Disclaimer: forgive a newb.
I have installed 4.4.9 on a Mac Mini running as my media server for the intended purpose of streaming mp4 video. It works fabulously for my ps3 as well as 2 different iphones on the LAN. However, if I try to stream video to a computer (Macs running 10.5.5 or 10.5.6), the browser brings up a window with a quicktime logo (presumably trying to load the video) and doesn't play it. The CPU ramps up like it's trying to buffer or something but I am unable to see a video, even when trying to access via the Mac Mini server locally. It seems strange that network streaming would work well for the iphone (802.11g wireless) and ps3 (wired) but yet not work for wired or wireless desktop computers running the same browser (Safari). I have tried Firefox with the same result. Does anyone have any solution or experience with this?
Thanks!
Brian
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benichols
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Re: web browser client
For other newbies out there:
The answer is to download a UPnP (and DLNA) compatible client for your particular operating system. VLC is a cross-platform open source software package that does it well. However, it is not "automatic" and needs to have the proper URL entered into the "Open Network" dialog. A more clean option that I have found that works nicely on MacOS X is the XBMC port, which has a UPnP client built into the software and can be entered in the Settings. It works well with Twonky (version 5) and now I have video networking across all of the following: iphone, ps3, Mac desktops. Hopefully, some other newbies find this information useful to be able to play networked video on their desktops.
Thanks,
Brian
The answer is to download a UPnP (and DLNA) compatible client for your particular operating system. VLC is a cross-platform open source software package that does it well. However, it is not "automatic" and needs to have the proper URL entered into the "Open Network" dialog. A more clean option that I have found that works nicely on MacOS X is the XBMC port, which has a UPnP client built into the software and can be entered in the Settings. It works well with Twonky (version 5) and now I have video networking across all of the following: iphone, ps3, Mac desktops. Hopefully, some other newbies find this information useful to be able to play networked video on their desktops.
Thanks,
Brian