On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:26:01 John Andersen wrote:
On 12/22/2011 1:45 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Guys,
Couple of questions. First, does anybody know what file access protocol is
used by TV's etc to access media files on networked computers similar to Samsung's "All-share" on windows? I'm sure it's something related to smb, but haven't tcpdumped it yet to dissect it. I have an old box that is currently dual boot that I have connected to the TV via a wireless link. In win, the TV can browse the pc just fine with the help of the win application "all-share". I would like to get the TV to access the opensuse side of the box. Any ideas what's involved?
Are you talking about DLNA David? http://www.dlna.org/digital_living/how_it_works/
This is being baked into lots of TVs (targets), and DVD Players, BluRay (sources), Windows, Android (sources as well as targets).
Yes, DLNA - my new Panasonic TV and Blu-Ray/DVD player have it. MediaTomb speaks DLNA (or rather, the TV happily speaks to MediaTomb running on my oS 11.4 box and on my PopcornHour A-110 media box, which is almost redundant now). The only problem is that MediaTomb's default way of presenting folders and files is ugly. Although it parses nested folders, it presents them in a flat arrangement, destroying any hierarchy that may have existed in the original directory structure (note - it doesn't actually alter the structure, it's just the way it presents the data). No doubt, since I'm pretty sure it uses xml to define its schema, it should be possible to fix with a bit of hacking, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to learn how to do that right now. So, I'll put up with it. At least my TV can stream media (at least in the formats it supports, which is somewhat limited) from my oS "server". -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org