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Title: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: peterdrowan on August 21, 2012, 02:50:33 am
Is it possible to change the menus I see on the remote streamed Bravia TV in media server mode.  These are not the same as I see on the PC but are just the DLNA standard menus and I can't seem to find any way to change them by any of the options

Peter Rowan
Title: Re: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: MrHaugen on August 21, 2012, 03:16:52 am
You should be able to configure any views. Go to Options -> Media Network -> Add or Configure DLNA servers... -> Customize Views.
Title: Re: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: kamimeguro on August 21, 2012, 09:07:30 am
Isn't Bravia a Sony set? is that may have an effect?
Kami
Title: Re: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: csimon on August 22, 2012, 04:42:41 am
The model of TV may have affect what sort of media files it can play, but the difference in the menus that the OP is seeing is because JRiver has a different menu system for the PC client and for DLNA equipment.  The OP has to create the menus himself that he wants to see on the TV.
Title: Re: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: AndrewFG on August 22, 2012, 05:02:17 am
Quote from: csimon on August 22, 2012, 04:42:41 am
The model of TV may have affect what sort of media files it can play, but the difference in the menus that the OP is seeing is because JRiver has a different menu system for the PC client and for DLNA equipment.

This statement is not necessarily true. The format of the browse tree depends on the Control Point (i.e. on the TV) manufacturer:

1) Some Control Points follow the browsing tree structure defined by the server (in this case MC); such Control Points use the UPnP "Browse" metaphor to display the various branches and leaves of the browse tree of MC's content directory.

2) Other Control Points have their own internally defined browsing tree structure; such Control Points use the UPnP "Search" metaphor to fetch entries from MC's content directory and to populate branches and leaves of the CP's own internally defined browsing tree.

However I don't know if your Sony (Bravia) or Panasonic TV uses the "Browse" or the "Search" metaphor.
Title: Re: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: bob on August 23, 2012, 09:21:14 am
The Sony uses Browse (we've got one). So changing the views in MC (under the DLNA server settings) will change what you see on the TV.

As far as I can tell, only the Xbox uses search exclusively.
Title: Re: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: AndrewFG on August 23, 2012, 02:13:50 pm
Quote from: bob on August 23, 2012, 09:21:14 am
As far as I can tell, only the Xbox uses search exclusively.

And Windows Media Player...

  ...and -- dare I mention it here -- JRiver Media Center...
Title: Re: Menus on Panansonic Bravia TV as Media Client
Post by: bob on August 23, 2012, 03:30:48 pm
Quote from: AndrewFG on August 23, 2012, 02:13:50 pm
And Windows Media Player...

  ...and -- dare I mention it here -- JRiver Media Center...

Good one  ;)