Amiga & DNLA for Set top box?

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After reading this thread http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37049

Is there any way to use an Amiga as a DNLA client?

Possibly an A1200 in a slim case with a NASplayer MP3 dongle thingy and that old IR sensor from CU Amiga about 10 years ago??

Hmmmm.....  Might make one of those...

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alexh wrote:
You want a DLNA client ported AmigaOS 3.x?

WTF for? Every DLNA server usually has SAMBA too.

I can imagine someone *maybe* wanting a DLNA server for AmigaOS (a port of GeeXbox or something) but a CLIENT?!?

With an A1200 you've got to have a PCMCIA ethernet card sticking out 3 inches out the side of the case!

But DLNA is `Plug and Play`, as it were.  Thus it could connect to anyone`s setup without any configuration.  That`s what I thought, anyway.

RE The PCMCIA Card.  I wonder if ribbon cable with PCMCIA connectors has ever been made.  That would be handy!

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Trev wrote:
Re: DNLA, they have a Value Proposition published on their web site. That alone is reason enough to steer clear.

Sorry Trev, just read this http://www.dlna.org/industry/why_dlna/value/ but don`t really see anything wrong with it.  Doesn`t seem to have any negative impact on Amiga systems.

What am I missing?

Cheers.

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Trev wrote:
I was joking. Terms like Value Proposition don't really have a place outside marketing and management.

Ha ha sorry mate.  :-D

What I mean is that I can plug my PS3 into my PeeCee and it just works straight away with WMP11.

No messing about with `Samba` needed.

An Amiga client would be nice...  Maybe a server as well (though transcoding would not be an option)


Any coders about??