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= upmpdcli: an UPnP front-end to the Music Player Daemon
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=== upmpdcli: an UPnP front-end to the Music Player Daemon
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upmpdcli implements an UPnP Media Renderer, using MPD to perform the real
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*upmpdcli* implements an *UPnP* _Media Renderer_, using *MPD* to perform
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work.
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the real work.
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It has been tested with a number of UPnP control points running on Android
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It has been tested with a number of *UPnP* control points running on
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and Windows. Because of their good support of OpenHome Playlists, which are
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*Android* and *Windows*. Because of their good support of *OpenHome*
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a significant improvement over bare UPnP, and their general quality, Bubble
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_Playlists_, which are a significant improvement over bare *UPnP*, and
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UPnP (Android app) and Linn Kinsky (free on Windows) work best with it.
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their general quality, *Bubble UPnP* (*Android* app) and Linn *Kinsky* (free on
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*Windows*) work best with it.
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== How things work:
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==== How things work:
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The Control Points uses the UPnP protocols to browse the tracks on the
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The Control Points uses the *UPnP* protocols to browse the tracks on the
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Media Server and choses URIs to be played. It then talks UPnP to umpdcli,
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_Media Server_ and choses URIs to be played. It then talks *UPnP* to *umpdcli*,
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which uses the mpd client protocol to place the URIs into the MPD
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which uses the *MPD* client protocol to place the URIs into the *MPD*
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playlist. mpd finally retrieves the data from the Media Server using HTTP.
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playlist. *MPD* finally retrieves the data from the _Media Server_ using HTTP.
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....
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[UPnP Control Point]
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[UPnP Control Point]
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[MPD]<--(HTTP)-->[UPnP Media Server]
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[MPD]<--(HTTP)-->[UPnP Media Server]
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Each of the Control point, Media Server, mpd and upmpdcli processes can run
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Each of the _Control point_, _Media Server_, *MPD* and *upmpdcli* processes
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on any network host, there is no reason, for example, for mpd and upmpdcli
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can run on any network host.
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to run on the same host.
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More information: http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli
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More information: http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli
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