[sparkhorse]

So what DLNA servers are people using with their Series 7 Samsung LCDs?

The software that came with it is quite nice and offers a slightly enhanced interface on the tv but is there something better?

Ideally I'd like something that can transcode audio as most of my music is iTunes AAC so won't play on the tv. Most of my video is DIVX/AVI so no need to transcode.

I tried Nero MediaHome but that was really slow when browsing from the tv.

TwonkyMedia seems okay but still no transcoding.

I'm also considering Buffalo Linkstation Live NAS with built in DLNA server. Any opinions?

Finally, the Nokia N95 - has anyone used this with a Series 7? The tv was able to connect to the DLNA server and browse the phone okay but I couldn't use the phone to play content on the tv. It just sat on the searching for devices message.

[WhiteKiteFauna]

wow. u could even connect to nokia? it seems like that samsung's model can do everything but fly into space. maybe with the next firmware update?
I think you might be the only one here that tried that many different DLNA servers
Ppl were talking about TVersity: http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-t...la-w-link.html, check it out.

[srthomas]

Hi Guys,

I'm in the market for a Series 7 LCD TV and I'm curious to know if Album Art is shown on the TV provided it's available in the DLNA server and tagged correctly in MP3 file.

Thanks,

[spassig]

I am writing a DLNA MediaServer for my Samsung TV, as I am not very happy with their PC Share Manager. I am quite at a good point. I am implementing transcoding and a number of other nice features.

Unfortunately, Samsung has implemented some extensions that are not documented anywhere (namely, the "sec" namespace).

If there is any Samsung engineer or representative out there who can help me with those?

Thanks in advance
-s

[Erniec]

Originally Posted by spassig

I am writing a DLNA MediaServer for my Samsung TV

Am interested to write one too (in .NET, c#), however couldn't find any link to a library or API. Where did you find the info ?

[spassig]

Originally Posted by Erniec

Am interested to write one too (in .NET, c#), however couldn't find any link to a library or API. Where did you find the info ?

What you need to do is to implement an UPnP AV MediaServer, ConnectionManager and ContentDirectory. The UPnP specs are, fortunately, freely available here: Welcome to the UPnP™ Forum!

DLNA is just a specification on top of UPnP but it is not freely available. This is really awkward as on one hand they want to make DLNA the interop standards between devices, on the other hand they ask a few thousands bucks to get access to specification! Isn't that weird?

Anyway...what DLNA specificies is file formats (what they call "profiles") and a few other things. But - and here comes the mess - any vendor has implemented their own DLNA flavours: see XBOX, PS3, Samsung....

As far as I have understood, Samsung implements some custom DLNA commands that prevent a "standard" DLNA MediaServer to talk correctly to a Samsung telly. E.g., most of the times you get a "file error" or something like that.

Their PC Share Manager is decent, but is very limited - like: you cannot add a single file but a whole directory, it is VERY slow when it rebuilds the database, does not do transcoding (so you are stuck with the few formats DLNA allows), does not allows a complex directory nesting, etc.

I tried a few others but do not work very well either (as they do not interpret their DLNA extensions properly). Frustrated, I have decided to write my own one :D

Good luck
Stefano

[Erniec]

Thanks for the feedback (I'll have a look). I would like to expose my recordings made with ForTheRecord. They are stored as native transscript files, do you happen to know if they will play through a DLNA on a samsung TV ?

[spassig]

Originally Posted by Erniec

Thanks for the feedback (I'll have a look). I would like to expose my recordings made with ForTheRecord. They are stored as native transscript files, do you happen to know if they will play through a DLNA on a samsung TV ?

DLNA (UPnP) streams content via HTTP (or RTP, but it is far less common). So, in principle, as long as you can stream your content that way, and in a format which is DLNA-compatible, you're OK.

[M.D. Klapwijk]

There's a new firmware out, so maybe some info can be found inside that... (there is a file vmlinuz.?? inside, haven't examined it any further though)

[xnejp03]

I've written my own server as well - mainly for my B650 but should work with most DLNA compliant devices. Check it out: www.serviio.org

[ciscokidicantec]

Hi - These are the most advanced systems so far who are working with Samsung. Get the latest firmware from samsung. Synology are expensive but arguably the best product and support. Also the Android phone will be lauching DLNA in DEC.

Originally Posted by sparkhorse

So what DLNA servers are people using with their Series 7 Samsung LCDs?

The software that came with it is quite nice and offers a slightly enhanced interface on the tv but is there something better?

Ideally I'd like something that can transcode audio as most of my music is iTunes AAC so won't play on the tv. Most of my video is DIVX/AVI so no need to transcode.

I tried Nero MediaHome but that was really slow when browsing from the tv.

TwonkyMedia seems okay but still no transcoding.

I'm also considering Buffalo Linkstation Live NAS with built in DLNA server. Any opinions?

Finally, the Nokia N95 - has anyone used this with a Series 7? The tv was able to connect to the DLNA server and browse the phone okay but I couldn't use the phone to play content on the tv. It just sat on the searching for devices message.

[herreruud]

Hi guys,

any chance you could share some of the source for your DLNA implementations?

I want to start making my own, but I don't have a lot of time to read all the specifications, and I know nothing about the protocols.

Reading some source would really speed things up for me...

[shukerr]

Hi all,
I came across this thread while trying to solve DLNA issues with my Samsung LE40B650.
I've tried Wiselink, Asset UPNP & Nero Media@Home and had issues or complete failure with all of them.

I tried Mezzmo DLNA server www.mezzmo.com and this works great. It transcodes all my M4A audio and plays my MP3 media without any problems. It even displays album art on my Samsung while browsing the library and I'm pretty sure this is the first DLNA server where that has worked on my Samsung.

Anyway, it's a really simple setup and definitely worth a try.

cheers.

[iburley]

Hi all, not sure about the 7 series but here is my findings so far, I just bought a new PC, cost a small fortune but well worth it, the sister company I bought the PC from also sell TV's, to keep the girlfriend happy I also purchased a Samsung 8 series 46" TV and the Samsung BD Home Cinema. After installing the Samsung own media server I was very disappointed that it would not play most of my movie files and sometimes even struggled with MP3 music files. I now use the CD as a coffee cup mat.
After much research and a lot of testing various media servers I found a lot were as bad as the Samsung server, the only one I did have some success with was Nero Mediahome (trial version) but even that had some problems with some of my movie files, then I tried Mezzmo, this server does everything I want it to, it has not given me any problems at all and I have not found a file yet it will not play, it is very easy to use and works across multiple devices, In the house currently is The Samsung 8 series TV, Samsung BD home cinema, 2 PC's, 2 Laptops, an IPhone 3GS and an Android based HTC, the server works great with all of them. There is also a 15 day fully functional trial version so you can test it with your setup before you buy it.
So my suggestion would be if you have a 7 series Samsung try the trial version for 15 days and if it doesn’t do what you want it to you haven’t lost anything.

[njose]

[FONT=Calibri]I as well was disappointed by Samsun’s PC Share Manger. After many attempts I went with Serviio. It work right off the bat. Went out on the internet and got me album covers for my movies. The only issue I have is that it does not have support for Canon CR2 or raw pictures. They say its coming.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]Warning…the Samsung TV has a limit of 1,000 files per folder. So, if you have a big library (16K for me) you are going to have to create multiple folders in your media server library. I’ll using Serviio until I find something better. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]If anyone has a better option please let me know. Has anyone gotten it to work with Window Media Player or Center? This whole codec thing is for the birds![/FONT]

[MachMan]

Varying success/fail:

LXiMediaCenter, is cool because it comes with a webserver and java rendering platform so one can watch video on a browser. It also pops up on Windows media sharing.... But.... I can't get the Samsung to get past the first mandatory folder "media"

Serviio: generally successful! Will transcode really quick (on an core2 with 2GB), even DVD files to full HD! But navigation and metadata retrieval is proving hard to organise for a smooth user experience.

MS MediaPlayer12: Works ok, but as stated elsewhere, it is not geared to transcode so one has to choose the right format when ripping a DVD (not a problem0 and hope one is happy with that going forward (more of a problem).

Finally I'd like to hear some builds on what to rip with: Getting the chapers and parts sorted for a TV series with multiple dvds without hand coding?

I've tried AnyDVD and it's support components, but the disk lookup and resulting file configuration is very inflexible.

Anyone got a suggestion?
Mach