Hi, can anyone help me?

I have TV on my bedroom but I haven't free place for dvd player. So I wont play DVD's on my pc (in another room) and watch and operate via DLNA from bedroom... But I can't find correct server.

Please help me. Thanks

I just recently purchased a Sony Blu Ray Home Theater system (BDV E370) which is DLNA compliant with the aim of being able to stream my rather sizeable media library (mostly video) to my TV.

I have tried only two servers: Tversity and Serviio. Tversity didnt work at all; my system can't even see the server. Serviio seems to work fine as in its able to stream most files and transcode if necessary, but the most annoying thing is that there are NO file names!! The server is shown as the MAC address on my home theater, and when i select it, it shows images of folders with no names, and the movies are only labelled with the dates created.

This problem also exists when i just use Windows Media Player 11 to share the library.

Anyone else having this problem? Any help would be great!!

PS3 Media Server is great!
I have tryed TVersity(The interface eats to much, and I don't like librarys) and FUPPES(to simple, didn't brought it to work in 5 mins) before, and didn't like them.

I searched for a DLNA server for XP, where I could browse files like on my PC. Transcoding wasn't of my interest, since my new Samsung Wave s8500 can play most video files(except .mkv althrough its codec h.264 is supported).

Folowing was important:
1. no library, browsing with access to all drives
2. disablable transcoding
3. low system requrements
4. compability with my mobile phone(DLNA support)
5. Free
6. it should start and stop when I tell to do so (I don't intend to use it all day long)

PS3 Media Server has all that, and maybe more.
It's stable and reliable.

Don't let it's name confuse you, it works with other devices as well, and has transcoding profiles, for those who need it.

I installed the Tversity media server as suggested online at several locations for a PS3 media server. After waiting hours for it to scan my computer (didn't see how to prevent this) my whole family sat down to view how our new PS3 handled our family photo collection stored back on our computer hard drive. Oh great! I found my nephew's porn collection intermixed with the family photos we were trying to view. Once over the shock, and shutting down the media server, later when I went back alone I still couldn't figure out how to get to first base using this software. It seemed to just jumble everything found in every dark corner of my PC into one super long list and in alphabetical order.

The next day hoping to recover from the major family fall out the night before, I then loaded FUEPPS. I got it configured on the PC with the folders I wanted to share and the ones I selected did show up on the PS3 but every item I clicked on, music, video, photo from the PS3 remote said "There are no titles". This was in all categories.

After uninstalling that, I found software PS3 Media Server and hoped at least that would work. With the "stable" version I got most of the audio files working, the jpgs but none of the video. I then decided to try the "beta" version and FINALLY I get the same type of service that I had using my old $99 Buffalo combo DVD player and network media player/server (which always played everything I threw at it via disc or via network, that is until it got fried from power glitch).

So I am happy now using my PS3 with PS3 Media Server. It would be nice to have playlist support, but maybe that feature is there and I am missing it. I will gladly give up playlist support however, rather than deal with something like Tveserity.

Just a note I use a ps3 and xbox 360.

If you don't do anything beyound 480p then tversity works perfect... so does serviio. Both are free.

If you are like me and you have all types of files and resolutions including 720 and 1080 then there is only one program I've found that works with HD files... PS3 media server, also free. Its not perfect, once in a while it randomly won't do a file, that other servers don't have a problem with. Or even more rare is the audio lag sync that again other servers don't have. ( on crapy divx files though ) But it is also the most flexible, read's iso's and compressed files.

I've tried 10 plus apps for hd files, most of them fail before delivery, or momments into the file. Don't waste your time or money on other programs if you do HD files.

I am using PS3 Media Server, simple, free and nice for every media content with my Sony Bravia.
I am on Linux but it also operate with windows. Whith Windows 7, Windows Media Player works as well.

I read with interest all your comments on here. Thanks for a great list of information. Seems that the Mezzmo marketing department has gone into overdrive ;) As a self-proclaimed geek I have tried most of the media servers on here and have to say that I stuggle with the complexity of this whole technology.

Some are complex, some require additional applications and libraries, some are Java which is slow and horrible, and some just don't work...

Can I be the first to recommend TVMOBiLi. I have been playing with this for a little while and it works perfectly. There are plenty of media servers out there that have more features (and are more complex) but, if you want a pure and simple, easy to configure (It automatically imported all my iTunes movies and music) media server I recommend TVMOBiLi.

I have used many media servers such as Twonky, PS3 Media Server, Wild Media Server, Fuppes, MediaTomb, Nero 7 Media home, Tversity, and I could never get everything I wanted with any of them except Wild MS and it required A LOT of tweaking and still had audio issues. Then I found Mezzmo I still currently only have the trial but I have a lot of Blu-Rays Stored on my computer in the form of mkv files which not many servers can transcode properly if at all. It is difficult for any Media server software to play large mkv files but Mezzmo does it flawlessly over my network to multiple devices such as my Samsung 50 in. 7000 series 3d plasma and the sony Bravia KDL 46-EX500 in my bedroom the setup up is super easy fast and very efficient. I recommend it to my customers and I recommend it to anyone looking for a media server solution it has made my life much easier and I guarentee it will satify almost every need except for playing ISO or disk image files. I have had no sound issues or skipping and I LOVE IT ! check out the trial for yourself and you wont be let down. http://www.mezzmo.com

I have both a macbook and a iMac, I would like to be able to use them to stream film/dvd to my Bravia tv/Blu Ray Lan Adapter with DLNA. what to do and where to find userfriendly guides and also a simple mediaserver.
thanks

Mezzmo is the best software for a home media server. I have installed it to my Acer Aspire 8920GT and without any difficulties I have also connected wireless home – television Sony Bravia KDL-32EX500, LG BD390 player and iPhone 3GS. Friends of mine, who were guests at my home, also connected their mobiles Sony Ericsson Vivaz and all of us enjoyed pictures from our last vacation.
I would strongly recommend Mezzmo: 2.1.6.0 to all of you who admire digital home entertainment.

I tried different DLNA Mediaservers on my PC and Laptop: Twonky, Nero, Tversity. Tversity does not work with Bravia-TVs. The others worked well with pics and audios, but not with videos. Nero connects, but transcoding is only possible with the very expensiv registered version. Yesterday I installed Mezzmo and became very happy: Transcoding of videos worked out of the box in a very good quality and speed with different formats on my Lenovo Thinkpad. I deleted all the other DNLA-Servers and decided to use Mezzmo.
On its supportpage (http://support.sony-europe.com/tutorials/tvhc/dlna/dlna_comp.aspx?site=o...) Sony is listening different DLNA-Servers that are tested to work with Sony-Bravia TVs. The tested servers are obviously not very good because of not supporting so many videoformats. I recommended Sony to test and list Mezzmo, too.

very good

Hi all!

Not very long ago I got my new TV, a Samsung LE40C652. Of course the possibility to stream meadia over ethernet is tempting. So I first tried the Samsung software. Like the other people here, I think it is not suitable for servers with large amount of data.

Then I started to look around for alternatives and found this page. Great Work! The list is not complete, but it got me started very quickly and soon a list of requirements for the software was developing:

* It must be running as service
* It must be possible to easily add folders
* It must be able to automatically detect new files and subfolders
* It must support transcoding
* It should be possible to give the added folders a different display name
* It should be possible to edit file-information
* It should support file-ratings
* It would be nice if it was possible to modify the folder structure
* It would be nice if it could stream internet content

I am working with Windows and I tested every software on that list that supports transcoding, plus some more I got from the comments. The only software that met all my requirements (except streaming of internet content) and is easy to use was Mezzmo (http://www.mezzmo.com). And it has a very reasonable license model too.

So if your requirements are somewhat the same I do recommend Mezzmo to you!

Greetings!
Zorgoban

Hi, I started using Wild Media Server during the trial mode. I was sent a free license because I was some help on the forum.
I found it played everything on my Sony KDL37W5500. There was support for youtube, bbc iplayer, & internet TV. Eugene was very quick to provide support.
Problem was, my TV started playing up, so I replaced it with a Samsung LE40C650. Now, as the license was tied to the Sony. I can't use it.
I am now trying Serviio. This has support for my Samsung & is free.
Mind you I can't see any advantage in using DNLA, because the Samsung plays movies from my usb drive. The internet feature plays youtube, & there are plans for BBC iplayer in the future.

It me again,

I am dropping the "anonymous" here and I am including a user name. O.K., now to get to the meat and potatoes. Mezzmo was actually a decent server, but I did not like the controls they were a bit sluggish, but movies played fine. (I am gearing this mostly toward Video). I then tried ISedora and wow! This thing can work fine and it is a good player with good control response and the transcoding of Dvix is fine. Maybe this is what I will buy if it plays most of my movies and (MKV) then it is worth to pay $25 for 6 months worth of support/upgrades. I also tried Nero HomeMedia 4.5… something and this worked fine and I did not see any CPU or Mem killing here. Last night after playing with all of that stuff I did something stupid so I was able to see the folders, but not able to play anything from any of the servers. I think I tried two many servers at one time and this killed the whole project. So keep it simple gentlemen (and ladies) use one DLNA server at a time and configure it correctly. DLNA is a great idea and Sony is going for it since they put this in most of their TVs and Blu-rays, but the only one thing I do not understand is why (WHY!?!?!) don’t they release their own version of DLNA server dor download or on a CD so all of us “Sony slaves” can enjoy their products.

Guys,

After some months saving money, I’ve finally bought my Samsung LCD TV, model LN40C550. A great TV in which I spent U$ 1450 (yes, here in my country these gadgets are very expensive). Ok, except the great image quality, colors and contrast, my acquisition was guided by the possibility of connecting my TV on my home network and loading up my PC media files to the TV. I was so excited with the idea of watching my movies and seeing my photos on that big and neat screen!
But for my surprise the software that came with the TV is so limited! I spent many hours setting it up, and when I finally done the connection I had another issue: the software was very, very slow to update my media folders (I have thousands of photos, gigs and gigs of music and video files). It would be an impossible task.
I was near to give up of my TV when I’ve read a review about a DLNA software called Mezzmo (www.conceiva.com). I downloaded it from www.conceiva.com/downloads/default.asp, installed the software and in a flash my TV was getting my PC files! The wizard guided me to share my folders, made a fast database update (with can run with other tasks), recognized my iTunes library, all in a few steps! The Mezzmo software aggregated value on my acquisition, so I would like to recommend it for you who are having issues with your DLNA software and want to convert your PC in a media center full of resources.

Hi,

Guys for the past two weeks i spent many sleepless nights trying many DLNA servers. Some with great success (wild media server) and it was the best with my Sony EX700 as far as PQ, but I hate the licensing on it. Tried PS3 and it does not play well with Sony, oh it can see all the files, but does not play them. I am currently working on the try version of Mezzmo seems good, easy to configure and Bravia almost likes it (playback controls kind of work). I will go next for Nero and Isedora. With Nero you have to pay $50, but if it’s worth it I will. Isedora is $25 or more depending on upgrade terms. I will post if any of the stuff worked or not. It is so good that you can try them free before you spend you bucks) other wise I would have been $100s in the hole.

I have just installed the PS3 Media server on a Fedora 12 box and found it works great on both my PS3 and Samsung TV. The fedora 12 install took a little time to configure networking and permissions etc. This server also hosts my RAID so its a very handy 1 stop media-shop.

After struggling for several days with Samsung's PC Sharemanger software I've finally given up on it. I have a rather large collection of media that I wish to share among several different generations of DLNA complaint devices including the most difficult of all the hardware I've yet tried to stream to, a Samsung LCD TV. Samsung's media sharing software is a piece of garbage. For sharing a large library of media it's useless. I couldn't even get it to compile and display all of my shared folders without it becoming completely unresponsive, consuming CPU time and memory and never finishing an update of the database.

Searching for an alternative to PC Sharemanager I came across Meezio (www.mezzmo.com) and after trying it along with several other solutions Meezzmo was by far the best solution for my needs. If you have a rather large library your wishing to maintain and share...painlessly I might add; this is the software you want especially if your struggling with Samsung's lack luster deployment of DLNA. Meezio is quick and responsive in adding media to it's database and extremely intuitive to use. Even the Samsung TV is working wonderfully. I have yet to try and play a file that Meezzo couldn't transcode and stream.

also check out 'majestic', only free software that i could get to work "http://majesticdotapp.com/"

Hi,

I didn't checked all the pages here if it was already mentioned, but serviio seems to be a very nice platform independent media server too.
Check it out: www.serviio.org

Check out:

PlayOn by MediaMall
http://www.playon.tv/playon

I think its Windows Only :* (and requires fast machine for transcoding), but even allows Internet video streams/flash videos (YouTube, Hulu, ComedyCentral, sports networks, etc.) and has third party plugin and script abilities for adding more.

Hello,

I've already tried so many different media server software like twonky, tversity, simplecenter and so on, but NONE of them is capable of streaming files bigger than 2gb.

My TV card records TV streams as mpg files (MPEG2) in sd quality.

i can view these recordings with several old pinnacle show center 200/250 in my house, even files that are bigger than 2gb. the pinnacle show center uses an old streaming software called oxyl box.

i also tried several dlna servers, but none worked with files bigger than 2gb. it just doesn't start playing!
even a buffalo tera station wasn't able to stream bigger files. what can i do against that?

Devices: Popcorn Hour A-110, Sony Bravia 52Z5800 and several others.

This is a great site that google landed me in ... well done Robert and good work from people who have posted their views!

My setup is Sony PS3 on WiFi, Intel Pentium Core i5 i-661 processor, 2.5GB RAM running dual OS WinXP SP3 and ubuntu 9.10. I have tested WildMediaServer (WinXP SP3) and MiniDLNA (ubuntu 9.10) and they both work quite well.

While using WildMediaServer, high bit rate video struggles and there are quite a lot of pauses and restarts of the video. This happens whether the video is transcoded on-the-fly or not. There's a network transfer size setting that I need to experiment with; it is currently at default 512MB. No issues with MP3 music and pictures.

I tried mpeg2 and AVI/DivX on MiniDLNA (ubuntu) and did not notice any video pauses/restarts. Music and Picture work fine too. I'll try other video formats and different bit rates and post my results here later (week end work!)

Both softwares are quite easy to install and configure.

I have tried FreeNAS standalone OS; upnp did not work at all with PS3. Tried FUPPES on ubuntu 9.10, but it was very choosy on video formats though no issues with music or pictures. Fuppes configuration, especially the transcoding section, is not easy (WildMediaServer is great in this dept).

Cheers

I have a mac desktop and a lg dp570 blur ray player. How do i connect the two to get my computer's content on wirelessly? Nero disc that came with blu ray player does not work on mac computers.

Any media server with support for subtitles, able to run on MAC and compatible with LG BD390?