Category: T.V

Apr/17

Sony Playstation 4 ‘Cannot play the media’ From Twonky Media Server

Filed Under T.V at 25th April 2017 21:54 by Danny

Tags: DLNA, NAS, Playstation, playstation 3. sony, playstation 4, ps3, ps4, qnap, twonky

Overview I have been having issues playing any media streamed from Twonky on my Qnap NAS box to the PS4 giving a blue screen error message Cannot play the media for any video files. Turns out it’s something to do … Continue reading →

Oct/12

MediaTomb Samsung TV On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, T.V at 29th October 2012 0:01 by Danny

Tags: divx, DLNA, MediaTomb, mkv, Playstation, playstation 3, T.V, Ubuntu, UPNP, XML

Overview MediaTomb uPnP / DLNA server works out the box for standard media servers but required some configuration tweaks to enable playback on PlayStation 3. Whilst the changes were done manually in an XML file, the changes were simple and … Continue reading →

Nov/11

Samsung 46D8000 Mini Review

Filed Under Review, T.V at 29th November 2011 0:01 by Danny

Tags: 8000, ARC, d series, HDMI, HDMI-CEC, Logitech, Nintendo, nintendo wii, Onkyo, Philips, samsung, samsung 8000, SCART, Sky, Sony, T.V, TS-SR, USB

Overview I have been eyeing up a Samsung 8000 series T.V since last year and since the only discount that was applied was around £200 from release till the the C model was EOL with the new D series, it … Continue reading →

Dec/08

MythWeb Preview

Filed Under Linux, T.V at 11th December 2008 8:20 by Danny

Tags: music search, MythTV, MythWeb, Programme, Recording, remote management, search tv listings, server, tv programme, Ubuntu, weather, web interface, Webmin

I have yet again set up MythTV on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. It wasn’t as easy or running as well as my previous install on the same machine but with and older version of Ubuntu. Now that I have moved … Continue reading →

Sep/07

Joooooooost

Filed Under T.V at 6th September 2007 2:50 by Danny

I had a play with Joost, a TV like program from people who came up with Skype. It is very good although lacking content and picture quality. The controls area really good and easy to change channels and programs within … Continue reading →

Jun/06

Prison Break Season 1

Filed Under T.V at 5th June 2006 22:45 by Danny

Watched the last episode of Prison Break, a wikid tv series full of twists and turns. It was very disappointing at the end as they left it wide open and didn’t really finish it! Got to wait another year now.

Mar/06

Prison Break

Filed Under T.V at 25th March 2006 0:00 by Danny

Started watching Prison Break. I like it because it is very clever and has a gripping story.