In my last blogs, I was showing how to create DLNA devices. In my final blog about this topic I will demonstrate how to create a DLNA Control Point (=Client) which uses the functionality of these devices. I will demo a simple Control Point for a Media Renderer which will start playing some music: The Arduino Sketch First we define the relevant objects: In the Arduino setup() we start the processing: We just start the Read more

Im my last blog I was describing the DLNA Architecture. So we are ready now to dig into my first Arduino DLNA Sketch. By combining my arduino-dlna with the arduino-audio-tools library it is quite easy to build a Network Audio Renderer that can e.g. be controlled via an Android Application: I can recommend Hi-Fi-Cast that let’s you select the Music Sources and Playback Devices. When running this sketch you should find and entry named __ArduinoMediaRenderer__ Read more

The major advantage of the DLNA architecture is it’s clear separation of concerns. This split into specialized roles allows developers to create focused, efficient devices that, when combined, form a sophisticated whole-house audio system. The architecture is built around three core components: Media Servers, which store and distribute (e.g. audio) content; Media Renderers, which receive and play that audio; and Control Points, which act as the intelligent conductors, discovering devices and orchestrating playback between them. Read more

Introduction Last year, I started to work on a DLNA library for Arduino. There are some existing implementations, but they only implement “Control Points”, but no “Devices”. Now that the weather is getting colder, I decided to give this topic some more “love”. The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) aimed to establish interoperability among PCs, consumer appliances, and mobile devices across wired and wireless networks. The goal was to provide a common solution for sharing Read more