DLNA not a panacea, codec must match

I'm still learning about DLNA at least the important bits.. one is that I believe DNLA is just a analogous to a highway. You have to determine if you have a vechile capable of getting on it. If you are a pedestrian or say ride a bike you won't be getting on that highway.

The following is from a samsung manual but gives you an idea of what you have to be prepared for. it is NOT plug in play you still need to check your codec's to insure that it's compatible on your device you wish to display. If it's computer it's unlikely an issue but if it's a TV (a samsung in this example)

You'll need to find something that reads the headers to give you an exact idea what codec i could be (one for audio and one for video) but there are hundreds of codec's out there.

Be sure what you get into.. especially when you've made a digital library.

a codec identifyer can be found here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/codec-video-identifiers

DLNA continued.. it seems that DLNA componentry is mainy meant for library to device items. Not necessarily streaming. you can't stream live streams from a computer to a DLNA device. You can purchase appliances that can stream slacker and Pandora but good luck finding one that is based on the computer.

http://www.digitalversus.com/tv-television/dlna-standard-real-mess-a971.html

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