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elchupacabra
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3603
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I found these players: JVC XV BP 1: http://reviews.jvc.com/8611/129/reviews.htm+ plays BluRay Disc, DVD and CD + plays XviD/DivX and H.264 in MKV + has USB jack for external HDDs + has RJ-45 jack for connecting to the internet (YouTube & BluRay Live content) + digital audio out on HDMI and optical cable o region free version available in the USA o can't find information on MKV playback of 720p+ - 260 € - reads only FAT formatted USB devices LG BD 370: http://www.lge.com/us/tv-audio-video/vi ... -BD370.jsp+ plays BluRay Disc, DVD and CD + plays XviD/DivX and H.264 in MKV + has USB jack for external HDDs + has RJ-45 jack for connecting to the internet (YouTube & BluRay Live content) + only 170 € - reads only FAT formatted USB devices - looks ugly - seems to crash pretty often (see reviews) - can only play MKV movies up to 720p (not HD)
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spudthedestroyer
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Site Admin Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:35 am Posts: 19755 Location: En España
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Personally, i don't in any way, shape or form desire bluray playback
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3603
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The problem is that I can't find any DVD player that supports HD video files.
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spudthedestroyer
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Site Admin Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:35 am Posts: 19755 Location: En España
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i guess its standard these days, I just don't think its worth the extra £40 for a bluray drive... Quote: | o region free version available in the USA |
Region free bluray too I take it?
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3603
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It looks like it is only region free for DVDs. Quote: | Product Description DVD 1080/24p Playback DVD Region: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 PAL / NTSC Compatible Blu Ray Zone : A (America) |
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3603
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Western Digital presents new imho unnecessary WD TV mini version. A bit cheaper, lot of featuers missing (e.g no digital/HDMI video output) and a bit smaller. Who needs this? http://www.golem.de/0908/69154.htmlSony presents new Playstation 3 Slim for 299 EUR. Cheaper than its bigger counterpart, it has the same features and needs less power. Could be an interesting Media Player too, since it plays BluRay discs. http://www.golem.de/0908/69045.html
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3603
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3603
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This looks like the best all in one option to me:
LG BD-370: + plays DVDs (region free firmware hack available) + plays BluRay Discs (not zone free) & BluRay Live content via Internet connection + plays AVI, MOV and MKV containers with XviD/DivX and H.264 (new firmware supports up to 1080p with these codecs) + HDMI output and HD Upscale for SD content + LAN interface for YouTube video browsing (I don't really need this) + USB 2.0 interface + approx. 150,- EUR
There is also an LG BD-390 which has WLAN too, but costs almost twice as much.
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spudthedestroyer
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Site Admin Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:35 am Posts: 19755 Location: En España
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I was thinking of maybe getting a console for playing hd gaming, although most/all the games on both consoles are shit.
How are the media playback capabilities? Do you still have to unpack and re-encode everything? Given i don't give a shit about bluray, its purely abilities to play xvid, x264, 1080p, etc,.
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3603
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As far as I know PS3 (even the new slim model) can't handle mkv files.
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killingjokezzz
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Lunatic Of Gods Creation Joined: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:52 pm Posts: 1049 Location: Weaveworld
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elguaxo
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Master Of The Dead Donkey Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:01 pm Posts: 708
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spudthedestroyer
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:14 am Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Site Admin Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:35 am Posts: 19755 Location: En España
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sounds interesting, but those look to have no digital audio/SDIFF... is it hdmi 3.1 or something, so I'll have to split it to a receiver? Its heavy on the word 'transcoding', are you streaming and its sampling on the fly or do you have to transcode then play it? Either way, I take it you are playing from a pc and its doing all the work?
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elguaxo
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:38 am Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Master Of The Dead Donkey Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:01 pm Posts: 708
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spudthedestroyer wrote: | sounds interesting, but those look to have no digital audio/SDIFF... is it hdmi 3.1 or something, so I'll have to split it to a receiver? |
The keyword is Intel Atom + Nvidia ION. I'm sure you can find something with other audio output options. Next month I plan to upgrade my HTPC to something based on that. edit: EeeBox PC EB1501 Audio out (S/PDIF out) jack x1 edit2: another one http://www.asrock.com/nettop/spec/ION%20330.asp
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Vae Victis
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Demon Of The Abyss Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:01 pm Posts: 1130
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spudthedestroyer wrote: | Its heavy on the word 'transcoding', are you streaming and its sampling on the fly or do you have to transcode then play it? Either way, I take it you are playing from a pc and its doing all the work? |
it's doing it on the fly. No problem if you have a 'power' pc. But don't expect you can do hd mkv material (1080p sometimes even 720p) on the fly, with something less than a heavy pc. For the rest, it's real good for streaming. But the pc has to do all the work. btw (iirc): it only transcodes if the ps3 doesn't support the format itself, like with mkv, or a codec. And you can even finetune the transcoding itself to the finest detail. Pretty neat. btw2: it's not ps3 only! don't know what it exactly supports but it should work with xbox360 as well.
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elguaxo
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:31 am Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Master Of The Dead Donkey Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:01 pm Posts: 708
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Vae Victis wrote: | heavy pc |
like your 800W server?
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Vae Victis
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Demon Of The Abyss Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:01 pm Posts: 1130
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yeah, which wasn't even powerfull enough. bleh dual dual-core xeon setup with 4GB ram.. can't even run a freaking 1080P movie. even has probs with 720P with dts.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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The Devil, Probably Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:58 pm Posts: 1940 Location: Just Follow The Stench
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Now thats something I like, relative small and compact and the dvd slot is a must for me. Also been reading a bit about the Instant Boot and that sounds promising aswell. Now only if they would drop a bit in their price (christmas time's coming so that'll probably be the case soon).
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spudthedestroyer
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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Site Admin Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:35 am Posts: 19755 Location: En España
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I bought an Acer Aspire Revo R3610 (Intel Atom 330, Nvidia ION, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD). It comes with a neat little keyboard and mouse so I'm not going to bother with a remote for it. I chose this one for a few reasons, wireless n, optical out, lots of usbs, low noise. Nice amount of ram and hdd space. I looked at the asrock but it was more expensive for less; if i needed a drive i'd use a usb one, but i ditched discs ages ago for storing downloads.
I formatted a usb pen, put Kubuntu Karmic 9.10 32bit on it (better compatability, ... installed that, then installed the nvidia driver (still a pain in the ass, get your shit together nvidia... its not hard for you to setup your own repo and i'm sure the ubuntu devs would add you to the main repos in a heart beat), then added in the repos for xbmc.
XBMC is pretty pimp. Mainly been watching DVDs over wireless, there's some flickering due to it upscaling, it goes away if you switch to nearest neighbour but it doesn't look as good, I'll have a look to see if there's an option to change. I played a 720p mkv of south park, played without incident. Will try a 1080p tonight perhaps and report back. I did a quick sample; seeking led to a bit of lag, pixelation and then it caught up, but I think that's to be expected.
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Media Player - 1080p mkv, etc. |
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