How does Twonky announce itself?
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:31 pm
I've just bought an LG BX850 which is a Blu-Ray media player. In general it supports Twonky quite well, but I have noticed a curious behaviour.
When you select "Home Link" you get presented with a list of all servers on the network. The box supports both DLNA servers and Windows/Samba shares. It ALWAYS presents all the Windows/Samba shares instantly but it can take up to 2 minutes for Twonky to appear. It seems to be "pot luck" as to when you enter the option, sometimes it appears really quickly, other times a fair wait.
So is Twonky doing some form of Broadcast or Announcement? And if so is there any way to influence the frequency?
When you select "Home Link" you get presented with a list of all servers on the network. The box supports both DLNA servers and Windows/Samba shares. It ALWAYS presents all the Windows/Samba shares instantly but it can take up to 2 minutes for Twonky to appear. It seems to be "pot luck" as to when you enter the option, sometimes it appears really quickly, other times a fair wait.
So is Twonky doing some form of Broadcast or Announcement? And if so is there any way to influence the frequency?