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DLNA Certified™ Devices Classes

The goal of DLNA is to enable end-to-end interoperability among the digital devices storing, playing and sharing digital content on your digital network. So far that includes DLNA Certified products in twelve different DLNA device classes in three categories.

DLNA Certified Device Classes

Home Network Devices

Digital Media Server (DMS):

These devices store content and make it available to networked digital media players (DMP) and digital media renderers (DMR). Some digital media servers can also help protect your content once stored.

Examples: PCs and network attached storage (NAS) devices.

Digital Media Server
Digital Media Player (DMP):

These devices find content on digital media servers (DMS) and provide playback and rendering capabilities.

Examples: TVs, stereos and home theaters, wireless monitors and game consoles.

Digital Media Player
Digital Media Renderer (DMR):

These devices play content received from a digital media controller (DMC), which will find content from a digital media server (DMS).

Examples: TVs, audio/video receivers, video displays and remote speakers for music.

Digital Media Renderer
Digital Media Controller (DMC):

These devices find content on digital media servers (DMS) and play it on digital media renderers (DMR).

Examples: Internet tablets, Wi-Fi® enabled digital cameras and personal digital assistants (PDA).

Digital Media Controller
Digital Media Printer (DMPr):

These devices provide printing services to the DLNA home network. Generally, digital media players (DMP) and digital media controllers (DMC) with print capability can print to DMPr.

Examples: networked photo printers and networked all-in-one printers.

Digital Media Printer

Mobile Handheld Devices

Mobile Digital Media Server (M-DMS):

These wireless devices store content and make it available to wired/wireless networked mobile digital media players (M-DMP), digital media renderers (DMR) and digital media printers (DMPr).

Examples: mobile phones and portable music players.

Mobile Digital Media Server
Mobile Digital Media Player (M-DMP):

These wireless devices find and play content on a digital media server (DMS) or mobile digital media server (M-DMS).

Examples: mobile phones and mobile media tablets designed for viewing multimedia content.

Mobile Digital Media Player
Mobile Digital Media Uploader (M-DMU):

These wireless devices send (upload) content to a digital media server (DMS) or mobile digital media server (M-DMS).

Examples: digital cameras and mobile phones.

Mobile Digital Media Uploader
Mobile Digital Media Downloader (M-DMD):

These wireless devices find and store (download) content from a digital media server (DMS) or mobile digital media server (M-DMS).

Examples: portable music players and mobile phones.

Mobile Digital Media Downloader
Mobile Digital Media Controller (M-DMC):

These wireless devices find content on a digital media server (DMS) or mobile digital media server (M-DMS) and send it to digital media renderers (DMR).

Examples: personal digital assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones.

Mobile Digital Media Controller

Home Infrastructure Devices

Mobile Network Connectivity Function (M-NCF):

These devices provide a bridge between mobile handheld device network connectivity and home network connectivity.

Mobile Network Connectivity Function
Media Interoperability Unit (MIU):

These devices provide content transformation between required media formats for home network and mobile handheld devices.

Media Interoperability Unit