topic BDP S370 DLNA help in Home Cinema, Projectors & Players

BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:04:19 GMT

Bought a BDP S370 yesterday, I have it all connected to the internet via a pair of powerline connectors to my speedtouch modem router. I can connect to all the internet apps on the unit but am struggling to use the DLNA feature. Ive tried WMP12 as im using win 7, XMP, Tversity, Wild Media server and am still unable to get the pc to find the sony.

In my router settings I can see sony player but no where else on the pc or in networking

Anyone please please help me?

BDP S370 DLNA help

Catmambo — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:21:36 GMT

Have you tried Serviio or PS3 media server. These two work very well with Sony devices. Sure you have already, but double check that DLNA/uPnP is enabled on your router and that the firmware is up to date.

Thanks

BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:46:27 GMT

I have tried both serviio and PS3 media server and the router does have upnp/dlna enabled

BDP S370 DLNA help

Catmambo — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:03:45 GMT

Have you updated the firmware of the Blu-ray also? When you install Serviio on the PC, does it appear on the Blu-ray at all? My hunch is that something on your PC is preventing it working properly. Have you tried disabling the firewall or trying another PC? The Blu-ray is just plug and play, not requiring any special configuration so I think there is something different on your network.

BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:57:28 GMT

Yes the firmware is upto date, and nothing appears anywhere on blu ray. Tried without fiewall and anti virus and still nothing

BDP S370 DLNA help

Catmambo — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:07:13 GMT

If the Blu-ray can access the Internet ok, then the machine s fine. I think there is another problem either somewhere on your network or with your PC, most likely some kind of setting or software conflict which is preventing sharing. But without seeing the network its very hard to diagnose and identify remotely to be honest.

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BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:40:46 GMT

Just bought a new modem router and can now get folders on the blu ray from the pc but no files. what am i doing wrong?

BDP S370 DLNA help

Catmambo — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:20:38 GMT

Ok what server software are you using on your PC?

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BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:50:44 GMT

just my modem router. A belkin f7d4402 the external hard drive is connected to that. I can see the folder names but can only view jpegs inside or it says no supported file?

BDP S370 DLNA help

Catmambo — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:58:17 GMT

Install Serviio on your PC and point it towards the folders on your external HDD and you should be set

BDP S370 DLNA help

bl00ray — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:33:49 GMT

I have the BDP-S570 and I suspect the user interface is very similar.

I found the user interface is not intuitive: to get to browse playable videos, you need to go through the top-level videos folder, confusing for me as I have subfolders labelled videos on the server which would show nothing when I went via the wrong icon.

Remember that the BDP-S370 will only stream certain formats and this does not include all the formats available via USB stick. I believe Windows Media Player, when acting as a DLNA server would encode on the fly to MPEG2 (which is supported) but does this require some setup?

To test, I suggest you put a good DivX AVI file into your shared folder and see if the BDP-S370 can see that. MP4 is not supported but DivX and xvid are. MPEG2 is supported.

There are some applications by "Cidero" which allow you to simulate a client on your network i.e. you could check whether Windows Media Player is doing what you want.

Also, why don't you go into setup and check the IP for the SOny, then ping that IP from the Windows machine. If so you know your problem is _probably_ not at network / router level, but application level.

Dave

BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:28:04 GMT

Tried a ping test all was ok. Tried using serviio again and still nothing. Wmp still nothing. selected the external drive but still get nothing. Tried to get cidero but couldnt get it site was down

BDP S370 DLNA help

gofrost — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:54:19 GMT

mezzmo seems to be best dlna server software when using xmb you have to be in correct icon ie to watch video you have to open folder under video icon to view photo's under photo icon and so on but this dlna software doe's not play every type of file extension it pays to have quality hubs/routers and connectors as well with my set up i can open any file using dlna and watch live tv using papif still having problems use factory reset on panel /router/ blu ray player as dlna is a set standard

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BDP S370 DLNA help

sletonqu — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:46:27 GMT

Try the SPY Intel tools to diagnose your UPnP network and see if Sony BDP appears in device list: http://opentools.homeip.net/dev-tools-for-upnp

BDP S370 DLNA help

peteralmgill — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:59:03 GMT

I had to give up using the powerline style ethernet plugs as, after several hours of sifting packet trace logs, they don't seem to pass the SSDP packets used by the UPNP servers to advertise themselves.

Have tou tried it with a long ethernet cable?

Peter

BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:05:08 GMT

Just tried a long cable across the room with no joy at all. Tried the upnp software also got nothing on that.

What port number should it be sharing on?

BDP S370 DLNA help

sletonqu — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:02:21 GMT

For Serviio, make sure you open TCP 8895 and UDP 1900 ports in firewall.

BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:07:38 GMT

Added the ports to my firewall. Now get an extra icon on blu ray saying data dvd in pic, music and vids but nothing in any folders under any headings

BDP S370 DLNA help

Catmambo — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:22:25 GMT

Did you follow the setup instructions? What folders have you shared on the Serviio console? You have to specify what you want to share....

thanks

BDP S370 DLNA help

highlander317 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:51:40 GMT

Installed as the website says and chose to share some music files and vids as a test still nothing