How to stream video from PC to SONY Blue Ray player ?

[HUPIKEK]

Hello All

I own a new SONY BDP-S370 Blue Ray player. It is connected to the home LAN trough the USB wireless feature. It works fine, bringing videos from the SONY's server (not sure about the exactly source).

Now, the natural question is: it is possible to connect the BR player to the home PC in order to stream videos from the PC to the BR player ? Can somebody help me how ? Grateful in advance, Robert

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[specialist-convergence]

Hi HUPIKEK

Yes the BDP-S370 can speak to your PC via a DNLA server, there are many available including Windows Media Player 12 whic is part of Windows 7, this can handle almost any format the player can play.

If you wish to stream HD content then a Server with transcoding functions would be best as it will ensure the correct profile of stream is passed to your Network, regardless of the file type on the computer.

[HUPIKEK]

Hello

Thanks for yr. prompt answer. It sounds good. Can you pls. send a more detailed description how to establish the logical connection between the PC and the SONY BDP-S370 ? I understand the first step is to define Shared a partition in the PC. What the next steps ?

Best Regards, Robert

[specialist-convergence]

Hi the best way to share content from your PC would be via a Media Server, there are many, if you have Windows 7 then it has Media Player 12, in order to set up  Media Player follow the link below http://www.ehow.com/how_5216357_stream-video-windows-media-player.html

I would not recommend a shared folder, you would have problems with incompatible files which is resolved with relative ease by transcoding any unsupported format.

[Romi-Sony]

And how does it work when using WMP11 and Vista?

[Catmambo]

I hear very good things about Mezzmo

http://www.conceiva.com/products/mezzmo/faqs.asp

Thanks

[ALBE72 · Accepted solution]

With WMP11 you cannot share avi or divx file. However if you don't have W7and WMP12 , you can use, as I am doing, Wild Media Server for example.

Ciao,

ALBE72

[Ballcocks]

Use PS3 media server, Google it, it is free, works to Bravia. It's amazing how Microsoft cant get WMP working.

[HUPIKEK]

Hi Ballcocks

Thanks for yr. recomandation concerning the PS3 Media Server.

Meantime I tryied it by installing it. The results were poor. I achieved the wireless connection between the PC and the SONY BR player. But every video file i tryied to stream/play appeared with the mention "corrupt file". I wonder if it requests the Play Station 3 as mandatory ?

Anyway, I can recommend to you and to others, another application, MEZZMO v. 2.1.11.0.

Unlike the WMP v. 12 under the WIN 7, it makes the expected from it. It connects wireless smoothly and streams / plays the MPG files w/o jumps, pauses and so on. It has a friendly user interface which makes easy the initial setup, which will serve as template for every operation. It has also more setup options than the WMP and in this way it's possible to operate it in more situations. You can dowload the Mezzmo trough the Google or by reading the other answers of one guy who participated to this SONY BRP forum.

[peedee]

My PC is running XP Home and Windows Media Player 11 and my BDV E370 is connected to my network via a LAN cable. The E370 acesses the internet fine but I cannot stream anything from my PC to the E370.  I understand Windows Media Player 11 is DNLA compatible but when I set it up for Media Sharing, including opening up the required ports on the McAfee firewall, the E370 is not visible to the Media Player. The PC (DNLA server) does not appear on the E370 either when I use the update server connections option on the E370.

According to the Sony web site, I am running the latest software version on the E370. My router is a Linksys BEFSR41

Any help to solve the problem will be much appreciated.

peedee