The Humax is not actually streaming anything, so that won't work.
On XMBC try the following, assuming you have turned 'Content Share' on in the menu on your Humax. You will also need to have the auto unprotect package running to be able to view HD content, but for the moment just try playing...
I wondered about that, being only a 0.0.1 revision.
People's mileage may vary, but all I can say is that I've just tried tonight's EastEnders (in HD), on 2.0.1 and all appears fine.
I have a suspicion that trying VLC 2.1.3 may have caused the DLNA server on my ReadyNAS to crash (though everything else about it still worked). Neither XMBC nor my subsequent test of VLC v2.0.1 could see it until it was rebooted. It has never crashed in this way before, hence my suspicion of...
The VLC app (as opposed to the browser plugin) still supports DLNA playback (in that there is a UPnP entry for it in the playlist window), but I've had no success using it in the latest version, though it certainly used to work.
Might be better off installing the Windows version of XMBC - that...
I would stress again that this is purely speculation on my part. The issues described could be down to something else entirely, and the psus may last for very many more years with no problem, even on the oldest examples. We simply don't know yet until someone has an issue that testing proves is...
It was not my intention to answer that. There have been two two issues going on here (DLNA and Samba), and it still doesn't seem clear whether or not either are working properly. I was merely providing a way of proving whether Samba was working. The discussion had mentioned Workgroup settings...
It's a useful diagnostic tool because it strips out any reliance on Workgroup settings etc. being correct and hence being able to see devices via their 'friendly names' in My Network Places.
The '\\' defines the start of a UNC path (Universal Naming Convention) and is followed either by a...
I wonder whether you might be having psu problems given the age of your unit.
It has crossed my mind recently that, whilst most HDs and HDRs aren't that old, there could come a time when the electrolytic capacitors in the psu start to dry out and cause the psu voltages to go out of tolerance...
Ignoring 'Network Places' and Workgroup settings completely, you ought to be able to type the following into the 'Start - Run' box (i.e. click the Windows Start button and select 'Run' or else hold down the Windows 'Start' key and press 'R') and get a result if Samba is working...
I had a similar thing a couple of years ago with, and the problem turned out to be with the TV (a Philips). The solution was a complete mains out repower of the TV with no HDMI leads connected, and then progressively plug them back in. Apparently the TV was 'remembering' characteristics of what...
Sadly in this house, TV Diary has fallen foul of the 'SWMBO Acceptance Factor' and may need to be removed :-( She's not happy that I have a way of knowing exactly what has been watched and when (far too 'Big Brother' was the phrase), so she obviously has something to hide!
Perhaps we should...
A diagnostic named after me! I'm deeply touched and would like to thank my family, my agent etc. etc. (welling up now......)
>>> Beginning diagnostic rpb424
Running: rpb424
Downloading http://hpkg.tv/hdrfoxt2/base/Packages.gz.
Inflating http://hpkg.tv/hdrfoxt2/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list...
The Humax is not actually streaming anything, so that won't work.
On XMBC try the following, assuming you have turned 'Content Share' on in the menu on your Humax. You will also need to have the auto unprotect package running to be able to view HD content, but for the moment just try playing...
I wondered about that, being only a 0.0.1 revision.
People's mileage may vary, but all I can say is that I've just tried tonight's EastEnders (in HD), on 2.0.1 and all appears fine.
I have a suspicion that trying VLC 2.1.3 may have caused the DLNA server on my ReadyNAS to crash (though everything else about it still worked). Neither XMBC nor my subsequent test of VLC v2.0.1 could see it until it was rebooted. It has never crashed in this way before, hence my suspicion of...
The VLC app (as opposed to the browser plugin) still supports DLNA playback (in that there is a UPnP entry for it in the playlist window), but I've had no success using it in the latest version, though it certainly used to work.
Might be better off installing the Windows version of XMBC - that...
I would stress again that this is purely speculation on my part. The issues described could be down to something else entirely, and the psus may last for very many more years with no problem, even on the oldest examples. We simply don't know yet until someone has an issue that testing proves is...
It was not my intention to answer that. There have been two two issues going on here (DLNA and Samba), and it still doesn't seem clear whether or not either are working properly. I was merely providing a way of proving whether Samba was working. The discussion had mentioned Workgroup settings...
It's a useful diagnostic tool because it strips out any reliance on Workgroup settings etc. being correct and hence being able to see devices via their 'friendly names' in My Network Places.
The '\\' defines the start of a UNC path (Universal Naming Convention) and is followed either by a...
I wonder whether you might be having psu problems given the age of your unit.
It has crossed my mind recently that, whilst most HDs and HDRs aren't that old, there could come a time when the electrolytic capacitors in the psu start to dry out and cause the psu voltages to go out of tolerance...
Ignoring 'Network Places' and Workgroup settings completely, you ought to be able to type the following into the 'Start - Run' box (i.e. click the Windows Start button and select 'Run' or else hold down the Windows 'Start' key and press 'R') and get a result if Samba is working...
I had a similar thing a couple of years ago with, and the problem turned out to be with the TV (a Philips). The solution was a complete mains out repower of the TV with no HDMI leads connected, and then progressively plug them back in. Apparently the TV was 'remembering' characteristics of what...
Sadly in this house, TV Diary has fallen foul of the 'SWMBO Acceptance Factor' and may need to be removed :-( She's not happy that I have a way of knowing exactly what has been watched and when (far too 'Big Brother' was the phrase), so she obviously has something to hide!
Perhaps we should...
A diagnostic named after me! I'm deeply touched and would like to thank my family, my agent etc. etc. (welling up now......)
>>> Beginning diagnostic rpb424
Running: rpb424
Downloading http://hpkg.tv/hdrfoxt2/base/Packages.gz.
Inflating http://hpkg.tv/hdrfoxt2/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list...
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