Streaming home video files stored on my WD MyCloud

[cpt_paranoia]

There are a number of reports of the Samsung DLNA media viewer giving trouble, so I’m not too surprised it’s the TVs giving you trouble.

As you’re using DLNA, you will be accessing the Twonky media server on the MyCloud. You might try checking the ‘media receiver type’ for your TVs. Have a read of this thread:

'[FAQ] Twonky DLNA Media Server Setup & Use

Optimising Behaviour for Media Clients Q. Why does my media player not show the right track information? A: A media server looks at the metadata stored in the file, as well as the path and filename. There can be all sorts of metadata tags within a file (Artist, Album Artist, Album, Track Title, Publish Date, Composer, etc, etc), and a media server will fetch these and provide some or all of them to media client applications. If a file does not contain metadata, a media server cannot provide i…

all my videos are either taken on my iPhone or my ipad.

But for some reason, they’re not all playing. The MediaInfo suggestion was to compare one or two working videos, with one or two that aren’t, just to rule out the iThings being ‘too clever’. It might also gives some clues about resolution & orientation. Your TV might refuse to try to play a portrait aspect video, for instance, thinking it cannot show 1920 vertical lines on a 1080 line display.