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DLNA client over the WAN
With a handful of iPhone/Android apps such as Air Player, allowing you to connect to a DLNA server across the internet (by specifying the xml Description file location on the server), why is this feat...
DLNA libraries and metadata are always on the server, and accessed through the DLNA API. Whether it is XML or some other syntax is a different question (and really doesn't matter for the functionality). Though XML is not an economical syntax, it's strength is flexibility not bandwidth efficiency.
I understand the interest in whether there are windows client/server combination that works over the open internet (hopefully someone knows of one). But I don't think that will really solve your performance concerns on the uplink, unless the server is also capable of transcoding. Connecting to a DLNA server over a VPN connection is a little less bandwidth efficient than connecting directly, however the difference is not large.
How is your VPN connection set up? Is it possible that your router doesn't have enough horsepower to maintain a full speed connection?
I understand the interest in whether there are windows client/server combination that works over the open internet (hopefully someone knows of one). But I don't think that will really solve your performance concerns on the uplink, unless the server is also capable of transcoding. Connecting to a DLNA server over a VPN connection is a little less bandwidth efficient than connecting directly, however the difference is not large.
How is your VPN connection set up? Is it possible that your router doesn't have enough horsepower to maintain a full speed connection?
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