un55d8000

When looking for media on the un55d8000 I own, I don't see any files that are above 4GB. Can you tell me why? I've done the latest firmware update to the TV. I'd gladly donate/purchase the program if this can be fixed.

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The Samsung firmware will recognise data on fat32 and ntfs file systems on a usb stick. However if the filesystem is fat then it all depends on how the stick is formatted and which OS you are using. Same thing might apply to a Serviio install. I run a 32 bit Linux install and I have no problem sending larger .vob or whatever files to a Samsung C series. To be specific I concatenated a series of vobs from dvds of the series HBO's Rome, the BBC's Elizabeth R and I Claudius to make the single disks into individual large .mpeg files. See this post. http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=131643 about how to do it on Linux.

So if you are trying to play large .mpeg or h.264 files of over 4 gig then it is not Serviio that is preventing the large sized files from being visible on a Samsung Allshare client. Are you trying to send from a dos file system... fat partition using WIndowsXP 32 bit by any chance?

Windows XP 32 bit can see but cannot transfer files larger than 4 gig to and from from a fat file system...however Linux 32 bit can because it uses a different file system read method that will read larger file spaces even to and from a fat file system. I have had trouble transferring large mpeg files to an old WinXP 32 bit computer with a usb stick for this reason. To be precise my good old IBM T42 laptop would not do files over 4 gig before I installed Linux. I now use it to stream content to my C series Samsung. Now it accepts, creates and even sends large 5-10 gig files perfectly with Serviio.

In fact tuning up this 32 bit laptop up with a really good Linux install has saved me some serious cash considering I bought it from a government clearing house for 75 Canuck bucks.... plus tax

Ps I am currently serving up a 6 gig mpeg with dts 5.1 audio with serviio to my allshare as I edit this post. Some drop because the T42 has an older a/b/g wifi card but if I hook it up cat 5 there is absolutely no problem....might even shop around and see if there is an n card available for this laptop somewhere... But my other atom based server with an N usb stick wifi has absolutely no trouble serving up huge 720p files with Serviio and surfing the net at the same time,,with either Linux or Window7 64

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I'm using an NTFS formatted drive on my Windows 7 x64 PC to host the MP4 file. There are 15 other MP4 files in the same folder and I can see/play all of those with Allshare/Serviio. All of the other files are all under 4GB, including 1 that is 3.9GB. Only 1 other file is a bluray rip though and I did rip that one differently so maybe you're saying the issue is the way I ripped the file? It does play fine in VLC on the hosting PC. I'll try zips request to get more diagnostic information when I am back at home. I wanted to see if there were others playing video files with a size over 4GB on a D series Samsung tv.

I'll also try reripping that same bluray and ripping a few others and see what happens. Thx.