Thread: DLNA Help Please

What I'm trying to do is figure out how to set up my Windows 7 to be a DLNA Media Server, but I'm yet to find any information that I can wrap my head around.

Questions I have:

Can Windows 7 be set up as a DLNA Media Server as is, or do I need separate software?

If so, any suggestions to what I should use?

Any good links that you know of that could help me? I've been unsuccessful so far in my google searching so far.

What I am trying to be able to do is have my DVD Player be able to play movies/tv shows from the computer so I don't need to copy them to the external HDD each time.

If anyone could help point me in the right direction, I'd be really appreciative.

Wonder

Hope you don't mind me asking a followup question...

With XBMC, does it have the ability to share things to a DLNA device from a particular directories automatically without me having to go into the program each time I add new files?

Yeah, windows 7 is a DLNA server. I think its on by default after you open windows media player. But you want have anything on your library until you configure it.

I have heard PS3 Media player is the best. I run miniDLNA on a mips machine, so don't have experience with Windows DLNA servers.

PS3 Media Player is the best and that's what I'm currently using.