Hi Folks,
Has anyone been using DLNA from Windows 8.1 successfully? I went into Control Panel, enabled the Media Streaming options for the correct file types. It showed two Bravia TVs correctly and I enabled access for them. I checked that the WMPNetworkSvc service is running. There also seems to be a firewall exception for it. Even though Win8.1 could see the TVs, neither of them seems to find the Win8.1 machine when searching for servers. I presumed that would be a firewall issue but identical problem when I disabled the firewall during testing. Any clues? The other option would have been to use the PlayTo stuff in Windows 8.1 but even the latest software update for recent Bravia's doesn't come up as Windows Certified. I even tried the registry hack to enable non-certified devices but that didn't work either. It then shows the TVs but complains it needs a WPS PIN. Of course when I looked that up, even though Sony's ads say they support Miracast, their support site explains that their version of Miracast only works from two specific Sony client devices: <sigh> After spending a couple of hours trying to make this work, I have yet another new found appreciation for Apple's AirPlay, even with its warts. I was running in 5 minutes with that: Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com
