DLNA/UPNUP/AIRPLAY

funabashi · October 19, 2017 at 10:00 PM

Hi guys,

I have MXQ PRO S905X with latest LE.

Now I want to be able to stream youtube from my Iphone 7 or from my Windows 10 laptop.

Airplay didn't work, its just "Looking for AppleTV".. Ok fine.

DLNA and UPNP, what should I use? It looks im the only guy who want this to work.

When I come home to my friends and I want to play music they say "just connect with bluetooth". Also it doesnt matter if its iphone or android. All just work like a charm.

Kodi is open-source and should be able to fix this without problem.

What solution should I go for and what applications?

If I buy USB bluetooth adapter will it work better?

Im so curious to what are you going to say.

Thanks in advance!

**Klojum** · October 21, 2017 at 4:25 AM Official Post

Quote from funabashi

Kodi is open-source and should be able to fix this without problem.

Sure, because we are wizards we can fix anything and without any problems with the snap of our fingers. Right?

There is also a lot that could be fixed if we had the proper manpower with the proper coding skills. From the simple things (auto-update languages for the LE Settings Add-on) to the very difficult things (creating CUVID support for 10bit Nvidia video in Linux, or keeping up with Apple's policy of constant breaking Airplay protocols).

Kodi is limited as a streaming application. Support via UPnP streaming is limited, and Airplay support is more often broken than functional. Kodi has no Chromecast support because that means proprietary software, and that clashes with the whole open-source concept. Bluetooth (at least in LibreELEC) has only limited audio support, not video.

**S80_UK** · October 21, 2017 at 9:54 AM

Quote from funabashi

Kodi is open-source and should be able to fix this without problem.

If you think it's that easy, just grab the source and get coding....

Or try to learn about why some of what you are asking for is either time consuming, difficult, or in some cases just not possible. My post here gives some indication of how this applies to Airplay...

Full Airplay support in future builds.

funabashi · October 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Fine Airplay doesnt work with video, yeah.

But what about other solutions like DLNA or UPNP?

Why so upset because I want this to work?

Shouldn't only be me who want this to work.

**chewitt** · October 21, 2017 at 11:06 AM Official Post

Quote from funabashi

But what about other solutions like DLNA or UPNP?

Neither of them are "casting" protocols which is what you are asking for, and there are no broadly supported open source "works on all devices" casting protocols available, which is why Kodi hasn't evolved support for them. If/when that changes, Kodi will change.

**escalade** · October 21, 2017 at 11:55 AM

You can stream audio via airplay or bluetooth to libreelec, there are topics on both. As for youtube, there are various browser plugins that can cast to Kodi, and there are apps on your phone (yatse) that can do it.

DLNA/UPNUP/AIRPLAY

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