Serviio

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.

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

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.