My problem is my panasonic viera wireless tv is not finding Twonky media on my mac or the fact that they don't seem to be talking to each other. Does anyone know what I have to do to get this to find the software and let me send and display files etc on the telly? I have installed (as far as I can,) the twonkymedia server 6 on the mac and am now stuck to know what to do next? Twonky Server has a page that lists "clients" and the Panasonic Viera is showing in a box. I have ticked this box. I assume this selects it so twonky knows its available. I click the "network" text that's also in the list on the side of the main page, this then shows something called "nicrestart". I have no idea what this means? Do I select this or not? Does this page supposed to list this or any thing else?.
When I go into the tv network media server selection it says "Server not found". SO why is the twonky not being found?
aaargh, so complicated......I know the tv is working wirelessly as I can surf Utube etc with it using Viera cast, but it just does not list any media servers.
Media server not found. On my Panasonic Viera tv
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Re: Media server not found. On my Panasonic Viera tv
Here are a few suggestions I've posted for others. I'm posting this here in case you missed the other posts.
A: Make sure your TV is DLNA-certified. Just because it has an Internet connector, doesn’t mean it will work with other DLNA-certified devices. You can check on this here: http://www.dlna.org/products
1. I would start by checking the settings pages for your TV to see if there is a setting to enable/disable/rescan for media servers. Here are some other things you might want to try as well:
2. Try moving your PC near your TV and connecting them both to a wired switch. This is just for testing purposes because it minimizes the complexity of your system.
3. Make sure your TV or the PC running TwonkyServer aren't connected to another router or switch. My set top box cannot see TwonkyServer when it's plugged in a switch -- which is plugged into my home gateway. It only sees my server when it's plugged directly into my home gateway.
4. Some routers and switches disable UPnP traffic. Check your router settings pages to make sure this is not happening.
5. Also make sure your router/switch is not blocking ports that we need to operate. 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.
6. Sometimes users find when they swap out their older routers/switches for a newer one, these problems go away and the missing server or device is now visible.
- Rick
A: Make sure your TV is DLNA-certified. Just because it has an Internet connector, doesn’t mean it will work with other DLNA-certified devices. You can check on this here: http://www.dlna.org/products
1. I would start by checking the settings pages for your TV to see if there is a setting to enable/disable/rescan for media servers. Here are some other things you might want to try as well:
2. Try moving your PC near your TV and connecting them both to a wired switch. This is just for testing purposes because it minimizes the complexity of your system.
3. Make sure your TV or the PC running TwonkyServer aren't connected to another router or switch. My set top box cannot see TwonkyServer when it's plugged in a switch -- which is plugged into my home gateway. It only sees my server when it's plugged directly into my home gateway.
4. Some routers and switches disable UPnP traffic. Check your router settings pages to make sure this is not happening.
5. Also make sure your router/switch is not blocking ports that we need to operate. 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.
6. Sometimes users find when they swap out their older routers/switches for a newer one, these problems go away and the missing server or device is now visible.
- Rick
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