Windows 10: Accessing video files held on desktop via smart TV

Hi


I did a complete reinstal of W10 as I needed a larger drive C.


After installation I was unable to access any of the files/folders containing videos (Universal Media Server used). I assumed the problem lay with access permissions. Where possible I have set permissions for several levels - system/auth user/everyone (some options greyed out). I can now see the folders/files in my TV but, when trying to play a video, the TV player just seems tobread all the files in the folder without actually playing them. In addition, the icons displayed againat each file shows MPEG & ?..not the usual icons and the length shown for each file is 9.59.00 .....10 hours!!


Am I correct in my assumptions and, more importantly, how do I recover!!??


Regards,

LTA

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Accessing video files held on desktop via smart TV

Hi Laurence,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Are you able to play the files on your computer?

What is the make and model of your TV and what renderer is UMS using for it?

Do you see any error message on your TV screen?

In the main panel of the universal Media server, do you see the device name (TV) as active device?



Try playing a video file with a different extension and see if your TV can play it.



Please get back to us with the required information, so that we can help suggest the appropriate troubleshooting steps.



Peer Samie

Microsoft Community-Moderator

 

Accessing video files held on desktop via smart TV

Hi

I did a complete reinstal of W10 as I needed a larger drive C.

After installation I was unable to access any of the files/folders containing videos (Universal Media Server used). I assumed the problem lay with access permissions. Where possible I have set permissions for several levels - system/auth user/everyone (some
options greyed out). I can now see the folders/files in my TV but, when trying to play a video, the TV player just seems tobread all the files in the folder without actually playing them. In addition, the icons displayed againat each file shows MPEG & ?..not
the usual icons and the length shown for each file is 9.59.00 .....10 hours!!

Am I correct in my assumptions and, more importantly, how do I recover!!??

Regards,

LTA

 

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