Photos App in Windows 8.1 Does not Support PlayTo

If you are trying to use the DLNA Play (Play To) functions in the Windows 8.1 Photos App (display an image, then Charms, Devices, Play) and getting nowhere fast with a This app can’t play to a device right now like:

 

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You can stop beating your head against the wall trying to make it work, The Photos App in Windows 8.1 does not support the PlayTo contract. There is no info as to when or if this might be added.

Just one more thing in the long list of things Microsoft ruined for customers in the 8.1 Photos App.