08.09.09
DLNA on my Samsung TV
I was pretty excited to try out the DLNA on my new Samsung TV, but ended up disappointed to find that it only seemed to work with the Samsung applet on my PC, which severely lacked some fairly critical features (like transcoding). Today, I was happy to find the magic hacks for TVersity which let it work like a charm with the somewhat esoteric nature of the DLNA support built in:
According to this thread, edit the profiles.xml in the TVersity folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\TVersity\Media Server on my machine) and add the following before the last </profileList> entry:
Worked like a charm for me – now I can get rid of all the other DLNA apps on my PC and just use this single server.
Edit: Updates thanks to rafaelg on the comments
Joe Said:
March 22, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Thank you so much for this! I have wasted so much time with this, and not it works like a charm.
Gracias!
name required Said:
March 23, 2010 at 6:59 am
thanks, video works with this profile on Samsung UE40B7070 but still missing audio.
Rocky Said:
May 4, 2011 at 1:32 pm
I still get the error ‘ Not Supported File Format’ with my samsung UN46C7000 LED 3D TV even after trying with that profile xml update. Could any body help me to resolve this issue?
jw Said:
May 4, 2011 at 9:08 pm
I ended up giving up on my TV as a DLNA client since I got a PS3. :/
rafaelg Said:
May 12, 2011 at 8:47 pm
To avoid the ‘Not Supported File Format Error’ error, there is a solution at the thread listed above, page 11. Add this line:
where the IP address value will be the assigned to your TV set (eg. 192.168.x.x, change ‘x’ to your real numbers)
Sample:
<!-- SamsungTV --><friendlyname>Samsung TV
<manufacturername>Samsung</manufacturername>
<modelname>UN55C6300</modelname>
<icon>/images/device_icon_dtv.png</icon>
<devicesip value="x.x.x.x"/>
Hope this helps like in my LE32C650
jw Said:
May 12, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Got it – thanks!
Rocky Said:
May 14, 2011 at 2:41 pm
great..it works now..thanks a lot
Samsung Said:
August 14, 2011 at 6:33 am
Thanks for the nice effort you took to expand upon this post so thoroughly. I look forward to future posts.
cicio Said:
October 30, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Thanks….this trick works even with a Samsung UE46D6500
Twisted Said:
December 18, 2011 at 1:08 am
Thanks so much. That’s so awesome. I had been struggling with getting my HT-D5550W Blu Ray home theature system to work with Tversity. It works with this added to profile.xml. Can I ask though, is there anyway to support fast forwarding and rewind?
jw Said:
December 18, 2011 at 1:17 am
No clue on how to get fast forwarding/rewind working properly. My TV has been pretty flaky with those when I try to use it.