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<\/a><\/p>\nOne of its new features is DLNA support. DLNA is a standard for serving and playing media across devices. Note though that although LMS is now a DLNA server, it does not transcode, so if for example you store music in FLAC format, a Sony PlayStation 3 will not be able to play it. Many other DLNA servers do support transcoding, so for example Illustrate\u2019s Asset UPnP<\/a> will stream FLAC as MP3 so that a PS3 will play it correctly.<\/p>\n This is still an interesting new feature for LMS, particularly as you can store images and videos as well as music.<\/p>\n One thing I have been gently investigating for some time is the best way to get a Squeezebox FLAC library playing on an Apple iPad or iPhone. I have had success with Asset UPnP but only with transcoding. After installing LMS 7.7 I tried the 8player lite DLNA client and was pleased with the results.<\/p>\n I selected the Logitech Media Server and was soon enjoying music through the remarkable-considering-the-size iPad speaker:<\/p>\n 8player lite has a working free version or you can purchase for a modest price and get full features. There are some other DLNA clients you can try, but they do not all support FLAC. SmartStor Fusion works well with Asset PnP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Logitech has released an update to its Squeezebox server, now called Logitech Media Server (LMS), and now at version 7.7. One of its new features is DLNA support. DLNA is a standard for serving and playing media across devices. Note though that although LMS is now a DLNA server, it does not transcode, so if … Continue reading Squeezebox server gets DLNA support: play FLAC on iPad<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n