FYI this is implemented in 4.1 now.

Please could this be moved into the 4.0.7 release?

Bump ... still waiting for MM 4.1.

Redezvous Proxy still working great via a tunneled 3689 port to iTunes.

Manually adding UPNP/DLNA devices as demanded would be awesome! Finally a piece of software that can handle this kind of task .... can't wait till 4.1 beta begins.

By the way: since SSDP device discovery can't handle subnets (due to multicasts) a lot of people are in that situation that they can't access their media servers just because they can't add them by their own which I think is rather ridiculous.

I use KAME/IPSec to access my home network and I'd like to access my media server as well .... MM4.1 is probably the only way to make that every happen.

In regards to limited bandwidth: Most people have 100/10Mbits AVDSL connections over here which give you around 850 to 1000 Kilobytes a second. That's enough for HD-Rips....greetz

markstuartwalker wrote:

nohitter151 wrote:

markstuartwalker wrote:This doesn't seem to be in the 4.0.5.1481 build

It's planned for MM 4.1:
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8100

The release date for 4.1 was over a month ago
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/roadmap_page.php

4.0.6 was just released, so 4.1 beta testing will probably start in 1-2 weeks or so.

nohitter151 wrote:

markstuartwalker wrote:This doesn't seem to be in the 4.0.5.1481 build

It's planned for MM 4.1:
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8100

The release date for 4.1 was over a month ago
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/roadmap_page.php

markstuartwalker wrote:That seems rather disappointing

I don't see why it's a problem, beta testing for 4.1 will probably begin shortly after 4.0.5 is released.

That seems rather disappointing

Groan ...

markstuartwalker wrote:This doesn't seem to be in the 4.0.5.1481 build

It's planned for MM 4.1:
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8100

This doesn't seem to be in the 4.0.5.1481 build

Any news for a beta for the manually entered DLNA server facilities?

I understand the security implications. I'm using an encrypted ssh tunnel as it traverses a firewall too.

I have used SubSonic sucessfully over a similar link. The speed is surprisingly acceptable.

markstuartwalker wrote:So if a manual mechanism is introduced to 'auto-discover' the DLNA server then connections can work as normal.

I know of one or two DNLA clients on Android which support this "manual" approach. However, allowing access to the local DLNA server from the internet has several major disadvantages. First of all there might be security issues. The typical upload speed of today's internet connections is very limited, therefore navigating the music collection will be quite slow. Furthermore accessing the DLNA server at home from the internet can result in heavy traffic.

IMO a free or low-cost service like Google Music, MP3tunes or iTunes Match is a much better alternative.

DLNA happens not to work outside of the local subnet. The reason for this is that it uses UDP broadcasts to auto-discover the services on the other DLNA servers. But this restriction is only for auto-discovery, the actual media playing is possible from a different subnet (it uses TCP and this can be routed through gateways). So if a manual mechanism is introduced to 'auto-discover' the DLNA server then connections can work as normal.

I think that is what is being considered here http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8100