My BD player is listed as a possible audio output device; why not my iPad?

Connection with external Audio Devices UPnP / DLNA
1

Why is my BD player listed as an audio output device when an iPad connected to the same network is not?

2

Hello @brlawyer,

Your iPad is not considered as an output because if you connect to it physically (USB) to your computer, it will be seen as a storage device.

3

But the BD player is not connected physically to the computer, and is connected to the same network as the iPad. So why can’t the iPad be seen as well?

4

Because it’s not a compatible endpoint. It would need to have software to make it UPnP renderer.