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Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: Battledad on February 17, 2013, 08:03:00 pm

Title: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC?
Post by: Battledad on February 17, 2013, 08:03:00 pm: Anyone have any experience using Samsung's Allshare with MC? I just bought a new Samsung TV (Model: UN40ES6100) that has DLNA support using AllShare. Rather than reinventing the wheel I thought I would ask if anyone has experience in setting up the linkage. Specifically I am looking to be able to watch the movies on the MC box via wireless connection.

Reading forums on other services some suggest http://www.serviio.org/ as a better alternative/

others suggest: http://www.conceiva.com/products/mezzmo/

Any thoughts? I would prefer to get the Samsung to talk directly to MC but not being successful doing that so far.
Title: Re: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC?
Post by: Jong on February 18, 2013, 04:19:47 am: I have it all working pretty well on my ES5400.

I have set up two DNLA servers one which never converts and one which converts to a format I know the Samsung accepts. Most of the time I try to use the "never convert" server. The Samsung accepts most of the stuff I have (or at least most of the stuff I normally want to watch on it (mostly mkv TV shows) and if you do not convert you get full seeking ability (ffw/rew, jumpt to a specific time etc.). For the stuff the TV will not accept (e.g. blu-ray) I use the "convert" server. which converts to an H264-TS high bandwidth stream. Here are the full settings for the "convert" server. "noconvert" is the same except video conversion is set to "never convert"

(http://i.imgur.com/4L16uOX.jpg)
Title: Re: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC?
Post by: Battledad on February 18, 2013, 10:53:47 am: To set up a DLNA server for the Samsung I would...

Will MC see the Samsung or is there something specific to do?

Thanks for any detailed walkthru.
Title: Re: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC?
Post by: Ekpen on February 18, 2013, 11:18:19 am: Greetings:
Thanks for the setup you are sharing.
I have the D51550.
I will try to use this as a base.
The title expression is truncated, please can you write it out in full.
What do you have as a customized views?. I want to use this as a template.
I also have a 55 inch Sony KDL.

Thanks.
Ekpen.
Title: Re: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC?
Post by: Jong on February 18, 2013, 11:19:51 am: http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/DLNA

Just use the info there to add DLNA servers as I described above. If the TV and your MC server are on the same network they will find each other.
Title: Re: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC?
Post by: Jong on February 18, 2013, 11:22:33 am: Quote from: Ekpen on February 18, 2013, 11:18:19 am
Greetings:
Thanks for the setup you are sharing.
I have the D51550.
I will try to use this as a base.
The title expression is truncated, please can you write it out in full.
What do you have as a customized views?. I want to use this as a template.
I also have a 55 inch Sony KDL.

Thanks.
Ekpen.
The title expression and views are very personal to my circumstances. You should be able to use the defaults and/or customise them to yours.
Title: Re: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC?
Post by: Ekpen on February 18, 2013, 12:46:30 pm: Thanks.
Ekpen.
Title: Re: Samsung AllShare or Serviio or Mezzmo + MC - SOLVED!
Post by: Battledad on February 18, 2013, 01:50:39 pm: Ok...I set up a server for Samsung BD/TV and chose the settings you shared.

After my workout today as I got out of the shower the solution came to me...I have two networks: Home and Guest. I had set the TV up on the Guest. I switched it to the Home and after going to Allshare it saw the Samsung server and let me connect. I can now see our movie collection.

Often times it's the simplest things....I feel like a dummy.

Thanks for the help.