Samsung LN52A750 52" TV DLNA support?

[ewa8949]

Has anyone gotten Tversity to work with this TV? I have Tversity configured to work with my PS3 and it works fine but it won't work with my TV's built in DLNA player. The TV can discover Tversity just fine but every single video, song, or picture it tries to play gives an error that the content can not be accessed.

So far on avsforum on the thread for this TV no one has gotten Tversity to work either. I tried WMP11 and have better luck but my mpeg 2 videos locked up after a couple seconds.

[mikepaul]

The manual says MPEG2, divx and MPEG4 are all supported.

Does their DLNA application work, but TVersity won't, even with the same files?...

[ewa8949]

Their Samsung PC Manager is very very basic software where you just pick a folder to share. It seems to work but is terrible to navigate the content from the TV itself. Also, this TV has worse support then a PS3 as far as content.

With Tversity I can navigate all through the content but everytime I click on a picture, song, or video it all says "content not supported" I would think at the very least I could browse the pictures. The reason I want to use Tversity so I can get it to transcode a lot of my Xvid's and DIVX this tv does not seem to support.

When I use WMP11 I can browse the content and even play some of it but when I try to play an mpeg2 stream at 1080P the TV plays for about 2 seconds when it almost completely locks up. Then I get about one frame every 5 seconds. The TV says it supports these resolutions but would not work through WMP11. I will try putting it on a usb stick and see if it can play those same files from there.

[mikepaul]

Is TVersity auto-detecting the Samsung? Or did you pick something from the dropdown?

Perhaps the files are being transcoded to something you can't use due to not having the correct profile in play. Are transcoded files building up in the TVersity\data directory (assuming something good IS happening), and if so what does GSpot say they are?...

[ewa8949]

Is TVersity auto-detecting the Samsung? Or did you pick something from the dropdown?

Perhaps the files are being transcoded to something you can't use due to not having the correct profile in play. Are transcoded files building up in the TVersity\data directory (assuming something good IS happening), and if so what does GSpot say they are?...

I am not expert on Tversity so how do I check if it is detecting the samsung? The TV see's the media server and I can browse through the folders. I just assumed tversity could not detect a samsung is accessing it in the same way that it can detect a PS3 does. I just assume it uses the default profile for the TV. Before I even worry about videos do you have any thought as to why the pictures can't even display? I still get the same error that the content could not be displayed.

[mikepaul]

Well, if you find the Samsung in profiles.xml, then there is some support available and you are now using it. If not, I guess UPnP is letting them talk but they aren't speaking the same language.

What might be useful is to select "MPEG1/2 Video Device" from the Playback Device dropdown and see if anything improves...

[Andy64]

FWIW, I'm in the same situation although the only device I'm using with TVersity is my LN52A750 TV.

I'm semi retired and usually have time to run experiments if that helps.

[ricky_kt]

I am having the same situation. Tversity just does not play any types of files. Although, Tversity works well with my D-Link DSM-520. I played around with Tversity but have not tried the MPEG1/MPEG2 thing and samsung profile is not there either. Please advise.

with Samsung PC Share Manager, I can only play Xvid and some MP4s, which were created using Nero Recode. Other MP4s would not work. If anyone know how I can convert to samsung compatible MP4s, please help.

Thanks in advance

[ewa8949]

Well, if you find the Samsung in profiles.xml, then there is some support available and you are now using it. If not, I guess UPnP is letting them talk but they aren't speaking the same language.

What might be useful is to select "MPEG1/2 Video Device" from the Playback Device dropdown and see if anything improves...

There is no drop down for Samsung. I believe you have to create an entirely new profile in profiles.xml to see that there. I did try the mpeg1/mpeg2 like you said. No matter whether I try to look at a photo, listen to a song, or watch a video I always get "content not supported" show up on the tv device Any other thoughts?

[mikepaul]

Does any kind of file get built in \Program Files\TVersity\Media Server\Data in response to you playing something that would require transcodiing? Or better yet, set TVersity to Always transcode so everything should go through there.

I'd expect things to be converted to MPEG since that's what the dropdown selection requires...

[zerog6]

One of the weird things, is that it doesn't even play files that don't need to be transcoded.

For example, audio files that are already mp3's, or video files that are already Mpegs, do not play, they also say the format is not supported.

[zerog6]

Does any kind of file get built in \Program Files\TVersity\Media Server\Data in response to you playing something that would require transcodiing? Or better yet, set TVersity to Always transcode so everything should go through there.

I'd expect things to be converted to MPEG since that's what the dropdown selection requires...

Yes files do show up in the "data" folder, when you add them to the library. The file extension is a "PART" file.

[mikepaul]

If you rename them to have a MPG extension, do they play OK?...

[zerog6]

If you rename them to have a MPG extension, do they play OK?...

Nope, doesn't work either

[mikepaul]

Well, that PART file is what was made to stream to your device, so try and find out what it is. GSpot might see the codec but you may have to change the extension again because PART may not work.

Once you make streamable files, you'll be closer to working...