I am making a NAS for my home to store my movies on and was told that I should try to ensure that it will be DLNA compliant for future possiblities. What does that mean and how do I make it compliant?

Thanks for your help.
Adam

DLNA (or UPnP) simply means that the NAS or storage device broadcasts your folders and data in such a way that other DLNA/UPnP devices can use and understand it. It is a way to use data without having to know anything about networking or folder permissions etc.

If you are building your own NAS then you need to find a UPnP/DLNA program that is compatible with your OS (Windows/LINUX/whatever). You would then load this on your Server. If you Google UPnP Software you will find many options for this. FUPPES, Swisscenter, TVersity are just a few.

Many of the NAS appliances come with DLNA/UPnP plugins but if you are building your own you will need to do all this yourself.

Laters,
Jeff

Hmmmm. The plot thickens. LOL Any idea where to do research other than the sites that sell the software? To get an unbiased view

Any suggestions on which to research? Wiki has a ton of suggestions. I am assuming I would install this software on my NAS and then when burning my content from another computer to the NAS I would then direct it to certain folders and then the software would help to organize it for devices streaming content from it.

I am very excited to get away from the old system of using disks and changers. It cant come soon enough. Although all of that burning is going to suck big time.

I've tried quite a few UPnP servers and my current favourite is TwonkyServer. I've also tested many built-in UPnP servers of NAS boxes and they are in general complete rubbish.

So if I were to install TwonkyServer I would then burn my dvds and such to a specific folder in the program and then a DLNA enabled device would sync with the info from Twonky?

Does it matter if I use Raid 6 or another form using this software?