Playing from PC to DLNA TV?

Bennie-Mac · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:18

Hey guys, im a noob when it comes to this so bear with me. I now have a DLNA capable tv and have been using my girfriends laptop to stream videos via Windows Media Player since Windows 7 has the "Play To" option. However I have a few large >6GB mkv files which WMP wont play, I usually use VLC media player since it plays everything, but I dont seem to be able to stream from VLC to the TV.

First off, is it even possible to play large mkvs via DLNA? If so how would I go about doing it, are there any recommended programmes?

Thanks for any help

imb4tman · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:35

You could try browsing your network from your TV to find the files and play them that way.

wazza300 · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:44

try tversity,works atreat for me and sees all my movies

Bennie-Mac · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:47

imb4tman said:
You could try browsing your network from your TV to find the files and play them that way.

Didnt even think of that, unfortunately though the file isnt showing up in the folder, even though other video files are there.

wazza300 said:
try tversity,works atreat for me and sees all my movies

Downloading now, thank you!

Bennie-Mac · 12 Jan 2013 at 15:14

Tversity isnt playing them either, TV says "cannot read file"

wazza300 · 12 Jan 2013 at 15:23

Bennie-Mac said:
Tversity isnt playing them either, TV says "cannot read file"

it probably cant decode mkv files? your tv i mean?

Bennie-Mac · 12 Jan 2013 at 15:45

wazza300 said:
it probably cant decode mkv files? your tv i mean?

It does play them which is the confusing thing, it just doesnt want to play anything over 1GB it seems.

Ezah · 12 Jan 2013 at 15:53

I play large MKV via DLNA all the time.. Firstly though, you need a wired connection, not a wireless one.
I used to use the Samsung all share software but using Mezzmo now and it works flawlessly.

Which TV do you have?

wazza300 · 12 Jan 2013 at 16:04

i have a samsung tv also and it plays mkv in tversity fine,wireless too

Swordfish · 12 Jan 2013 at 16:07

Plex is a decent bit of software. I use it all them time to my LG and you can remotely access your files over the interent provided the PC is on.

Bennie-Mac · 12 Jan 2013 at 16:21

Its a Panasonic TX47LE5B. It plays mkv when using a usb drive, but I cant use this method with the larger files as they wont copy over due to the size limitations of the format. I have a wired homeplug network, but my speeds are pretty terrible at around 3.5Mbps so perhaps thats the issue?

Ill give Plex and Mezzmo a try.

Tripnologist · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:33

I use Mezzmo as well and it works great.

Bennie-Mac · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:36

Tried both Plex and Mezzmo, no joy. Guess its my tv then

CaNsA · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:36

Try Orb.

http://www.orb.com/en/download.html

Edit:- Orb does transcoding on the fly.

Pandobear · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:37

servio is a free streamer that does transcoding and has worked with all the different device I have tried, give that a go

Ezah · 12 Jan 2013 at 17:47

wazza300 said:
i have a samsung tv also and it plays mkv in tversity fine,wireless too

You can stream large (10gb etc) files wirelessly without any buffering issues? Must have a good router there

Tripnologist · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:05

Bennie-Mac said:
Tried both Plex and Mezzmo, no joy. Guess its my tv then

Did you setup the transcoding options in Mezzmo? (I can't remember if it's off by default or not)

wazza300 · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:16

Ezah said:
You can stream large (10gb etc) files wirelessly without any buffering issues? Must have a good router there

It's just the standard virgin media wireless router

aceface57 · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:18

Pandobear said:
servio is a free streamer that does transcoding and has worked with all the different device I have tried, give that a go

I also use Servio, have not had any problems with it.

djkav · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:18

Pandobear said:
servio is a free streamer that does transcoding and has worked with all the different device I have tried, give that a go

I use Servio on my PC and with my Samsung ES6710 wifi telly. Using DNLA, theres no transcoding needed.

Everything just works!