

The Windows 10 DLNA server has a number of issues, for which I’ve tried to suggest a few remedies. And, as you want to get up and running quickly, this no-download, no-install solution on Windows 10 should be very useful! Many devices allow DLNA browsing and playback out-of-the-box, so it’s the obvious choice to test your new device. Either way, when it comes to streaming music within a home network, DLNA (and its subsumed standard UPnP) are two of the most supported approaches. Sometimes these ways are created de jure as the prescribed way of doing things and sometimes they emerge, often from successful implementations, de facto.

Instead, a standard way way of communicating is agreed upon, and all the manufacturers build their devices to work with that way. Well, the engineers that build them don’t all sit down inside a massive lab and work out how each device communicates with each other device… that would be kinda crazy, not to mention completely unscalable. You might have wondered how all these devices from different manufacturers manage to share and play music around your home. It just so happens there’s a free, no-install, no-download solution baked into Windows 10 itself.

What you need is a dead simple way of sharing music around your home so you can put your new device through its paces. Maybe you want to test a new device, like a smart TV or networked speakers. Occasionally we have a need for a way to share music around our home. No-download, no-install, dead-simple Windows 10 DLNA server
