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Media Discover is a four-in-one network explorer application

Media Discover

by Csaba Iranyi

What is it about?

Media Discover is a four-in-one network explorer application. It helps you to discover internet-capable televisions, shared media libraries, media servers, wireless speakers and remote controls on your local home or office network.

App Details

Version
1.10
Rating
NA
Size
6Mb
Genre
Utilities
Last updated
June 4, 2020
Release date
June 2, 2015
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App Store Description

Media Discover is a four-in-one network explorer application. It helps you to discover internet-capable televisions, shared media libraries, media servers, wireless speakers and remote controls on your local home or office network.

FIND TV, SCREEN AND MEDIA RENDERER DEVICES
• Detect internet-capable television (LCD, LED, OLED, Plasma). Supported vendors: Blaupunkt, Gaba, Hyundai, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sencor, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Vivax etc.
• Detect Apple TV (2nd [2010], 3rd [2012/13] and 4th [2015] generations) devices.

FIND MEDIA LIBRARIES
• Detect shared iTunes Libraries and running iTunes applications.
• Detect iTunes Home Sharing.
• Detect Apple TV Home Sharing.
• Detect Media Servers.
• Detect Media Centers and Extenders.

FIND AIRPLAY SUPPORTED WIRELESS SPEAKERS
• Detect wireless speakers with Apple AirPlay support on your local home or office Wi-Fi network (included Bluetooth PAN connection).
• Detect device vendor, model, type. Common AirPlay devices:
• Apple AirPort Express base stations (802.11g [2004] and 802.11n models [2008, 2012]).
• Apple TV (2nd [2010], 3rd [2012/13] and 4th [2015] generations).
• Libratone wireless speakers (Lounge, Zipp, Loop, Live, Diva).
• Bose SoundTouch wireless speakers (Portable, 20, 30 Series II).
• Yamaha network AV receivers, pre-amplifiers, players.
• Marantz AV receivers, pre-amplifiers, players.
• Detect speaker model type, model number, release date, firmware version, service version, and so on.
• Detect AirPlay capabilities:
• Supported audio formats (codecs).
• Supported metadata types (text, artwork, progress).
• Supported audio quality (number of channels, sampling rate, bit depth).
• Supported transport protocols (UDP, TCP).
• Detect AirPlay security features:
• Password protection.
• Supported encryption types (clear, RSA, FairPlay, stc).
• Detect wireless speaker Wi-Fi capabilities:
• Detect wireless standards supported by your device (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad).
• Detect wireless speed-up features (short guard interval, STBC, HT duplicate, etc).
• Detect wireless operation frequencies and channels.
• Detect available antennas, MIMO config, spatial streams.
• Detect wireless security options and modes (WPA standards and EAP modes).
• Detect wireless optimization (WMM) and access features (Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast, Voice).
• Detect max. physical wireless speeds.
• Detect wireless speaker physical connectors:
• Analog or digital audio output connectors and quality (SPDIF).
• Digital video output connectors and capabilties (HDMI).
• USB connectors.

FIND REMOTE CONTROLLERS
• Detect Home Sharing remote controllable devices (iTunes, Apple TV).
• Detect Remote controller pairing.

HOST INFORMATIONS
• Show IP address, Bonjour and DNS hostnames, PING capability.
• Show MAC address, MAC vendor, country, postal address.

BONJOUR SERVICE INFORMATIONS
• Show Bonjour service informations: name, type, transport protocol and service related properties.
• Detect further Bonjour services on wireless speaker with detailed informations.

DLNA DEVICE/SERVICE INFORMATIONS
• Analyze and describe device name, manufacturer, model, type, version, serial number, UPC code, etc.
• Determine operating system/version and UPnP server product and version.
• Show DLNA host IP address, port number, UPnP version, local name, domain name, MAC address, PING cabaility.

REACH UI FEATURES
• Info menu with feedback and privacy settings
• Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page.
• Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations.
• Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value.
• Shake your device to refresh the informations.

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