will allow people to stream from a local source will take a lot of doing. Is there a...
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"WilDD" wrote:
The ideal solution would be to create a UPnP/DLNA channel. That way, anyone could use their UPnP/DLNA server of choice such as Playon, Tversity, Twonky, etc., and use the Roku DVP as a client. This would be very easy for the average (non technical) person to use.
However, after looking at the SDK, I'm not sure if this is even possible with the tools available.
Any thoughts on this by anyone with more in-depth experience with the SDK?
Agreed. This is correct solution. I've read through all of the SDK documentation. Save UI, it looks like this would just be an exercise in parsing XML. A number of UPnP/DLNA servers support transcoding, so streaming media in a compatible format shouldn't be an issue. With Tversity, it's just a matter of modifying the profile.xml file...
UPnP/DLNA is already used by XBOX 360, PSP, WII and a number of Network Blu-Ray players (see LG BD390). I don't think the audience would be limited, especially among ROKU owners.
