Subject: UPnP Support?
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christopher W. Richardson <cwr@nexthop.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 11/30/2005 10:52:40
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Hi,

OK, I admit that I'm a little behind the times on this front,
but, nevertheless, here I am.  I want to set up a media server
using NetBSD and stream to my stereo (and ideally TV, though
that's less important) wirelessly -- something akin to what Mac
does with AirTunes.  I asked my sysadmin at the office about it,
and he said, "No problem, I do it at home, what you have to get is
a UPnP device.  I've got this software which I run under Linux
and works great".  At which point he started searching on-line
for his favorite Linux software and I walked away, assuming that
"UPnP" was all I needed to know and I could go find something
under pkgsrc.

Well, I can't find anything under pkgsrc, and, in fact, searching
the mailing lists and netbsd.org doesn't turn up anything
particularly insightful under UPnP.  I even tried searching for
"plug play mediaserver", and got nothing.

So, unbelieving that no one has done this in NetBSD, I've come to
the conclusion that I must be searching for the wrong thing.  The
questions, then, are

	1) What sort of device do I need to get, which is
           preferrably small (I'm not looking for a stereo
           component, and certainly not for a PC), supports
           802.11, has the appropriate ports to connect to (at
           least) a stereo and ideally to video, and to which I
           can stream such data?

        2) For what should I be searching in pkgsrc to stream to
           whatever the answer to question #1 is?

Thanks!
Chris
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