Using the Raspberry Pi as a DLNA receiver for a stereo system

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When you outfit a good, old fashioned analog amplifier with a digital Raspberry Pi, you can stream music from a mobile phone or computer.

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a trade organization that promotes interoperability among digital media products. DLNA-compliant devices running DLNA-compliant software can cooperate to store, stream, control, and play back audio and video steams. DLNA is based on the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) standard.

Your Raspberry Pi computer supports software that will allow the Pi to serve as a DLNA receiver. Plug the audio output of your Raspberry Pi into any analog amplifier or stereo system, and you can use it to receive and play an audio stream.

This article offers some thoughts on how to set up your Rasp Pi for DLNA playback and how to stream to it from an Android device or Linux computer. Many other devices and operating systems also support DLNA, but this quick look will give you an idea of how to get started.

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