problems streaming to sony bravia smart tv with wmp

[happy_highlander]

The problem I have is that When I stream avi files from my pc to bravia smart tv most of them work no problem some (usually blue ray rips coded with xvid) give me a black screen with playback not available message, but tonight this one played no problem until about 20mins from the end then gave me the playback not available screen. Does the bravia have the same sort of protection as ps3 and can i get around it. I am assuming it is not windows media player as this is just being used as a library and not for codecs. connection to router is wired by the way and not wifi. I may be wrong about wmp and should i try vlc. Just to add streaming to the xbox via wifi with the same films gives no errors and play fine.

[flyin]

codecs is the only thing that comes to my mind sorry

[Captin]

I think codecs too.

Try using ps3mediaserver as it transcodes everything on the fly I've seen it stream to Samsung tv's and played eveything thrown at it. I use it with a PS3 and never had any problems at all, from crappy 500mb avi's to full res full quality 45gb M2TS blu-ray files. It also keeps the resolution and surroundsound in MKV files, and works with subtitles embedded or not.

[happy_highlander]

Cheers captin, I was thinking along the same lines as this the way past cinevea or whatever it is on ps3 if I'm not mistaken. It's just very strange that it is really random. Some xvid files play and some don't, same codec has been used same audio codec even a similar speed data transfer rate, and to stop playing halfway through a file is just bizarre. I will give the ps3 media server a go and get back to you

[happy_highlander]

Looks like the old pc has finally been caught out. It seems that it isn't powerful enough to encode on the fly. It is p4 dual core but one of the first and only 1gb of ram running xp so it looks a though it is easier to convert the one or two films that are causing a problem to see if that works until sony update the firmware with more codecs. I'm not stuck as I can use smb shares to stream wirelessly from pc to wii which gives me a 480i output

[happy_highlander]

Alright lads I can now confirm that it was not a codec problem but the sony bravia is affected by cinevea in the same way a ps3 is but the good news is the new version of ps3 media server 1.50.1 solves the the problem as it doesn't seem to be as much of a resource hog as the old version...even my old pc can encode on the fly with it....result

[tempo123]

Hi HappyHighlander, can I ask you a couple of questions please? I have a sony tv connected to my router (wired connection) and a laptop wired connected to the same router. Tv can connect to the internet with no problem but I am not able to stream from my computer to the tv or my computer can't see the tv. Is there any software available to help me doing this? Second I was playing a divx film from a usb pen drive and about 30min to the end gave me the same merror message that you had, very odd because played tons of other dvix without problems. Many thanks

[gmb45]

use the server in my sig m8 ( serviio )
ive got a sony internet tv and get no probs using this server, my pc is the same old and running xp and 1gb ram.

[happy_highlander]

Hi HappyHighlander, can I ask you a couple of questions please? I have a sony tv connected to my router (wired connection) and a laptop wired connected to the same router. Tv can connect to the internet with no problem but I am not able to stream from my computer to the tv or my computer can't see the tv. Is there any software available to help me doing this? Second I was playing a divx film from a usb pen drive and about 30min to the end gave me the same merror message that you had, very odd because played tons of other dvix without problems. Many thanks

Almost certainly cinevea protection and as far as setting up the tv to stream from pc you either setup a shared folder in windows media (which won't play cinevea) or setup a shared folder in the program from gmb's link. Not sure how to do that yet as I haven't downloaded it it yet. The other option to get round the protection is to use the ps3 media server I mentioned sering up a shared folder on it and use the transpose option for protected media

[happy_highlander]

use the server in my sig m8 ( serviio )
ive got a sony internet tv and get no probs using this server, my pc is the same old and running xp and 1gb ram.

Can't get this to play files that are cinavia protected...Are there any transcode settings that I need to setup

[gmb45]

Can't get this to play files that are cinavia protected...Are there any transcode settings that I need to setup
not sure on that one m8, might be an idea to ask on the serviio forum.

[happy_highlander]

Just had a read around the serviio forum and it is clearly stated that serviio does not bypass cinavia. Clearly stated in the open forum anyway and reading between the lines no-one will give up any info about installing a profile that will block the watermark in the audio track. I may have a play aorund and convert an effected file to dvd and see if the bravia still blocks it. I'll keep you posted but at this time it looks like ps3media server is the way to go..

[happy_highlander]

Little bit more info for all concerned. By using convertx 4 and setting audio to change dts to ac3 the bravia will play the dvd through a panny upscaling dvd player using hdmi so appears to have removed the digital watermark from the audio track....

[magic]

i might be wrong its just a thought try playing your video,s with vcl player as it can play almost any video format
magic

[happy_highlander]

i might be wrong its just a thought try playing your video,s with vcl player as it can play almost any video format
magic

not quite like that mate tv is connected to router and uses dlna to stream files and uses it's own codecs to play them vlc would only be used as a library same as wmp is

[jordie100]

I use handbrake and convert all to play on ipod,then stream them all to my sony bravia using serviio,all work fine.hope this helps

[happy_highlander]

I use handbrake and convert all to play on ipod,then stream them all to my sony bravia using serviio,all work fine.hope this helps

Thanks but if you use the 2010 profile instead of the 2011 serviio will transcode the original file on the fly same as ps3 media server so they can be streamed direct from pc to tv. By the way serviio has an app for android that can be used to control serviio

[cr1ms0n]

Hey, so this post has been here awhile..... do Sony smart tv's have cinavia protection?

[happy_highlander]

Yes. So do a lot of the blueray players and not just the Sony branded devices. Some samsung have adopted cinavia as well

[cr1ms0n]

Thanks for the reply, too bad, found a great deal on one that can stream ps3 games.

[cr1ms0n]

xbox one btw does not have cinavia enabled....atleast for streaming files.

[happy_highlander]

Thanks for the reply, too bad, found a great deal on one that can stream ps3 games.

Don't worry about cinevia lol use a plex server for any movies you want to stream it transcodes on the fly to play on any device