Simple UPnP Server: DLNA media

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About this app

Simple UPnP Server turns your phone or tablet into a DLNA/UPnP media server for your home network — no cloud, no account, no ads. Stream your videos, music and photos straight to TVs and AV receivers on the same Wi-Fi.

▶ Media server
Designed to connect with as many DLNA-compatible devices as possible. TVs, game consoles and players (VLC, Kodi, PlayStation…) on the same Wi-Fi discover it automatically and browse and play your shared folders and on-device media (photos, music, video) directly, with seeking. Set a device name shown to clients, and optionally limit it to chosen Wi-Fi networks (e.g. only at home).

▶ Labels
Tag your media and browse it by label on your TV. Create smart labels just by typing a plain search — for example "2024 videos trip -mp4" — matching filename words, year or date range, media type and extension, with a live preview as you type. Or hand-pick files. Or turn a shared folder into a label: everything inside it, subfolders included, stays collected automatically as files are added. You can also bundle several labels into one group label that plays them in order. Each label becomes a virtual folder that gathers matching files wherever they are stored, sortable by name, date or size, and you can switch any label on or off. In the app, a grouped view shows the label list sorted by name under pinned group headers, and a "/" in a label name nests it deeper.

▶ Cast (beta) — your phone becomes the remote
The app doubles as a remote control (a UPnP control point): pick a TV, AV receiver or Kodi on your network and play your files on it directly. Labels play as playlists with automatic track advance and optional shuffle, playback can be controlled from the lock screen and notification, and the hardware volume keys adjust the player's volume, with a mute button in the mini player and an optional per-player volume ceiling that turns a device left too loud down before playback starts. You can also check several labels and play them together in order. Photos play as a slideshow with a configurable interval. With a player selected, the file list shows only what that player can play, and a mini player at the bottom of every tab controls each playing player — queue included. Tapping another file while a queue plays adds it to the end instead of interrupting, and the queue can be cleared any time. A tree view in the Files tab shows the exact folder tree players browse, so you can explore and play your library the same way your TV does. You can also pin the players you use most: they stay in the picker as a shortcut list even while off, an offline pin reconnects straight from its last-known address, and a PC can carry a MAC address for a "Wake" button that wakes it from sleep over the network.

▶ Media diagnostics
The Log tab shows what clients have actually fetched, with a thumbnail and badges for resolution, video/audio codec and the requesting player — handy for working out why a particular file won't play.

▶ Private by design
The server runs on Wi-Fi only and is never exposed over mobile data. The app collects nothing, contains no ads or trackers, and never sends your data off the device.

▶ Free version & Plus
The free version shares one source (a folder or the device's media). For the first 90 days after installation there is no file-count limit; afterwards up to 1000 each of images, audio and video. A one-time Plus purchase removes these limits. Labels are always unrestricted.

What’s new

■ Continue watching
Cast videos remember where you stopped; a cut-off queue resumes from the player bar, on its player.

■ Connection check
Per folder: reachable, indexed, left out and why. Do players' searches reach it?

■ Cast
"Playing another source" on switch; volume follows the player's scale; clearer "no player found".

■ Library & trees
Grouped view keeps your order; folds survive rotation and search.

■ Fixes
Queues no longer stall on a track that never starts, or after a Wi-Fi change.