RE: rygel render problems

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

On Mo, 2012-07-30 at 12:39 +0000, Liu, Albert wrote:
> Thanks for your quick response.
> I would capture the packet log later.
> Here answered you questions.
> 
> - What kind of interface is Rygel running on (WiFi vs. Ethernet)
> [Albert] Running on Ethernet inteface

Ok, then packet loss on the sending side shouldn't be an issue.

> - Which versions of GSSDP and GUPnP are you using?
> [Albert] GSSDP: 0.7.2, GUPnP:0.13.5, GUPnP-AV: 0.5.9

Wow, that's old. Are you using Debian stable?

> - Which Android controlpoint are you using?
> [Albert] I am using skifta application which include DMC functions in it.

Last time I tried Skifta (beta from PlayStore,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skifta.android.app) it
did see Rygel, but didn't even try to control the device.

> 
> Thanks,
> Albert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jens Georg [mailto:mail jensge org] 
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:28 PM
> To: Liu, Albert
> Cc: rygel-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: rygel render problems
> 
> On Mo, 2012-07-30 at 11:56 +0000, Liu, Albert wrote:
> > Hi Jens,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am developing an audio render project based on Rygel.
> > 
> > I find some problems while running it, could you give me some 
> > suggestion.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 1.     In my test, if I start rygel first then I could not find my
> > render device in my android phone.
> > 
> > But if I start to find the DLNA devices on my android phone and then 
> > start Rygel, I could find it in my android phone.
> > 
> > Do you know what’s the problem of it ?
> 
> 
>  - What kind of interface is Rygel running on (WiFi vs. Ethernet)
>  - Which versions of GSSDP and GUPnP are you using?
>  - Which Android controlpoint are you using?
> 
> There might be several reasons for this. If the order of starting is important, it's most likely that the device either did not receive the M-SEARCH responses or did not like them, but had no problems to receive/like the initial service announcement. Hard to say without a packet capture.
> 
> > 2.     Do you know whether Rygel support password protection ?
> > 
> > We want to implement a way to protect our DLNA render.
> > When someone try to control our DLNA render, the user will be prompted 
> > to request enter the password.
> > 
> > Does Rygel support this kind of function ?
> > 
> > Could you give us some suggestions how to implement it ?
> 
> No, it does not. You would need to hook somewhere in the UPnP callbacks and trigger the entry for the user I suppose.
> 
> Wouldn't it make more sense to allow the controlling instances individually as e.g. WMP does?
> 
> 
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