
#Serviio sony bravia tv 720p
Their recommendation is that if you play 720p applications, which is what the BBC HD iPlayer programmes are, at 3.2mbps, then you should be fine.
#Serviio sony bravia tv 1080p
My home plugs are 85mbps which can deal with some 1080p applications but can get very bad stuttering. (Since writing this article I have found these links. Don’t you believe it! Nothing got this to work and, believe me, I tried all ways. I now have a whizzy new laptop (as you know ‘cos I just told you) and thought that I could connect to my Bravia TV via Serviio using Wi-Fi. laptop PC, running Windows 7, directly connected to the Home Hub via a cat 5 cable. But, hey, we’re talking computers and nothing is how it should be.

I bought a new laptop and thought that it would just work in replacement of my old tower unit. As I’d had 8 years out of it I decided it was now time for a new PC. I thought that that would be the end of the story, which it was until a power surge blew the PC’s power unit some months later. (As an aside the BT Home Hub 2 is based on the Thomson TG787 router and the documentation for this can be obtained from here.
#Serviio sony bravia tv how to
Should you not know how to access the BT Home Hub Gateway Web Interface this document can assist, but there are others. (You can change this name within the Home Hub too for your convenience, but one step at a time!): You may need to check on the TV what the IP address is and check back on the BT Home Hub what it is called. Under ‘Port Forwarding’ assign the following to your TV (this is the ‘Device’ name that the BT Home Hub assigns it.

So, having had no luck within the Sony forums I went looking elsewhere and found this in the BT forums Īccess the BT Home Hub Gateway Web Interface through your web browser by typing in and go on to change the following settings in ‘Advanced’:Īpplication Sharing > UPnP – ‘Off’ (Mine is now ‘On’ and it still works) But no, like with all computers and networks it wasn’t to be. tower PC, running Windows XP, directly connected to the Home Hub via a cat 5 cable.Ī good while ago ‘Catmambo’ recommended using Serviio for DLNA interoperability with Sony TV’s so, like everyone else, I went and downloaded it and expected it just to work (like you do!). Which shows ways of connecting a Bravia TV to a network, as well as how to search for your server, amongst other helpful information. I also have found these documents useful They are on different floors at opposite ends of the house from one another. The Home Hub is connected to a home plug, which is directly plugged into a wall power socket, via a cat 5 cable and the TV is connected to another home plug directly plugged into a wall power socket adjacent to the mains plug for the TV.

Bravia KDL-37EX403 connected to the Home Hub via home plugs.

BT Home Hub version 2.0 directly connected to my incoming telephone line via a wall socket from which I have ġ No. I hope to help everyone else in one simple and concise place within this forum as I myself have found it both interesting and useful and wish to contribute something back.ġ No. Twice I have had problems with different PC’s and, after searching various forums over very many months, I have resolved all my issues. I have created this guide to assist all frustrated people who have ever tried to get their PC’s to work with their Sony Bravia TV’s (2010 plus) via DLNA through a BT Home Hub using Serviio. DLNA, Serviio, BT Home Hub and Bravia TV’s
