See if you are buillding a media player that will work with this media-server or test out code by using VLC-Player and then clicking media/open netowork stream and then enter the Url that should look a something like hxxp://192.168.1.10:9090/MyMovie.avi Whats Next ! private void SendHeadData(Socket Soc, string FileName) The service needs the ip-address and port number to listing on and the root location of the file system that contains the media files which could be on the local machine or a network drive that is connected to the local network. The projects was written using Visual Studio 2010 with C# and I have included a noddy user-interface form in the download to get you started that will allow you to test the service which includes the core component ' MediaService.cs' and a small helper class ' Helper.cs' that can be used to create your own full blown media player or you may decide to use this code as a simple web-server in other projects. This little service replaces the host service offered by windows IIS-Server and simply services the request from devices such as smart TV's and is not a DLNA-Player as such but has been tested with VLC-Player and works fine with Samsung, LG, Sony Smart TV's What's in the files One off the easiest ways to host movies for playing across the network is to use a virtual directory in window IIS-Server and then send the Url of the movie/sound file to the DLNA device but this method becomes a little bloated and is overkill.

This lightweight little DLNA server is able to stream files to your network devices ('Smart TV's) and will use byte-ranges if the device offers this option so that the current playing position of the movie or sound can be forwarded during playback.

Download DLNAMediaServer.zip - 112.3 KB.

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