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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...
Yes that is essentially my question: just in the same way as it is straightforward to point your iPhone to your DLNA server's configuration via the XML file (rather than counting on the discovery protocol which is only broadcast within the broadcast domain/local subnet)
I guess that I could look into using a VPN tunnel properly but was hoping for the same ease-of-use. I was also concerned that a VPN tunnel may add a lot of overhead traffic.
I had actually only been using Readynas Remote and FTP (in XBMC) to attempt this but with very disappointing results. As I've been able to achieve reasonable results with my iPhone (over Wifi or 3G), I was hoping that I could attempt the same. Probably more of a wishlist but ideally these clients would perform more buffering, especially with the flakey connection that 3G can provide. I'm not sure why some of these clients (such as AirPlayer) don't download subsequent files (in a playlist for example) in advance, to avoid having to wait for the initial buffering when you move to the next file in the playlist.
I guess that I could look into using a VPN tunnel properly but was hoping for the same ease-of-use. I was also concerned that a VPN tunnel may add a lot of overhead traffic.
I had actually only been using Readynas Remote and FTP (in XBMC) to attempt this but with very disappointing results. As I've been able to achieve reasonable results with my iPhone (over Wifi or 3G), I was hoping that I could attempt the same. Probably more of a wishlist but ideally these clients would perform more buffering, especially with the flakey connection that 3G can provide. I'm not sure why some of these clients (such as AirPlayer) don't download subsequent files (in a playlist for example) in advance, to avoid having to wait for the initial buffering when you move to the next file in the playlist.
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