View photos from RasPi network drive.

[defaultuser8]

Has anyone found a way to make their TV recognize a network drive. I have a hard drive full of pictures i'd like to be able to view on my UN60F6300AFXZA. My tv readily recognized my windows computers but I have a Raspberry Pi with a USB drive attached that i use for network storage. Any ideas?

[lizardking]

What kind of server protocol does your Raspberry use? NFS, Samba?

[defaultuser8]

set up with samba, so my kids can back up their windows laptops.

[bugficks]

why not use some dlna server? i guess rpi XBMC even has one enabled be default

[defaultuser8]

xbmc would be an option, but I'd like to run owncloud from the same raspi and I don't want to overload it with xbmc just so my wife can look at her pictures, I was hoping for a smaller simpler solution. Plus I thought i read somewhere that Samsung was picky about what dlna servers it recognized and leaned towards windows. I have an old desktop running windows 7 behind my TV that I use as a dvr, it works with the plex app rather nicely.

[bugficks]

well installing some dlna might still be easier/faster esp. when mainly used for pictures than rooting/installing samygo extensions
samygo F extensions add smb/nfs mounting features

[pentester]

Minidlna for raspberry server is running smoothly. Since I am running Raspbian "wheezy" version with several command and ext4 file system the external drive is excellent.

Hope it helps.

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[defaultuser8]

Installed minidlna tonight, can't say it is working correctly but it does work. My tv is only seeing some of the folders in my photo directory. This looks like the solution i was looking for, thanks.

[pentester]

Installed minidlna tonight, can't say it is working correctly but it does work. My tv is only seeing some of the folders in my photo directory. This looks like the solution i was looking for, thanks.

TV in arkmc ago lite tested with iOS app and validates the folder structure. Most importantly revise the permissions for the folder you've created.

For example:

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sudo mkdir -p /mnt/Pictures

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sudo chmod 755 /mnt/Pictures

After installation is over, you need to configure the minidlna.

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sudo nano /etc/minidlna.conf

You add the following lines to the configuration file, with path pointing to your directory layout...

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media_dir=P,/mnt/One/Pictures

You also change db_dir so that the database is saved across reboots.

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db_dir=/home/pi/.minidlna

You run

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sudo service minidlna start

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sudo service minidlna force-reload

to reload the database.

Note: 12 GB in size (3d 1080p) movie I'm watching fluently.

[defaultuser8]

Got home tonight turned on my TV selected my raspi and all my folders and photos were there. Thanks for all the help. Maybe pen tester can answer this question too,when you select a folder does it show previews of your pics or does it just show the file icon?