Update twonkyserver

Hi, If I upgrade from 6.0.39 to version 7, all I have to do is follow the steps as I upgraded from 5 to 6? Thanks…

FUrthermore, what is the 7.05 version I have to download?

Thx

@jgcamil

Link to download Twonky 7 archive:  Twonky 7.0.5 Special for PowerPC architecture

I installed Twonky 7 using manual from  MBL Wiki Forum

  1. Connect to ssh using your MBL IP(login: root, password: welc0me)

  2. Stop Twonky:

/etc/init.d/twonky stop


  1. Create Twonky 7 directory:

mkdir /usr/local/twonky


  1. Go in it :

cd /usr/local/twonky


  1. Download actual version:

wget http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.5-Special/twonky-powerpc-glibc-2.2.5-special-7.0.5.zip


  1. Unzip it:

unzip twonky-powerpc-glibc-2.2.5-special-7.0.5.zip


  1. Create directory use by twonky to store temp files:

mkdir /var/twonky


  1. Make executable for starting twonky

chmod a+x twonky.sh


  1. start twonky

./twonky.sh start


At this time you should have Twonky 7 working, go to http://yourip:9000 and change what you need (change share folder, client, language, enter your key if you have, etc…).

If you reboot your My Book, older twonky version start.

If all is working (make test before this step):

  1. Change WD script to avoid the changement of Twonky parameters (share change to /) everytime you reboot :

mv /usr/local/sbin/writeTwonkyContentDir.sh /usr/local/sbin/writeTwonkyContentDir.sh.old


  1. Backup old Twonky startup

mv /etc/init.d/twonky /etc/init.d/twonky.old


  1. Make twonky.old nonexecutable:

chmod a-x twonky.old


  1. Copy new startup

cp /usr/local/twonky/twonky.sh /etc/init.d/twonky


That’s all !

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Will try it tonite… thanks for the heads up!

Hope this solves my streaming issues with my oppo bdp 93 and MBL…

Regards,

jg

Well,

It seems it is working properly so far.

Im rescannig the library as we speak, I’ve been able to stream some the available videos and music.

Thanks a lot for the help!

Regards,

jg

What about Licence for 7.0.5? If I get one, where do I copy it?

Hello.

I’ve upgraded directly from V5 to V7 Special. Everything is fine and Twonky 7 is running OK with MP3 and photos, but I can’t play normal video files formats on my Sony Bravia. It seems that nothing works with the Bravias… If any guy knows the solution, I will appreciate it so much.

I’ve purchased the Twonky 7 license, a bargain, but I can’t see videos; only the TS format files.

Thanks

Hi,

after installing the version 7, my Samsung Smart TV disconnects constantly.

I did downgrade to version 6.0.39 (back to the passages) and everything has returned to work.

If you can help someone, here are the steps I did:

login ssh (ssh root@youripaddress - password: welc0me)

/etc/init.d/twonky stop

cd /usr/local/twonkymedia-5

wget http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/6.0.39/twonkymedia-powerpc-glibc-2.2.5-6.0.39.zip

unzip twonkymedia-powerpc-glibc-2.2.5-6.0.39.zip (overwrite all)

mv /usr/local/sbin/writeTwonkyContentDir.sh.old /usr/local/sbin/writeTwonkyContentDir.sh

mv /etc/init.d/twonky.old /etc/init.d/twonky

reboot

hey thanks for posting such quick and easy instructions for upgrading twonky to v6. i have been able to successfully upgrade my twonky server to 6.0.39 on my WD MBL but I still CANNOT view any mkv files on my samsung tv.

i have rebooted by MBL and twonky server. in the twonky and MBL web interface i can see that the version has changed to 6.0.38 but i continue to receive the “fill format not support error” everytime i try to open a MKV.

i then installed the v7 of twonky on my windows PC and can comfortably stream all fole formats from my PC however since all my media files are on the MBL i really need to be able to stream my mkvs from there. any idea what could be going on? I have a samsung D6600 which i able to see all files on my MBL so i know that the TV and twonky on MBL are talkking.

pls help!

  • Go in Twonky Setting -Click on “Media Receivers” under Advanced  Setup (Media Receivers will display devices that the Media Server recognizes on the network. The Mac address, type of device, and IP address will be displayed.) - Select the Device and the type in “Samsung Smart TV”. - Save - Restart Server and try

Well from that interface i see a dropdown of all the twonky supported devices. i don’t have the ability to enter any text hut i selected Samsung tv. i doesn’t help. I don’t get how almost everyone here is reporting success after upgrading to v6. For me it doesn’t open any more files than v5.

is there config chg that needs to be done after upgrading to 6.0.39? am i missing something? shall i update my MBL firmware and then re-try? That cant have anything to do with it right?

No need to change any config or anything. I suggest you upgrade the firmware and then retry with the method I posted earier for 6.0.39 in page 23. Unfortunately my MBL crashed and sent out for replacement hence I cannot test and provide a completely v7 instruction or test everything.

alright… will do that… shall upgrade my MBL firmware. what prevented me from doing this so far was the fear of losing the feature pack and the applications it provided… any idea if feature pack is supported by the latest MBL firmware?

no idea. I don’t use that.

I dont know about the featurepack but this new firmware disabled mysql interface inside PHP.  (PHP still works but it will not talk to mysql server any more)  What this means is that it can still act as web server but creating the site with database powered CMS such as wordpress, drupal, Joomra etc., is out of reach.    I know this device  was not meant for such task but it nevertheless it is less exciting.

Hello everyone.    this is my first posts.  So i may not have searched enough.    Any way I just got my MyBook and its working great.   I also have twonkey 7.0  and on my 2011 Samsung HDTV says it will not play any of my itunes music…  It says file not supported.    I can get them to play when the tv is connected to my pc but not twonky or the MyBook.  

Im lost at what to do next.

Thank you,

Jerid

Hi How did you apply the licence to the WD drive.  I assume that you upgraded by copying the files to the drive rather than running the upgrade.

Thanks

After upgrade firmware to 02.11.09-053 I’ve got a problem: Twonky loses share everytime it reboots. 

I’ve upgraded it to 7.0.5 and happens the same, also in this cases it disconects all the time, so I’ve came back to 6.0.39.

No idea what to do.

How can I delete all and start again?

Thanks.

Edited: I fix issue restoring values.

Now somebodys is running Twonky 7.x.x and going fine on Samsung TV?

I had a problem with video files, m4v, mp4 and mkv stopping for no apparent reason roughly 10 mins into the film when streaming them to my LG Plasma TV. I tried resampling them which sometimes worked but not always.

In the end I upgraded the Twonky server to 6.0.39 which fixed the issue.

I then upgraded to 7.0.5 which has a better browser interface but have since downgraded back to 6.0.39 because the WD browser interface didn’t recognise 7 and I think that was stopping the drive from going to sleep, has anybody else found this? and as i mainly only use the drive for backing up and watching my dvd collection I didn’t want it running all the time.

I can say though that the licence key i purchased for 7 works with 6.

Still got an issue with streaming movies to my sony blueray player though, while it does now see and play them the video is choppy? Anyone got any ideas?