Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

[Stas Verberkt]

Carmel schreef op 13-03-2012 18:29:
> Presently, I have three HD TVs, two Samsung and one Sony. On these 
> TVs
> there is a menu where I can access remote devices to access music or
> videos. By marking the folders "shared" in Windows, these folders are
> available on these TVs. I have found no way to accomplish the same
> thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a 
> shared
> music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they
> told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft & 
> MAC
> and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for
> assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have 
> only
> gotten the same response.
>
> If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible
> solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a 
> drive
> in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to 
> it.
> I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did
> work.
>
> I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the
> exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless
> router.

My guess would still be Samba, as this is an implementation of the 
shared
folders of Windows. Maybe your configuration was not perfect?