ReadyNAS DUO and Samsung TVs

[Skywalker]

Although I don't have any access to a Samsung TV, I am aware of a couple quirks. They require a specific MIME type for divx/xvid files, and they require an incorrect MIME type for mkv files. Do you have any files to test that are not divx/xvid avi files, or mkv files? I'm wondering if your model requires a different quirk than other models.

[mwsweet]

I have a Samsung UN55B8500 with the latest firmware and a readyNAS NVX and see the same thing. Big files I encode have no FF or pause but play fine. I thought it was a size issue until I found a large file that does work. I used media info and tried the same settings on aanother file and could never make it work... Any ideas?

[spiffyguy917]

Hi Skywalker, I tried some .mpg files from my digital camera and those do not work either.. same msg saying its not supported... Any suggestions? Sounds like some issue with the DLNA on 2008 models... Thanks for all your help.

[bnichols]

I have Samsung LED TVs in my house that I am trying to stream .m4v files to. I have converted my entire movie database to digital format using Handbrake using the "Universal" format. Using the latest ReadyDLNA version, most of the files burned with version 0.9.3 do not play, erroring out with "incorrect format" or "cannot ready audio". However, since updating Handbrake to 0.9.4 and using the same "Universal" format, it seems that all movies tested seem to work with ReadyNAS! I would like to figure out why it won't play 0.9.3 files (I have hundreds) but at the least it now works with the latest version.

[plin]

I have found that the Samsungs are notoriously finicky about playing files not in the exact formats that they expect through DLNA. It doesn't matter if the format is avi, mpeg, mp4, mkv, etc. The supported DLNA video formats are here:



This was posted early last year on the CNet forums, but I don't think the DLNA formats that Samsung's support has changed much, if at all.

The problem is that Samsung has decided on providing very restrictive DLNA compliance. Beyond this, since they decided not to license DTS, you will most likely encounter "No audio codec" errors, even if the video plays on some mpg and many mkv/mp4 files. You will need a separate DTS decoder for this. In my experience, I've found that there seems to be better success, if the audio is transcoded to AAC format, either on-the-fly using a media server such as PS3MediaServer or prior to viewing using ffmpeg or mencoder.

In my attempts to get my TiVo HD files to play from my ReadyNAS, I've created some scripts using mencoder to convert to mp4 that seem to work quite well through both PS3MediaServer and minidlna. Of course, there are products out there that will do this for you, but I like to control my video/audio quality. I have yet to spend a lot of time figuring out how to transcode my DVD (in VIDEO_TS/VOB format) library on-the-fly using PS3MediaServer, but I can let people know if I am successful.

[dgerson76]

Samsung has really disappointed me as well. I bought the TV thinking this was going to be the ultimate companion to the NAS, but sadly this is not the case. The picture is amazing, but the DNLA implementation is very poor. The yahoo apps are a joke, they take forever to load, and there is nothing worth using.
I am back to using my WDTV Live, which works flawlessly and plays any file.
I'm even considering selling the 7000 series and just getting a larger 6000.

[bluphoto]

Okay, I'm no expert when it comes to AV files and so far I've just been viewing my directly ripped DVD's (VOB & IFO files) via 7mc or videolan on my PC, using my Samsung 7020 as an HD monitor.

I bought a readynas duo to simplify things, make navigating the movies easier and to take my PC out of the loop.

Can someone tell me precisely how to encode my 400+ ripped DVD's. Which format, which software, Which settings etc?

As an aside, I have my tv hooked up to an external amp. When my PC is using the sammy as the monitor (video through hdmi & audio through analog audio in), then passing the audio through the optical out to the amp, I was getting a sync issue (i'm guessing being caused by the analog - digital conversion of the audio by the tv) Now I have the audio direct to the amp.

Am I right in thinking that the dlna service means the audio is digital throughout, so there should be no sync issues?

many thanks
Guy