PeteManchester / MediaPlayer

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MediaPlayer - Java Based Open Home UPnP Media Renderer

A fully open-source java project that uses the OpenHome API to implement a UPNP Media Renderer.

The MediaPlayer is Java based and so will work on a wide range of hardware and Operating Systems without the need to provide different install packages or recompile the code.

Features

MediaPlayer provides a large support of OpenHome specific devices as well as standard UPnP devices.

To playback Media files, mplayer as well as mpd is used (based on your choice, this is configurable).

The combination of OpenHome as well as mpd does allow MediaPlayer to provide gapless playback (yes, gapless, for beneath 0€ ;-)).

We support the following UPnP and OpenHome Functionality:

MediaPlayer also contains an Apple AirPlay receiver: other audio sources are supported by the ability to have custom input sources.

We have implemented a http-daemon to make it possible to:

The MediaPlayer is easily extendable via Plugins.

Right now, we have the following Plugins:

Wiki

We have a Wiki where you can find the documentation

Installation Instructions

UPnP Support

MediaPlayer supports the following UPNP devices:

Media Servers

Control Points

Contributors

MediaPlayer is made possible due to the support of the following people.

Name Contribution
Pete Hoyle Original Source Code
Ian Grant Service Scripts, Songcast repair mechanism
Markus M May OSManager, LastFM Plugin, Fullscreen Plugin, this webpage
Marcello Added support for setNextAVTransportURI in AVTransport service
Guus Design ideas, beta testing, proof reading and display wiring diagram

The AirPlay implementation is based on the RPlay source code by Benjamin de Callatay

If you are interested, we always welcome feedback or suggestions or if you want you could fork the project and apply your own changes.

Feedback and suggestions can be submitted here:

https://github.com/PeteManchester/MediaPlayer/issues?state=open

If you appreciate the Java MediaPlayer please support:

[Linn] (http://www.linn.co.uk/) Who produce top end Audio equipment whilst providing OpenSource Software. They also have their own record label.

[OpenHome] (http://www.openhome.org/wiki/OhNet) Who provide the ohNet API on which this MediaPlayer is based and who have provided great support whilst I have been developing the MediaPlayer.