DLNA TV can not access when media library is added

[Madhias 0]

First of all hello to you all! I am new to emby, and so far I really like it. The reason I need a better media center solution is our son

 

I have a problem when trying to access with our DLNA TV, a LG 32LV5500-ZC (it is a little bit old, I think from 2011, but OK). I have installed it on my PC, the operating system is Arch Linux. The server version is Version 3.0.5882.0.

 

When there is no media library created in emby, I can access with the TV, and an empty folder is shown. The log looks then like this (with DLNA debug logging enabled):

2016-03-17 11:26:39.5421 Info HttpServer: HTTP SUBSCRIBE http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/connectionmanager/events. UserAgent: 
2016-03-17 11:26:39.5470 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 5ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/connectionmanager/events
2016-03-17 11:26:39.5517 Info HttpServer: HTTP SUBSCRIBE http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/events. UserAgent: 
2016-03-17 11:26:39.5536 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 2ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/events
2016-03-17 11:26:39.6655 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:26:39.7047 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 39ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:26:39.7189 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:26:39.7337 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 15ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:26:39.7455 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:26:39.7948 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 49ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:26:39.8060 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:26:39.8184 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 12ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:26:39.8298 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:26:39.8440 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 14ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:26:49.6974 Info App: ScheduledTasksWebSocketListener stop transmitting over websocket to 10.20.30.8:39396
2016-03-17 11:26:51.2174 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://10.20.30.8:8096/emby/System/Logs. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
2016-03-17 11:26:51.2199 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.8. Time: 3ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/emby/System/Logs

As soon as I create a media library folder, the LG TV can not access the DLNA share anymore, and the log looks then like this:

2016-03-17 11:31:05.9390 Info HttpServer: HTTP SUBSCRIBE http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/connectionmanager/events. UserAgent: 
2016-03-17 11:31:05.9402 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 1ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/connectionmanager/events
2016-03-17 11:31:05.9447 Info HttpServer: HTTP SUBSCRIBE http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/events. UserAgent: 
2016-03-17 11:31:05.9457 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 1ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/events
2016-03-17 11:31:06.0116 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:31:06.0693 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 58ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:31:06.0971 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:31:06.1138 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 17ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:31:06.1410 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:31:06.1628 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 22ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:31:06.1902 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control. UserAgent: Linux/2.6.28.9 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INTEL_NMPR/2.0 LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.5.0
2016-03-17 11:31:06.2086 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 18ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/control
2016-03-17 11:31:06.5283 Info HttpServer: HTTP UNSUBSCRIBE http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/connectionmanager/events. UserAgent: 
2016-03-17 11:31:06.5295 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 1ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/connectionmanager/events
2016-03-17 11:31:06.5322 Info HttpServer: HTTP UNSUBSCRIBE http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/events. UserAgent: 
2016-03-17 11:31:06.5335 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.7. Time: 1ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/dlna/3a0c4f1202ea033c45a6f313b73a99cb/contentdirectory/events
2016-03-17 11:31:09.6958 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://10.20.30.8:8096/emby/System/Logs/Log?name=server-63593809731.txt&api_key=d22b063ea0754e39b8cc9bd24f9bd84f. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
2016-03-17 11:31:09.7023 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 10.20.30.8. Time: 7ms. http://10.20.30.8:8096/emby/System/Logs/Log?name=server-63593809731.txt&api_key=d22b063ea0754e39b8cc9bd24f9bd84f

The share on the PC is on a BTRFS drive, where the emby user 'emby' has access (with being in a group). When I open up the emby app on the iPad, I can access the share and stream a movie.

 

What could be the problem? Do I need a profile for the LG TV? Do I need to make a path substitution? There is already Samba installed on the PC, and other clients can access to this share. If it is not possible that it works with our LG TV, would a Chromecast help - and to use emby via Chromecast?

 

Thanks for help or hints!

[Luke 38828]

Hi, welcome. Path substitution doesn't affect dlna. These logging lines actually look fine to be honest. Some dlna devices download folders and subfolders when you navigate. have you tried just waiting it out?

[Madhias 0]

I tried waiting it out (but the TV turns this input instantly off), and did several "normal" things like restarting everything.

 

I bought a Chromecast device today, and so far it does everything I need - it is even easier to navigate with the emby application than the menu from the TV (which is slow, and it has a bad overview). Now I have to buy some apps Or I get the lifetime abo, not sure yet.

Edited March 18, 2016 by Madhias

[Luke 38828]

Hi, I am testing now with a 2015 LG with the latest beta Emby Server, and both Dlna Play To and the Dlna Server are working out of the box with no problems. Please try again. Thanks.