From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 10:26:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D123B106564A for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A5508FC1C for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2EAQh3o004825; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 GMT (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <4F607263.7010309@qeng-ho.org> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 +0000 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120219 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Carmel Subject: Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:45 -0000 On 03/13/12 19:54, Carmel wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500 > Adam Vande More articulated: > >> Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA >> server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port. > > A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are > configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I have no > idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything, > other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume > that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your > suggestion. I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 have DLNA support built in. Alexander Leidinger has written a couple of blog posts on getting Sony TVs working with FBSD. Take a look at this and the related posts: http://www.leidinger.net/blog/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/