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As the title describes most of my devices cannot see the DLNA server. Summarized the results from testing below. Is there any config that I can assist with or profile setup that we can follow. (Couldn't see any guides atm) PlayTo Works Xbox360 XboxOne Samsung Smart TV Series 8 (2013) DLNA Server works Samsung Smart TV Series 8 (2013) PlayTo Fails Sony KDL-40HX800 Sony KDL-46EX520 WDTV Live Phillips AV Receiver DLNA Server Fails Sony KDL-40HX800 (Cannot see server) Sony KDL-46EX520 (Cannot see server) WDTV Live (Sees Server and content but KILLS device) Phillips AV Receiver (Can see server but not see content) Xbox360 (Cannot see the server) XboxOne (This one is because Microsoft are stupid) Sony PS3 (Can see server but no content) Further to these results you may have seen my 'KILLS device' comment. When trying to play to the WDTV Live devices via PlayTo OR DLNA server it causes the device to reboot. Not sure what it does to the device but it obviously doesn't like it. May also be worth noteing that Windows 8 and 8.1 dont appear to pick up the DLNA Server either. Dont think many people actually browse DLNA servers through My Computer anyway (nor understand Microsoft putting it there) but figure this may be related to the xbox issue. @@Luke I have also noticed that folders that contain no media content are treated as a video. These obviously dont play and may cause issues. I realise this is due to a bad media structure on my behalf but i may not be the only one and should be easy enough to comment out those directories. I basically have a folder called NEW and everything goes in there. I watch then store it. I therefore have metadata turned off on this directory as well. One thing i did notice (not sure if this is the client or server working) but my Samsung TV that works with the DLNA component sorts folders First then files (as I would expect based on a normal folder structure) @@Luke maybe you can shed light here too. The Web Interface treats everything in alphabetical order. This isnt something we can change is it ? May be good to try and 'enforce' a standard ordering structure across the platforms. Have noticed Web is different to iPad and different again to android sorting. (dont have anything else to test on.) Havent posted any logs as even with DLNA debug logging enabled i am just getting a bunch of 2014-04-30 20:33:01.0125 Error - Dlna: Error updating device info lines. No real info Let me know where to look/start with getting these other devices up and running. Looking forward to that pretty DLNA compliance logo

dunno if someone's already covered this but have a slight bug where it doesn't work if i've got multiple network connections enabled, i have VM installed and it's trying to use the VM connection instead of the Local LAN. disable the VM connection and it works :-) i.e. Server = 192.168.1.2 (all clients are on this LAN) VMNat = 192.168.200.121 (only server can see this scope) in the logs it's showing as sending the DLNA from http://192.168.200.121:port/etc but if i disabled VMNat it uses correct address?

I seem to have a weird situation where anytime I enable DLNA inside of MB it is automatically turning on my Denon AVR (A100/4311). It seems to turn it on and set it to the network player. has anyone else experienced seen this? For now, I have DLNA off but would like to test it out. Is this as simple as an update to the profile>?

Just wondering if it is possible to configure (or add feature to) MBC to use the DLNA Play-to function rather then media center player or external player? This way, I do not need any external players, my Samsung automatically figures out if it is a 3D movie or not and the play-back quality is just really good.. This way I do not need a separate 3D player installed. I am not even sure if it makes sense or if it interferes with the rest of Media Center, but with the DLNA working really well, I am thinking it maybe something other would like also..

Run into a problem with the latest build. When I start playing a video to any of my DLNA receivers (Samsung TV, WD TV Live, Popcorn Hour) it starts fine but when I go to remote control it says "Nothing is currently playing". Interesting part, which may or may not be related, is that I run 2 servers. One is where I prep stuff and make sure it looks ok before letting loose on the main server and is running beta build. The main server is set only to run official builds, so hasn't updated yet. It can actually see what is playing from the prep server and allows me to control the device as normal. I've attached the log from the prep server. The play attempt was at 08:05:31.4542. server-63532541074_.log Any ideas what is the problem?

Hi All - I've been offline for a while with the a new job, new country and NEW TV. I am adding this TV to the list that does not appear as a DLNA device. According to the manual specs on Page 44-45 it suggests the built in Toshiba Media Player can "communicate" with a DLNA Certified Server however, the TV does not show up in the MB3 server Active Connections as a DLNA device. PDF Manual is here (3MB): http://www.toshibamea.com/Library/Product/PDF/32_40_46PX200Series_EN.pdf I have it hardwired on the network and the TV can see all of the folder structure on HTPC server. The built in player plays everything including MKV from the folder structure interface. Thanks in advance for any suggestions that may help me to bypass my lo-fidelity extender and go straight to play to DLNA device with my Android tablet MB3 app control. Toshiba Model Homepage: http://www.toshibamea.com/ProductDetails/3313/LED_TV_40PX200/48879?pageid=3313 Cheers, Tanamur

Hey, I now have pause and stop working, but I can't seem to skip or ffw/rwd from either the web client or Windows Phone Client. I'm testing this on the Samsung B series using server version 3.0.5188.21314. I think I've found the relevant part of the log: Server Log

Hi, when I try to play to my Panasonic 65GT30, it pops up on the tv saying an external device is playing media through DLNA, but seconds later I get an error saying "Cannot Read File" LOG Also, yesterday my girlfriend was watching something on a Samsung UN50EH5300, and she said she was getting an error that randomly caused playback to stop, and when she tried playing it again, playback would resume from a different spot in the video, closer to the start of the episode, but not the beginning. I wasn't there to see what error, or to catch it in the log, but she said the on-screen error said something about server connection, but wasn't sure. Sorry about being pretty vague on that one... I'll try and catch it next time it happens. Thanks, and great work so far on DLNA service. Once the bumps get ironed out, using an iPhone or Galaxy in our bedroom, we hardly have any need for another device such as a Roku, or the Android Mini-PC I ordered! Plus, unless I'm mistaken, DLNA plays the files directly, so no need for transcoding, or loss of quality

Greetings...DLNA...WOW!!! Unfortunately, when i select remote from the webclient, on my pc, i do not see my tv listed (samsung uneh5300) but i do see my 360. tv is definitely on the network....any suggestions? thanks!!!!

i've just been playing around with the DLNA play to and getting error "check network connection" on DLNA device but from checking the logs i think i know why. i've got MB3 server running on different port from 8096 however in the logs DLNA is trying to use port 8096: 2014-03-16 21:52:40.3319 Debug - PlayTo: [TV]Samsung LED40 - Received PlayRequest: PlayNow 2014-03-16 21:52:40.3409 Debug - PlayTo: [TV]Samsung LED40 - Playlist created 2014-03-16 21:52:40.3409 Debug - PlayTo: [TV]Samsung LED40 - Playing 1 items 2014-03-16 21:52:40.3409 Debug - PlayTo: [TV]Samsung LED40 - SetAvTransport Uri: http://*CorrectIPAddress*:8096/mediabrowser/Videos/be42e36e-c3b1-b4fa-658e-045a1216bf7d/stream.avi?Params=uuid:0ee6b281-00fa-1000-9df2-5cf6dc9dec00;true;;;;;;;;;;;; DlnaHeaders: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVI;DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=1;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000

It could be nice if this work, but it could be also good if you guys make that MBC could work with DLNA devices... For example to send pics and vids from phone to MBC... Cheers, good work and keep going

Can we use DLNA server as a media source ? I have a Promise SmartStore 4600 Nas Device and it has DLNA server capablity too. I can access the content of the nas device as a standart windows share. But with windows shared files the media players cant use a streaming ability like a DLNA server and this can be a real problem on a wireless network with high rate videos. how can we set a DLNA server as a media source ? Thanks...

Will there be a DLNA client available in near future?

Hi I am new to this so please be gentle. I have installed MB3 on my laptop and added various content so as far as I am concerned I have a DLNA media server running. However when I try to access it using my WD play media streamer on the same local network then the MB3 media server cannot be found. The WD play finds a different media server set up from Windows Media Player 12 Ok. Is there a way I can test if the MB3 is up and running correctly, can I access content from another PC? I am running MB3 on Windows 7 64 bit dell laptop thanks SM