ml_dlna

[Mr. S]

I know that there ist already an upnp plugin (ml_upnp), but this is not really helpful. ml_upnp is a good plugin, but I can't understand the frensh text and I don't want that endless searching process.

Now, I created my own plugin ml_dlna to list my music from a Buffalo LinkStation Live. Feel free to test it.

Name: ml_dlna
Version: 1.0.0.1

Required: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)

[human705]

Hello Mr S.

I tried your plugin but it doesn't load . I'm running winamp 5.601 on a windows 7 x64 DELL. I'd like to have the "play to" functionality as in WMP 12. I can help with testing if you'd like

Thanks

[Mr. S]

Hello human705.

Did you install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)? Even if you have a x64 system you need the x86 package. I have no problems with my own plugin on Win7 x64. Btw, the plugin is a UPnP client and not a streaming server (play to).

[Magister7]

You plugin is good, but it does not handle utf-8 correctly.
DLNA (at least miniDLNA) sends all text utf-8 encoded. With Latin characters it's no problem, as their utf-8 representation is equal to ASCII, but for Cyrillic or other non-Latin characters it matters. Now they are showing with broken encoding.
Please, fix it or release a source so I can do this.

Thanks.

[Mr. S]

Thanks for your comment. I'll fix it asap. Can you do me a favour and upload a testfile somewhere? You can use a one-click-hoster for example. Please send me the link in a private message. I'll implement a few code improvements, too.

[Mr. S]

Name: ml_dlna
Version: 1.0.1.1

Changes:

• correction in unicode support
• security fix (buffer overflow)

Required: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)

Info: I'm not able to upload the new plugin version as an attachment.

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You can download it from http://uploaded.to/file/l8ozb15r

[Magister7]

Wow, you fast. I even have not managed to reply.
Thanks, new version is better, but not 100% correct.
It shows unicode properly, but items, added to Winamp's playlist, still have wrong encoding.
Here is a screenshot: http://magister.ipsys.net/files/ml_d...g_encoding.jpg

P.S. Do you still need a test file?

And one more question. Is it possible to add items to current playlist, not replacing it?

[Mr. S]

I have a few points on my TODO list:

• Database to cache the slow search
• Language API to localize the ui
• Context menue to "add" the tracks to the current playlist or "replace" the current playlist
• Different lists for video, audio and pictures
• Unicode correction for the playlist

And yes, I still need a test file, because I don't have cyrillic keys on my latin keyboard.

[Magister7]

Sent a link in a PM

[lukost]

Your work is much appreciated.

Btw utf8 cyrlic files work for me both in ML and playlist.

Cheers:
lukost

[Stema]

Great plugin to my favorite music player :-), just found it, tested it and it works.

Just one minor shortfall or am I missing some setting in Winamp here?
I am not able to get the album art for any music (mp3 with folder.jpg in each folder).

I tested it with WMP in the same setup and it works - it does work as well with my
old WM6 phone but it does not show any album art with Winamp 5.622 the
ml_dnla plugin and bento skin. Now it is either the plugin I guess or I am missing
some setting I have not yet found.

Any comment ?

Stema

[mez68]

Originally Posted by You can download it from [url

http://uploaded.to/file/l8ozb15r[/url]

Unfortunately the link never works. Message is always "All of our free-download capacities are exhausted currently" (i.e. pay for a premium account if you want to download!)

[Ehaboof]

I registered in this forum just to say thank you..

There is a couple of things that I wish to see in the next update:
1-Artwork view
2-A context menu for the browser to customize a column view and to add more options for sorting the content.

Thank you, again.

[kilves76]

Please upload this plugin somewhere that it can actually be downloaded from. uploaded.to claims to be always free downloads exhausted and wants paid registration.

You attached the original file to the post so could you or someone please do it again.

[Mr. S]

Originally Posted by kilves76

Please upload this plugin somewhere that it can actually be downloaded from. uploaded.to claims to be always free downloads exhausted and wants paid registration.

You attached the original file to the post so could you or someone please do it again.

I don't have problems with upload, maybe you should stop filesharing But I attached the file for you.

[memgir]

I have a dlna server storing flac files. It seems that using your plugin flac files can not be played, tough winamp can play local flac files. Is this something that can be fixed?

[Mr. S]

Originally Posted by memgir

I have a dlna server storing flac files. It seems that using your plugin flac files can not be played, tough winamp can play local flac files. Is this something that can be fixed?

No, FLAC is not part of the DLNA specification. You need a DLNA server which supports FLAC as an optional format. And winamp musst support streaming FLAC (I don't know if winamp can play streaming FLAC). An other possibility is to use a server which includes a MP3 transcoder.


The plugin is only searching and listing all files from DLNA devices. To play a file, the plugin sends the streaming url to winamp player.

[memgir]

Thank you for your answer.

Well, rygel supports flac as a format. I can already play them using dlna with rhythmbox on linux clients. But perhaps it is winamp that is lacking the flac streaming capabilities...

[memgir]

And I just checked to see that rygel also has transcoding support for mp3. But I couldn't figure out how to use it with your plugin. How can I request the mp3 transcoding of a flac file?

[Mr. S]

I'm sorry, but I don't know how to configure rygel to use MP3 transcoding.

Originally Posted by Mr. S

The plugin is only searching and listing all files from DLNA devices. To play a file, the plugin sends the streaming url to winamp player.

rygel has to exchange the FLAC-stream-urls with MP3-transcoding-stream-urls in its DLNA publishing service.

[memgir]

Originally Posted by Mr. S

I'm sorry, but I don't know how to configure rygel to use MP3 transcoding.


rygel has to exchange the FLAC-stream-urls with MP3-transcoding-stream-urls in its DLNA publishing service.

I wrote to the rygel mailing list about this and to quote:

"In DLNA/UPnP-AV, the _controlling_ party (in
this case ml_dlna) is responsible for choosing the most compatible
stream and not the server for working around broken implementations.
It's not our task to present any random renderer with just one
compatible stream, we would need to implement half a controller for
that. Instead we offer a list of streams in various formats."

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ryge.../msg00032.html

So, do you think this can be actually implemented in ml_dlna?

Thanks.

[Mr. S]

Name: ml_dlna
Version: 1.0.1.2

Changes:

• Add duration column to list
• Update DLNA Media Control Point to receive URIs for transcoded streams
• Prefere original file or MP3 if file format is not supported by Winamp
• Add context menu with all available streams

Required: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

I also checked a few file formats to play with Winamp from rygel DLNA server. MP3, OGG, AAC, WMA and WAV are supported out of the box (this files will be played directly). FLAC, ADTS and LPCM are not supported by Winamp (ml_dlna looks for an MP3 stream).

[PatHW]

Hi all

I have a dummy's question : Can I use this plugin to have my DLNA wifi hifi system play my PC files with winamp control ? (ie : start play, stop, change volume, etc from winamp)

I installed the ml_dlna.dll, I can now see my dlna server files, but I could not figure out how to have the music played on my DLNA wifi hifi system.

(If this cannot be done with this plugin, do you know an any that can do it ?)

Thanks for your help !

[Mr. S]

Originally Posted by PatHW

Can I use this plugin to have my DLNA wifi hifi system play my PC files with winamp control ? (ie : start play, stop, change volume, etc from winamp)

No!

This plugin is only for finding media on DLNA server and adding them to the playlist of . It's a media library plugin. To stream music to an DLNA render device, you need an output plugin.

Maybe this is working for you.

[PatHW]

Thanks for your quick answer ! I tried the link you posted, it works well ! (Remote Speakers output v4.0 - Stream audio from Winamp to AirPlay/AirTunes devices (AirPort Express, Apple TV, etc.))

But it looks like I only have a 14-day trial with it... I will post if this is confirmed and if I find a free one.

[DrO]

that is the only Winamp plug-in which i'm aware off which will do what you're wanting for the output side of things - and considering the work most plug-in developers put into making plug-ins, it might just be simpler for you to pay for it if it's something you're going to heavily use.

-daz

[pimjoosten]

Thanks Mr. S for your plug-in! I registered especially to let you know that I appreciate your work!

[catfish81]

Hi there,

I cannot get this plugin to see my minidlna server. I am using Win 8 with Winamp 5.666 Build 3516 (x86)

minidlna runs on a Debian build and it accessible from my smart TV's media interface (plays files and everything).

The Win8 machine is on the same network as the server (192.168.0.x) and the plugin in Winamp finds the DLNA announces from the Windows machine itself, so the plug in is working it just isn't finding the minidlna announcement.

Anything I can do to fix this?