Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:00:42 +0000 From: "Peter Harrison" <four.harrisons@googlemail.com> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV Message-ID: <4f60cebc.d02c0e0a.50df.611d@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP3151B8845C31E79848C3E0493590@phx.gbl>
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So= rry for top posting - my 'phone makes it difficult. I use Mediatomb = very successfully to serve video from my FreeBSD server to my DLNA digibox.= Moderately easy to setup and a breeze once up and running. <= span id="signature"> -- Peter Harrison = From: Carmel Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2012 10= :39 To: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Making Music / Video folde= rs on FreeBSD visible on HD TV On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 += 0000 Arthur Chance articulated: > 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 > >&g= t; server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port. >= > > > A couple of people have replied to this thread. The S= amba 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 t= he folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so > > am I to assume that DLN= A is always available on that OS? Anyway, I > > will try your s= uggestion. > > I have a Sony networked TV, and it defini= tely needs a DLNA server and > is very picky about what formats ar= e served. I'm not a Windows user > but I have the impression Home = or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 > have DLNA support built i= n. > > 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/blo g/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/ I did some checking.= Win7, all versions, have support built into it. Apparently Vista and= WinXP were updated with support via the Microsoft Update system. I h= ave to admit, that does make for a very "user friendly" environment. = Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite successfully. I have= several friends who have integrated their TVs with their home PC qui= te successfully and painlessly. I am still studying how to mak= e FreeBSD similarly "user friendly". Thanks for the link. -- Carmel carmel_ny@hotmail.com _______________= ________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin= g list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org"
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