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To put this one to bed..
I am back home now, so thought I would test there..
Pretty much same set up (i.e. my PC is same, and streaming to an older Samsung TV) but its mostly wired
i.e. wired all way from my PC to the Mesh wireless node (which is about 1 meter from the TV).

Looking at logs, it ...

Thank you so much for your help.
AS I said in my opening post, I did get it to work (and when it was working, it was a decent and stable picture, and I could fast forward etc) so I guess its marginal
(though I somewhat surprised the TV will just reset connection rather than show as best it can ...

Thanks again... I didnt see your reply until I came here to post the logs..
So I will post and let you comment
Hopefully you can tell what I did/attempted from the logs files but in case it helps.
Started UMS.. then turned on TV
Tried to start the original download version... it failed with error ...

Thanks very much for taking the time to reply.
I thought that the fact it identified the TV as a recognised renderer would mean that it knows what it can and cant play and so should "do what it needs to do" immediately and "just play"?
with no need to venture into the transcode folder
I did check ...

Hi, to try and avoid wasting anyone's time, can I post my experience and if it not normal/expected I can try and recreate and post logs etc.

So its a universal media server, and in general I have good experience with it.
But I recently downloaded a film which was "xxxxxxxx WEB AC3 H264-DJT.mkv" and ...

Thanks again...
I updated my post just as you posted your reply.
I updated my post to confirm that the TRANSCODE folder and options WERE available when going UMS -> Samsung TV directly..
Selecting the VLC option (same as I did with the PS4).. resulted in no compatible video at all.. which I ...

Thanks,

Your description is a bit fuzzy, as you mention "It depends on the device", which device (in my scenario 2)? the NAS? the PS4? or the TV?
I thought I got it clear in my head by relating to (in UMS terms), the "device" = "renderer", but UMS shows my TV, PS4 and my NAS as renderers..so still ...

As I say in title, apologies for a very basic question.
How do subtitles actually work? which device is responsible for adding them to the picture?
The reason I ask, I have some downloaded videos, and they have embeded subtitles (I know this as I can select them and they work if I use VLC player)
If ...

I have been critical of your past 2 (or 3?) releases, with the difficulty in getting the 64 bit version
So in the spirit of fairness, just wanted to say "well done"
With the release of 14.11 (to us plebs who are not Patreon), all the past problems seem to be fixed.
It was a simple click, and the ...

Trying to stay calm... but WTH is going on?
follow up from this thread I raised..
https://www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16375
I thought.. OK.. stay calm... cut them some slack.. wait for 14.10 when it all fixed..
So 14.10 now released to us plebs..
I go to download from web ...