Millemissen wrote:

...I really feel sorry for the Android users who have choosen 'another path' .😕

You don't have to feel sorry - there are plenty of solutions without 'fruit boxes' - it's working fine...and with Windows too...
But what will an Apple owner know about that...😎
BTW - to me it sounds a bit too 'religous' , this 'I feel sorry for those who has chosen another path' - even if it's said 'tounge in cheek',  'wink, wink' etc...
There's too much of this cr.p from Apple owners... It reminds me of the movie 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' - which was actually a warning about brainwash and regimentation in politics (back then against communism) -and also religous fanaticism.  'One day you'll be one of us'...  - yeah right...  
Kneel before Jobs...Amen...😜

Millemissen wrote:

But they surely don't need a 'BS3500 AirPlay version' either.

Who was talking about a 'AirPlay version' of the 3500 ??? The subject is about using it with a Playmaker - which is not only Airplay.

Just for clarity, we have modified the BeoLab 3500 for use with Playmaker, which, as Steffen rightly says, makes it compatible with AirPlay and DNLA devices. An additional benefit is the AUX input on the PlayMaker so local sources can also be played.

Without wishing to be seen as too altruistic, our reason for doing this is that we were alarmed at the large number of BeoLab 3500s that are no longer being used, and we thought that this would give them a new lease of life.

Steffen wrote:

 

Kneel before Jobs...Amen...😜

Hi Steffen,

you really are pulling out the big knife. If you want to start a war, please do it - I am not in for it.

I changed from Windows to Apple because it suits my needs better. I have found better solutions for most things, but not for all -  and I still use a Win7 laptop once in a while

I do not use Android, because I did not find any solution for what I wanted with it - or rather I found solutions  with iOS long before 'Android' became halfways usefull.

Rather than starting this war, you should tell me/us how you use the Playmaker/DLNA.

Since you have written "there are plenty of solutions", you must know it.

The DLNA part of the PM surely is what I use the least - although I have plenty of DLNA app's or components in my homenetwork.

Greetings Millemissen

Millemissen wrote:

Hi Steffen,

you really are pulling out the big knife. If you want to start a war, please do it - I am not in for it.

I have no intention of 'starting a war' - I've just had enough of this 'Apple is the only solution' -  'nothing else is usefull'  -coming from a few people here on Beoworld over and over again. A few people here (not you, offcourse) do have an almost religous approach to 'iDevices' and get very angry when somebody dare to question their 'addiction'. At least one person here loves to critizice Windows and Android (and B&O too) - and anyone who disagree with him...
So - when someone gets too 'Apple-happy' , I sometimes like to tease them a little. 😕 It's not personal...

Millemissen wrote:

Rather than starting this war, you should tell me/us how you use the Playmaker/DLNA.

Since you have written "there are plenty of solutions", you must know it.

Sorry - I can't tell you much about the Playmaker, as I do not have one (yet) 😕

But I can tell you about the 'plenty of other solutions'...(well -at least the ones I use...):

I have a WD TV Live box - that can stream movies/audio/videocontent etc. from the net to my B&O tv and my Audiosystem (a Beocenter 9500).
This (LiveBox) can be remote controlled with both my Nokia Lumia Windows 8 Phone and my Asus Android tablet.
I can stream content from both my HP laptop (running Win 8), my NAS - and my Phone and Tablet, to my TV and audio system.
It was quite easy to set up and is working flawlessly.

That's what I mean - it doesn't have to be 'all Apple' or all 'any other brand'.

Hi Steffan,

glad that it wasn't meant 'personal' 🙂

Actually we were talking about the Playmaker and DLNA - and audio!

But if you do not have any experience there, it is hard to discuss.

My conclusion is that the DLNA function ist the least usefull function of the PM - especially knowing how easy the handling via AirPlay/iDevice is.

One big thing about DLNA and audio is the lack of playing 'gapless' - a nogo for me!!!

Actually Most of rhe time I use the 'Line In' of the PM for high quality audio (FLAC files) with a 'Squeezebox/NAS-LogitechMediaServer/Squeezeplay-iOS-app solution'.

I have a lot of experience with DLNA servers and DLNA compatible devices (Mac's can do DLNA too by the way), and owned a WDTV Live box years ago (in my Windows time), but ditched it after a couple of months.

They have become better later, but the app's(Android or iOS don't impress me.

Playing audio from Windows to a WDTV Live doesn't make much fun - might get better in the future.

The HomeMedia platform of the BV11/V1 is DLNA based - I hope that the BeoRemote App will offer a smooth solution in the future.

Having experience with DLNA, AirPlay, Windows, Mac and iOS devices, I picked what I thought was best.

There is nothing more to it.

P.S. I love my Playmaker - best Bang & Olufsen device for years!

Greetings Millemissen

Hi Millemissen

First of all, I will wait and see what solution B&O Nottingham comes up with...
After all - he started this thread. And as he wrote above - it's about creating a solution for 3500 owners... 😕
But then suddently it was suggested that people should buy an A8 instead - which was a bit off-topic, as he wanted to help those 3500 owners -so they should not buy a new device...
-well -enough of that.

Millemissen wrote:

Playing audio from Windows to a WDTV Live doesn't make much fun - might get better in the future.

About the WDTV live and Windows:

I don't know what your idea of 'fun' is 😕 - but if your experience with WDTV and Windows is from years ago, I will just tell you that it has become better (well - I guess so - as I didn't try the earlier versions of WDTV 🤔 😂 ) 
I have the latest WDTV live box (2 months old) and Windows 8 and it is working fine.

But - the most important is that people like what they have - whether it's Apple, Windows or Android -or whatever...
Otherwise they would have wasted their Money - and that's not fun.

And now I will leave the rest to the good man from Nottingham 🙂

Greetings