Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-14 Thread Arthur Chance
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

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-14 Thread Carmel
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 + 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 server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port.

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-14 Thread Carmel
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:45:36 +0100 Polytropon articulated: //* OFFLIST On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:39:08 -0400, Carmel wrote: Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs with their home PC quite successfully and

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-14 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:32:44 -0400, Carmel wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:45:36 +0100 Polytropon articulated: //* OFFLIST As you carried this on-list again, allow me to reply in public. I do not appreciate your lack of humour (see explaination at the end). On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:39:08

RE: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-14 Thread Graeme Dargie
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Chance Sent: 14 March 2012 10:27 To: FreeBSD Cc: Carmel Subject: Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV On 03/13/12 19:54, Carmel wrote

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-14 Thread Peter Harrison
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:

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-13 Thread Stas Verberkt
Carmel schreef op 13-03-2012 18:29: Presently, I have three HD TVs, two Samsung and one Sony. On these TVs there is a menu where I can access remote devices to access music or videos. By marking the folders shared in Windows, these folders are available on these TVs. I have found no way to

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-13 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: Presently, I have three HD TVs, two Samsung and one Sony. On these TVs there is a menu where I can access remote devices to access music or videos. By marking the folders shared in Windows, these folders are available on

RE: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-13 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Stas Verberkt Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 2:14 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-13 Thread Carmel
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

RE: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-13 Thread Graeme Dargie
Been here ... cursed that, your TV is not seeing the folders directly at least not in the traditional sense, it is likely that it is using WMP as a DLNA server which will transcode the media in to a format that your TV can play by streaming. You solution is in ports /net/serviio You can find

Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

2012-03-13 Thread Da Rock
On 03/14/12 03:29, Carmel wrote: Presently, I have three HD TVs, two Samsung and one Sony. On these TVs there is a menu where I can access remote devices to access music or videos. By marking the folders shared in Windows, these folders are available on these TVs. I have found no way to