Networking a Blu Ray player


  1. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #1

    Networking a Blu Ray player


    Hi, new to the forum and hoping someone can be of help please!
    I just bought a blu ray player with an ethernet port. I have assigned the player an IP address, connected it to my router and it confirms it has connected to the internet. What I would like to do is stream .mkv files to my blu ray player from my pc via the ethernet port. I am running windows security essentials and the windows firewall, nothing else.
    However, I'm just stuck as to how to get my pc to "see" the blu ray player. I can ping it via a command line but need help to finish the job off.

    thanks, Lol
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  2. Posts : 966
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #2

    It's hard to stream to devices that aren't built to stream to. Does your blu-ray player have DLNA capability?
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  3. Posts : 3,187
    Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
       #3

    jelyman said:
    It's hard to stream to devices that aren't built to stream to. Does your blu-ray player have DLNA capability?
    Good points.

    What brand and model is your player, Lol999?
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  4. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    thanks for the replies folks. research has shown that my player does NOT have dlna support. d'oh! probably taking it back today and swapping it for a different model that does.

    thanks so far though.
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  5. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Bought a DLNA certified player. What a difference! Set up the network details, allowed permissions in MP, everything's great!

    Thanks for your help.
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