DLNA home network

Kim_Possible

I have purchased a Cello iviewer from m and s (special offer)
The manual states I can watch/view files from my pc on a DLNA home network but does not tell me how to set this up.

Would anyone know?
thanks in advance

jayme1

what OS and media player version do you have?

Kim_Possible

I am using vista and windows media player- trying to find which version

jayme1

first you need to go to network and sharing center looks like this:

then click on customize under the internet globe and set it to 'private' if it already isnt, that should make most of the little grey lights go green (esp the media sharing one)

then follow this guide http://www.somelifeblog.com/2007/08/vista-setup.html if you want select the ones you want out of video/music or pics or all of them and then the TV should pick it up (you will need media player open on the computer for it to)

if it doesnt work go into your router settings and make sure that UPnP is enabled

that should sort you.

Kim_Possible

thank you! this worked!! well i can see the limited amount of stuff in my indos library
So all media i want to view on tv has to be in the windows library?

I have a hard drive filled with media that I normally play through VLC media player.... how could i get this to play??

custardy

Kim_Possible wrote: »

thank you! this worked!! well i can see the limited amount of stuff in my indos library
So all media i want to view on tv has to be in the windows library?

I have a hard drive filled with media that I normally play through VLC media player.... how could i get this to play??

try this

http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=d0102e6925f250fdcdb8807adc34f56e

its was originally for the PS3
but it works on the 360 and my TV which has DNLA
makes it easier to share various drives/formats

jayme1

everything you want on the DLNA has to be in media player to add folders to media player select 'Add to library' in the drop down pictured:

in that you select the folder you want added, and keep doing it untill all the folders are added.

Kim_Possible

jayme1 wrote: »

everything you want on the DLNA has to be in media player to add folders to media player select 'Add to library' in the drop down pictured:

in that you select the folder you want added, and keep doing it untill all the folders are added.

This worked- thanks!!
I added 1 folder from my hard drive to the library to see if it would play different file tyes and it did. Now do i have to add every folder or file to the libray? isnt there a way i can just access the hd on the tv?

Also thanks to the last poster who posted the other link, ill bear it in mind if windows library doesnt pan out

jayme1

you just have to add the 'top' folder (the one which contains all the files and folders you want added) that will add everything into media player.

eg. you might have a 'music' folder which contains 5 folders each with a number of music files in, you only need to add the 'top' 'music' folder to add all the files and folders 'below' it.

Kim_Possible

thanks- i worked that out after posting.
Initially I thought I would not have been able to view this contact onscreen due to file type as media player cannot play it [picture wise] but works great on tv itself. thanks again
ps. would itunes be my main source to dl films etc
on this tv i can acess iplayer and you tube etc but thats it limited apart from the web content via pc

jayme1

no itunes films are DRM'd to the sky so cannot be used in media player (or outside itunes at all) (also they are pretty expensive), the only real way to get films for the computer (in the UK) is to buy a film that comes with a 'digital copy', or you can also just buy an ordinary DVD and 'rip' it to your hard drive.

unfortunately the[STRIKE] stuck in the 11th century[/STRIKE] movie studios refuse to accept the future and give the consumers an easy legal way to get digital copies of movies