Unable to discover Mezzmo service from my Samsung TV

[username55]

Hi,

i just bought Samsung series 6 (UA40C6900). It has DLNA/Internet@TV/Network Features.

However when i tried to browse my movie/music library using

mezzmo my TV does not recognize it. But when i tried with TV***ty, the TV can see both my library and My PC media player library.

At the moment i am using the trial version of the software, i am consider using this because it can broadcast mkv, while others (see above) doesn't

I have tried everything from:
- Unblock my mezzmo on my firewall list
- turn off my firewall
- turn off anti virus + firewall completely
- I already make sure that the service is up and running correctly and has admin privilege.
- Choose differnet profile in mezzmo server configuration (Samsung B, Samsung C, WDTV)

Does anyone know what seems to be the problem here?

[Paul]

Hi,

If the TV doesn't see Mezzmo at all, can you please send a message to support <at> conceiva <dot> com and I'll send you a patched version of the server that may fix this issue.

[username55]

Thx for the reply,

i'll do it straight away.

[Paul]

Got it - I've replied to you via e-mail.

[username55]

Hi,

Thanks for your support, i just got back from work. I tried it and it works. Now my TV can discover the service.

There is one thing however, Mezzmo doesn't seems to ignore *.mkv files, instead it transcode it as well. Hence this can slow down the performance. When i tried to watch *mkv (h264 codec), i need to wait like for 30 mins or so otherwise the movie will only be played half.

I've tried to go to Media Server -> Transcoding Setting -> tick "turn off transcoding for all connected devices" (no luck, instead my tv giving me message "Error: Unsupported Format"). I have tried to play the same exact file using my USB and it works flawlessly, My TV supports mkv (H264)

Then i also tried Media Server -> Media Devices.. -> Edit my devices -> Advanced -> Choose Always to all options but Deliver DLNA baseline format to the devices (also no joy)

Other than that this software seems perfect.

ps: i also tried different profile like Generic Device #1 - 4, Samusung B & C, WDTV Live, all give me similar result.

[Paul]

Can you please tell me if you have a B or a C series (or an A) and I'll post a modified device profile for it here? I assume you've got a B, and MKV was disabled in the device profile for it previously (thus they were transcoded), but please do confirm which series you have.

Also, please undo all the changes in the Advanced tab, because that may change the way the TV requests files and even the updated device profile may not work (normally no changes are required there).

[deschfu]

I just bought a Samsung UE32C5100 with dlna support.
Connected on home LAN (wired).
Installled Samsung's PC Share Manager and could establish a connection from the TV.

I installed Mezzmo (trial) but am not able to connect to it from my tv.
I added the ip address and name of the tv in the Media Devices with Allow connect permissions but still can't seem to get it connected.

Can someone help ?

Thx

[Paul]

As a first step, can you please go to Media Server Settings dialog and check if the Firewall button is enabled or disabled - if it's enabled, please click it and see if that helps.

Also, try disabling your firewall, then restart Mezzmo server and see if it gets through or not.

If it's disabled or clicking it doesn't help, please send a message to support (at) conceiva (dot) com and we'll get you up and running.

[deschfu]

OK. Thx for your reply.
Will try and check later today.
Grtz

[Paul]

Ok, I'll be back to help you out on Monday.