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Reverb · (This post was last modified: 2011-02-13, 16:38 by Reverb.)

I have issues with SMB share and then i mean it buffers often. So i try now the UPnP option. I downloaded a UPnP AV client called Playback(MAC) and share my folder(s) i want to share and that works. XBMC see the client and i can add it to video sources via option upnp devices. Here you can see the screenshots and the weird adress I get(that maybe the problem?):

When i added the share and i want to set the content it won't scrape the moviecontent. It try to scrape, but after 2 min or so XBMC crash. Not many movies in it, 4 or 5. When i not let it scrape i can reach the movie files and play them. But when i restart XBMC it is forgetting the added share.

And then I have the following problem. When i try to add the UPnP share manually; upnp://10.0.1.4:1901 or upnp://10.0.1.4 it can't be seen(10.0.1.4 is ofcource the ip of the upnp share computer.

Update: Test it on the Apple Tv and with the scraping it won't crash, but it does nothing :-)

Asgardsurfer · (This post was last modified: 2011-02-13, 21:46 by Asgardsurfer.)

Just tried with Playback, it works just fine.
It's fast, real fast. Oh and there is no buffering whatsoever. Wink

I have it set up like this :

Reverb · (This post was last modified: 2011-02-13, 17:56 by Reverb.)

I see left above the mac icons, did you test it on a ipad or apple tv?

And if you did, scrape it the movies and if you reboot is the added source still visible?

EDIT:
Tried it on my mac with XBMC also, and exact the same probems

Asgardsurfer · 2011-02-13, 17:59

Reverb Wrote:I see left above the mac icons, did you test it on a ipad or apple tv?

And if you did, scrape it the movies and if you reboot is the added source still visible?

EDIT:
Tried it on my mac with XBMC also, and exact the same probems

I used the mac client just to take the screen shot. I have it running on my ATV2.
I did not scrape as its just as a last resort if I have a movie that buffers all the time. I use the SMB share as my main.
When I reboot, its still there.

ppic · 2011-02-13, 18:06

you simply can't scrape on upnp, xbmc don't support it

Reverb · (This post was last modified: 2011-02-13, 18:43 by Reverb.)

Aha ok thnx...Then is that no option for me Smile

. Is it also normal the share is forgotten as soon you did a reboot?
And why isn't supporting XBMC scraping for movies? The weird thing is that it work better for me than smb. With upnp i can even play 1080p movies without much buffers.

Asgardsurfer · 2011-02-13, 18:14

Just to update my previous post, it DOES resume where left off. I guess there was a glitch.
Everything "Just Works" now.

Tenny · 2011-02-13, 19:08

ppic Wrote:you simply can't scrape on upnp, xbmc don't support it

ROFL... I tried hours to figure out why it wouldn't scrape with upnp! Eventually I just gave up haha.

HDClown · 2011-02-13, 19:52

Anyone know if scraping on UPnP is on any to-do list for future support?

Reverb · 2011-02-13, 19:56

HDClown Wrote:Anyone know if scraping on UPnP is on any to-do list for future support?

Hope it will, cause for a lot sharing via upnp is the solution for 'bufferless' movies.

echopleks · 2011-02-15, 17:25

ppic Wrote:you simply can't scrape on upnp, xbmc don't support it

I don't mean to step on any toes with my first post here or anything, but I have successfully scraped my entire Movies directory via UPnP 3 times now. It's on a NAS (DNS-321).

I can make a video or provide screenshots if there is still a widespread belief that this isn't possible. I would love to raise some discussion around it because I have not yet had any success scraping my TV Shows directory. Making a post regarding that soon.

kimsharma · 2011-02-15, 17:34

Anyone have a recommendation for a UPnP server we can use on windows ? I am doing WIndows SMB->wiredethernet->airport extreme->wirelessN->Apple TV and it buffers for large file sizes /higher bit rates.

Thanks.

**Starstream** · 2011-02-15, 19:29

echopleks Wrote:I don't mean to step on any toes with my first post here or anything, but I have successfully scraped my entire Movies directory via UPnP 3 times now. It's on a NAS (DNS-321).

I can make a video or provide screenshots if there is still a widespread belief that this isn't possible. I would love to raise some discussion around it because I have not yet had any success scraping my TV Shows directory. Making a post regarding that soon.

I've never seen scraping working with UPnP so that is pretty interesting. I'm pretty sure D-Link use Twonky but I could be wrong.

Some of the PC servers I've tested;
Serviio - doesn't work at all and can lock up XBMC if trying to exit unless you manually cancel the scanning process.

Mezzmo - can scan the server but gets the ID wrong for all the movies.

Twonky - same as Serviio goes nowhere and can lock XBMC.

echopleks · 2011-02-15, 19:58

Starstream Wrote:I've never seen scraping working with UPnP so that is pretty interesting. I'm pretty sure D-Link use Twonky but I could be wrong.

Some of the PC servers I've tested;
Serviio - doesn't work at all and can lock up XBMC if trying to exit unless you manually cancel the scanning process.

Mezzmo - can scan the server but gets the ID wrong for all the movies.

Twonky - same as Serviio goes nowhere and can lock XBMC.

You can install and use Twonky, however I am using the default UPnP option that is in the DNS-321 admin section.

Perhaps some additional investigation could lead to solving some UPnP issues...? I'm more than willing to follow some requests and post results if people with the "know-how" want to take a look!