Serviio Client
In the last few weeks, I've been working on a pet project of my own. It's also Windows 8 related, but this time not for Windows Phone. Yes, I know that Windows 8 supports DLNA out of the box, but I prefer another way of navigation. That's why I've created my own version, which has kind of the same interface as the Music app on Windows 8.
Screenshots are uploaded to ImageShack (they're rather big).
Features for now:
[Login]
+ Supports both ip and dns names
+ Supports SSL (for those who use apache with mod-proxy and https)
+ Supports autologin (for if you always use the same server)
- No autosearch servers yet, like the WP client (great idea btw!)
[Main page]
+ Shows random albums
+ Shows latest added videos
+ Shows some images from a random folder
+ Has a mediacontroller like the Music app in the bottom appbar
+ Show video information and start playing
+ Shows album cover, tracks and allows to add albums or songs to the playlist
[Folder browser]
+ Allows to browse the Serviio folders
+ Has a mediacontroller like the Music app in the bottom appbar
+ Shows audio, video and images with thumbnail
+ Supports incremental loading (don't load all items at all, but 30 at a time)
+ Allows to add one or more songs to the playlist
[Image viewer] (no screenshot)
+ Supports back and forward (if applicable)
+ Includes basic slideshow
[Video] (no screenshot)
+ Plays videos fullscreen
+ Supports subtitles
- Scrubbing is not supported at the moment
[Now playing] (no screenshot)
+ Shows cover, tries to download a big version of the cover of the internet
+ Shows the current playlist
+ Background playback, also under lockscreen (so you can leave the application)
+ Supports for MediaControl (the default audio controller of Windows 8 in the top left corner) and Notifications when changing the song and the app doesn't have the focus
+ Gapless playback
Unfortunately, it's not very easy to give the application out for testing. I think you'll guys have to wait for release and acceptance by Microsoft. This will take some more time to finetune the application and remove most bugs. Also, I have to focus on portrait mode a bit