Re: [CentOS] Mediatomb under CentOS-6
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:24 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/18/12 5:33 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> That's true for DLNA in general whether it is on TVs or other media >> players because most functions and codecs are optional. The server has >> to know the device capabilities and often transcode things to match. > > DLNA is a big mess. works OK for audio, stinks for video. The better > set top boxes can play video files off SMB/CIFS and that works much > better., assuming your video files are encoded in a format that the box > supports (and most such boxes support a wide range of common video > formats including MKV, M4V/MP4, etc) You can't really say it doesn't work for video - just that it doesn't have to support any specific formats. As long as your content matches what your player handles, or your server recognizes the player and can transcode accordingly, it works fine. It is 'just' streaming, though. I don't think it has a concept that matches dvd menus or chapters that may work with players that do file mapping and can see iso or video_ts rips on the server. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mediatomb under CentOS-6
On 01/18/12 5:33 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > That's true for DLNA in general whether it is on TVs or other media > players because most functions and codecs are optional. The server has > to know the device capabilities and often transcode things to match. DLNA is a big mess. works OK for audio, stinks for video. The better set top boxes can play video files off SMB/CIFS and that works much better., assuming your video files are encoded in a format that the box supports (and most such boxes support a wide range of common video formats including MKV, M4V/MP4, etc) -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mediatomb under CentOS-6
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:47 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Incidentally, one difficulty I find with "Smart" TVs is that > even with Samsung different models seems to have different software - > apart from the obvious 3D or not 3D - > and it seems very difficult to find eg whether one can browse > on a particular TV. That's true for DLNA in general whether it is on TVs or other media players because most functions and codecs are optional. The server has to know the device capabilities and often transcode things to match. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mediatomb under CentOS-6
Mikael Fridh wrote: >> I'm trying to use it to see photos on my Samsung Smart TV >> (model D5520). > > Unsure if it helps with photo issue but for Samsung TV to work this is > what I needed to add to my mediatomb configuration: > > > > > > > http://shishworks.blogspot.com/2012/01/mediatomb-and-samsung-tv.html > > Let me know if it helps. Thanks. I'll try that later. I'm presently installing mediatomb on another machine, as I've been having other problems (almost certainly unrelated) on my server. Incidentally, one difficulty I find with "Smart" TVs is that even with Samsung different models seems to have different software - apart from the obvious 3D or not 3D - and it seems very difficult to find eg whether one can browse on a particular TV. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mediatomb under CentOS-6
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> > For example, I want to access a directory /Photos/ on my TV, > but I've no idea how to add this to the sqlite database, > if indeed one has to do this. > I can access the local web-page at 192.168.2.2:50500 > but this does not help me. > > Are you actually running mediatomb under CentOS? If you can't get mediatomb to work or just want to try some alternatives, there is ps3mediaserver (which will work with some but not all other devices): https://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/downloads/list and serviio: (exceptionally good for Sony blu-ray players, but also works with others) http://www.serviio.org/download with slightly different feature sets. I've only used the mac versions but they are both mostly java with local libs for transcoding so linux should be very similar. They both present a web service for configuration and adding media locations. I haven't looked at mediatomb for a while - mostly because the last time I did, the others had more features. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mediatomb under CentOS-6
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:54 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Is anyone running mediatomb under CentOS-6? > I've installed it from rpmforge.repo > (I think it used to be in the epel repository under CentOS-5) > but I don't know how to configure it. > > I'm trying to use it to see photos on my Samsung Smart TV > (model D5520). Unsure if it helps with photo issue but for Samsung TV to work this is what I needed to add to my mediatomb configuration: http://shishworks.blogspot.com/2012/01/mediatomb-and-samsung-tv.html Let me know if it helps. -- Mikael ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Mediatomb under CentOS-6
Is anyone running mediatomb under CentOS-6? I've installed it from rpmforge.repo (I think it used to be in the epel repository under CentOS-5) but I don't know how to configure it. I'm trying to use it to see photos on my Samsung Smart TV (model D5520). The photos (or some of them) come up on the TV, but when I click on them I always get the error message "Not Supported File Format". Are there reasonably simple instructions anywhere for using mediatomb under CentOS? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
