DLNA questions

[Obsoleet]

When I first got my tv it picked up some of my videos on my PC, but not all of them. The ones it did not see are videos that play on the TV using the USB port. So I think it's a share setting that's set somewhere. I installed the Samsung share software and am not sure what all of my options are for sharing. Is it using WMP for DLNA sharing by default? All my PCs that are sharing are on Windows 7 RC.

 

[lopri]

Originally posted by: Obsoleet
Is it using WMP for DLNA sharing by default?

I believe so.

 

[JoeBleed]

I don't know why, but from my reading the DLNA sharing is just more picky/strict about matching the required video/audio formats.

My samsung doesn't have the DLNA feature so i can't speak from personal experience, but it will play movies from a usb device. And i have found that works a lot better than the manual said it would. 🙂

I have played many movies that didn't match the formats listed in the supported section of the manual.

I have also read that DLNA playback wasn't handled as well in regards to FF/RW and maybe pausing as well. It has been a couple of months since i spent a lot of time reading about it when i made my choice for a new tv.

I would recommend getting an external hard drive and pay your content back through the tv directly or connecting a PC directly to the tv so you can stream content over your network. My 37b650 serves as my main monitor now and it works great.

 

[lopri]

What Joe says is true, too. The client (in the OP's case, a TV) should support the media format (container/codec), and sometimes even supported media playback isn't as great as it could be. And of course the connection (bandwidth) matters, too. You should find out what Samsung supports on its TV. Just because something plays in WMP doesn't mean it will stream to your TV.