selecting 'Hide Contents' may crash MinimServer

[mikejazz]

(16-08-2012 17:20)simoncn Wrote:  

(16-08-2012 16:45)mikejazz Wrote:  That is probably why there are control points that load all database to iPAD. I heard Aurender works like that. You can find information about that here:
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/conten...er-review/

Simon, you are not in favor off this solution, I believe, because it would not follow UPNP AV architecture, right?

I think a UPnP control point should follow UPnP architecture when it's talking to a UPnP server. This doesn't mean that I think UPnP architecture is necessarily the only (or best) way to build a music playing system.

Aurender have built their own system that doesn't use UPnP. By doing that, they have been able to do what they think the user needs without being limited by what UPnP architecture supports. There's lots of room for innovation here, and there are other players doing similar thngs, such as Sooloos and J River. It would be great to have this kind of advanced functionality based on an open standard and an open protocol, but I don't see much prospect of that happening.

Understood.

I tried Meridian control app on iPAD, connected to a Media Core 200, and thought it was my best experience in terms of ease of used combined with comprehensive information and rich metadata. It's still my reference.
Thanks for sharing these insights, now I understand better why some people discard uPNP.

On my network your MininServer combined with Songbook lite is giving an a very good experience.