Media streaming problems

Since I got the upgrade to Windows 10, Media player has been at best quirky at worse totally useless. Originally I could stream media to my televisions but any editing I did in media player was not reflected in the DLNA client on the TV, for example genres that had been deleted or changed still appeared in the list. I tried deleting the media player database with no change, I reinstalled media player and now I cant stream anything at all. The server shows up on my TV with the proper categories but the list is always empty. I have turned on streaming, shared the files and added them to the media player database. Since the primary reason for this PC is to stream media to TVs in my house I am very disappointed, is there anyone who might have another idea that I haven't tried ?

Well, I figured out the problem with the media not appearing on the client. Moving the external drive to a USB 2 port solved the issue. Funny thing is I never had problems with the port under Windows 8.1, when I checked the library it came back as unresponsive in media player, changing USB ports appears to have solved this issue. The hit I take in speed is not an issue so I can leave the drive on the slower port. Still working on the lack of updates to the streaming media information after changing it in media player.

Yet another update. The metadata issue appears to be connected with the indexing service. If I turn off indexing for the media folder the client side DLNA does not receive any metadata at all, no genres or duration, nothing just the file names. No edited data in media player appears at all even after selecting "Apply media information changes". However, at least files that have been deleted no longer show up in a search. This is getting very frustrating.

Hi there

Did you remember to ENABLE MEDIA STREAMING in the settings -- In W10 it's turned off by default.
Have a look at some of the extra settings in POWER SETTINGS - there's some things about turning drives off, USB delays etc etc --it's all in the ADVANCED settings.

For Media streaming I'd suggest PLEX as a free one or for a small fee- seems quite good - use MEZZMO.

Remember also that it's possible the first time you use any Media streaming server it might have to re-build / refresh the library - and it might even do some transcoding on the fly when not necessary --this is usually the cause of jerky playback on DNLA devices. Check all the settings as these probably have all been reset on W10 install.

You shouldn't have to change USB Ports or whatever.

Cheers
jimbo

Yes, I did turn on streaming. As I said the problem of the media appearing was solved (for whatever reason) by moving my external drive to a USB 2 port. For the tags not updating properly, removing indexing from the media folder solved that problem but no tag information at all appears on the DLNA client now. I'll take a look at PLEX and MEZZMO, if they have the ability to properly sort the files on my TV then I'll use one of those.

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Plex Media Server does a great job, a little heavy on the DLNA menu for mostly home videos but I can't find a setting that chooses the available sub-categories. However, this is something I can live with, the database is relatively small when the amount of information is considered. The streaming speed is not an issue, I have hardwired all the TVs so I get 100 Mbs ethernet connectivity, the limit for LG smart TVs. Thanks for the help, I have disabled media streaming on WMP and have set up a Plex server and all is working fine.

I can once again torture my guests with hundreds of vacation videos lol.