Dune HD Media Player Support?

Hello,

I have been using Serviio for years, serving from my macbook pro through my home network. I had been using a Samsung smart bluray player as my playback device (without issue), but am now considering an upgrade to a dedicated media server, possibly a Dune HD Media Player: Either the older Dune HD Max, or the current model, the Dune HD Duo 4k.

After not seeing DLNA compatibility on Dune's specs page, I called Dune customer support and asked whether Serviio can serve to their media player. The answer I received was circuitous, but the tech seemed to say that, although the player is DLNA compliant, it does not have the architecture to receive and display Serviio as the media server in the same way that, for example, my Samsung does; from what I could understand, the Dune only has the capability to read and display directly from my computer.

However, I do see one thread here in the forum that talks abuot the Dune's subtitles compatibility with a Dune media player, so that gave me some indication that it might be compatible.

Can anyone verify one way or the other, whether serviio will serve to the Dune media players? If not, can anyone please recommend the best, serviio-compatible, most versatile (when it comes to native codec compatibility) media player, at a decent price?

Thanks very much in advance!

[atc98092]

If they claim DLNA compliant, then it should see Serviio just fine. I have no idea what they mean about not having the necessary architecture. They either support DLNA or they don't. You may have to play around with different profiles to make sure everything will play, but again, if DLNA is supported, then Serviio should work just fine.

I if course have no knowledge at all about the Dune players. I'm basing my opinion on what you posted. to quote the web page you linked to the HD Duo 4K:

Network player: Connect to local network and play content directly from PC or NAS via UPnP/DLNA, SMB, or NFS

Sure looks like DLNA support to me.