Mac and Home media?

[firestop51]

Has anyone got their 922 to recognize a mac in their home media, if so could you please tell how you went about this?

 

[SandFarmer]

If they use standard DLNA, all you should have to do is activate "Sharing" on the folders via the info panels that you want seen and turn on File Sharing in the Pref Panel, under the "Option" button you need to activate Share files and folders using SMB and select your user account. You can also designate shared folders here also.

My LG Blu-ray said I had to have Nero on my computer (PC only) to make it work. But the second I fired it up I saw everything on my Mac's, PC's and even the card reader on a WiFi printer. But then this is DISH and they do thing their own way.

I'm very curious as to how and if this works with the 922.

Good luck!

 

[psychotrope]

What DLNA software do you use for a media server on the Mac? I read that Windows Media Player 12 "Supports all DLNA roles." But I haven't heard the same about iTunes. I know that I'm a few steps behind you guys in this area. I have nothing that my 922 recognizes and I'm hoping to find out what software to put on my Mac (or my PC for that matter) that will work as a media server. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Jim S.]

So the 922 will ONLY use DLNA, it won't read SMB shares? Lame, lame, lame!

 

[SandFarmer]

What DLNA software do you use for a media server on the Mac? I read that Windows Media Player 12 "Supports all DLNA roles." But I haven't heard the same about iTunes. I know that I'm a few steps behind you guys in this area. I have nothing that my 922 recognizes and I'm hoping to find out what software to put on my Mac (or my PC for that matter) that will work as a media server. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Personally, to my surprise, I have had to use none. I have MediaCentral, really good media center software while I had my Mac connected directly to my DLP and SSR. But since I got since Blu-ray that is capable of going out and finding the files that you have allowed to be seen, I have not needed anything. And the upscaling is amazing. Not real happy about the firmware being abandoned for my model, contrary to what I was told by LG that my unit would be kept up to date. Although the player is not set up for a party like jukebox performance, but it plays as I need it to. For a "party presentation" I use iTunes. I have yet to see any media center software that does anything more than play what you tell it to and then waits patiently like a newly trained pup for your next command.

 

[thedamaja]

Medialink from Nullriver might work. I think it's listed under PS3 on the website.

It will setup a DNLA server on your Mac. The download is free but it's $20 after the trial period.

 

[ronton3]

Twonky

I use Twonky to stream from a G5 to an OPPO-83 BD player, it is a media server, I use it because I have a PPC and cant use Intel apps.

 

[Lazybird000]

is it good to use?

 

[ronton3]

yes

It isn't pain free but if you carefully look at all the settings and spend some time with it, it can be done.