Package: rygel Version: 0.32.1-3 Severity: wishlist Interesting comparison of Rygel vs. miniDLNA/ReadyMedia in my environment which includes a Samsung TV.
I need a "transcoding" Media Server to view some videos on my "underpowered" Tablet. However, I discovered an interesting "problem" when using Rygel on those videos on my Samsung TV: It uses something Samsung calls "AllShare" which is not strictly DLNA? And, from what I read on the Internet, many different TV manufactures seem to do something similar. As a result, I cannot view a few videos using Rygel on my Samsung TV but CAN using miniDLNA/ReadyMedia? It does not do "transcoding" but, it appears, it has been modified to better support my Samsung TV? At least, the little icon displayed on the TV includes the words "AllShare" AND I can play ALL of my videos on my Samsung TV with miniDLNA/ReadyMedia including those that won't play using Rygel! I imagine it is a "big can of worms" but if it was a small change, could such support be added to Rygel Media Server? -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages rygel depends on: ii libc6 2.24-11 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.5-2 ii libgee-0.8-2 0.18.1-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-2 ii libgssdp-1.0-3 1.0.1-1 ii libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 1.10.4-1 ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.10.4-1 ii libgupnp-1.0-4 1.0.1-1 ii libgupnp-av-1.0-2 0.12.10-1 ii libgupnp-dlna-2.0-3 0.10.5-3+b1 ii libmediaart-2.0-0 1.9.0-2 ii librygel-core-2.6-2 0.32.1-3 ii librygel-db-2.6-2 0.32.1-3 ii librygel-renderer-2.6-2 0.32.1-3 ii librygel-server-2.6-2 0.32.1-3 ii libsoup2.4-1 2.56.0-2 ii libsqlite3-0 3.16.2-3 ii libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2 Versions of packages rygel recommends: ii dbus-user-session 1.10.18-1 ii gstreamer1.0-libav 1:1.10.4-dmo1 ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.10.4-1 ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.10.4-1 ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly 1:1.10.4-dmo1 Versions of packages rygel suggests: ii rygel-playbin 0.32.1-3 pn rygel-preferences <none> pn rygel-ruih <none> ii rygel-tracker 0.32.1-3 pn tumbler <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/rygel.conf changed: [general] enable-transcoding=true media-engine=librygel-media-engine-gst.so interface=enp2s0 port=8201 log-level=*:4 allow-upload=false allow-deletion=false [GstMediaEngine] transcoders=mp3;lpcm;mp2ts;wmv;aac;avc [Renderer] image-timeout = 15 [Tracker] enabled=false only-export-from=@MUSIC@;@VIDEOS@;@PICTURES@ share-pictures=true share-videos=true share-music=true strict-sharing=false title=Rygel Media Server [LMS] enabled=false title=Rygel Media Server [MediaExport] enabled=true title=Rygel Media Server uris=/media/Videos extract-metadata=true monitor-changes=true monitor-grace-timeout=5 virtual-folders=false [Playbin] enabled=true title=Rygel Media Server [GstLaunch] enabled=false launch-items=audiotestsrc;videotestsrc;videotestoverlay audiotestsrc-title=Audiotestsrc audiotestsrc-mime=audio/x-wav audiotestsrc-launch=audiotestsrc ! wavenc videotestsrc-title=Videotestsrc videotestsrc-mime=video/mpeg videotestsrc-launch=videotestsrc ! avenc_mpeg2video ! mpegtsmux videotestoverlay-title=Videotestsrc with timeoverlay 2 videotestoverlay-mime=video/mpeg videotestoverlay-launch=videotestsrc ! timeoverlay ! avenc_mpeg2video ! mpegtsmux [Test] enabled=false [ExampleServerPluginVala] enabled=false [ExampleServerPluginC] enabled=false [ExampleRendererPluginVala] enabled=false [ExampleRendererPluginC] enabled=false [MPRIS] enabled=false [External] enabled=false [Ruih] enabled=false title=Rygel Media Server -- no debconf information