Can we mimic OpenHome/DNLA on PC

[Cebolla]

(26-02-2018 20:52)paultaylor Wrote:  

(26-02-2018 19:10)Cebolla Wrote:  Presumably this PC of yours that can be outside the home/office in 'other situations' is of the portable type with WiFi. Hopefully, you can also create a WiFi hotspot with your Android phone and connect the PC to that. The PC will then be on your phone's own WiFi hotspot network and Linn Kazoo should then be able to access the BubbleUPnP Android app's OpenHome renderer.

Sure the PC is wifi enabled, but has to have a wifi network to connect to, yes Im sure could get working with phone solution but its just more complicated then it should be and hence more likely to go wrong. I just want a single PC solution.

The single (Windows) PC 'solution' is a hell of a lot more complicated, given that the Windows Store/Microsoft approved version (and therefore the only way of getting the latest Windows version) of Linn Kazoo has for 'security reasons' been prevented by design from seeing (and therefore using) an OpenHome renderer with the same IP address.

The 'easiest' solution I can think of is to install an Android emulator on the PC to run the OpenHome renderer, along with installing a loopback network adapter (for the PC) and a host only network adapter (for the Android emulator). The two network adapters would also need to be bridged & appropriately configured to allow the PC to see the Android emulator and vice versa. Also not forgetting to install & configure the appropriate software to provide the OpenHome renderer. Let me know if you require the 'full' instructions.

Otherwise:
Is it really that difficult to setup a WiFi hotspot on an Android device and get your PC to connect to it?

Or:
Do as DavidHB suggests and run the old 4.8 version of Linn Kazoo instead of the latest one.