Comments on: What is DLNA?

By: Synerman1

Synerman1 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:46:00 +0000

Thank you very much for this information and the diagrams. This is one of the more simple ways of understanding DLNA and I really appreciate it.

By: Jens

Jens — Fri, 14 May 2010 10:12:25 +0000

Thanks for the answer!
Yeah i guess your right.
Though it feels a bit retarded if you ask me, to make a function that only works oneway hehe
Share files but not able to recive.
I was kinda hoping it was gonna be as easy as browsing your media and update to see it there.
But i guess not then ;x

By: Andy Simpson

Andy Simpson — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:01:12 +0000

Hi, pretty sure that’s not going to work as your phone is the wrong type of media device..

DLNA works on certain types of device being able to do certain things – so TV’s for example can navigate and display, but can’t share or store, mobile phones can normally share and control, but not display. PC’s can normally share, store and display.

99% sure that this is the case with the Satio so you’re not going to be able to do what you wnat out of the box.. unless you can find a third party app that will enable this

By: Jens

Jens — Fri, 14 May 2010 07:11:07 +0000

Hi guys!
I found out about DLNA when i was trying a program (Mezzmo). It can make my PC act as a mediaserver. Now id like to connect to my pc from my cellphone (SE Satio).
Anyone know how or in what menus to browse my pc files?
If i turn on the media server in the phone i can view it directly in the pc, but i want it the other way around :\
Thanks in advance.

By: Stuf

Stuf — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:07:58 +0000

Toni, iMediaShare is also available for Android. So far it is sharing only images but I believe there will be a more advanced version as it is the case with the iPhone. Monitor what these guys do at imediashare.bianor.com – it’s worthy

By: Toni

Toni — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:44:22 +0000

There is a very nice Media Server for iPhone called iMediaServer. It works with PS3, XBox, Widnows Media Player and other DLNA devices. The best part is that it is free and you can give it a try.

By: Laurence

Laurence — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:25:23 +0000

Hi andy, thanks for the post. In using windows media player 12. How do I turn settings on and off for this being the server? What settings can I change which may improve the quality?

Cheers

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:40:23 +0000

Hi Laurence, I think its a settings or bandwith problem, I stream video to my TV using a PS3 (my 40w4500 doesnt support video streaming) and the video quality is fine. What software are you running as your media server? it might be that the software is sending the video at the wrong size/quality.

try installing another media server and turning off the one you’ve got running now. see if that makes a difference

By: Laurence

Laurence — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:58:26 +0000

I’ve just brought a new sony bravia 37w5810 which has dlna. I’ve managed to connect my laptop to it and am able to stream pics, music and videos to the tv. The problem i have is that the video quality is awful, like a stretched mobile recorded video. Is there a setting that i’m missing on my laptop (zepto 2425w running windows 7) or is all dlna video grainy? I’ve taken to just plugging my laptop in via RGB cable as signal is perfect this way. I’ve been trying to see online what to do but no avail as yet. Has anyone had a similar problem and know how to fix it?

thanks

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:21:46 +0000

Hi Alastair, Sounds like you’ve got a similar set up to me. I’ve got the W series Sony TV and that doesn’t support video over DLNA, (from what I read when I bought mine, no Sony TV supports video streaming, but that might have changed now)

As long as you have some media server software running on your PC, then your TV should see your pictures and music. As your TV is hooked up to your stereo, it does mean that you can play music from your PC through your TV and have it played through your Home Stereo.

You don’t need windows 7 specifically, Windows media player has a media server built in, but it would mean that you have to add all your music to WM as well as iTunes, and it won’t really handle photos.

Best bet is to download one of the free media server apps that i’ve mentioned in this post and have one of those running instead. Once installed, you’ll be able to tell them where to look for your music and photo’s, without having to duplicate any of them.

Hope that all makes sense, but if you have any questions give me a shout.

Andy