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Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order

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Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> > Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> > > Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> > > >   Are you sure about that!? The Google play page [1] specifically says
> > > > "It also support disk shares.".
> > > > 
> > > > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc>
> > > > 
> > > >   It looks like you have an old version, because the VideoLAN website
> > > > says:
> > >
> > > You're right, I was *reading* about the old version though I've
> > > actually installed VLC 2.0.6 which does support network shares.
> > > 
> > > >   When I tap 'Local Network' (in the left pane), my NAS is listed
> > > > *twice*, once with an 'smb' folder icon, i.e. a network share, and once
> > > > with another icon (in my case white "WD" (Western Digital) on a blue
> > > > background), which is the DLNA server.
> > > > 
> > > ... but do NFS shares work?
> > 
> >   I don't know, but I don't think so. But why do you ask? I thought that
> > you were looking for a DLNA-capable music player and VLC is that.
> > 
> >   Anyway, NFS is dead technology and has been broken since its inception
> > (say I, a person with 3++ decades of UNIX experience).
> > 
> Well I have at least the same experience and for me NFS is far from
> dead.  Many NAS servers offer it nowadays and it's my system of choice
> for drive sharing.  It's *much* easier to configure than Samba/SMB.

  That (the latter) is probably true for a UNIX/Linux system, but not
for other/most systems. For me, the broken-by-(non-)design aspect of NFS
is the real killer. But my opinion is not what matters here, yours is.

> I did originally ask for DLNA compatible because I thought it was the
> only show in town really but file sharing really makes much more sense
> in my situation (a home LAN).

  A point of warning there: When I use VLC in SMB mode (instead of DLNA
mode), the tracks in a folder (directory :-)) *are* (alphabetically)
sorted, i.e. *not* what you want. That's rather stupid, because the file
names of the tracks are '01 <title>.mp3', '02 <title>.mp3', etc., so an
alpha*numeric* sort would work just fine.

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DLNA client app that will play in track order Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-08-14 13:34 +0100
  Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order RVG <not.here@themoment.invalid.org> - 2016-08-15 15:29 +0200
    Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-08-15 18:59 +0100
      Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order RVG <not.here@themoment.invalid.org> - 2016-08-29 17:07 +0200
    Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-08-15 19:14 +0100
      Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-08-15 19:57 +0100
      Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-15 19:44 +0000
        Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-08-16 09:24 +0100
          Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-16 19:17 +0000
            Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-08-17 09:59 +0100
              Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-17 19:55 +0000
                Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-08-17 21:48 +0100
                Re: DLNA client app that will play in track order Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-18 18:43 +0000

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