Serviio

Just bought a new TV for our exercise area. A nice compact Samsung UN24H4500. It has smart features, including seeing my DLNA servers (both Windows and Serviio). I've tried a number of profiles, and they either don't even show Serviio or won't play anything. I've tried MP4, MKV and MPG, and I either get a unrecognized file message or "Check Network Connection", which is silly since it still sees the server so is obviously connected.

Here's the Device Spy info:

The TV will support a lot of media types natively - I would set to Generic Profile for now, you should see any MP4 files for example, and try and sort out the network connection. The detection of Serviio (and Windows MS) and the playing of the video use two different protocols so detecting Serviio doesn't necessarily mean the network is good.

I presume you are using the wireless connection on the TV? Are any of your other DLNA devices wirelessly connected? Can you run a cable to it as a test? Can you play anything from the Windows Media server?

Hi Deny!

Yes, currently wireless. It's about 12 ft or so from my router, so I can string a cat5 just to try it. Serviio selected Generic by default, and I couldn't play anything. Which is weird, as it looks like it should be able to play at least some stuff. There's four Samsung profiles available. Using the A series, it seems to connect solidly, but only native MP4 files would play. I tried the B series, and the TV didn't even see the server. On C/D, it shows up again, but still can't play anything. Some files say unsupported format, others give me the connection error. The E/F series comes closest to working, but there's still a ton of videos that won't play. There doesn't seem to be anything consistent about which will and which won't.

Using the E/F Series profile, MP4 plays, both SD and HD. Some M2TS play but no audio, while others will play. A couple of MKVs will play, most won't. WTV will not play. MPG, some do, some don't. Online sources play (I have Crackle set up).

The interface shows the file type (if transcoded it shows what it transcodes to) and file size. Most of the ones that show correct file size will play, but not everything. The ones that show a file size of zero will not play.

I'm confused. For the MKV files, they were all ripped with the same software (MakeMKV) although different versions. Some of the WTV files were edited to remove commercials and saved as MPG. Some will play, others won't. Looking at the profile, I can see why the WTV files won't play. It only transcodes WTV with h264 video. Even my HD video recorded over the air is MPEG. I tried removing the h264 part, but still isn't playable.

I posted an h series profile a while back. There are a few slight changes in the h series tvs and what they suport.