I did more digging and testing.
First off, I found out that VLC is now a UPNP player. VLC -> View->
Playlist, select UPNP and the sources show up. This is very helpful as it
confirmed that gstreamer is actually streaming the files and they can be
played by VLC. At least most of the embedded formats anyway. So the
problem isn't gstreamer, per say. It works.
Second, I figured out that rygel is using gstreamer1. I figured this out
by viewing the dependencies. rygel is dependent on gstremer1 and not on
gstreamer.
I also found out I was missing a couple run time dependencies. Be sure to
check the README in the source for the complete list. Here is what it
currently is:
Requirements
============
* Build-time:
* Core:
* gupnp
* gupnp-av
* gstreamer
* gio (part of glib source package)
* libgee
* libsoup
* libmediaart
* vala (not if building from release tarballs)
* Preferences UI:
* gtk+
* MediaExport:
* sqlite3
* gupnp-dlna
* Run-time:
* Definitely needed:
* gst-plugins-base
* shared-mime-info
* Might be needed (depending on your usage and media collection):
* gst-plugins-good
* gst-libav
* gst-plugins-bad
* gst-plugins-ugly
I am pretty sure that my issue is related to the file mime type. It
appears as though my Samsung TV (55JU7100) scans the files in the source
directories and assigns a file extension to them.
When I am streaming test.mkv via the rygel media engine, it appears as
test.mkv.mkv in the Samsung file directory. The first extension appears to
be from rygel and the second extension appears to be added by the TV.
When I am streaming test.mkv via gstlaunch, the file appears as test.mkv in
the Samsung file directory. If I change the gstlaunch mime type, the file
extension changes. It doesn't appear that Samsung is adding the second
file extension to the gstlaunch files.
So something about the way the file and its meta data is presented to the
TV by gstlaunch causes the TV to interpret the file differently when it is
sent via gstlaunch.
I'm searching through the code to try to figure out why this is. I came
across rygel-samsung-tv-hacks.vala In the mediaObject the mime type for
"video/x-mkv" it gets reset to "video/mp4". I tried setting the gstlaunch
mime type to "video/mp4" but the TV still reported an unsupported file
error when I try to play it. The file appeared as test.mp4 on the TV.
Ideas ?
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