DLNA Support: A Technology Worth Mentioning

I'm not going to lie, I didn't even know what DLNA stood for when I read an article about it recently. I still don't really understand what it is, but apparently, it's just local network streaming of media. The term "DLNA" makes it sound kind of fancy, which is probably the case. In other words, this technology allows you to seamlessly stream movies, pictures, and music from your local network to a device that supports DLNA, such as your PlayStation 3, but not the PlayStation 4. I have to say, there's something really cool about ripping DVDs to your computer's hard drive and then streaming them to a gaming console or anything else that supports DLNA. I've done this a couple of times from my iTunes movies library from DVDs that I've personally ripped to my Mac Pro's hard drive, and it was actually pretty cool.

However, I don't use this feature often because I primarily stream my media from Netflix. But if you have a huge media library of music, movies, and photos on your local network and you want to stream that to your PS4 or Xbox One, unfortunately, the Xbox One doesn't support DLNA as well as some other devices might. Polygon.com recently posted an article about this, but I still wanted to share it with you guys in case you weren't aware.

Is DLNA Support Going to Turn Me Away from the PS4 or Xbox One?

No, no, seriously not whatsoever. I mean, I have my Apple TV primarily for entertainment delivery, and I'll be buying the PS4 for games, as well as the Xbox One for games and their all-in-one experience. That alone could kind of replace the functionality of my Apple TV. We'll see how much I enjoy streaming Netflix on the Xbox One and if it works with voice commands like "Xbox pause" because that would be really cool.

The Choice is Yours

It honestly comes down to personal preference and what you're looking to get out of said device. We do have the choice, which is kind of awesome. There are so many amazing products and services available, and it's fun to explore them all. So, there you go; those are my thoughts on DLNA support.

Shout-out to FuturePoints

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The Best Time to Be Alive

In my opinion, this is the best time to be alive as a gamer. There are just so many exciting things happening within weeks of each other, and I cannot wait. So, thank you again guys; your support is greatly appreciated seriously it is you guys are awesome, and I will see you in tomorrow's video peace out!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys who are you David Frankie here from Xbox One however this one story I found on polygon.com just the other day today's Tuesday when you're seeing this video I'm recording this last Thursday because I'm barely going to be home this week um so I'm doing a lot of videos back to back so in case you see some kind of update since I've recorded this video I apologize if this information is wrong but as of today according to polygon.com the PS4 and I'm looking at the monitor over here will not support CD or MP3 playback all right so let me read the article PlayStation 4 owners will have limited music listening options when the console launches next month this month by the time you're watching this video as Sony has confirmed that the nextg console does not support playback at music CDs and MP3s Sony suggests that if PS4 owners want to play background music while playing games they should get a music unlimited subscription apparently their only option based on an FAQ posted to the Playstation blog today Music Unlimited subscriptions range from $4.99 to $9.99 depending on the number and type of devices subscribers own the PS4 will not include a music visualizer like its predecessor some of the features or lack thereof may change on Twitter presidents of Sony worldwide Studios shui Yoshida I probably said that wrong said thanks for the feedback to the lack of MP 3 and DLNA support at the launch of PS4 I'll share it with the PS4 Dev team for future consideration end quote so this is a very interesting article and I've seen people play Both Sides saying that they love music playback and this is just stupid that the PS4 can't do this but then you have the other side of players such Gamers or whatever saying well this is not a big deal I don't use my PS4 for music I use it for games personally I don't think it's a big deal for my kind of usage when I boot up my Xbox 360 or my PS3 as of today I usually do it for you know playing a game or even watching YouTube or Netflix or something i' love gaming on my 360 obviously but I also love enjoying entertainment on my 360 as well as my other consoles but in the form of streaming via a service like Netflix or even Redbox Instant I don't use Redbox Instant but I'm saying that as a example because apparently that's on the PS4 or PS3 can't really remember but I read an article about that recently but that's exactly what I'm saying are we not in the days of streaming our mediacontent from services like Pandora or Spotify or like I just said Netflix Redbox Instant or even Sony's music unlimited service which I've honestly never even used but it's there and I guess people do use it so from my personal perspective I don't see this being a big deal at all honestly I cannot remember the last time I wanted to insert a music CD into my PS3 or 360 I just honestly cannot remember that day okay so the opposite could easily be said for the PlayStation 2 as well as the original Xbox because back in the day at least for my personal usage the Xbox was a great device to burn your music to that hard drive and then organize it in albums and use it as an in-game soundtrack again back in the day that was really cool to do but with today's technology and services of streaming media I don't see that becoming a factor again from my personal perspective and I keep repeating that phrase for a reason because it does come down to how you plan to use your gaming console so again not a huge deal for me but for others out there I can see why it's a huge deal um because some people out there do love listening to the music on their uh gaming consoles and you know what that's fine but I should say like they said in the article Sony is considering implementing MP3 NCD music playback in the future so honestly I could see this happening eventually I don't see it being a huge deal I mean I don't write software for a living obviously but I don't think it's that difficult to implement music playback on a console especially since we've been doing it for years so I'm going to leave it with that but this next topic let's talk about DLNA support honestly I didn't even know what DLNA stood for and I still don't know I mean I just read an article but I forget um I never really paid much attention to DLNA from what I understand it's just local network streaming of media DLNA just makes it sound kind of fancy so in other words this technology allows you to seamlessly stream movies pictures uh music whatever you have on your local network to a device that supports the LNA such as your PlayStation 3 but not and I repeat not the PlayStation 4 so this is definitely a bigger deal than just music playback on MP3s or music CDs okay so this kind of goes against what I said in the beginning of this video in regards to streaming your media but I got to say there is something really cool about ripping DVDs to your computer's hard drive and then streaming it to a gaming console or anything else that supports DLNA because I got to say I have streamed movies a couple times from my iTunes movies library from DVDs that I've personally ripped to my Mac proos hard drive and that right there is cool now have I used that in a long time honestly no because again I stream my media primarily from Netflix but if you do have a huge media library of music movies and photos and all that good stuff on your local network and you do want to stream that to your PS4 or even the Xbox one I don't think the Xbox One supports it as well then this kind of sucks for you now unfortunately I don't make the rules I'm just simply reporting what polygon.com just posted a few days ago but still I wanted to share this with you guys in case you weren't aware okay so is this going to turn me away from the PS4 or Xbox One no no no seriously not whatsoever I mean I have my Apple TV primarily for entertainment delivery and I'll be buying the PS4 for games I'll be buying the Xbox One for games as well as their connect experience and that all-in-one experience I love that and that alone could kind of replace the functionality of my Apple TV we'll see how much I enjoy um you know Netflix on the Xbox One it depends if it works with voice commands like Xbox pause cuz that would be really cool so I'm kind of worried about my Apple TV to see how much I'm really going to use it as of November 22 but then again we do have the choice I mean we do have the choice of using all these different amazing products and services so again not to repeat myself but it honestly guys it honestly does come down to personal preference and what you're looking to get out of said device so there you go those are my thoughts on this rather important topic depends how you look at it but it's still fun to talk about and now to wrap up this video guys I just want to give a huge shout out to well myself have you signed up for future points yet seriously feature points is awesome and I'm not just saying that I am currently on the road to unlock 300,000 points for a $500 Amazon gift card yes also known as my Xbox one purchase so if I can get to 300,000 points because of you guys seriously you are amazing so I really need your help and plus it's not only helping me but it's also helping yourself okay so getting into details if you sign up for future points using that link below as as well as my referral code the Franco d r n Co that will get you bonus points boom like that to start out with to earn towards things like iTunes gift cards PayPal credit Amazon gift cards or even paid apps for free such as Angry Bird Star Wars and yes this is completely legit and if you want proof let me actually try to focus my camera right there I don't know how close I can get but as you can see I currently have 94,5 566 points as well as 1,435 people who have signed up through me so if you guys could sign up I greatly appreciate it now I hope I'm in Focus I don't usually change Focus made a video so we'll see how that looks in my editing process and guys that's it I mean if you do decide to sign up please know that I greatly appreciate it and plus if I do get the Xbox one through feature points this only means more videos for you guys because I promise I am going in so strong with PlayStation 4 coverage as well as Xbox One coverage I mean in my opinion this is the best time to be alive as a gamer there's just so many exciting things happening within just weeks and I cannot wait so thank you again guys your support is greatly appreciated seriously it is you guys are awesome and I will see you in tomorrow's video peacehey guys who are you David Frankie here from Xbox One however this one story I found on polygon.com just the other day today's Tuesday when you're seeing this video I'm recording this last Thursday because I'm barely going to be home this week um so I'm doing a lot of videos back to back so in case you see some kind of update since I've recorded this video I apologize if this information is wrong but as of today according to polygon.com the PS4 and I'm looking at the monitor over here will not support CD or MP3 playback all right so let me read the article PlayStation 4 owners will have limited music listening options when the console launches next month this month by the time you're watching this video as Sony has confirmed that the nextg console does not support playback at music CDs and MP3s Sony suggests that if PS4 owners want to play background music while playing games they should get a music unlimited subscription apparently their only option based on an FAQ posted to the Playstation blog today Music Unlimited subscriptions range from $4.99 to $9.99 depending on the number and type of devices subscribers own the PS4 will not include a music visualizer like its predecessor some of the features or lack thereof may change on Twitter presidents of Sony worldwide Studios shui Yoshida I probably said that wrong said thanks for the feedback to the lack of MP 3 and DLNA support at the launch of PS4 I'll share it with the PS4 Dev team for future consideration end quote so this is a very interesting article and I've seen people play Both Sides saying that they love music playback and this is just stupid that the PS4 can't do this but then you have the other side of players such Gamers or whatever saying well this is not a big deal I don't use my PS4 for music I use it for games personally I don't think it's a big deal for my kind of usage when I boot up my Xbox 360 or my PS3 as of today I usually do it for you know playing a game or even watching YouTube or Netflix or something i' love gaming on my 360 obviously but I also love enjoying entertainment on my 360 as well as my other consoles but in the form of streaming via a service like Netflix or even Redbox Instant I don't use Redbox Instant but I'm saying that as a example because apparently that's on the PS4 or PS3 can't really remember but I read an article about that recently but that's exactly what I'm saying are we not in the days of streaming our mediacontent from services like Pandora or Spotify or like I just said Netflix Redbox Instant or even Sony's music unlimited service which I've honestly never even used but it's there and I guess people do use it so from my personal perspective I don't see this being a big deal at all honestly I cannot remember the last time I wanted to insert a music CD into my PS3 or 360 I just honestly cannot remember that day okay so the opposite could easily be said for the PlayStation 2 as well as the original Xbox because back in the day at least for my personal usage the Xbox was a great device to burn your music to that hard drive and then organize it in albums and use it as an in-game soundtrack again back in the day that was really cool to do but with today's technology and services of streaming media I don't see that becoming a factor again from my personal perspective and I keep repeating that phrase for a reason because it does come down to how you plan to use your gaming console so again not a huge deal for me but for others out there I can see why it's a huge deal um because some people out there do love listening to the music on their uh gaming consoles and you know what that's fine but I should say like they said in the article Sony is considering implementing MP3 NCD music playback in the future so honestly I could see this happening eventually I don't see it being a huge deal I mean I don't write software for a living obviously but I don't think it's that difficult to implement music playback on a console especially since we've been doing it for years so I'm going to leave it with that but this next topic let's talk about DLNA support honestly I didn't even know what DLNA stood for and I still don't know I mean I just read an article but I forget um I never really paid much attention to DLNA from what I understand it's just local network streaming of media DLNA just makes it sound kind of fancy so in other words this technology allows you to seamlessly stream movies pictures uh music whatever you have on your local network to a device that supports the LNA such as your PlayStation 3 but not and I repeat not the PlayStation 4 so this is definitely a bigger deal than just music playback on MP3s or music CDs okay so this kind of goes against what I said in the beginning of this video in regards to streaming your media but I got to say there is something really cool about ripping DVDs to your computer's hard drive and then streaming it to a gaming console or anything else that supports DLNA because I got to say I have streamed movies a couple times from my iTunes movies library from DVDs that I've personally ripped to my Mac proos hard drive and that right there is cool now have I used that in a long time honestly no because again I stream my media primarily from Netflix but if you do have a huge media library of music movies and photos and all that good stuff on your local network and you do want to stream that to your PS4 or even the Xbox one I don't think the Xbox One supports it as well then this kind of sucks for you now unfortunately I don't make the rules I'm just simply reporting what polygon.com just posted a few days ago but still I wanted to share this with you guys in case you weren't aware okay so is this going to turn me away from the PS4 or Xbox One no no no seriously not whatsoever I mean I have my Apple TV primarily for entertainment delivery and I'll be buying the PS4 for games I'll be buying the Xbox One for games as well as their connect experience and that all-in-one experience I love that and that alone could kind of replace the functionality of my Apple TV we'll see how much I enjoy um you know Netflix on the Xbox One it depends if it works with voice commands like Xbox pause cuz that would be really cool so I'm kind of worried about my Apple TV to see how much I'm really going to use it as of November 22 but then again we do have the choice I mean we do have the choice of using all these different amazing products and services so again not to repeat myself but it honestly guys it honestly does come down to personal preference and what you're looking to get out of said device so there you go those are my thoughts on this rather important topic depends how you look at it but it's still fun to talk about and now to wrap up this video guys I just want to give a huge shout out to well myself have you signed up for future points yet seriously feature points is awesome and I'm not just saying that I am currently on the road to unlock 300,000 points for a $500 Amazon gift card yes also known as my Xbox one purchase so if I can get to 300,000 points because of you guys seriously you are amazing so I really need your help and plus it's not only helping me but it's also helping yourself okay so getting into details if you sign up for future points using that link below as as well as my referral code the Franco d r n Co that will get you bonus points boom like that to start out with to earn towards things like iTunes gift cards PayPal credit Amazon gift cards or even paid apps for free such as Angry Bird Star Wars and yes this is completely legit and if you want proof let me actually try to focus my camera right there I don't know how close I can get but as you can see I currently have 94,5 566 points as well as 1,435 people who have signed up through me so if you guys could sign up I greatly appreciate it now I hope I'm in Focus I don't usually change Focus made a video so we'll see how that looks in my editing process and guys that's it I mean if you do decide to sign up please know that I greatly appreciate it and plus if I do get the Xbox one through feature points this only means more videos for you guys because I promise I am going in so strong with PlayStation 4 coverage as well as Xbox One coverage I mean in my opinion this is the best time to be alive as a gamer there's just so many exciting things happening within just weeks and I cannot wait so thank you again guys your support is greatly appreciated seriously it is you guys are awesome and I will see you in tomorrow's video peacehey guys who are you David Frankie here from Xbox One however this one story I found on polygon.com just the other day today's Tuesday when you're seeing this video I'm recording this last Thursday because I'm barely going to be home this week um so I'm doing a lot of videos back to back so in case you see some kind of update since I've recorded this video I apologize if this information is wrong but as of today according to polygon.com the PS4 and I'm looking at the monitor over here will not support CD or MP3 playback all right so let me read the article PlayStation 4 owners will have limited music listening options when the console launches next month this month by the time you're watching this video as Sony has confirmed that the nextg console does not support playback at music CDs and MP3s Sony suggests that if PS4 owners want to play background music while playing games they should get a music unlimited subscription apparently their only option based on an FAQ posted to the Playstation blog today Music Unlimited subscriptions range from $4.99 to $9.99 depending on the number and type of devices subscribers own the PS4 will not include a music visualizer like its predecessor some of the features or lack thereof may change on Twitter presidents of Sony worldwide Studios shui Yoshida I probably said that wrong said thanks for the feedback to the lack of MP 3 and DLNA support at the launch of PS4 I'll share it with the PS4 Dev team for future consideration end quote so this is a very interesting article and I've seen people play Both Sides saying that they love music playback and this is just stupid that the PS4 can't do this but then you have the other side of players such Gamers or whatever saying well this is not a big deal I don't use my PS4 for music I use it for games personally I don't think it's a big deal for my kind of usage when I boot up my Xbox 360 or my PS3 as of today I usually do it for you know playing a game or even watching YouTube or Netflix or something i' love gaming on my 360 obviously but I also love enjoying entertainment on my 360 as well as my other consoles but in the form of streaming via a service like Netflix or even Redbox Instant I don't use Redbox Instant but I'm saying that as a example because apparently that's on the PS4 or PS3 can't really remember but I read an article about that recently but that's exactly what I'm saying are we not in the days of streaming our mediacontent from services like Pandora or Spotify or like I just said Netflix Redbox Instant or even Sony's music unlimited service which I've honestly never even used but it's there and I guess people do use it so from my personal perspective I don't see this being a big deal at all honestly I cannot remember the last time I wanted to insert a music CD into my PS3 or 360 I just honestly cannot remember that day okay so the opposite could easily be said for the PlayStation 2 as well as the original Xbox because back in the day at least for my personal usage the Xbox was a great device to burn your music to that hard drive and then organize it in albums and use it as an in-game soundtrack again back in the day that was really cool to do but with today's technology and services of streaming media I don't see that becoming a factor again from my personal perspective and I keep repeating that phrase for a reason because it does come down to how you plan to use your gaming console so again not a huge deal for me but for others out there I can see why it's a huge deal um because some people out there do love listening to the music on their uh gaming consoles and you know what that's fine but I should say like they said in the article Sony is considering implementing MP3 NCD music playback in the future so honestly I could see this happening eventually I don't see it being a huge deal I mean I don't write software for a living obviously but I don't think it's that difficult to implement music playback on a console especially since we've been doing it for years so I'm going to leave it with that but this next topic let's talk about DLNA support honestly I didn't even know what DLNA stood for and I still don't know I mean I just read an article but I forget um I never really paid much attention to DLNA from what I understand it's just local network streaming of media DLNA just makes it sound kind of fancy so in other words this technology allows you to seamlessly stream movies pictures uh music whatever you have on your local network to a device that supports the LNA such as your PlayStation 3 but not and I repeat not the PlayStation 4 so this is definitely a bigger deal than just music playback on MP3s or music CDs okay so this kind of goes against what I said in the beginning of this video in regards to streaming your media but I got to say there is something really cool about ripping DVDs to your computer's hard drive and then streaming it to a gaming console or anything else that supports DLNA because I got to say I have streamed movies a couple times from my iTunes movies library from DVDs that I've personally ripped to my Mac proos hard drive and that right there is cool now have I used that in a long time honestly no because again I stream my media primarily from Netflix but if you do have a huge media library of music movies and photos and all that good stuff on your local network and you do want to stream that to your PS4 or even the Xbox one I don't think the Xbox One supports it as well then this kind of sucks for you now unfortunately I don't make the rules I'm just simply reporting what polygon.com just posted a few days ago but still I wanted to share this with you guys in case you weren't aware okay so is this going to turn me away from the PS4 or Xbox One no no no seriously not whatsoever I mean I have my Apple TV primarily for entertainment delivery and I'll be buying the PS4 for games I'll be buying the Xbox One for games as well as their connect experience and that all-in-one experience I love that and that alone could kind of replace the functionality of my Apple TV we'll see how much I enjoy um you know Netflix on the Xbox One it depends if it works with voice commands like Xbox pause cuz that would be really cool so I'm kind of worried about my Apple TV to see how much I'm really going to use it as of November 22 but then again we do have the choice I mean we do have the choice of using all these different amazing products and services so again not to repeat myself but it honestly guys it honestly does come down to personal preference and what you're looking to get out of said device so there you go those are my thoughts on this rather important topic depends how you look at it but it's still fun to talk about and now to wrap up this video guys I just want to give a huge shout out to well myself have you signed up for future points yet seriously feature points is awesome and I'm not just saying that I am currently on the road to unlock 300,000 points for a $500 Amazon gift card yes also known as my Xbox one purchase so if I can get to 300,000 points because of you guys seriously you are amazing so I really need your help and plus it's not only helping me but it's also helping yourself okay so getting into details if you sign up for future points using that link below as as well as my referral code the Franco d r n Co that will get you bonus points boom like that to start out with to earn towards things like iTunes gift cards PayPal credit Amazon gift cards or even paid apps for free such as Angry Bird Star Wars and yes this is completely legit and if you want proof let me actually try to focus my camera right there I don't know how close I can get but as you can see I currently have 94,5 566 points as well as 1,435 people who have signed up through me so if you guys could sign up I greatly appreciate it now I hope I'm in Focus I don't usually change Focus made a video so we'll see how that looks in my editing process and guys that's it I mean if you do decide to sign up please know that I greatly appreciate it and plus if I do get the Xbox one through feature points this only means more videos for you guys because I promise I am going in so strong with PlayStation 4 coverage as well as Xbox One coverage I mean in my opinion this is the best time to be alive as a gamer there's just so many exciting things happening within just weeks and I cannot wait so thank you again guys your support is greatly appreciated seriously it is you guys are awesome and I will see you in tomorrow's video peace\n"