On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 +0000 Arthur Chance articulated: > On 03/13/12 19:54, Carmel wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500 > > Adam Vande More articulated: > > > >> Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA > >> server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port. > > > > A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are > > configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I > > have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure > > anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so > > am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I > > will try your suggestion. > > I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and > is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user > but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 > have DLNA support built in. > > Alexander Leidinger has written a couple of blog posts on getting > Sony TVs working with FBSD. Take a look at this and the related posts: > > http://www.leidinger.net/blog/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/
I did some checking. Win7, all versions, have support built into it. Apparently Vista and WinXP were updated with support via the Microsoft Update system. I have to admit, that does make for a very "user friendly" environment. Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs with their home PC quite successfully and painlessly. I am still studying how to make FreeBSD similarly "user friendly". Thanks for the link. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"