diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/ContentDirectory/ContentDirectoryBrowser.cs b/Emby.Dlna/ContentDirectory/ContentDirectoryBrowser.cs
index 9c5c5fb64f..61501635fa 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/ContentDirectory/ContentDirectoryBrowser.cs
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/ContentDirectory/ContentDirectoryBrowser.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.ContentDirectory
             {
                 CancellationToken = cancellationToken,
                 UserAgent = "Emby",
-                RequestContentType = "text/xml; charset=\"utf-8\"",
+                RequestContentType = "text/xml",
                 LogErrorResponseBody = true,
                 Url = request.ContentDirectoryUrl,
                 BufferContent = false
diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs b/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs
index 6c66a999c8..40fe010a23 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.PlayTo
                 Url = url,
                 UserAgent = USERAGENT,
                 LogErrorResponseBody = true,
-                BufferContent = false
+                BufferContent = false,
+
+                // The periodic requests may keep some devices awake
+                LogRequestAsDebug = true
             };
 
             options.RequestHeaders["HOST"] = ip + ":" + port.ToString(_usCulture);
@@ -93,7 +96,10 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.PlayTo
                 Url = url,
                 UserAgent = USERAGENT,
                 LogErrorResponseBody = true,
-                BufferContent = false
+                BufferContent = false,
+
+                // The periodic requests may keep some devices awake
+                LogRequestAsDebug = true
             };
 
             options.RequestHeaders["FriendlyName.DLNA.ORG"] = FriendlyName;
@@ -125,7 +131,10 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.PlayTo
                 UserAgent = USERAGENT,
                 LogRequest = logRequest || _config.GetDlnaConfiguration().EnableDebugLog,
                 LogErrorResponseBody = true,
-                BufferContent = false
+                BufferContent = false,
+
+                // The periodic requests may keep some devices awake
+                LogRequestAsDebug = true
             };
 
             options.RequestHeaders["SOAPAction"] = soapAction;
@@ -137,7 +146,8 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.PlayTo
                 options.RequestHeaders["contentFeatures.dlna.org"] = header;
             }
 
-            options.RequestContentType = "text/xml; charset=\"utf-8\"";
+            options.RequestContentType = "text/xml";
+            options.RequestContentEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
             options.RequestContent = postData;
 
             return _httpClient.Post(options);
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
index 3fdd051355..ae53e3a5b9 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
@@ -320,8 +320,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
         private async Task<HttpResponseInfo> GetCachedResponse(string responseCachePath, TimeSpan cacheLength, string url)
         {
-            _logger.Info("Checking for cache file {0}", responseCachePath);
-
             try
             {
                 if (_fileSystem.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(responseCachePath).Add(cacheLength) > DateTime.UtcNow)
@@ -402,7 +400,17 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
                     var bytes = options.RequestContentBytes ??
                                 Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(options.RequestContent ?? string.Empty);
 
-                    httpWebRequest.ContentType = options.RequestContentType ?? "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+                    var contentType = options.RequestContentType ?? "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+
+                    if (options.RequestContentEncoding != null)
+                    {
+                        if (options.RequestContentEncoding.Equals(Encoding.UTF8))
+                        {
+                            contentType = contentType.TrimEnd(';') + "; charset=\"utf-8\"";
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    httpWebRequest.ContentType = contentType;
 
                     httpWebRequest.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
                     (await httpWebRequest.GetRequestStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)).Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
@@ -430,7 +438,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
             if (options.LogRequest)
             {
-                _logger.Info("HttpClientManager {0}: {1}", httpMethod.ToUpper(), options.Url);
+                if (options.LogRequestAsDebug)
+                {
+                    _logger.Debug("HttpClientManager {0}: {1}", httpMethod.ToUpper(), options.Url);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _logger.Info("HttpClientManager {0}: {1}", httpMethod.ToUpper(), options.Url);
+                }
             }
 
             try
@@ -597,7 +612,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
             if (options.LogRequest)
             {
-                _logger.Info("HttpClientManager.GetTempFileResponse url: {0}", options.Url);
+                if (options.LogRequestAsDebug)
+                {
+                    _logger.Debug("HttpClientManager.GetTempFileResponse url: {0}", options.Url);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _logger.Info("HttpClientManager.GetTempFileResponse url: {0}", options.Url);
+                }
             }
 
             var client = GetHttpClient(GetHostFromUrl(options.Url), options.EnableHttpCompression);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs
index 4a894e6624..0950df0210 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
 {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         public bool BufferContent { get; set; }
 
         public bool LogRequest { get; set; }
+        public bool LogRequestAsDebug { get; set; }
         public bool LogErrors { get; set; }
 
         public bool LogErrorResponseBody { get; set; }
@@ -102,6 +104,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         public bool PreferIpv4 { get; set; }
         public bool EnableDefaultUserAgent { get; set; }
 
+        public Encoding RequestContentEncoding { get; set; }
+
         private string GetHeaderValue(string name)
         {
             string value;
diff --git a/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/GetServicesMessage.cs b/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/GetServicesMessage.cs
index 9d29f98fdf..3395b7596f 100644
--- a/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/GetServicesMessage.cs
+++ b/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/GetServicesMessage.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ namespace Mono.Nat.Upnp
         {
             var req = new HttpRequestOptions();
 
+            // The periodic request logging may keep some devices awake
+            req.LogRequestAsDebug = true;
+            req.LogErrors = false;
+
             req.Url = "http://" + this.hostAddress.ToString() + this.servicesDescriptionUrl;
             req.RequestHeaders.Add("ACCEPT-LANGUAGE", "en");
 
diff --git a/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/UpnpMessage.cs b/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/UpnpMessage.cs
index d15e48b2f5..05280172ba 100644
--- a/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/UpnpMessage.cs
+++ b/Mono.Nat/Upnp/Messages/UpnpMessage.cs
@@ -52,9 +52,14 @@ namespace Mono.Nat.Upnp
 
             var req = new HttpRequestOptions();
             req.LogErrors = false;
+
+            // The periodic request logging may keep some devices awake
+            req.LogRequestAsDebug = true;
+
             req.Url = ss;
             req.EnableKeepAlive = false;
-            req.RequestContentType = "text/xml; charset=\"utf-8\"";
+            req.RequestContentType = "text/xml";
+            req.RequestContentEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
             req.RequestHeaders.Add("SOAPACTION", "\"" + device.ServiceType + "#" + upnpMethod + "\"");
 
             string bodyString = "<s:Envelope "