Renderer — MusicBee as a play-to target

With the Renderer role on (the UPnP Renderer switch), MusicBee tells the network "I am a device you can play to." A separate control-point app — a phone remote, another media controller — can then select MusicBee and push audio for it to play on this PC. You give the target a friendly renderer name so it's recognisable in the other app's list.

Why you'd use it. It lets a phone or tablet use this PC as a UPnP speaker — handy when the PC is wired to the good speakers and you want to drive it from the couch.

When to turn it off. Leave it off unless you specifically want to send audio to this PC from another app. With it off, MusicBee won't appear as a target anywhere, which is usually what you want.

Note on maturity. The renderer is newer than the server role and has had less testing across real hardware. If a particular controller app drives it oddly, that's useful to report.

Settings

Control	What it does
UPnP Renderer : Enable other apps to play to MusicBee	Master switch for the Renderer role — lets other apps play to MusicBee. Takes effect after a MusicBee restart.
Renderer name	The name this PC advertises as a renderer, shown in other apps' device lists.