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by: Post-Kyle May 14, 2012 9:01 AM PDT

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DLNA and external HD problems with Samsung TV and Blu-ray

by Post-Kyle - 5/14/12 9:01 AM

I'm hoping to receive an answer from the Samsung_HD_Tech or someone who has overcome this problem.

I have Samsung 46" Class LCD 1080p 60Hz HDTV (LN46D503) and the Samsung BD-E5700 WiFi Blu-ray Disc Player. My computer is an early 2008 24" iMac.

I am trying to play a 1080p Blu-ray movie file. I downloaded TVMOBiLi to use in conjunction with the Allshare feature on my Samsung Blu-ray but the video stuttered every few seconds. When I plugged the Blu-ray into the modem directly via an ethernet cable, the video no longer stuttered but the audio and video un-synced every couple of minutes.

I then tried plugging a Maxtor One Touch III Mini Edition 120GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive directly into the Blu-ray but the Blu-ray wouldn't recognize the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. I tried reformatting the drive to a MS-DOS (FAT) but it wouldn't let me copy the 8.5 GB video file. Apparently FAT formats won't accept anything over 4 GB. Finally, I reformatted the drive again, this time to exFAT but the Blu-ray player wouldn't recognize that either.

I did some more research and read that an NTFS format would work but my Mac's Disk Utility doesn't offer that option and I couldn't find any simple freeware programs to help.

Does anyone know of an alternative solution? Am I doing anything wrong? Again, I'd like to hear from the Samsung_HD_Tech but if anyone has dealt with these problems before and had success, I would appreciate your input as well. Thank you for your time.

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Just a thought. Why not add the AppleTV?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/14/12 1:26 PM

In Reply to: DLNA and external HD problems with Samsung TV and Blu-ray by Post-Kyle

It's about 99 bucks and is a very nice workaround to all this.
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Thanks for the advice

by Post-Kyle - 5/15/12 7:14 AM

In Reply to: Just a thought. Why not add the AppleTV? by R. Proffitt Moderator

I hadn't considered that in this particular instance. However, the reason I went with this Samsung Blu-ray in the first place was because it seemed to have all the same features of an Apple TV PLUS a Blu-ray (which I didn't already have). While I'd rather not drop $99 in addition to the money I spent on the Blu-ray, if I can't figure out some reasonable solution, I will have to rethink my stance.


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If you want to try...

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/15/12 9:24 AM

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You'll have to figure out what encodings play on your device and keep the file sizes in check. Why can't this video be in 2 pieces?
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Encodings?

by Post-Kyle - 5/15/12 11:19 AM

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Sorry. While I said I like to "fancy myself a techie," I'm far from it lol. I'm not sure what "encodings" refers to unless you're talking about the file type, in which case it's .MKV. I've played MKV files previously on the Blu-ray.

I looked into splitting the file into two pieces but couldn't find a good piece of freeware to do it with. Any suggestions?


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So you didn't try HANDBRAKE?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/15/12 11:28 AM

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https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=split+files+with+handbrake

It's pretty much the tool of choice for Apple owners I know.
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Never even heard of it

by Post-Kyle - 5/15/12 2:07 PM

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Until now! Thanks for your help!


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by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff - 5/14/12 1:19 PM

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Post-Kyle,

I'm very impressed at the level of research you've put into this. My hat is off to you.

Since the size of your files are so large, the only file system that you can use is NTFS. Unfortunately, I can't recommend as specific software; I hope you can understand why.

However, have you tried contacting TVMOBiLi about support? I would suspect you'd prefer to stream stuff from your Mac rather than have to truck an external HDD between the TV and Mac.

Perhaps someone else has a suggestion for you, but I'm fresh out otherwise. Sorry I couldn't have been more help!

-- HD Tech


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Thank you for your response

by Post-Kyle - 5/15/12 7:11 AM

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Haha, thanks. I enjoy problem solving and fancy myself a techie so I tend to do my homework on these things.

I do understand and I appreciate you getting back to me anyways. I am already in contact with TVMOBiLi support but so far, we're still at a dead end. While streaming things would be nice, I do have a small external HDD that I wouldn't mind loading files onto if it ensured the files would work on my television.


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