Serviio

atc98092 wrote:Could please be more specific about the problem you're having? There were a few changes made starting with version 2, and perhaps there's a setting we can assist with.

atc98092 wrote:Thanks for the reply. Serviio does not do any updating in the background, so unless you installed a new version nothing in Serviio changed. The only thing you do to make yours a Pro version is to load the license file.

However, you stated you lost Serviio on your players before you tried Pro, so that had nothing to do with it. What that means is something has changed in your environment, either the computer running Serviio or your network itself. Assuming you are using a Windows PC as your Serviio base, we can probably say the problem is there. Microsoft has a habit of sometimes sending out an update that changes settings on the computer. If they alter the settings you have in your firewall, it may block Serviio from being visible on your network.

The quickest way to test if Microsoft changed your firewall settings is to disable the firewall. In reality, a computer connected to a home network seldom even needs a firewall, and I have it disabled on my two primary media computers. So, assuming you are using Windows 10, click the Start button, then the Settings button. Select Update and Security, then Windows Security. click the button that says Open Windows Security and select Firewall and network protection. You should show Private network as the active mode. If it says Public network, then that's the problem, as you should have your home network shown as private. If private is your active network, then click it and turn the firewall off. Now see if Serviio appears on your players.

If your network is shown as public (I have seen a Windows update change that setting in the past), that needs to be changed. But that requires some additional questions so we'll leave that for now.