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RS280S: Problems with Serviio & Roku Media Player.
Both Items in subject work fine in my old router R6900, but not with the RS280S. I can get a WIFI and hardwired signal to the destination (blueray player), but cannot stream anything. The Serviio sta...
Did you set up the Windows Media Player as a server?
The legancy Media Player Its not a server - it can "just" play local stored media.
Windows 11 is offering a Media streaming feature, acting as a DLNA server -if- enabled.
Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Centre -> Media streaming options where you can choose Media Streaming Options for Computers and Devices
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Media streaming is not turned on
Media streaming allows you to send your music, pictures and videos to other computers and devices on your network. It also allows you to receive media from other computers and devices.
If you turn on media streaming, your current network profile and firewall settings will be modified. You should turn on media streaming only on networks that you trust, such as home or work networks.
[>> Turn on media streaming]
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If you did, have you also checked that the PC has classified the network as private?
Alas, for once this appears to have no impact - the media streaming option applies to the current network profile in my reading and understanding.
The Roku media player and the default Windows media server only work when the Serviio works.
The legacy Windows Media player can list and play local files as well as multiple DLNA Servers available on the network.
Of course, both of these two DLNA services can be configured pointing to different, dedicated media folders - which don't have to be the same.
By default, the Media streaming service does work (unless configured differently) in the Windows default media folders for Pictures, Music, Videos. If there are no media stored under these folders there isn't a lot of media visible there. This cloud explain why you have to run the Serviio server to see DLNA media.
Alas, for once this appears to have no impact - the media streaming option applies to the current network profile in my reading and understanding.
As you point out, the feature should only be enabled on networks that you trust, such as home or work networks. Which means it should only be enabled in the private network profile.
Since this was working with the old router, I am thinking that old wifi network might have been classified as private on the PC - but that the new network might be classified as public - where it might not (and should not) be enabled. Note I did test this - enabling the media streaming option on my home wifi network. It was disabled when I switched to a different network (classified as public), but then immediately became enabled when I changed that network from public to private.
The other possibility I was wondering about is that perhaps Riley77 meant to say default Windows media player (and that media streaming is not enabled on the PC). In which case, you'd expect it to only find the media when the Serviio server is running.
As you point out, the feature should only be enabled on networks that you trust, ...
Yes, this is what Microsoft says on the related control panel I had borrowed the text from (to overcome the still broken SaaS platfrom...). As I quoted the original Microsoft Media Streaming Options before:
Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Centre -> Media streaming options where you can choose Media Streaming Options for Computers and Devices
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Media streaming is not turned on
Media streaming allows you to send your music, pictures and videos to other computers and devices on your network. It also allows you to receive media from other computers and devices.
If you turn on media streaming, your current network profile and firewall settings will be modified. You should turn on media streaming only on networks that you trust, such as home or work networks.
[>> Turn on media streaming]
====Alone from changing the network location from Private to Public, no changes will be applied unasked - so the Media Streaming wont magically remain available, the service and firewall rules related will be disabled as intended.
Alone from changing the network location from Private to Public, no changes will be applied unasked - so the Media Streaming wont magically remain available, the service and firewall rules related will be disabled as intended.
Riley77 says this was working before with the old router. While is isn't clear that "this" included media streaming from the PC, that is definitely one possiblity. So let's assume that is what was meant.
If the PC was using the private profile with media streaming enabled with old network, then the PC would still have media streaming enabled if the PC was still using the private profile.
But if the PC is now using the public profile, then media streaming would be disabled (assuming Riley77 was using private before). In that scenario, the correct fix is to change the profile for the new network to private - NOT to enable media streaming in the public profile.
So it makes sense to check the profile. No idea where you are trying to take this, or argue against that simple check. It is easy to do, and the home network should be set up to use the private profile anyway.
On the other hand, if he didn't actually mean to include media streaming, then it would be best to leave media streaming disabled.