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Re: [LUG] RPi/OpenElec

 

On 03/06/16 17:53, mr meowski wrote:
> The one thing that I don't really get at all though is streaming *to*
> the RPi as a target though, presumably via DNLA/UPnP (I think?). At the

I use a Pi+OpenElec in this fashion, mainly as a youtube target, but
there are plugins for other streaming services too.  The basic idea is
you send it a stream URL and it plays that (if it can).  The discovery
of Pi on the local network and how to talk to it all happen over UPnP
(/DLNA).

I'm not sure on the subtitles side ; for example, I don't think there's
support for overlays in the youtube streamer.  You might need to
investigate this further.

Anyway, here's some of what I currently use.

Clients (controller/sender)
 iPad: constellation

 Android:
   - Yatse (remote + "play on media centre" provider, when you click
share in an app like Youtube)
   - BubbleUPnP: controller/player + can offer phone content as a media
server.  Bit clunky.

 - Linux: various, plus scripting possibilities!

 - Windows: don't really care, but I think media player can talk to UPnP
targets


Media library / server:
 iPad: ??

 Android: BubbleUPnP

 Linux: I use mediatomb, but am interested in trying miniDLNA/ReadyMedia
as a RPi car media gateway.  pulseaudio-dlna is also quite neat if
you're sending audio.

 Windows: media player can act as a library/server, if you click in the
right places.  I'm sure you can do this better than me!


Hope that helps get you started.  I'd be interested to hear what you end
up with!

Cheers,

Mike.

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