![]() ![]() Select which device you want Twonky Beam to connect to (WDTV). * Turn on the TV with the connected WDTV, and select the WD for the TV’s input. * Set it up on each installed device by signing into your YouTube, etc. * The basic usage is to download the free Twonky Beam app for your tablets and phones. Recommended video to get you started with the app. The app is used in the same way with the WDTV. Although it discusses the app being updated for use with Roku and Xbox 360 devices, it is also a good introductory video for WDTV. This video link below, (posted this past December) is what brought the app to my attention. If you have used the “Play To” feature of Windows with your WDTV, you will feel comfortable with this app right away. ![]() It’s one of the easiest and best apps I have found for streaming from a tablet or phone to the WDTV, the Roku, Apple TV, etc.Īccording to the Twonky website, “Beaming with the Twonky Beam Button is a simplified, streamlined use of Twonky and DLNA technology to accomplish the task of sending online media to a capable playback device on the local network, such as a connected TV or set top box.” ![]() I recently learned about the Twonky Beam app. It is an app you will want to have on your tablets and phones for using with your DLNA devices especially the WDTV. So, I’m taking a moment to introduce the app to the community, and let you know it works great. Audiobook support – to allow easier browsing of audiobooks, with clear separation from the consumer’s music collection.Twonky Beam is barely mentioned by folks in these forums, other that to say they are having network problems and they can’t get it, and other apps to work on the WD.Twonky 8.2 also enables beaming to Amazon Fire TV through a DIAL/DLNA-based Twonky app that is available in the Amazon app store. DIAL support – by adding DIAL APIs to Twonky, our customers can build and control their own Smart TV apps.Supporting both IPv4 and IPv6 will allow Twonky-enabled applications to continue to work with existing devices, as well as to detect and support new IPv6-enabled devices in the home. IPv6 support - to provide dual-stack support for parallel operations for IPv4 and IPv6 across iOS (Apple has notified app developers that all apps submitted to its App Store must support IPv6 starting in early 2016), Linux, Windows and Mac.New features of Lynx Technology’s latest Twonky 8.2 release include: In a statement after the sale, then CEO of PacketVideo, Mark Tapling said, “NTT DoCoMo made the decision to sell PV’s North American and European operations to Lynx Technology due to their management team’s familiarity with and dedication to PacketVideo’s customers and commitment to quality”. The PacketVideo brand and name will continue its operations in Japan, with no change to the Twonky technology or service offerings in Japan and Asia. Twonky 8.2 will be the first version upgrade under John Driver, CEO of Lynx Technology, who created the company after acquiring PacketVideo’s North American and European Connected Home business operations from parent company NTT DoCoMo. The The platform already offers broad support for systems such as Apple iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, Mac OS and QNX plus interoperability support for media platforms such as Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, and DLNA compatible devices. Lynx said the new features added to Twonky 8.2 were in direct response to changing consumer preferences regarding media consumption in the connected home. Lynx Technology, the new name for PacketVideo in North American and Europe has release Twonky 8.2, with IPv6, DIAL, audiobook support and cloud-based capabilities. ![]()
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