Twonky Forum

Hi
I have a WD MyBook World Edition NAS drive which uses Twonky Mediaserver v5.1. I am trying to stream XVID MPEG-4 encoded videos to my PS3 (fw 3.15) and am getting an unsupported format error. The same files play fine when I use Medialink via my Mac. If I rename the file extension from .avi to .mpg the file plays back fine on the PS3 using Twonky. I have read that this was a problem with earlier versions of Twonky Mediaserver but was supposed to be fixed in the later versions.
Cheers
Richard

I installed version 5.1.2 on Win XP and the same avi file with an avi extension plays on the PS3 so the issue must be with the NAS version of TMS or version 5.1 itself.

Make sure the PS3 is detected correctly in the clients page in the web interface.

I have checked this and it is detected correctly as a PS3.

hi

I am also suffering from this issue. I have renamed a few of the files as MPG and they worked okay. But still think the issue is with the MyBook, if I copy the files to an additional HDD and plug that in they work in their AVI format.

any clues would be useful

cheers
FJ

Hi,

I'm having the same (maybe...) issue, with an extra bizarre twist...
XVid encoded avi files I put on the My Book _before_ I updated the firmware (and by extension the Twonky version) work fine. Files I've put on since don't!

I came across a similar issue at another forum http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/ ... 09D20424B7, has anyone tried the solution offered there (such as it was)

Andy

EDIT! I submitted a tech support query to Western Digital, one of the "try these first" options was to rebuild the database which looks like it might have worked...

Hi
I rebuilt my database as per post from Andy and it is now playing the videos that previously would not play unless I changed the file extension to mpeg.
Cheers
Richard

hi

will try that tonight and let you know if it fixes my issue too

FJ

The rebuild database works but the problem is I have to do this every time I transfer a file to the NAS.

I just recently updated the firmware on my NAS and I didn't have the problem before I did this.

Is their any solution so I don't have to rebuild the database every time?

There are some scripts you can install onto the WDMBWE that will restart the Twonky service and rebuild the database at a preset interval. This helps with stability of the NAS itself and of Twonky.

Hi @ll,

first of all i´m new in this forum. I live in Germany so i hope my english is okay and you´re able to understand it.
Last week i´ve bought a Western Digital World Edition 1 using it with a playstation3.
When i start the ps3 and navigate to music or video, i see both folders (shared music, shared video). Is this correct?

The other Problem i have...i don´t see all movies in the folder. The database was already updated but some video titles missed.

Thanks for your support

hi there

your English is fine. Yes, you should see both of them ( Well I do )

Right your other issue, about not seeing all the movies. Are all your movies in one folder or do you have subfolders?
FJ