Ubuntu – UPNP / DLNA (client) player recommendations

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Since neither VLC stable / VLC nightly builds / Totem with Coherence Plugin work properly in oneiric I'm searching for an alternative to watch media streamed from my seagate dockstar using minidlna as a server.

The only client that works is XBMC, but that's much of an overkill and stops me from doing other tasks. Atm I'm working around this with samba shares, but it baffles me that both a Playstation 3 and Windows 7 Laptop work better together with my debian based media server than my linux desktop in this regard.

Best Answer

Recently VLC Version 2.0 was released. This Release features a fully functional UPNP / DLNA Player that works without bugs. I'm using it on Ubuntu and Archlinux and it works just fine with my minidlna player.

To use VLC start the Playlist (View -> Playlist; Ctrl + L) and then select Local Network -> Universal Plug 'n' Play. However, be advised that VLCs implementation first downloads all the library information before you can select anything. Depending on the size of the library that actually might take several minutes and longer.

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