Connected Home issues Windows 7

[Guest batigol]

Hi all, just joined the forum and was wondering if anyone could help with my problem.

I have had my Onmia 2 for around a month now. Using Vista I was able to view and play my shared files.

After upgrading to W7 yesterday, I am able to view my shared folders but when I try to play a video file the following error occurs :

'A problem has occurred iwth NexPlayerDLNA.exe'

I've had a look at the associated lo error log and it didn't mean much to me. The only other file it mentioned was coredll.dll.

I've already tried a couple of Master Resets but same outcome. I'm positive this is to do with W7.

Any ideas ?

[Guest XeOS]

No new ideas, just confirmation. I'm just not entirely sure this is a Win7 issue. Aside from my WIn7 machines I'm also experiencing issues with my NMT (Popcorn Hour A-110). Different issue but same result. It seems like the Connected Home app is not the problem but the player it utilizes.

It used to work though with my Win 7 X64 RTM machine, so it probably means we have another crappy Samsung app.

[Guest XeOS]

Can anybody try the Connected Home app and see if it's working for them including rom version?

I'm on Secany's full IK5 (including eBoot) and the Connected Home app crashes every time whenever I try to play a file..

Thanks in advance!

[Guest XeOS]

Signed up on Innovator and replied to your topic there as well. They need to fix this as they are advertising DLNA capabilities proactively. One of the reasons why I bought this device :)

[Guest surgex]

Signed up on Innovator and replied to your topic there as well. They need to fix this as they are advertising DLNA capabilities proactively. One of the reasons why I bought this device :)

Thanks, really appreciate it.

I need to make the video of the OmniaHD working with Window7 today or tomorrow...although the OmniaHD doesn't have a player, only a server...so I can only test streaming from the device functionality, not to...but still, that's more than the Omnia2 does...I will test with more file types as well, cause nothing I tried worked at all, every single one crashed the player.

Welp I got an email from DLNA.org...

"Thank you for your e-mail. DLNA Certified devices are designed to work with

other DLNA Certified devices. In order to use your TV with a PC, the PC will

need to be DLNA Certified. Unfortunately, Windows 7 is not DLNA Certified."

So, I'm assuming there are no windows 7 DLNA certified PCs at all...no netbooks, laptops, desktops...

Strange???

EDIT:

So then DLNA support responded with this "Thank you for your question. Yes, all the LG Xnote PCs are certified with the DLNA stack that is in Windows 7. There are many PCs that are certified with Windows 7, but are using a different DLNA stack than that provided by Windows 7."

I am even more confused now..and this is the organization that is supposed to ensure interoperability between devices...lol.

I think what we *really* need though is for someone to have an actual DLNA certified hardware device (like the Seagate popcorn thing or an LG Xnote or some other Windows 7 certified PC) fail with the Omnia 2 -- puts more pressure on Samsung to fix the issue..

Edited December 31, 2009 by surgex

[Guest surgex]

Update...

Further testing with Windows7 Media Sharing.

A lot of MP3s play fine and WMV videos play OK.

MPEG-1 videos don't play at all (it says file format not supported), and I can't get ANY .avi to play.

This appears to be a format \ codec issue...sadly.

What's weird is though that the AVI's I try to stream (which causes the DLNAplayer to crash) play fine if I copy them to the device and then just play them locally.

It appears that certain video formats are only supported over DLNA...

More testing, installed new version of Orb released a few days ago...mp3s work but not video, causes the familiar crash.

I don't understand this since Orb is supposed to transcode on the fly....

Edited December 31, 2009 by surgex

[Guest paw1]

I've just succeeded in playing video files using "connected home" as client and "PS3 media server" as a UPnP server. I'm on win 7 64bit (ULTIMATE, on a desktop). Havent noticed any errors yet.

Speeds over wifi have been upto a max of 1.2mBps. The video file(~700 mb movie) was more or less smooth. I'm on the latest Senacy ROM (21st DEC)

Edited January 1, 2010 by paw1

[Guest surgex]

I've just succeeded in playing video files using "connected home" as client and "PS3 media server" as a UPnP server. I'm on win 7 64bit (ULTIMATE, on a desktop). Havent noticed any errors yet.

Speeds over wifi have been upto a max of 1.2mBps. The video file(~700 mb movie) was more or less smooth. I'm on the latest Senacy ROM (21st DEC)

Thanks for posting!

A few questions:

1.) What format is the video you were able to stream in... .avi?  xvid encoded with mp3 audio most likely standard dvdrip?

2.) Can you try this same exact file using the built in media sharing in windows 7..right click on network, properties, advanced sharing options, turn media sharing on, then add the file to one of your libraries.

Unfortunately I do not have a PS3 or Xbox360 to test with, just a xp laptop and win7 x64 ultimate desktop :|

Thanks!

Edited January 1, 2010 by surgex

[Guest paw1]

Thanks for posting!

A few questions:

1.) What format is the video you were able to stream in... .avi? xvid encoded with mp3 audio most likely standard dvdrip?

2.) Can you try this same exact file using the built in media sharing in windows 7..right click on network, properties, advanced sharing options, turn media sharing on, then add the file to one of your libraries.

Unfortunately I do not have a PS3 or Xbox360 to test with, just a xp laptop and win7 x64 ultimate desktop :|

Thanks!

1. Yes, standard DVDrip.

2. You dont need PS3/Xbox etc. The software is meant for streaming files to a PS3, but it works for all DLNA devices. And if i try to stream files from a shared folder, as you mentioned, it simply doesnt start.

Try out the software. The only problem is that i'm unable to transfer files using ps3 media server. I can only stream it, which is basically what we want, but it stutter at times.

[Guest surgex]

1. Yes, standard DVDrip.

2. You dont need PS3/Xbox etc. The software is meant for streaming files to a PS3, but it works for all DLNA devices. And if i try to stream files from a shared folder, as you mentioned, it simply doesnt start.

Try out the software. The only problem is that i'm unable to transfer files using ps3 media server. I can only stream it, which is basically what we want, but it stutter at times.

So you get the NexDLNAPlayer.exe crash as well when you try to stream the same file from your win7 box?

Thanks again for testing.

[Guest paw1]

Nope, i did not encounter any errors. The video plays, but i've started to notice stuttering on more videos(CPU bottleneck, most likely).

Try the "PS3 media server", or "FUPPES" or some other DLNA servers. If you still get the error, consider moving to the latest senacy ROM, maybe that would fix it.

Edited January 2, 2010 by paw1

[Guest surgex]

Can't switch roms, I have the i920, heh.