Hello,
I am very new to this technology so please excuse any questions that come across as simplistic. I have a vast library of video's in different formats and I have always just watched them from my computer. Recently I was at Costco and ran across a Sony Network Media player (SMP-N100) and decieded to buy it as I thought it would be cool to watch my videos and pictures on my television. I got home and realized that I needed a DLNA server and came across the Wild Media Server. Initially I was not able to configure it due to my lack of experience, but the inner geek came out and somehow I got it to work (dont ask me how as I have no idea). I am able to stream some of the home movies, specifically the ones with a .avi and a .wmv extention, but I am not able to stream/play other content. I am also not able to view any pictures. The Sony Web Site lists the following for the formats supported:
•AAC : Yes (USB)- m4a
•AVC-HD : Yes (USB)
•DivX : Yes (USB )- jpg, jpeg
•DivX HD : Yes (USB and DLNA)- XviD
•JPEG : Yes (USB and DLNA)- jpg, jpeg
•LPCM : Yes (USB and DLNA)- wav
•MP3 : Yes (USB and DLNA)- mp3
•MPEG-1 : Yes (USB)- vob, vro, mpg, mpeg, m2ts, mts
•MPEG : Yes (USB and DLNA)- vob, vro, mpg, mpeg, m2ts, mts
•Simple MPEG : Yes - MPEG 4 AVC (USB)- mkv, mp4, m4v, m2ts, mts
•WMA : Yes (USB and DLNA)- wma (DLNA:Basic profile only no 32kpbs or lower)
•WMV : Yes - WMV9 (USB)- wmv, asf
I did some further research and decided to try the Logitech Revue as it has some additional functionality. I like this product as it has some cool features, but I am am unable to stream the same movies that I was able to stream with the Sony, specifically there is one movie that has a .wmv extention that I can play on the Sony that will NOT play on the Logitech.
The Media Device Player I have selected on WMS is the "DLNA Device (version 1.5, 16:9, 720X406) with no changes. I just took the default on everything when I insalled the application and then I chose the above referenced media device player and made no changes.
So my question, how do I get all of my media to play on the Logitech or Sony product. I would prefer to keep the Logitech Revue, but I am not sure how to configure WMS to transcode my files correctly so they will play. So any advise would be approcated and please keep in mind I am VERY new to this technology.