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{{bigger|This category contains the settings for how the UPnP service is handled. UPnP is also called DLNA on most consumer electronics}}
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==General==
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=== Enable UPnP support===


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| Enables the UPnP support. With this setting enabled you are able to configure Kodi to either act as a UPnP server or a UPnP client. Both are not enabled by default by enabling this setting and need to be en- or disabled individually by changing the settings below. If you have enabled one or the other before, this setting will enable or disable every preconfigured configuration you might have done before. So this setting can be understood as an overall-setting for UPnP.
| Enables the UPnP component of {{kodi}} which allows you to stream media from your {{kodi}} video and music library to a UPnP client and to detect remote UPnP servers on the network.
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===Share my libraries===
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| This will enable the UPnP server and will therefore allow you to stream media in your libraries to a UPnP client on your network.
| This will enable the UPnP server component and allows the streaming of media in your libraries to a UPnP client on the network.
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===Announce library updates via UPnP===
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| By enabling this setting the UPnP clients will be notified if a manual or automatic library update occurs on the UPnP server.
| When enabled, connected UPnP clients will be notified if a manual or automatic library update occurs on the UPnP server.
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| [[Settings/Media/Library#Video_Library|Automatic video library update on startup]]
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| [[Settings/Media/Library#Music_Library|Automatic music library update on startup]]
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| [[Updating_or_removing_videos#Update_Library-_Manual|Manually updating video library]]
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| [[Update_Music_Library#Update_Library-_Manual|Manually updating music library]]
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===Look for external subtitles===
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===Look for remote UPnP players===
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===Allow control of Kodi via UPnP===
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Revision as of 07:23, 14 March 2021

  ▶ Settings ▶ Services ▶ UPnP DLNA



General


Enable UPnP support

Settings level: Basic
Description: Enables the UPnP component of Kodi which allows you to stream media from your Kodi video and music library to a UPnP client and to detect remote UPnP servers on the network.
See also: UPnP


Share my libraries

Settings level: Basic
Description: This will enable the UPnP server component and allows the streaming of media in your libraries to a UPnP client on the network.
See also: UPnP


Announce library updates

Settings level: Standard
Description: When enabled, connected UPnP clients will be notified if a manual or automatic library update occurs on the UPnP server.


Look for external subtitles

Settings level: Standard
Description: Look for external subtitles for videos provided by the UPnP server. This can cause extensive CPU, filesystem and network load.
See also: Subtitle settings


Look for remote UPnP players

Settings level: Standard
Description: Enable the UPnP control point. This allows you to stream media to any UPnP client and control its playback.


Allow remote control via UPnP

Settings level: Standard
Description: This setting enables the UPnP client. It will allow you to stream media from any UPnP server with a control point and control playback from that server.


References



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