DLNA media server?

[dmepham]

Hi all, hope this is the right forum to post this.

I just bought a Sony Blu-ray player that's Wifi & DLNA equipped -- I want to be able to play audio and video files from my PC on my TV & stereo.

I now understand that is's not just as easy as sharing folders -- apparently I need to run some sort of a server on my PC? A DLNA media server?

I've looked for some software out there to run such a server, but I can't seem to find anything decent that works. Can someone point me toward a decent software package? Or possibly a tutorial for how to set this up? I literally have three folders, one audio, video, and pics, and I just want access to them from the Blu-ray player. Seems like it shouldnt be very hard... but I cant figure it out.

Thanks in advance.

 

[FirNaTine]

The cheapest and easiest way I have found is to have the files you wish to play in your Windows Media Player library and have file sharing enabled in it.

It should then show up as a DLNA server.

 

[Dark Penguin]

Try J. River Media Center. www.jrmediacenter.com They have recently added DLNA support. It might not be perfect but they are currently developing it. So if you have an issue post it to their forums.

It isn't free, however.

 

[boomhower]

Try PS3mediaserver. It's stupid simple and works great. I use it or both my PS3 and 360, couldn't ask for it to be much better.