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There are several multimedia streaming servers for Linux. The one I liked most of all was madsonic but I don't care for the fee structure. I have moved on to Kodi which seems to be encoding anything and everything that | There are several multimedia streaming servers for Linux. The one I liked most of all was madsonic but I don't care for the fee structure. I have moved on to Kodi which seems to be encoding anything and everything that minidlna (Readymedia) wasn't. | ||
However, one problem I have had is that after 10-12 minutes or so of watching a stream on my Samsung Bluray player it would disconnect and I'd have to restart. | However, one problem I have had is that after 10-12 minutes or so of watching a stream on my Samsung Bluray player it would disconnect and I'd have to restart. | ||
I found the simple answer was to assign a static IP address to my player. My guess is that every time there was some sort of DHCP event, it would cause the player to stop. I don't know if this is just a Samsung issue or more wide spread but I have seen many people complain about frequent disconnects while viewing. | I found the simple answer was to assign a static IP address to my player. My guess is that every time there was some sort of DHCP event, it would cause the player to stop. I don't know if this is just a Samsung issue or more wide spread but I have seen many people complain about frequent disconnects while viewing. | ||
You'll have to look in the manual for your device on how to configure a static IP but it's not difficult. If you can compile Kodi then you can probably configure your player. | You'll have to look in the manual for your device on how to configure a static IP but it's not difficult. If you can compile Kodi then you can probably configure your player. | ||
I hope this little hint helps someone and will remind me next time it happens. | I hope this little hint helps someone and will remind me next time it happens. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:04, 30 October 2017
There are several multimedia streaming servers for Linux. The one I liked most of all was madsonic but I don't care for the fee structure. I have moved on to Kodi which seems to be encoding anything and everything that minidlna (Readymedia) wasn't.
However, one problem I have had is that after 10-12 minutes or so of watching a stream on my Samsung Bluray player it would disconnect and I'd have to restart.
I found the simple answer was to assign a static IP address to my player. My guess is that every time there was some sort of DHCP event, it would cause the player to stop. I don't know if this is just a Samsung issue or more wide spread but I have seen many people complain about frequent disconnects while viewing.
You'll have to look in the manual for your device on how to configure a static IP but it's not difficult. If you can compile Kodi then you can probably configure your player.
I hope this little hint helps someone and will remind me next time it happens.