Re: Sony BDS580 client

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

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>         Does it always fail for the same files or randomly? Even when
>         transcoding it shouldn't take five minutes. 
> 
> 
> The same files. But I can't work out what is different between certain
> files - I am assuming slowness on one hand is caused by transcoding,
> but why does it transcode some files and not others? Unless there are
> minor differences in the containers used that I am unaware of.

You could check with gupnp-dlna-info -v on a working and a non-working
file if there are any obvious differences.


> Sorry, my mistake. I meant pause when viewing videos. I can
> successfully pause when listening to music, but the functionality
> doesn't work when watching a video. 

That usually works, but might be caused by transcoding. The player could
misinterpret some of the flags. Do you perhaps get an error like in this
bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665476