How To Play On TV

[BeeJ]

Samsung TV shows
DLNA1 LinkStation
DLNA2 MyPC7:Username

LinkStation is a NAS
MyPC7 is a Windows 7 Pro laptop.

I have two other Win 7 Pro laptops on the LAN but these do not show.
Is there something that needs to be enabled on these PCs?

I tried playing a Video and was surprised that some played and some did
not. The ones that did not had a message about a missing CODEC.

Some Video were recorded by Windows Media Center and others by WinTV.
Where are the codecs, on the TV or PC?

When I dive in on the TV I see the Windows Media Player icon/logo.

Where do I put files on the PC so they are visible on the TV?
Where do I put files on the NAS so they are visible on the TV?

Is there a link that talks about how to do all of this?

 

[Paul]

Samsung TV shows
DLNA1 LinkStation
DLNA2 MyPC7:Username

LinkStation is a NAS
MyPC7 is a Windows 7 Pro laptop.

I have two other Win 7 Pro laptops on the LAN but these do not show.
Is there something that needs to be enabled on these PCs?

I tried playing a Video and was surprised that some played and some did
not. The ones that did not had a message about a missing CODEC.

Some Video were recorded by Windows Media Center and others by WinTV.
Where are the codecs, on the TV or PC?

When I dive in on the TV I see the Windows Media Player icon/logo.

Where do I put files on the PC so they are visible on the TV?
Where do I put files on the NAS so they are visible on the TV?

Is there a link that talks about how to do all of this?

Teaser thread...

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-tv-poor/921b214e-43ff-4c3e-8cb1-023450c8cb01

Transcoding, is the solution for "TV don't got CODEC".

Consult your TV documentation first, to see what formats
are actually supported. Then look for third party apps,
that fill in the gaps by transcoding things that are
not supported on the TV.

That thread mentions some products, and one I played with
was called "serviio". So there's a few software solutions
you can play with, after trying out WMP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_UPnP_AV_media_servers

Paul

 

[BeeJ]

But why does only one laptop running Win7 show when there are two
others on the LAN?

 

[Paul]

But why does only one laptop running Win7 show when there are two others
on the LAN?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP

"Discovery

The UPnP discovery protocol is known as the
Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP)."

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Service_Discovery_Protocol )

I don't know all the details, but I think SSDP might
have something to do with it. The thing is, there are
multiple protocols for discovering things on LAN segments,
and in some cases, more than one of them can be used.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/windows_7/service_SSDP_discovery_service.htm

*******

By the way, this is how I did some DLNA style testing.

https://groups.google.com/group/mic...neral/msg/a86825ef45f29935?hl=fr&dmode=source

On the Linux LiveCD environment, I found the application
"upnp-inspector", was great for getting info from the devices
on the LAN. Might be worth fooling around with that for
a minute or two. It actually helped me get that test
environment working. For example, I could see what files
my "server" had to offer.

http://i1-linux.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/UPnP-Inspector_1.png

Paul