Stream videos from NAS to UPNP/DLNA device with shuffle

Hi everyone,
I've just got an iPad2.
I'm looking for a way to stream my music videos to UPNP/DLNA devices such as my media player (Popcorn Hour A-210) or PS3 or Samsung Smart TV, from my networked hard drive using my iPad, with the possibility to shuffle songs.
My media player can stream directly from my NAS, but it doesn't have a shuffle function..
The only thing I could think of was to hook up my MacBook to my TV via HDMI and shuffle-play my videos through iTunes or other software, but that's not ideal because I have to have the MacBook running, and it has to be tethered to the TV..
Thanks for any thoughts

you can't with the build in music app but there are tons of upnp apps in app store
used a wide range of different ones pure upnp before I found that my NAS maker had their own sets of app
and also Use plex
type in upnp in search in app store and give some a try

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you need to get apps from app store which does upnp and the likes there are plenty
you can do anything the app support but you can't use the normal build in movie player to play from smb or ftp
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Jenpre.... keep your head down in that hurricane, and good luck. I hope it moves away soon for you all.
When I say "more modern", from what I've read many sites recognise that Flash can be a problem on mobile devices (phones and tablets) because it's very power hungry. So, if I understand things correctly, many sites are putting up html5 versions, which is supposed to be much easier on computers / devices. Quite oftne when I go to a site on my iPad it auto-diverts to the "mobile" version of the site, and I haven't found a single case where I can't see a video. To be truthful, even if not directed to a mobile version, I don't have much trouble with any of the sites I visit..... I can see most videos and pretty much all graphics, the same as I can on my Mac, which does run Flash.
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