UPnP / DLNA Render on Linux

Question

I have a NAS serving as DLNA server, now sometimes, laid back as I as I am, I'd like playing a movie on my Linux Desktop and control it via DLNA App from my phone. I tried VLC and other media players but none of them showed up as renderer in my phone. I tried the app with different TVs where it worked.

Mind: I'm not looking into installing a "media center" operating system, just the single program to be used once in a while.

Solution

Even though you mentioned that you don't want to install a media center operating system, you can simply install XBMC as a simple application (which is what I do at home) on your desktop.

If you use a Debian-based operating system, then you will find XBMC already and conveniently packaged on the repositories.

It features (among other things, like consuming things via NFS, or SMB from your NAS), a DLNA Renderer that is as simple to use as the other sources of media.

Comments

[Alex]

"a NAS" doens't help much, what the model? which other players you checked