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FYI I had found that the Twonky Server's links to online radio streams such as Shoutcast return a URL error with GoogleTV. I spent some time focused on a streaming audio workaround or tweak. I eventually realized I do not need to use the twonky media server for stream audioat all because GoogleTV i...

Rick, I have had ffmpeg installed. The box was not grayed out until after I upgraded. Ffmpeg's location file points to the proper location of the program. I do not see a desc file for mp3. Maybe you should send me the instructions for a PC. I must be missing something. In fact, please send me any i...

Have you tried running TwonkyManager on your laptop running XP? Seems like that should do what you want.

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TwonkyServer will let you stream movies from any computer. You'll need a player program on your Mac which can browse media on a UPnP or DLNA server. I'm sure one exists, but I can't tell what it's called.

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Thanks for reporting this. I'll forward this into to our engineers. In order to fix this, they will probably need a test file. Is that something you could provide to us if I provide you with login instructions for our FTP site?

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Here is some info which may help. Sometimes TwonkyServer doesn't correctly identify devices and loads a generic device profile. In some cases this can result in thumbnails being displayed -- instead of the full-sized photos. Ways to fix this: 1. Go to the server settings pages and click on the Media...

Here is some info which may help. Sometimes TwonkyServer doesn't correctly identify devices and loads a generic device profile. In some cases this can result in thumbnails being displayed -- instead of the full-sized photos. Ways to fix this: 1. Go to the server settings pages and click on the Media...

I haven't seen that before. Trying powering down and then back up and then wait a few minutes for the server to complete its file scanning process.

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Thanks for the additional comments everyone. I'll forwarding this on to our developers.

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Q: Will Twonky play MKV files containing H.264 video to the PS3, without a loss of quality? A: TwonkyServer should be able to stream these files. The question is whether the PS3 can play them. More info here: http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/filetypes.html Based on what ...

I think this is a client issue. Our server is providing all of the metadata to display what you're asking.

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I would create a folder called Videos and place all of your movies in it. Q: What format should the movies be in? i.e. mp4 720p.... A: The answer to this questions depends on what media players you're using. Check the Panasonic site for supported formats for your product. Normally MPEG-2 is the most...

I believe this is a player issue and not a server issue.

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Twonky Mobile can only push media to devices which are DLNA-certified DMRs. It sounds like your device might not meet that requirement. You may still be able to pull your media from your phone if you use your Philips remote to select Twonky Server.

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Hello Sergey, Greetings from California, :D TwonkyServer can stream the formats you list (e.g. MKV). The problem is that your TV cannot play them. The reason some other products appear to work is because they are transcoding your videos on-the-fly during playback. That can be done with TwonkyServer,...

Thanks for reporting this.

Sounds to me like Netgear might be filtering Twonky for some reason. I'll ask our engineers to look into this. We advertise ourselves as a UPnP server and and UPnP or DLNA client should see us.

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Status update:

We cannot reproduce this issue. Shutdown goes correctly in both idle and streaming states.If someone can provide us with exact steps which help us to reproduce this we will reopen this ticket.

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We normally announce updates here on the forum. The reason for this probem is because we store track numbers as 8 bit integers. We could easily increase this to 16 or 32 bits, however that would increase our memory usage. Since very few people have track numbers larger than 255, we will not be makin...

I asked someone to answer this and heres what I was given. This is really complicated, unfortunately. It’s very complex with a lot of moving parts, and unfortunately it’s not all that well documented yet from our end. A lot of this depends on the kind of TV he has. The TwonkyServer transcodes co...

Sorry for not making that clear. This one: hi. here's the isuue - i have twonky media server 5.1.9 working on a WD Mybook World Edition II. i access it from my bravia tv(dlna ok), and i can wiew the files in the pictures and music shares. i can access the folder tree in the video share, but no video...

I'll pass your comments on as well. Thanks.

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Thanks for the feedback. Twonky issue -- Since the last server program update, MP3 files play fine. However, the transcode music to MP3 is now grayed out in the server settings. I have not figured out why. It will remain grayed out until FFmpeg is installed. Let me know if you need suggestions how t...

Q: Can Twonky Mobile Sync file with my computer? A: Yes. You can configure wireless syncing the first time you launch this software, or set it up later by following the steps below: Configuring Sync Settings In most cases, the factory defaults for the sync folders on your mobile device will work wit...

Agreed. I'm not the best person for encoder advice.

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Sorry to hear that you're having problems.

The server uses UDP ports 1030, 1900, 9080 and TCP port 9000 – unless it’s already in use. In that case, we select the first available free port after 9000.

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Not that I'm aware of. You need a client/player which supports this.

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Agreed. There is no way to trick the TV into playing a codec it doesn't support. I wish there were.

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Sounds like a player/TV issue to me.

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Keep in mind a laptop counts as two devices because it has two Mac addresses.

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Thanks for reporting these issues.

Issue #1 is not a Twonky issue.

Issue #2 is puzzling. I'll ask about this.

Not sure about issue #3. Some partners ask us to surpress media feeds. Not sure if that is the case here. I'll ask about this as well.

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We tried hard, but cannot reproduce the problem. Here is what our testers report: Bottom line: Twonky is significantly faster in responding than Allshare (14s vs. 51s). Not sure about customer’s setting and/or network. *******************************************************************************...

There are some pretty good instructions in the Twonky Mobile Help file. Let me know if you cannot find them.

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Thanks for reporting this issue. I don't have a solution, but I'll pass it on to the engineers.

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That's good to hear. Let us know if it comes back.

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hi Rick, and thanks for answering. my tv got upset when you called it old. never the less it's a 3d tv mp4, you tube....and various stuff enabled. now, transcoding "on the fly" is famous to bring to their knees slow processors...how does mine do it at 0% activity while streaming....what's the host ...

flolilh wrote:!oh.. and if it helps complete the picture, is windows media player transcoding somehow mkv 3d files?...thanks.

Yes. WMP 11 can automatically transcode some video files. I don't have a list of the supported ones, but yours appears to be.

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I answered this question in another section yesterday. Let me know if you cannot find that response.

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AIFF is listed as a supported format, but our file scanner does not currently extract full metadata from these files; It just generates metadata from the file system like filename and date. Album art should be supported if you place an image with the same file name in the album folder with the exten...

...but even if the folder tree in videos displays, i do not find any file. i can play these videos using the tv, streamed from the desktop computer, but not from twonky. what gives? please. advice would be much appreciated. My guess: Sony used to hide all file formats it cannot play. Older Sony pro...

This sounds to me like a player issue and not a server-related issue. Have you checked with Marantz support? I checked their website and AAC is supposed to be a supported codec. Of course, if any of your M4a files have DRM they won't play.

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Here's some feedback from an engineer about the MKV issue with Samsung TVs. We have two adaptations for Samsung TVs. One is named "Samsung TV", this is used for the Samsung B and C-series TVs. Recently we added a second entry named "Samsung Smart TV" this one is intended for the D-series TVs. On a f...

MoCA adatpers are very reliable. I you prefer wireless, stick with that. I'm just trying to give you suggestions.

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Contact me here and I'll see if I can help. tmm-beta@pv.com.

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This isn't a known issue and there are no performance tweaks which I'm aware of. I'll pass this info. on to our engineers.

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Thanks for reporting this. I'll pass this on to our developers.

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That's good to hear. Thanks for letting us know.

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Thanks for sharing this. I'll pass it on to our engineers.

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Streaming HD video over any Wi-Fi connection -- even 5GHz can be hit and miss. You might want to look into Homeplug or MoCA adapters instead. See our best practices update for more info.

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Sounds like some changes were made to the Samsung device profile which have broke something. I'll report this to our engineers.

Thanks for reporting it.

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Although it probably won't make a difference to you, I feel the need to point out that Twonky is a media SERVER and your TV is the media PLAYER. We're serving the files fine, you just need a device which can play them.

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