GoFlex Net & GoFlex Home

[smeegs]

Will MKV files be supported in the next update?  I've got it streaming to my Samsung, and most of the files work fine, but some mp4 are having issues and no mkv files are able to be streamed.

Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong, or if there will be an update.

[robyb]

Are you certain your Samsung TV supports MKV's over DLNA?  I've personally streamed MKV's successfully using the same media server.

Cheers,

Roby!

[smeegs]

So your saying there's a chance

Yes, I'm certain.  I'm able to stream mkv files over using the samsung dlna server (pc share manager).  With excellent quality and no issues.

I've tried creating a shared folder and placing the media in it and it fails to play.  I have some mp4 files that don't even show up on the TV.  

In fact when I was creating the share I noticed that avi files had a nice video icon, but the mkv files had a generic document icon.

I'm very happy to hear that you've seen it working.  I'm hoping there's something I'm doing wrong.

[G-Man311]

I'm having the same issue with similar hardware;

.avi are perfectly streamed to my Samsung tv (with .srt-support).

.mkv don't work and no preview icon.

Network is connected through GB-ethernet.

[peterstevens]

Seems like anyone with a 2008-2010 samsung TV or bluray player cannot stream .mkv files from the Seagate GoFlex Home and will get a 'File Format Not Supported' error. The same files stream perfectly fine from other DLNA servers such as TVMobili etc

I've purchased one of the 2TB GoFlex Home today and am very frustrated with this, if it wasn't a public holiday today (Australia Day) I'd be refunding this. 

Looking into this further, it appears to be a problem with the useragent string changing in newer samsung dlna devices and sending incompatible streaming metadata. I've installed the latest GoFlex Home firmware (21/Jan/2011) and its running an old version of minidlna server (1.0.17).

-bash-3.2$ /usr/sbin/minidlna -V

Version 1.0.17

-bash-3.2$ uname -a

Linux axentraserver.u20.seagateshare.com 2.6.22.18 #14 Wed Oct 27 15:41:03 EDT 2010 armv5tejl armv5tejl armv5tejl GNU/Linux

It's a well known issue that with older versions of minidlna doesn't recognise the newer Samsung useragent strings. minidlna is looking for 'SamsungWiselinkPro' at the identifying useragent string to then send the correct, compatible streaming metadata to the samsung device. Essentially this has to be updated to 'SEC_HHP_TV' or 'SEC_HHP_BD' which is what all the recent samsung dlna devices use. 

In upnphttp.c of the minidlna sourcecode, search and replace:

else if(strncmp(p, "SamsungWiselinkPro", 18)==0)

with

else if(strncmp(p, "SEC_HHP_TV", 10)==0) <-- exmaple

or how about they just include a firmware with the latest version of minidlna in it I have a Samsung PS63C7000 TV and a Samsung BD-6900 bluray player. I want to stream from this player because it has an amazing reference-quality upscaler (equal to an oppo-bdp83) and dont particularly want to refund this Seagate GoFlex Home unit if I don't have to.

Please, you've just addresses the dlna database issue with the 21/1/2011 firmware release, now how about we use a modern version of minidlna so you dont disappoint millions of new samsung tv/bluray owners... 

(minidlna-generic-20100223-oe2.src.rpm seems to be packaged in the latest firmware gpl release, v1.0.17 is in the latest 21-Jan-2011 firmware release).

PS: If you want to get ssh access to your Seagate GoFlex Home, ssh to the IP address, and use the following format as your username: USERNAME_hipserv2_seagateplug_XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

Where XXXX etc is the product key, which you can find under the front page when you login to 'Seagate Share', bottom left hyperlink 'About GoFlex Home' (very small print)'

http://sourceforge.net/projects/minidlna/forums/forum/879957/topic/3708596

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3084362&group_id=243163&atid=1121518

[peterstevens]

Here's how you get the Seagate GoFlex Home working with Samsung AllShare TVs/BluRay players:

http://www.openstora.com/wiki/index.php?title=MiniDLNA_How-To_(with_guide_to_updating)

Its a guide to upgrade to minidlna 1.0.18. Tested and works with my Samsung PS63C7000 and Samsung BD-6900.

[Keithsmythe]

Sorry to say that my Samsung TV is unable to play any .mkv files, I receive error message "Not supported file format"

I have upgraded the GFH drive to the latest software update, but, still no change!

Regards

Keith

[robyb]

Hi Peterstevens,

Thanks for the elaborate information, we appreciate it.  Unfortunately upgrading minidlna is not as easy as it seems.  The GoFlex's minidlna has been patched excessively to properly pass DLNA and Microsoft certification, so it's not as simple as compiling and deploying the latest rpm.  Nonetheless we are in discussion with Seagate to see how they want to handle this.

Maybe ask Samsung if they can provide an update to their user agent strings... I wonder why they were arbitrarily changed

Cheers,

Roby!

[linden33]

Hopefully seagate will address the problem of playing MKV files soon as I am also having issues playing MKV file on my samsung tv. I would not of brought this product if I had known this.

Please fix it soon.

[peterstevens]

Hi Keith,

Updating the minidlna server to v1.0.18 in your GoFlex home will allow you to play .mkv, including 3D encoded mkvs from your GoFlex Home to your Samsung TV/BluRay. Its all about that x/mkv http header... something so simple can cause so much grief

Anyway, its all resolved for me now, couldn't be happier.