# SSDP **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877 "2013-10-02T21:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/1 "2013-10-02T21:16:45Z")
Plex use GDM, and not sure here, but seems like it's a Plex only thingy? (Own port number etc.)   And now it also seems like Bonjour is a dead end for Plex.   So I humbly suggest, that Plex consider to advertise the PMS (And maybe even clients) via SSDP   Reason for asking is simple.....Samsung doesn't allow access to the NIC in their Smart devices, but it does support SSDP on the newer models.   And I bet other vendors of HW out there is looking into this as well, since it seems to me at least like an emerging technology   RFC Draft: [http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cai-ssdp-v1-02](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cai-ssdp-v1-02)     [LG Support](http://developer.lgappstv.com/TV_HELP/index.jsp?topic=%2Flge.tvsdk.references.book%2Fhtml%2FUDAP%2FUDAP%2FM+SEARCH+Request.htm)   [Samsung Support](http://samsungdforum.com/Guide/art00030/index.html)   [Some Apple stuff, incl. sample code](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3192989/ssdp-on-the-iphone)   [Roku](http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/External+Control+Guide)   Guess there's more as well, just picked the top clients for Plex, as I see them, but in random order :rolleyes:   /Tommy ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/2 "2013-10-02T22:11:50Z")
And here's a GITHub project in Python regarding this: [https://gist.github.com/provegard/1435555](https://gist.github.com/provegard/1435555) /Tommy ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/3 "2013-10-04T21:36:19Z")
SNIFF......Only two takers :( ---
**Author:** ![sa2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sa2000/32/6922_2.png) [@sa2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sa2000)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/4 "2013-10-04T23:26:22Z")
> Plex use GDM, and not sure here, but seems like it's a Plex only thingy? > > (Own port number etc.) > > And now it also seems like Bonjour is a dead end for Plex. > > So I humbly suggest, that Plex consider to advertise the PMS (And maybe even clients) via SSDP > > Reason for asking is simple.....Samsung doesn't allow access to the NIC in their Smart devices, but it does support SSDP on the newer models. > > And I bet other vendors of HW out there is looking into this as well, since it seems to me at least like an emerging technology > > RFC Draft: [http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cai-ssdp-v1-02](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cai-ssdp-v1-02) > > [LG Support](http://developer.lgappstv.com/TV_HELP/index.jsp?topic=%2Flge.tvsdk.references.book%2Fhtml%2FUDAP%2FUDAP%2FM+SEARCH+Request.htm) > > [Samsung Support](http://samsungdforum.com/Guide/art00030/index.html) > > [Some Apple stuff, incl. sample code](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3192989/ssdp-on-the-iphone) > > [Roku](http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/External+Control+Guide) > > Guess there's more as well, just picked the top clients for Plex, as I see them, but in random order :rolleyes: > > /Tommy Tommy - could you explain the technicalities. [This post](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/39449-plex-media-server-dlna-preferences/) by Max suggests that PMS already uses SSDP ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/5 "2013-10-04T23:40:20Z")
> Tommy - could you explain the technicalities. [This post](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/39449-plex-media-server-dlna-preferences/) by Max suggests that PMS already uses SSDP For DNLA only......So it would, IMHO, be **very** easy for Plex to reuse this as well to advertise the native Plex client (That AFAIK isn't using this, but instead GDM) But not been into this, but here's my thoughts..... The SSDP is a std. advertising service, and no idea about what in the broadcast identifies a service as DNLA, but do know, that Plex can register their own "call-sign" that native clients in return then can use /T ---
**Author:** ![sa2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sa2000/32/6922_2.png) [@sa2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sa2000)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/6 "2013-10-04T23:45:49Z")
> For DNLA only......So it would, IMHO, be **very** easy for Plex to reuse this as well to advertise the native Plex client > > (That AFAIK isn't using this, but instead GDM) > > But not been into this, but here's my thoughts..... > > The SSDP is a std. advertising service, and no idea about what in the broadcast identifies a service as DNLA, but do know, that Plex can register their own "call-sign" that native clients in return then can use > > /T Thanks for the clarification. This is a bit about Microsoft use of SSDP for Windows Media Connect. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa456291.aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa456291.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/7 "2013-10-04T23:47:43Z")
> Thanks for the clarification. This is a bit about Microsoft use of SSDP for Windows Media Connect. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa456291.aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa456291.aspx) Cool...One more argument ;) /T ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/8 "2021-01-11T23:43:14Z")
Closed on January 11, 2021, 11:43pm UTC Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (I think… based on what I’ve seen in logs) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp/43877/9 "2021-06-10T01:01:37Z")
Archived on June 10, 2021, 1:01am UTC