by botijo » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:32 pm
I am bored, so let me throw some pseudo-technical explanation. Device discovery is done through the Simple Service Discovery Protocol.
When a UPNP server starts, it sends a "Hello, I am X and I can do Y and Z" to everyone on the local network. Mediamonkey server will tell "Hello, I am MediaMonkey Server and I can be browsed for media". Every five or ten minutes a server may send a message like this again. It is up to the control points to decide if this device is supported or not. As this message is sent when the server starts, it is the reason why Panasonic TVs see the server so fast.
On the other hand, whenever a control point starts (that is the one that can browse servers), it should send a message stating "Hello, I am new here and want to know all of you better". It looks like Panasonic protocol is not doing this part. As stated by the rest of the crowd, other TVs do this right. I can confirm Samsung D series works fine.
That is what I can think of. Do Panasonic TVs still do this kind of thing? I can check in a few days when my new TV arrives.
I am bored, so let me throw some pseudo-technical explanation. Device discovery is done through the Simple Service Discovery Protocol.
When a UPNP server starts, it sends a "Hello, I am X and I can do Y and Z" to everyone on the local network. Mediamonkey server will tell "Hello, I am MediaMonkey Server and I can be browsed for media". Every five or ten minutes a server may send a message like this again. It is up to the control points to decide if this device is supported or not. As this message is sent when the server starts, it is the reason why Panasonic TVs see the server so fast.
On the other hand, whenever a control point starts (that is the one that can browse servers), it should send a message stating "Hello, I am new here and want to know all of you better". It looks like Panasonic protocol is not doing this part. As stated by the rest of the crowd, other TVs do this right. I can confirm Samsung D series works fine.
That is what I can think of. Do Panasonic TVs still do this kind of thing? I can check in a few days when my new TV arrives.