Streaming media files via DLNA/UPnP

Question

I'm currently running Raspbmc on my Raspberry Pi and activated UPnP streaming an rendering.

My goal is to write a simple Python to stream a video or music playlist.

I've tried Coherence, but I it's throwing a bunch exceptions and I don't really get the point as the documentation is pretty chaotic. So I'm looking for an easier way/library.

What's the easiest way to stream media files to my TV using Python?

Answer 1

There is a lightweight pure python library dlnap which allows playing media on DLNA/UPnP devices in the same local network

Answer 2

You can use GUPnP binding for python through the gi.repository. Search the documentation for GUPnP and GSSDP, GUPnP AV.

You can couple them with something like a mini webserver running django+SQLite database to define a kind of content directory service (CDS) also you can use Gstreamer (a python binding exist called Gst). With those elements you can build a custom server using SSDP for the discovered stuff; from gstreamer you can get metadata about each media item, and can also use "rtspsrc" of gstreamer for streaming.