Displaying Composer information in a Control Point

[DavidHB]

(24-11-2013 23:17)simoncn Wrote:  I don't think this is caused by DLNA. AFAIK, the DLNA specifications and compliance tests don't say anything about how a control point (not renderer) should handle a browsing tree. I think this limitation of your Samsung TV is a Samsung issue, not a DLNA issue.

Sorry: I should have made it clearer that the TV has no problem handling the MinimServer browsing tree. What it can't do is play the FLAC files in my music library.

As I understand it, DNLA has some quite narrow limitations on the formats it can handle, and it favours the 'consumer' (= lossy) formats rather than those designed for high quality reproduction. This is difficult to confirm, because DNLA itself is a closed standard, only available to those companies that subscribe to the Alliance. The point I was trying to make is that a standard constructed and managed along these lines will, on the whole, tend to inhibit rather than promote the development of Control Points with the improved capabilities I should like to see.

David