ReadyDLNA fails to stream AVI’s to Samsung TVs–Fix Included

ig-88 wrote:
... Dpasirst, would you mind sharing more info about how you encoded your AVIs? What audio codec did you use? I wonder if an old copy of Handbrake that does AVIs would do the job...

I have tried several. What I found is Xvid with a resolution at the max of 800x600 and typically a frame rate of 25 or less (may work with more but that number has worked pretty well). For audio - I typically use MP3 Sample Rate of 48000hz (or less) and bitrate of 128kb/s. I also have one that I did with AC3 audio and it seems to work.

I did try a few things with H264MP which the TV supports up to 1920x1080 with AC3 audio - but I had mixed results and stopped fiddling with it.

Did some more testing - and higher bit rates for an mp3 avi audio stream do work; however, if you have any additional metadata e.g. a Title tag for the audio stream in the avi, the tv will fail to play the audio and give a message that the audio codec is not supported.

ig-88 wrote:
Well, as one who has a 2008 Samsung A950 TV with the same DLNA client - I can say I'd love to see this fix implemented for ReadyDLNA on A-series Samsung TVs. I seem to recall reading somewhere that this client likes to be presented mpegs even if you're streaming something else. Is there any chance we could see a fix for ReadyDLNA on Sparc? I'd be happy to test it out on my NV. ...

If you are interested, hit me up with a PM and I can probably build a sparc version of the binary (not a package for frontview, just the binary); however, you will need to be familiar with SSH and have it enabled on your NV to give it a spin.

updated: 5/28