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Talk:Media Play and DLNA

2009-10-27T13:46:09Z

Cus1:

I wanted to start a discussion on this page to clarify some of the information on it.

1) Support for h.264 inside an .avi container is a BadThingâ¢ and falls in to the "yeah, it's possible to do this, but why would you?" category of things. My rationale is to recommend users not do this as it's generally a bad idea to advise the average user to hack standards for the following reasons:

1 - .avi has very limited support for b-frames which doesn't include (in spec) a way to properly handle h.264 b-frames 
2 - any .avi which contains h.264 is hacked and not spec-compliant 
3 - CE devices will not play h.264-in-avi without using non-compliant hacks. most vendors will not release software to intentionally play hacked formats due to compatibility/security/stability/legal reasons 
4 - just because x264/ffdshow does it, doesn't mean you should too 
5 - there are several standard containers which were designed for h.264 and those can more easily be utilized 
6 - encouraging users to create non-compliant containers when appropriate standards exist doesn't make sense 

..in summary, even though Samsung says they support this, we should mention this is a "not recommended" practice. I don't want to offend anyone (someone in particular, :-D ) - it's wiser to think-forward and err on the side of compatibility instead of using a hack. After the last 10 years in the IT industry, my experience says hack=bad. Make things do what they are designed & intended to do.

I don't really think that general encoding best practices belong here, sorry.
--[[User:Cus1|Cus1]] 13:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

2) It would probably be wise to have both the main "supported formats" list as a reference (i.e. at the end of the page), whilst having a more practical chart higher up on the page. The first chart would list the video codec first, maximum resolutions, codec-specific information, audio codec info, followed by applicable industry-accepted container formats.

I see what you mean, however the inserted chart is more or less official (the formats are definitely are, I am not sure about the bit rates and the resolutions), and follows the structure of the chart of supported formats in the Samsung TV manuals / homepage. Yes, it may be better to group the supported formats by the video codecs, and not by the containers.
--[[User:Cus1|Cus1]] 13:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

3) There should probably be a separate encoding chart which addresses each codec at necessary increments. For example, using h.264 with a CE target such as a high-definition TV, XBox360, or PS3, one should use High Profile (HP) level 4 or 4.1 for encoding at 720p or 1080i/p. The chart on the page doesn't address what CE targets are. Should the information on the chart is taken literally, someone might get the (wrong) impression that Baseline Profile (BP) or Main Profile (MP) is appropriate for hi-def content. Sure, you can do it, but the quality will be worse and will achieve a much larger encode than what HP can product.

Encoding best practices for other CE is not relevant here, only encoding best practices for Samsung TV-s are. So I suggest you create a page where you describe encoding best practices for Samsung TV-s keeping in mind the standards (what is not a hack to do :)), what the TV supports and for what resolutions which profiles should be used.
--[[User:Cus1|Cus1]] 13:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

4) It would be very useful if someone had a document describing the characteristics of the codecs the Samsung HDTVs support. For example, when using h.263 (DivX/XviD), does it support all DivX profiles or only a subset? Does it support h.264 up to HP 4.1 or higher/lower? What are the valid options for .wmv encoding (v9/v10? - vc1 compliance)? Most of the questions I have concerning audio support is defined by the container being used and doesn't require any research.

Absolutely. Unfortunately this kind of information is not known, one should contact Samsung to get it, or do thorough tests with the TV-s to figure it out.
--[[User:Cus1|Cus1]] 13:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

5) There is duplicate information in the chart as it is now. Referencing "MPEG-4 SP/ASP" is duplicitive of DivX/XviD; they're all h.263. Much of this information needs to be disambiguated.

I didn't know that, and probably more people heard about DivX than MPEG-4 SP/ASP. So even if you merge these codecs, you should also keep the more famous names (DivX, XviD) of them.
--[[User:Cus1|Cus1]] 13:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I would appreciate any commentary anyone wants to offer on this subject. The data needs to be more practical.

Main Page

2009-10-09T12:59:36Z

Cus1: /* General information */

== Welcome to SamyGo WiKi ==
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== Safety Measures ( which you shouldn't start without ) ==
#Have a working Ex-Link cable at hand
#Ensure the backup exe.img ( stored on /dev/tbml10 ) is in good condition ( and ideally not altered )
#Ensure your RS232 Setting in the Service-Menu is set to "debug"
 
== Useful WIKI articles ==
===Firmware modification===
*[[Enable Serial Console on non CI+ Devices]]
*[[Manually flashing images via telnet or console (without the need for XOR and CRC32)]]
*[[Open backdoor for fixing bootloop situations]]
*[[How to enable Telnet on samsung TV's]]
*[[Mounting an NFS share on a USB device to bypass DLNA]]
*[[TODO: Mounting an CIFS/SAMBA share from TV]]
===General information===
*[[Service Manuals]]
*[[Service Menu]]
*[[Engineering Codes]]
*[[Media Play and DLNA]]
 

== Interesting Reference Material ==
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_ApplicationNotes.html Introduction to SAMSUNG's Linux Flash File System - RFS]
The file-system used in the the recent Samsung TVs is "RFS". Its proprietary nature and consequently so the absence of an according Linux RFS-Module in the standard Linux distributions makes it currently impossible to modify files by simply mounting the respective image as "RW", modifying it and saving the respective image again. This is the reason why currently all changes are done via patching of the image-binaries.
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_PortingGuide.html Linux RFS ( Robust FAT File System ) Porting Guide]
The information provided here should help, that we get a RFS module compiled for our common Linux distributions
 
--[[User:Dynamic1969|Dynamic1969]] 19:24, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Disclaimer ==
Neither this WIKI/Forum nor the author(s) of articles and information provided accept any responsibility for damage that may be caused by use of the information provided. You do everything at your own risk. Be aware that "hacking" activities do void your warranty!
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Media Play and DLNA

2009-10-09T12:55:25Z

Cus1: /* DLNA */

These Samsung TVs are capable of playing serveral audio, video and image formats. These media contents can be played from an USB mass storage device (pendrive, USB hard disk), or from a DLNA network server. With firmware modifications it is possible to add support for media play over NFS or SMB/CIFS. This page tries to give detailed info about the playable formats, (the offical list does not go into details and also states that even with a supported media format not all content can be played) and also tries to outline the limitations of playing media content through DLNA using different DLNA servers.

== Supported formats ==
Below is a table of the (more or less officially) supported media formats for USB playing (DLNA support may be different):
<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 COLS=7 BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>File Extension</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>Container</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Video Decoder</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Audio Codec</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Resolution</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Frame/sec</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Mbit/sec</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.avi </TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>AVI</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Motion JPEG</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mkv</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>MKV</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Motion JPEG</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=10 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.asf</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>ASF</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>WMA MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW), AAC</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>wmv(VC1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Window Media Video v9</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mp4</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>MP4(SMP4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER>ADPCM (HE)-AAC MP3</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.3gp</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>3GPP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER>ADPCM (HE)-AAC</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.vro(ps)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>VRO VOB</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER>AC3, MPEG LPCM</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mpg *.mpeg(ps)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE> </TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG1 (Program Stream)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER>AC3, MPEG LPCM</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2 (Program Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>others(ts)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE> </TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2(Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER>AAC, HE-AAC MP3 DD+</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP (Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>VC1 (Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

== Unsupported formats ==
There are some audio codecs (apart from the exotic propriatery ones) that are unfortunately not supported. These are:
* DTS
* AMR
* OGG
* ALAC

The TV also known to have limitations for H.264 (e.g. MKV playing), the number of supported Reference Frames in the H.264 encoded content is limited. Some say that at most 9 reference frames are supported, however I personally experienced problems (Unsupported video format error, or instant TV poweroff) with 1920x1080 H.264 video with 8 reference frames.

== DLNA ==
DLNA media play has stricter limitations than USB media play. This is significant reason for the firmware modifications to use NFS or SMB/CIFS (which should have the same limitations as USB media play). These limitations of DLNA include the following:
* You can't use features like FWD, RWD, PAUSE with some DLNA servers, and even with the Samsung PC Share Manager, sometimes (depending on media type and file size) some of these functions are not available.
* With some DLNA servers, some codecs are not supported when using DLNA but work fine via USB/NFS.
* You can't select the audio channel of a multi-language media file with DLNA playback.

Beside the Samsung software (Samsung PC Share Manager), you can also use the open source DLNA servers like uShare or Mediathomb. These can also be used on Mac OS X or Linux. On OSX, they're hard to install because you need to compile them by yourself. Out of the box, none of the media servers below (other than Samsung PC Share Manager) work 100% well. Below are tested programs with comments on current problems, maybe someone can provide some resolutions, and maybe it will help somebody.

Windows XP:
* Samsung PC Share Manager - Subtitles OK, all ok.
* Tversity Media Server - Unsupported file format on every video file, tried transcoding and etc combinations.
* FUPPES - Unsupported file format on every video file.
* TwonkyMedia - DIvX works, rest (including mkv) - Unsupported file format
* PlayOn + with plugin "LocalFiles" - randomly drops out from video, sometimes jamming.
* Mezzmo - Unsupported file format on every video file.
* CyberLinkMediaServer - no subtitles, no pausing, beside this everything works
* Asset - only audio

Linux:
* Mediatomb - By default, unsupported file format on every video file. However it can be configured to support every file the PC Share Manager supports (even with FF, PAUSE and REWIND support where the PC Share Manager would support it), except the subtitles.
* uShare - Unsupported file format on every video file

=== Mediatomb ===
Use the latest (svn) version of mediatomb with compiled in ffmpeg support.

Add this to the server section of config.xml:
<custom-http-headers>
<add header="transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming" />
<add header="contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01700000000000000000000000000000" />
</custom-http-headers>

Configure mime types this way in section import/mappings/extension-mimetype:
<map from="avi" to="video/x-msvideo"/>
<map from="ts" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="divx" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="mp4" to="video/MP4V-ES"/>
<map from="mkv" to="video/x-msvideo"/>

Extend the protocol info in the server section.
<protocolInfo extend="yes"/>

Media Play and DLNA

2009-10-09T12:54:57Z

Cus1: /* DLNA */

These Samsung TVs are capable of playing serveral audio, video and image formats. These media contents can be played from an USB mass storage device (pendrive, USB hard disk), or from a DLNA network server. With firmware modifications it is possible to add support for media play over NFS or SMB/CIFS. This page tries to give detailed info about the playable formats, (the offical list does not go into details and also states that even with a supported media format not all content can be played) and also tries to outline the limitations of playing media content through DLNA using different DLNA servers.

== Supported formats ==
Below is a table of the (more or less officially) supported media formats for USB playing (DLNA support may be different):
<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 COLS=7 BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>File Extension</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>Container</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Video Decoder</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Audio Codec</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Resolution</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Frame/sec</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Mbit/sec</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.avi </TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>AVI</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Motion JPEG</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mkv</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>MKV</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Motion JPEG</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=10 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.asf</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>ASF</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>WMA MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW), AAC</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>wmv(VC1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Window Media Video v9</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mp4</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>MP4(SMP4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER>ADPCM (HE)-AAC MP3</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.3gp</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>3GPP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER>ADPCM (HE)-AAC</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.vro(ps)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>VRO VOB</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER>AC3, MPEG LPCM</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mpg *.mpeg(ps)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE> </TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG1 (Program Stream)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER>AC3, MPEG LPCM</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2 (Program Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>others(ts)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE> </TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2(Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER>AAC, HE-AAC MP3 DD+</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP (Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>VC1 (Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

== Unsupported formats ==
There are some audio codecs (apart from the exotic propriatery ones) that are unfortunately not supported. These are:
* DTS
* AMR
* OGG
* ALAC

The TV also known to have limitations for H.264 (e.g. MKV playing), the number of supported Reference Frames in the H.264 encoded content is limited. Some say that at most 9 reference frames are supported, however I personally experienced problems (Unsupported video format error, or instant TV poweroff) with 1920x1080 H.264 video with 8 reference frames.

== DLNA ==
DLNA media play has stricter limitations than USB media play. This is significant reason for the firmware modifications to use NFS or SMB/CIFS (which should have the same limitations as USB media play). These limitations of DLNA include the following:
* You can't use features like FWD, RWD, PAUSE with some DLNA servers, and even with the Samsung PC Share Manager, sometimes (depending on media type and file size) some these functions are not available.
* With some DLNA servers, some codecs are not supported when using DLNA but work fine via USB/NFS.
* You can't select the audio channel of a multi-language media file with DLNA playback.

Beside the Samsung software (Samsung PC Share Manager), you can also use the open source DLNA servers like uShare or Mediathomb. These can also be used on Mac OS X or Linux. On OSX, they're hard to install because you need to compile them by yourself. Out of the box, none of the media servers below (other than Samsung PC Share Manager) work 100% well. Below are tested programs with comments on current problems, maybe someone can provide some resolutions, and maybe it will help somebody.

Windows XP:
* Samsung PC Share Manager - Subtitles OK, all ok.
* Tversity Media Server - Unsupported file format on every video file, tried transcoding and etc combinations.
* FUPPES - Unsupported file format on every video file.
* TwonkyMedia - DIvX works, rest (including mkv) - Unsupported file format
* PlayOn + with plugin "LocalFiles" - randomly drops out from video, sometimes jamming.
* Mezzmo - Unsupported file format on every video file.
* CyberLinkMediaServer - no subtitles, no pausing, beside this everything works
* Asset - only audio

Linux:
* Mediatomb - By default, unsupported file format on every video file. However it can be configured to support every file the PC Share Manager supports (even with FF, PAUSE and REWIND support where the PC Share Manager would support it), except the subtitles.
* uShare - Unsupported file format on every video file

=== Mediatomb ===
Use the latest (svn) version of mediatomb with compiled in ffmpeg support.

Add this to the server section of config.xml:
<custom-http-headers>
<add header="transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming" />
<add header="contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01700000000000000000000000000000" />
</custom-http-headers>

Configure mime types this way in section import/mappings/extension-mimetype:
<map from="avi" to="video/x-msvideo"/>
<map from="ts" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="divx" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="mp4" to="video/MP4V-ES"/>
<map from="mkv" to="video/x-msvideo"/>

Extend the protocol info in the server section.
<protocolInfo extend="yes"/>

Media Play and DLNA

2009-10-09T12:43:19Z

Cus1:

These Samsung TVs are capable of playing serveral audio, video and image formats. These media contents can be played from an USB mass storage device (pendrive, USB hard disk), or from a DLNA network server. With firmware modifications it is possible to add support for media play over NFS or SMB/CIFS. This page tries to give detailed info about the playable formats, (the offical list does not go into details and also states that even with a supported media format not all content can be played) and also tries to outline the limitations of playing media content through DLNA using different DLNA servers.

== Supported formats ==
Below is a table of the (more or less officially) supported media formats for USB playing (DLNA support may be different):
<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 COLS=7 BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>File Extension</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>Container</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Video Decoder</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Audio Codec</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Resolution</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Frame/sec</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>Mbit/sec</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.avi </TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>AVI</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Motion JPEG</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mkv</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>MKV</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Motion JPEG</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=10 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.asf</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>ASF</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 3.11</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=11 ALIGN=CENTER>WMA MP3 AC3 LPCM ADPCM (MULAW ALAW), AAC</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 4.x</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 5.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Divx 6.0</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>wmv(VC1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Window Media Video v9</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mp4</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>MP4(SMP4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=6 ALIGN=CENTER>ADPCM (HE)-AAC MP3</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>XviD</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>20</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.3gp</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>3GPP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 BP</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=5 ALIGN=CENTER>ADPCM (HE)-AAC</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 MP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 SP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG-4 ASP</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>800x600</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>8</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.vro(ps)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>VRO VOB</TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER>AC3, MPEG LPCM</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG1</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>*.mpg *.mpeg(ps)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE> </TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG1 (Program Stream)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER>AC3, MPEG LPCM</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2 (Program Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>others(ts)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE> </TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>MPEG2(Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER>AAC, HE-AAC MP3 DD+</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>H.264 HP (Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>40</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>VC1 (Transport Stream)</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>1920x1080</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>6 ~ 30</TD>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER>25</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

== Unsupported formats ==
There are some audio codecs (apart from the exotic propriatery ones) that are unfortunately not supported. These are:
* DTS
* AMR
* OGG
* ALAC

The TV also known to have limitations for H.264 (e.g. MKV playing), the number of supported Reference Frames in the H.264 encoded content is limited. Some say that at most 9 reference frames are supported, however I personally experienced problems (Unsupported video format error, or instant TV poweroff) with 1920x1080 H.264 video with 8 reference frames.

== DLNA ==
Beside the Samsung software (Samsung PC Share Manager), you can also use the open source DLNA servers like uShare or Mediathomb. These can also be used on Mac OS X or Linux. On OSX, they're hard to install because you need to compile them by yourself. Out of the box, none of the media servers below (other than Samsung PC Share Manager) work 100% well. Below are tested programs with comments on current problems, maybe someone can provide some resolutions, and maybe it will help somebody.

Windows XP:
* Samsung PC Share Manager - Subtitles OK, all ok.
* Tversity Media Server - Unsupported file format on every video file, tried transcoding and etc combinations.
* FUPPES - Unsupported file format on every video file.
* TwonkyMedia - DIvX works, rest (including mkv) - Unsupported file format
* PlayOn + with plugin "LocalFiles" - randomly drops out from video, sometimes jamming.
* Mezzmo - Unsupported file format on every video file.
* CyberLinkMediaServer - no subtitles, no pausing, beside this everything works
* Asset - only audio

Linux:
* Mediatomb - By default, unsupported file format on every video file. However it can be configured to support every file the PC Share Manager supports (even with FF, PAUSE and REWIND support where the PC Share Manager would support it), except the subtitles.
* uShare - Unsupported file format on every video file

=== Mediatomb ===
Use the latest (svn) version of mediatomb with compiled in ffmpeg support.

Add this to the server section of config.xml:
<custom-http-headers>
<add header="transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming" />
<add header="contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01700000000000000000000000000000" />
</custom-http-headers>

Configure mime types this way in section import/mappings/extension-mimetype:
<map from="avi" to="video/x-msvideo"/>
<map from="ts" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="divx" to="video/mpeg"/>
<map from="mp4" to="video/MP4V-ES"/>
<map from="mkv" to="video/x-msvideo"/>

Extend the protocol info in the server section.
<protocolInfo extend="yes"/>

Media Play and DLNA

2009-10-09T12:11:49Z

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Main Page

2009-10-08T23:55:44Z

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== Welcome to SamyGo WiKi ==
Here, I will add pages that you show how to edit your firmwares.

Edit permissions will be granted on request ( from forum. )

[http://samygo.sourceforge.net SamyGo Home Page]

[http://forum.samygo.tv/index.php SamyGo Forum]

== Safety Measures ( which you shouldn't start without ) ==
#Have a working Ex-Link cable at hand
#Ensure the backup exe.img ( stored on /dev/tbml10 ) is in good condition ( and ideally not altered )
#Ensure your RS232 Setting in the Service-Menu is set to "debug"
 
== Useful WIKI articles ==
===Firmware modification===
*[[Enable Serial Console on non CI+ Devices]]
*[[Manually flashing images via telnet or console (without the need for XOR and CRC32)]]
*[[Open backdoor for fixing bootloop situations]]
*[[How to enable Telnet on samsung TV's]]
*[[Mounting an NFS share on a USB device to bypass DLNA]]
*[[TODO: Mounting an CIFS/SAMBA share from TV]]
===General information===
*[[Service Manuals]]
*[[Service Menu]]
*[[Engineering Codes]]
 

== Interesting Reference Material ==
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_ApplicationNotes.html Introduction to SAMSUNG's Linux Flash File System - RFS]
The file-system used in the the recent Samsung TVs is "RFS". Its proprietary nature and consequently so the absence of an according Linux RFS-Module in the standard Linux distributions makes it currently impossible to modify files by simply mounting the respective image as "RW", modifying it and saving the respective image again. This is the reason why currently all changes are done via patching of the image-binaries.
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_PortingGuide.html Linux RFS ( Robust FAT File System ) Porting Guide]
The information provided here should help, that we get a RFS module compiled for our common Linux distributions
 
--[[User:Dynamic1969|Dynamic1969]] 19:24, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Disclaimer ==
Neither this WIKI/Forum nor the author(s) of articles and information provided accept any responsibility for damage that may be caused by use of the information provided. You do everything at your own risk. Be aware that "hacking" activities do void your warranty!
 Tested on UExxB70xx, LExxB65x and compatible devices only.

Engineering Codes

2009-10-08T23:47:10Z

Cus1:

This page lists the available special (undocumented) TV remote key combinations for the TV. Some of them are decoded from the symbol information of the exeDSP program. WARNING! Some of these codes are not tested and may be dangerous.

* POWER (off) INFO MENU MUTE POWER (on) -> [[Service Menu]]
* POWER (off) MUTE 1 8 2 POWER (on) -> [[Service Menu]] on older models
* POWER (off) MUTE 8 2 4 POWER (on) -> pin reset
* MUTE 1 1 9 OK -> "HotelFactory"
* MUTE 1 2 0 EXIT -> "LEDDemo" (didn't seem to do anything?)
* MUTE 1 8 4 EXIT -> "DV"
* MUTE 1 8 5 EXIT -> ?
* MUTE 1 8 7 EXIT -> "DSG" (some HDMI test)
* MUTE 7 3 7 OK -> "PDPFactory"
* MUTE 7 5 0 EXIT -> "FlashPlayerDemo" (goes to content library screen)
* MUTE 9 4 8 EXIT -> "YahooFactoryReset" (resets widgets)
* MUTE OK MUTE OK -> "InfoLinkDemo"
* MUTE ["RSS" key?] -> "ControlPanelVoltage"
* INFO [unknown key with code 0x3B] -> "Factory"
* INFO 3 2 1 EXIT -> "Calibration"
* INFO for 10 secs -> Digital signal quality information
* RETURN for 10 secs -> Internal diagnostics and report
* EXIT for 10 secs -> Factory reset (also TV channels has to be re-tuned)

Engineering Codes

2009-10-08T23:46:18Z

Cus1:

This page lists the available special (undocumented) TV remote key combinations for the TV. WARNING! Some of them are decoded from the symbol information of exeDSP. WARNING! Some of the codes are not tested and/or may be dangerous.

* POWER (off) INFO MENU MUTE POWER (on) -> [[Service Menu]]
* POWER (off) MUTE 1 8 2 POWER (on) -> [[Service Menu]] on older models
* POWER (off) MUTE 8 2 4 POWER (on) -> pin reset
* MUTE 1 1 9 OK -> "HotelFactory"
* MUTE 1 2 0 EXIT -> "LEDDemo" (didn't seem to do anything?)
* MUTE 1 8 4 EXIT -> "DV"
* MUTE 1 8 5 EXIT -> ?
* MUTE 1 8 7 EXIT -> "DSG" (some HDMI test)
* MUTE 7 3 7 OK -> "PDPFactory"
* MUTE 7 5 0 EXIT -> "FlashPlayerDemo" (goes to content library screen)
* MUTE 9 4 8 EXIT -> "YahooFactoryReset" (resets widgets)
* MUTE OK MUTE OK -> "InfoLinkDemo"
* MUTE ["RSS" key?] -> "ControlPanelVoltage"
* INFO [unknown key with code 0x3B] -> "Factory"
* INFO 3 2 1 EXIT -> "Calibration"
* INFO for 10 secs -> Digital signal quality information
* RETURN for 10 secs -> Internal diagnostics and report
* EXIT for 10 secs -> Factory reset (also TV channels has to be re-tuned)

Engineering Codes

2009-10-08T23:44:21Z

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This page lists the available special (undocumented) TV remote key combinations for the TV. WARNING! Some of them are not tested and/or may be dangerous.

* POWER (off) INFO MENU MUTE POWER (on) -> [[Service Menu]]
* POWER (off) MUTE 1 8 2 POWER (on) -> [[Service Menu]] on older models
* POWER (off) MUTE 8 2 4 POWER (on) -> pin reset
* MUTE 1 1 9 OK -> "HotelFactory"
* MUTE 1 2 0 EXIT -> "LEDDemo" (didn't seem to do anything?)
* MUTE 1 8 4 EXIT -> "DV"
* MUTE 1 8 5 EXIT -> ?
* MUTE 1 8 7 EXIT -> "DSG" (some HDMI test)
* MUTE 7 3 7 OK -> "PDPFactory"
* MUTE 7 5 0 EXIT -> "FlashPlayerDemo" (goes to content library screen)
* MUTE 9 4 8 EXIT -> "YahooFactoryReset" (resets widgets)
* MUTE OK MUTE OK -> "InfoLinkDemo"
* MUTE ["RSS" key?] -> "ControlPanelVoltage"
* INFO [unknown key with code 0x3B] -> "Factory"
* INFO 3 2 1 EXIT -> "Calibration"
* INFO for 10 secs -> Digital signal quality information
* RETURN for 10 secs -> Internal diagnostics and report
* EXIT for 10 secs -> Factory reset (also TV channels has to be re-tuned)

Service Menu

2009-10-08T23:19:23Z

Cus1:

Accessing the service menu of the TV enables you to set hundreds of advanced settings. This page tries to list the interesting options that may worth changing. Be aware though, making changes in the menu may void the warranty (and/or make your TV inoperable), so here's a big WARNING! You can damage your TV with this! Additionally, according to some people the TV is logging the changes made in the service menu.

== Accessing the menu ==
When the TV is off, hit INFO MENU MUTE POWER keys in this order. The TV turns on and you see a large menu structure. Usage: Up&Down arrows make selections while Right&Left arrows makes changes. You needed to backup previous value before changing any option. Some options cannot be reverted once changed. The service menu has a protected 'advanced' submenu. Press the 0 button four times on advanced to enter the hidden menu. Before touching any setting, please note the original value. The menu settings are listed (with their default values?) in the [[Service Manuals]].

== Useful menu settings ==
=== Enable serial console ===
Change setting for your RS232C interface to "debug" ( Control -> Sub Option -> RS-232 Jack -> [ '''Debug''' | UART | Logic ] ). More info is available on the [[Enable_Serial_Console_on_non_CI+_Devices]] page.

=== Configure sound delays ===
To eliminate the echo between the TV speakers and the external amp speakers, choose Control->SOUND, Change Auxout Delay Normal to the same value as Speaker Delay Normal (100). This can also be changed (in real time) to to find the perfect audio/video sync.

Main Page

2009-10-08T23:02:33Z

Cus1: /* Useful WIKI articles */ create two subcategories, one for firmware related articles, one for general information

== Welcome to SamyGo WiKi ==
Here, I will add pages that you show how to edit your firmwares.

Edit permissions will be granted on request ( from forum. )

[http://samygo.sourceforge.net SamyGo Home Page]

[http://forum.samygo.tv/index.php SamyGo Forum]

== Safety Measures ( which you shouldn't start without ) ==
#Have a working Ex-Link cable at hand
#Ensure the backup exe.img ( stored on /dev/tbml10 ) is in good condition ( and ideally not altered )
#Ensure your RS232 Setting in the Service-Menu is set to "debug"
 
== Useful WIKI articles ==
===Firmware modification===
*[[Enable Serial Console on non CI+ Devices]]
*[[Manually flashing images via telnet or console (without the need for XOR and CRC32)]]
*[[Open backdoor for fixing bootloop situations]]
*[[How to enable Telnet on samsung TV's]]
*[[Mounting an NFS share on a USB device to bypass DLNA]]
*[[TODO: Mounting an CIFS/SAMBA share from TV]]
===General information===
*[[Service Manuals]]
*[[Service Menu]]
 

== Interesting Reference Material ==
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_ApplicationNotes.html Introduction to SAMSUNG's Linux Flash File System - RFS]
The file-system used in the the recent Samsung TVs is "RFS". Its proprietary nature and consequently so the absence of an according Linux RFS-Module in the standard Linux distributions makes it currently impossible to modify files by simply mounting the respective image as "RW", modifying it and saving the respective image again. This is the reason why currently all changes are done via patching of the image-binaries.
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_PortingGuide.html Linux RFS ( Robust FAT File System ) Porting Guide]
The information provided here should help, that we get a RFS module compiled for our common Linux distributions
 
--[[User:Dynamic1969|Dynamic1969]] 19:24, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Disclaimer ==
Neither this WIKI/Forum nor the author(s) of articles and information provided accept any responsibility for damage that may be caused by use of the information provided. You do everything at your own risk. Be aware that "hacking" activities do void your warranty!
 Tested on UExxB70xx, LExxB65x and compatible devices only.

Main Page

2009-10-08T22:58:11Z

Cus1: /* Useful WIKI articles */ Add Service Menus

== Welcome to SamyGo WiKi ==
Here, I will add pages that you show how to edit your firmwares.

Edit permissions will be granted on request ( from forum. )

[http://samygo.sourceforge.net SamyGo Home Page]

[http://forum.samygo.tv/index.php SamyGo Forum]

== Safety Measures ( which you shouldn't start without ) ==
#Have a working Ex-Link cable at hand
#Ensure the backup exe.img ( stored on /dev/tbml10 ) is in good condition ( and ideally not altered )
#Ensure your RS232 Setting in the Service-Menu is set to "debug"
 
== Useful WIKI articles ==
[[Enable Serial Console on non CI+ Devices]]

[[Manually flashing images via telnet or console (without the need for XOR and CRC32)]]

[[Open backdoor for fixing bootloop situations]]

[[How to enable Telnet on samsung TV's]]

[[Mounting an NFS share on a USB device to bypass DLNA]]

[[TODO: Mounting an CIFS/SAMBA share from TV]]

[[Service Manuals]]

[[Service Menu]]
 

== Interesting Reference Material ==
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_ApplicationNotes.html Introduction to SAMSUNG's Linux Flash File System - RFS]
The file-system used in the the recent Samsung TVs is "RFS". Its proprietary nature and consequently so the absence of an according Linux RFS-Module in the standard Linux distributions makes it currently impossible to modify files by simply mounting the respective image as "RW", modifying it and saving the respective image again. This is the reason why currently all changes are done via patching of the image-binaries.
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_PortingGuide.html Linux RFS ( Robust FAT File System ) Porting Guide]
The information provided here should help, that we get a RFS module compiled for our common Linux distributions
 
--[[User:Dynamic1969|Dynamic1969]] 19:24, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Disclaimer ==
Neither this WIKI/Forum nor the author(s) of articles and information provided accept any responsibility for damage that may be caused by use of the information provided. You do everything at your own risk. Be aware that "hacking" activities do void your warranty!
 Tested on UExxB70xx, LExxB65x and compatible devices only.

Service Menu

2009-10-08T22:56:50Z

Cus1: Created page with 'Accessing the service menu of the TV enables you to set hundreds of advanced settings. This page tries to list the interesting options that may worth changing. Be aware though, mâ¦'

Accessing the service menu of the TV enables you to set hundreds of advanced settings. This page tries to list the interesting options that may worth changing. Be aware though, making changes in the menu may void the warranty (and/or make your TV inoperable). In addition, according to some people the TV is logging the changes made in the service menu.

== Accessing the menu ==
When the TV is off, hit INFO-MENU-MUTE-POWER keys in this order. The TV turns on and you see a large menu structure. The service menu has a protected 'advanced' submenu. Press the 0 button four times on advanced to enter the hidden menu.
Before touching any setting, please note the original value. The menu settings are listed (with their default values?) in the [[Service Manuals]].

== Useful menu settings ==
=== Enable serial console ===
Change setting for your RS232C interface to "debug" ( Control -> Sub Option -> RS-232 Jack -> [ '''Debug''' | UART | Logic ] ). More info is available on the [[Enable_Serial_Console_on_non_CI+_Devices]] page.

=== Configure sound delays ===
To eliminate the echo between the TV speakers and the external amp speakers, choose Control->SOUND, Change Auxout Delay Normal to the same value as Speaker Delay Normal (100). This can also be changed (in real time) to to find the perfect audio/video sync.

Main Page

2009-10-08T22:02:52Z

Cus1: /* Useful WIKI articles */ add Service Manuals page

== Welcome to SamyGo WiKi ==
Here, I will add pages that you show how to edit your firmwares.

Edit permissions will be granted on request ( from forum. )

[http://samygo.sourceforge.net SamyGo Home Page]

[http://forum.samygo.tv/index.php SamyGo Forum]

== Safety Measures ( which you shouldn't start without ) ==
#Have a working Ex-Link cable at hand
#Ensure the backup exe.img ( stored on /dev/tbml10 ) is in good condition ( and ideally not altered )
#Ensure your RS232 Setting in the Service-Menu is set to "debug"
 
== Useful WIKI articles ==
[[Enable Serial Console on non CI+ Devices]]

[[Manually flashing images via telnet or console (without the need for XOR and CRC32)]]

[[Open backdoor for fixing bootloop situations]]

[[How to enable Telnet on samsung TV's]]

[[Mounting an NFS share on a USB device to bypass DLNA]]

[[TODO: Mounting an CIFS/SAMBA share from TV]]

[[Service Manuals]]
 

== Interesting Reference Material ==
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_ApplicationNotes.html Introduction to SAMSUNG's Linux Flash File System - RFS]
The file-system used in the the recent Samsung TVs is "RFS". Its proprietary nature and consequently so the absence of an according Linux RFS-Module in the standard Linux distributions makes it currently impossible to modify files by simply mounting the respective image as "RW", modifying it and saving the respective image again. This is the reason why currently all changes are done via patching of the image-binaries.
*[http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/Products_RFS_PortingGuide.html Linux RFS ( Robust FAT File System ) Porting Guide]
The information provided here should help, that we get a RFS module compiled for our common Linux distributions
 
--[[User:Dynamic1969|Dynamic1969]] 19:24, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Disclaimer ==
Neither this WIKI/Forum nor the author(s) of articles and information provided accept any responsibility for damage that may be caused by use of the information provided. You do everything at your own risk. Be aware that "hacking" activities do void your warranty!
 Tested on UExxB70xx and compatible devices only.

Service Manuals

2009-10-08T22:00:48Z

Cus1: Created page with 'Service Manuals for Samsung LE-32-55B55x, 65x, 57x, 67x, 62x, 75x LCD TVs and Samsung UE-xxB7000_xxB7020_xxB8000 LED TVs are publicly available on the Internet. * For LCD TV servâ¦'

Service Manuals for Samsung LE-32-55B55x, 65x, 57x, 67x, 62x, 75x LCD TVs and Samsung UE-xxB7000_xxB7020_xxB8000 LED TVs are publicly available on the Internet.
* For LCD TV service manuals, search for N68A, or download it from here: http://rs629.rapidshare.com/files/248480133/N68A_chassis_LCD_SAMSUNG_LE-32-55B55x_65x_57x_67x_.rar
* For LED TV service manuals, search for N74A, or download it from here: http://dump.ru/file/2490894

== Details ==
These service manuals include:
* Product specifications for each model
* Detailed disassembly and reassembly instructions (to access the PCB or the LCD/LED panel)
* Exploded view and part list including the specifications of every chip, capacitor, resistor, etc. on the PCB
* Troubleshooting guides with standard waveforms of some measurement points
* List of available service menu options
* Calibration instructions
* Wiring diagrams