Getting full use out of UPnP on the Nseries

UPnP was introduced to the Nseries on the N80 and since than has been used on numerous flagship devices, including the N81, N81 8GB, N82, N93, N93i, N95, N95 8GB and upcoming N96. Simply put, UpnP allow you to: copy media files from your PC to your phone or the other way around and display images and video stored on your phone using your PC, all done wirelessly over WiFi. Ewan from Allaboutsymbian has written a must-read on how to get it up and running using the built-in Windows Media Player.

Ewan points out a very big shortcoming of the Windows Media Player software: “While we can browse music via sharing Windows Media Player on our device, without installing a third party plug-in you won't be able to control it from your handset.” This feature has been available from day one on the very first UPnP-enabled device: the N80. The key to using the Nseries device as a wirless remote to control your music via UpnP is getting the right software and in this case I can recommend SimpleCenter, a piece of software that might be familiar to owners of the N80 or N93, as this was included on the install CD and is mentioned on the N80 support page. SimpleCenter comes in a free and paid version, but the basic one should enough for most, including using your phone as a remote. SimpleCenter can be downloaded here.

Comments

[Devin Balentina]

Qasibr,

it can't stream it in the sense that as it is transfered it will be played.
What it does however is copy the content to the phone and than you are able to play it.

Devin

[Qasibr]

It'd be very useful if we could stream content stored on our computer onto our n-series via upnp. For example, if I want to listen to a song stored on my pc, on my phone, I'd like to be able to navigate to and select that song from my phone, and then hear it play. Can we do that?