myk | # 51 | 2012-03-12, 13:30 | Report

Oh. ... Is there any documentation that covers things like this?
The /etc/rygel.conf config file says
Thanks. I had to reboot to get the change noticed. Is there a more elegant way?

Now the n900 sees the videos. Can't play them of course - the stock media player always was useless. So I try the Seagate media player: selecting "Media on N9" now just gives an empty list. "Plug and Pray" indeed.

Googled "rygel", installed it on my desktop, run, see it on the N900 media player (no DNLA client on the N9?), see the folders for music, pictures,etc. But trying to open one just gets a permanent "wait" icon. AAARGH! At least we can rely on USB mass-storage to work.

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Fuzzillogic | # 52 | 2012-03-12, 14:05 | Report

The preferences UI is limited to enabling/disabling sharing, selecting the directories you want to share and the network interface on which it is shared. Alas, it would be mostly superfluous on the N9 anyway.

afaq | # 53 | 2012-03-12, 14:12 | Report

Can you confirm this? I only see two XML's.

Tracker-xbox.xml
Tracker.xml

phako | # 54 | 2012-03-12, 14:22 | Report

You're in /home/user/.config/Rygel. if there is no /home/user/.config/rygel.conf, copy the temlate from /etc/rygel.

phako | # 55 | 2012-03-12, 14:22 | Report

Yes, it's for a different back-end, just ignore this advice in the config file (this time) :-P

phako | # 56 | 2012-03-12, 14:27 | Report

Should work by just dis- and enabling sharing again.

That behaviour is usually an indication for a bug in the client ignoring backward compatibility guarantees.

What version did you install? What back-end are you using?

sillieidiot | # 57 | 2012-03-12, 20:05 | Report

i'm not saying that you need it to make it work. but that it's generally supposed to help make it easier for the user by doing those basic tasks itself.

i'm not sure if the N9 even uses upnp, but i know the ps3 does hence why i suggested it.

phako | # 58 | 2012-03-13, 15:44 | Report

No.

Sigh. That happens if people leave out viable information, namely the complete name of the used standard. The "UPnP" found in your router is a completely different "UPnP" than the one used for media sharing and thus in DLNA.

Again: The one in the router does port forwarding and is used in the PS3 for simplifying online gaming and in the N9 for simplifying VoIP connections.

The other one is used in the PS3 for accessing media shares and on the N9 for being one.

Those two don't have anything in common except for something called UDA which defines the basic protocols used and being standardized by a industry forum called "UPnP Forum".

Presence of the one doesn't help the other in any way.

jaeezzy | # 59 | 2012-03-14, 05:25 | Report

I tried with my PS3 and every thing is showing - Video, Pictures & Music but none of them work. I can see the video files but while trying to play them it gives the format not supported. For music it shows all the album folders but nothing inside them - "No items to show". Same for other categories in the music. For pictures is just shows the category like by date etc but inside them again nothing. Any suggestion??

phako | # 60 | 2012-03-14, 09:09 | Report

If those videos are recorded with the device, that's expected, the PS3 can't deal with them except if in VGA resolution and record something that hasn't too much movement in it (keeping the bitrate low).

As for the other issues, are you sure you weren't in movie mode when trying to browse music and pictures? Happens to me all the time when I use the PS3.