Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:24 pm
ES8000 File not supported?
I can't make Serviio actually serve video files to my Samsung 46ES8000. The TV sees Serviio and specific folders from my Library but whenever I try playing any video file, no matter if these are .avi, .mkv, .mp4, AllShare Play on TV reports "file not supported". Both TV and PC are connected to a router, via WiFi, they sea each other and correct 'profile" is selected: Samsung TV/player C/D/E-series. Even tried turning of Firewall and antivirus software, but it didn't help.
Tried many other different media server programs and not one gave me such problems. However, they are incomplete otherwise and that's why I want to try Serviio. But I can't make it work.
Edit: after posting, I managed to pinpoint and solve the problem. it seems that Hamachi VPN software that I use was disturbing Serviio. It forced Serviio to bind PC-AllShare to Hamachi generated IP (25.x.x.x) rather than to actual network adapter IP (192.168.x.x). As soon as I disabled Hamachi-created NIC, Serviio started working and PC-AllShare became bound to 192.168.x.x. But since I wanted to use Hamachi in the future I solved the issue by entering my PC's IP adress into "Bound IP address" field. And although the dot besides PC IP, under Renderer profile, remains red and says "inactive", everything works now. Even insiodes TV's Allshare Play interface Serviio icon is now yellow and different that it was when it didn't work. It didn't have a color before. Also, the Delayed Windows start up solution given under F.A.Q. didn't work for me as Serviio console would tend to start before the Serviio service (during OS start up) thus fail.
It would be nice if some of the things I pointed our above would to find themselves under F.A.Q. Perhaps couple of pictures to show functioning Status tab of Serviio console and/or how does Serviio icon looks like in TV's interface when everything is working fine. These would have helped a lot in solving the issue.
Tried many other different media server programs and not one gave me such problems. However, they are incomplete otherwise and that's why I want to try Serviio. But I can't make it work.
Edit: after posting, I managed to pinpoint and solve the problem. it seems that Hamachi VPN software that I use was disturbing Serviio. It forced Serviio to bind PC-AllShare to Hamachi generated IP (25.x.x.x) rather than to actual network adapter IP (192.168.x.x). As soon as I disabled Hamachi-created NIC, Serviio started working and PC-AllShare became bound to 192.168.x.x. But since I wanted to use Hamachi in the future I solved the issue by entering my PC's IP adress into "Bound IP address" field. And although the dot besides PC IP, under Renderer profile, remains red and says "inactive", everything works now. Even insiodes TV's Allshare Play interface Serviio icon is now yellow and different that it was when it didn't work. It didn't have a color before. Also, the Delayed Windows start up solution given under F.A.Q. didn't work for me as Serviio console would tend to start before the Serviio service (during OS start up) thus fail.
It would be nice if some of the things I pointed our above would to find themselves under F.A.Q. Perhaps couple of pictures to show functioning Status tab of Serviio console and/or how does Serviio icon looks like in TV's interface when everything is working fine. These would have helped a lot in solving the issue.
Latest Serviio version, WiFi connection between PC and Samsung UE46ES8000 (Serviio profile E/F series) established via router.