I have waited for a long time for the DLNA promises of TVs and Bluray players to come into fruition but due to the complications and restrictions of the DLNA clients in home electricals it has always been a long and frustrating process.
The problem is basic. The concept of the DLNA standard boasted easy connection of devices on your network to share media. Sadly the reality was that the clients needed to decode all of the codecs in order for it to work and the codecs that were included in the kit were crap, usually only mpeg2 and mp3 decoding with jpegs taking an age to load.
The solution is to transcode the information so that the client is tricked into playing it, with so many clients supporting so few and different codecs the task is often too hard and results unreliable.
Sony, for example is ironically the founder of the dlna standard and one of the most stubborn to get working. Untill now a customised version of a programme called "fuppes" worked with them unreliability. There was also some success with "coherence" and "minidlna"
For the last few nights I have had 100% success with a programme called "tvmobili". Its immediate to configure and worked instantly with my sony BDPS370 blu ray player. Enabling me to stream divx, mkv and pictures reliably from my laptop and etrayz NAS drive.
It also works with philips and panasonic kit (tested by me). The only slowdown was on an mkv with a very fast scene but it recovered and continued to play. Its still in beta but still very impressive indeed.
The problem is basic. The concept of the DLNA standard boasted easy connection of devices on your network to share media. Sadly the reality was that the clients needed to decode all of the codecs in order for it to work and the codecs that were included in the kit were crap, usually only mpeg2 and mp3 decoding with jpegs taking an age to load.
The solution is to transcode the information so that the client is tricked into playing it, with so many clients supporting so few and different codecs the task is often too hard and results unreliable.
Sony, for example is ironically the founder of the dlna standard and one of the most stubborn to get working. Untill now a customised version of a programme called "fuppes" worked with them unreliability. There was also some success with "coherence" and "minidlna"
For the last few nights I have had 100% success with a programme called "tvmobili". Its immediate to configure and worked instantly with my sony BDPS370 blu ray player. Enabling me to stream divx, mkv and pictures reliably from my laptop and etrayz NAS drive.
It also works with philips and panasonic kit (tested by me). The only slowdown was on an mkv with a very fast scene but it recovered and continued to play. Its still in beta but still very impressive indeed.
