View media from Mac

innersphere · Post by **innersphere** » 20 Oct 2007, 18:47

Hi all

I may once again just be missing something here, but is there any way to see the shared media (photo and video) from a Mac? The audio works fine with iTunes and Firefly, but I can't seem to see any shared video or photo's.

Any clues or rough shoves in the right direction would be most appreciated

innersphere · Post by **innersphere** » 23 Oct 2007, 06:48

*bump*

Has no-one got any suggestions for me?

Post by **tor** » 23 Oct 2007, 09:22

Hi innersphere,

Unfortunately the firefly mediaserver responsible for itunes streaming only supports audio. To access video and photos you have to use a UPNP capable program.

/Tor

innersphere · Post by **innersphere** » 23 Oct 2007, 10:11

Thanks Tor,

I guess I was confused because I thought mediatomb runs on the Bubba and it supports shared video and photo's. I thought this was a uPnP program?

Or, am I missing it completely and what I need is a uPnP program on my Mac that can read the mediatomb shares on the bubba??

Sorry for the noob questions, but I guess I have to learn somehow

Thanks,
Graeme

Post by **tor** » 23 Oct 2007, 10:31

Hi,

Mediatomb shares the media "over" UPNP, makes it available for, upnp client or media renderers as they are called in UPNP.

You still need a client application that connects to it. (The upnp program you mention.)

Another way is to mount the samba share directly on your Mac and play the media with the ordinary player in MacOSX.

/Tor