Dlna Client Windows Media Player

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So I have OSMC running on a PI3. It’s been up for about a year (updated with August 27 2017 build). Tekken 6 Webly.com.

Have it configured for DLNA/UPnP and it works great with the TV, an iPad using 8Player, and with a few other devices. Recently decided I wanted to try streaming to my Windows 10 laptop, and was hoping to just use Windows Media Player. Libros Masaaki Hatsumi Pdf. WMP can see and browse the library, but will only play some video files, but for others it reports that the file type is not supported (it is, I can copy the files to the PC and they play just fine). The one thing I can see, on the Windows side, if I am in the WMP library, looking at a video file that will play, and I get properties, I get something like this: Location: And that is the correct IP address for the PI, etc.

Dec 19, 2010 - Windows Media Player is a DLNA client, that can play music, video and display photos. In Library mode, look at the left side of the screen, and you should see your device under 'Other Libraries'. You an further filter down the content, by selecting the media type, either from the tree, or at the top screen. Dec 12, 2011 - You may be surprised to learn that sharing digital media across different devices and platforms is quite easy. Windows 7 with Windows Media Player has built-in tools and DLNA/UPnP support for easily sharing digital media libraries with compatible devices. And allowing access to the media across a.

But, if I look at the files that don’t work I see something like this: Location: dlna-playsingle://uuid:19371 Both files are on the PI, in the same source, on the same disk, etc. They’re both in the library, they both play on the other devices just fine, but WMP says the ones with the “dlna-playsingle” location are not a supported file type. I can copy the file over to the PC and at plays fine, so I know it’s not the file itself.

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Instead it seems to be how the file is presented by the OSMC DLNA server. More likely than not I figure this is a WMP problem but I also figure my chances of getting help there are pretty slim. Any ideas to try on the OSMC/PI side? So this is the interesting thing, at least one set of files I have problems with is AVIs, which I know WMP deals with.

I am almost wondering if they don’t get any transcoding, while the ones that work do? Not my area of expertise. The other thing I notice,the one that works has a UUID in mediainfo, but these are the ones that WMP shows by IP Address/Path, while the one that doesn’t work has no UUID in mediainfo, and yet WMP lists these as ‘playsingle/UUID’. I know it is not a problem with the file encoding itself, I can simply move the disk from OSMC over to the PC and play all the files directly - but that defeats the purpose of having a media server. And I can share the files in OSMC and make it work that way, but again, would much prefer to just be able to stream. Jim, First, a giant thanks for digging into this with/for me. Very much appreciated.