Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 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 the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 have DLNA support built in. 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/blog/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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. A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba 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 the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 have DLNA support built in. 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/blog/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 have 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 quite successfully and painlessly. I am still studying how to make FreeBSD similarly user friendly. Thanks for the link. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 painlessly. This has changed with the upcoming version of their Windows. Check out this video and have a good laugh. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/a-real-user-proves-windows-8-fails-on-the-desktop-20120312/ ;-) Ah yes, your basic FUD rubbish. Win8 has not even been released. Many of the features are still in a state of flux. Complaining about something in an unreleased version of Windows is like complaining that FreeBSD-10 is a failure because (you fill in the blank). When it is released, then proper comparisons can be made. BTW, I read on another blog by a typical MS Hater that he hated the new interface because the mouse was no longer usable in the system. It turns out the genius was not aware of how to enable or disable the mouse. And yes, the idiot is a charter member of slashdot. Go figure ... In addition, I really do not appreciate your trolling. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 -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 painlessly. This has changed with the upcoming version of their Windows. Check out this video and have a good laugh. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/a-real-user-proves-windows-8-fails-on-the-desktop-20120312/ ;-) Ah yes, your basic FUD rubbish. Win8 has not even been released. Many of the features are still in a state of flux. Your basic FUD rubbish. Specific features have been confirmed to be in the final release. The absence of the well-known interaction starting point is one of them. While I like some of Windows 8's concepts especially for the mobile market, transitioning them 1:1 to the desktop _and its users_ will cause trouble, as you can see in the video. Complaining about something in an unreleased version of Windows is like complaining that FreeBSD-10 is a failure because (you fill in the blank). When it is released, then proper comparisons can be made. We will see. The main effect of failure will be when problems start hitting the support queues. Re-learning things has never been a great strength in Windows land, but maybe a radical change in usage paradigm isn't that bad. Also architectural changes (e. g. abandoning decades of legacy) are welcome by supporters and also by programmers. As I said, we will see. BTW, I read on another blog by a typical MS Hater that he hated the new interface because the mouse was no longer usable in the system. It turns out the genius was not aware of how to enable or disable the mouse. That's really stupid. Do not confuse me with a MICROS~1 hater. You would be surprised by the truth. And yes, the idiot is a charter member of slashdot. Go figure ... I don't consume that kind of web content, sorry. In addition, I really do not appreciate your trolling. You missed reading and interpreting the ;-) appended. Better luck next time. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
-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: 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 on my Windows based PCs. I have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 have DLNA support built in. 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/blog/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I would have to disagree with some of the stuff in that blog, all be it I have a Bravia 5810 rather than a 5800 where he states that you cannot stream HD formats in PAL I would disagree, I am using different software as well but it does happily steam HD 720 and 1080 in PAL. IIRC Sony UK now officially recommend Serviio as a steaming solution for their products. I used to use ushare which worked great with the xbox 360 but the TV would not go near it and I wanted a solution that did not require extra machines to be on to use, hence not going down the Windows media player router, that and it was never happy if the media was remote. I really did spend close to a year looking for a solution, and I even asked on the list if anyone knew of anything, the key is not so much in the DLNA support but in the media transcoding, for Sony you need something that will take your xvid / divx / mkv file and convert that in real time to a MPEG2 stream which the TV will then display. Regards Graeme ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 += 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...@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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft MAC and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only gotten the same response. If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it. I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did work. I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless router. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft MAC and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only gotten the same response. If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it. I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did work. I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless router. My guess would still be Samba, as this is an implementation of the shared folders of Windows. Maybe your configuration was not perfect? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 these TVs. I have found no way to accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. 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. -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
-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 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 accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft MAC and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only gotten the same response. If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it. I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did work. I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless router. My guess would still be Samba, as this is an implementation of the shared folders of Windows. Maybe your configuration was not perfect? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- unsubscr...@freebsd.org Make sure that the SAMBA shares are not hidden. Test from a windows PC to see that they are listed properly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 on my Windows based PCs. I have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 more information here http://www.serviio.org Do not worry that it mentions Win Mac and Linux, it does work great on FreeBSD . Regards Graeme -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Carmel Sent: 13 March 2012 17:30 To: FreeBSD Subject: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV 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 accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft MAC and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only gotten the same response. If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it. I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did work. I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless router. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
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 accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft MAC and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only gotten the same response. Ironic, considering Sony use FreeBSD for PS... might have had more success than Samsung :) There's a DLNA server in ports you could try. If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it. I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did work. I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless router. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
