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Hi, I have a sony bravia kdl50w700b - I can see the UMS and file but tv can't play the files?
Any idea on what's going on?

Hi Guys,

Can someone please give me some help here, I have a sony bravia kdl50w700b tv. I can see the UMS server on my tv but when I go into the files, it doesn't play. Is there some config I need to setup on UMS or my TV?

Help appreciated.

I'm running ubuntu 14.04 desktop and I also installed Gnome.

I don't have a run option when I right click on the UMS.sh file either, and when I input the text into Terminal - it'll didn't run properly, do I only need to run part of the text file?

Hi Dude, I opened the UMS.sh file.

it has the followng inside;

#!/bin/sh

CMD=`readlink -f $0`
DIRNAME=`dirname "$CMD"`

# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
cygwin=false;
case "`uname`" in
CYGWIN*)
cygwin=true
;;
esac

# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before ...

I downloaded ums 5.1.2 from here http://www.universalmediaserver.com/
I couldn't see the deb file you are talking about, is this downloaded from some where else?

Yes it did come with windows xp, but I want to give this Linux a go to see if it's more efficient as it's an older laptop.

Hi,

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04, then I also installed Gnome which is kind of Windows users friend. Am I able to run the UMS program from there?

When you say download the UMS and install - how am I able to install in the Linus desktop?
IS it like windows, just click on an .exe and it will ...

OK, I got into the config file.

Can you explain how I can configure the UMS so that my PS3 is able to see it?
As UMS is already running in the background, what settings do I have to do on the config file and the PS3?


Thanks

HI,

Thanks for your reply, I have typed '/usr/ums/UMS.conf' on Terminal but it says 'bash: /usr/ums/UMS.conf: Permission denied'

Also, I have installed a front end gui recommended by someone with the following code; 'sudo apt-get install xorg gnome-core gnome-system-tools gnome-app-install'
But ...

Hi, I'm don't know anything about Linux or UMS, but I followed this post to install UMS in Ubuntu.

I think it has installed properly, but when I type 'service ums start' - it ask me for a password after I type my password and enter, nothing really happens. Am I suppose to see the UMS application ...