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Hi,
I'm a relatively new software developer, with experience mostly in C. I'm wondering whether there's sense in trying to solve an issue in UPnP.
I just downloaded Alpha 6 (Windows) with the intention of playing videos to my Philips TV over DLNA. I tried playing a local file, with no success. On the UI, nothing's happening. The log shows a CUPnPPlayer::OpenFile unable to open file error. Came across this thread: [Windows] Connecting to TV using UPnP/WiFi, in which:
(2013-07-20, 11:46)Ned Scott Wrote: [ -> ]There are some very big UPnP improvements in the work for this kind of thing that will pop up later this year.
So, is there sense in me trying to debug this?
There is work being done by alcoheca on further improving UPnP.

However we always welcome devs who are willing to dive into the code getting things fixed/improved.

So
Quote:So, is there sense in me trying to debug this?
most definitely yes Smile
Good to hear Smile
I'll set up an environment and contact alcoheca after I get my bearings.
Thanks
as reference his GSoC 2013 project
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=162225