From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qv1Rr-0005B3-OG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:23:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 215BE21C322; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:23:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F8921C088 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:21:52 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.68,257,1312153200"; d="scan'208,217";a="542214787" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 21 Aug 2011 07:21:51 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B86F512665 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:21:19 +0100 (BST) From: Stroller Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C105432C-E4A0-4868-B253-07E4599E8F4F" Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Software for LCD Data Center Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:21:47 +0100 In-Reply-To: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e977afd4c2e53b07571342ed014be593 --Apple-Mail=_C105432C-E4A0-4868-B253-07E4599E8F4F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On 20 August 2011, at 10:40, czernitko wrote: > =85 > I've recently bought LCD television from Panasonic (TX-L32E30E Viera). = It is connected to my home LAN and it should be able to access data on = local computers using some Data Center feature. =46rom what I've heard, = it is something little bit different than common NFS/Samba sharing. It = should be natively supported by Win7 and there may be some applications = for WinXP. Unfortunately no applications were shipped on CD with the = telly. I wonder whether there is some way to connect my home Gentoo = server to the telly? Is there any linux application/specific Samba = configuration/...? Have anyone tried anything similar? I've just checked the telly's specifications page [1] and, as per Mick's = reply, it does appear to be DNLA you're thinking of. DNLA is rubbish - it's a "standard" so wide that it's no use as a = standard any more. Manufacturers can choose such small subsets of = features to implement, and have such freedom in *how* they implement = features, that no two devices need ever work together - they can still = all call themselves "DNLA compliant". So don't rely on DNLA - there are sure to be plenty of good video = formats unsupported by your TV - but you might also check out MediaTomb, = an alternative DNLA server. Stroller. [1] http://panasonic.net/avc/viera/eu2011/product/e_lcd.html= --Apple-Mail=_C105432C-E4A0-4868-B253-07E4599E8F4F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 =85
I've = recently bought LCD television from Panasonic (TX-L32E30E Viera). It is = connected to my home LAN and it should be able to access data on local = computers using some Data Center feature. =46rom what I've heard, it is = something little bit different than common NFS/Samba sharing. It should = be natively supported by Win7 and there may be some applications for = WinXP. Unfortunately no applications were shipped on CD with the telly. = I wonder whether there is some way to connect my home Gentoo server to = the telly? Is there any linux application/specific Samba = configuration/...? Have anyone tried anything = similar?

I've just checked the telly's = specifications page [1] and, as per Mick's reply, it does appear to be = DNLA you're thinking of.

DNLA is rubbish - it's = a "standard" so wide that it's no use as a standard any more. = Manufacturers can choose such small subsets of features to implement, = and have such freedom in *how* they implement features, that no two = devices need ever work together - they can still all call themselves = "DNLA compliant".

So don't rely on DNLA - there = are sure to be plenty of good video formats unsupported by your TV - but = you might also check out MediaTomb, an alternative DNLA = server.

Stroller.


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