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Re: Glad I switched to Avast said by El Quintron:said by jazzlady:Brasero actually works now?
It did on 10.10 which is the last time I had to burn a "video" DVD. I basically have everything going from my NASes to my Boxee boxes at home, so my need for playable DVDs is pretty small. I don't need to burn DVD's for myself either. I do them only for my 82 year old Mom.
I never had much luck with Brasero, but K3B always worked well for me, even in the Gnome environment. Not as good as Nero though... 
I usually watch avi's on an SD card in my DVD player, but I'm finding the need for more formats lately. I'm looking into some kind of solution like a blu-ray player or media streamer, but I only need to play files from a local attached device like a thumb drive... so I'm doing some research trying to figure out what to get.
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| said by jazzlady:I'm looking into some kind of solution like a blu-ray player or media streamer, but I only need to play files from a local attached device like a thumb drive... so I'm doing some research trying to figure out what to get.
I use Boxee Box, which I moved to after WDTV... it works great for Netflix and a host of other services. It can be termpermental, put it's very powerful.
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| said by El Quintron:said by jazzlady:I'm looking into some kind of solution like a blu-ray player or media streamer, but I only need to play files from a local attached device like a thumb drive... so I'm doing some research trying to figure out what to get.
I use Boxee Box, which I moved to after WDTV... it works great for Netflix and a host of other services. It can be termpermental, put it's very powerful. I was about to get the WDTV, but it doesn't support Vobsubs. I need a box that supports the idx/sub subtitle format.
I'm looking at a Micca player at the moment, but there are some issues with the Realtek 1186 chip. It has a 23.976 fps bug. It plays those videos at 24 fps, and causes a judder in the video. The previous 1185 chip had this issue as well.
I'm also looking at blu-ray players that can handle AAC audio, mkv and mp4 also. I don't need an internet connected box, just something that plays a lot of formats from a thumb drive.
I thought about an HTPC, but this is for a bedroom so that isn't practical.
I looked at Roku- dismissed that one immediately. They want a credit card # just to set the thing up whether you intend to use it online of not. They can bite me.
Also looked at a few others- Popcorn Hour, Popbox, Incredisonic, Micca, Xstreamer, and a few others. I'm still researching...
This stuff is hard. It makes my brain hurt... LOL 
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| said by jazzlady:said by El Quintron:said by jazzlady:I'm looking into some kind of solution like a blu-ray player or media streamer, but I only need to play files from a local attached device like a thumb drive... so I'm doing some research trying to figure out what to get.
I use Boxee Box, which I moved to after WDTV... it works great for Netflix and a host of other services. It can be termpermental, put it's very powerful. I was about to get the WDTV, but it doesn't support Vobsubs. I need a box that supports the idx/sub subtitle format. I'm looking at a Micca player at the moment, but there are some issues with the Realtek 1186 chip. It has a 23.976 fps bug. It plays those videos at 24 fps, and causes a judder in the video. The previous 1185 chip had this issue as well. I'm also looking at blu-ray players that can handle AAC audio, mkv and mp4 also. I don't need an internet connected box, just something that plays a lot of formats from a thumb drive. I thought about an HTPC, but this is for a bedroom so that isn't practical. I looked at Roku- dismissed that one immediately. They want a credit card # just to set the thing up whether you intend to use it online of not. They can bite me. Also looked at a few others- Popcorn Hour, Popbox, Incredisonic, Micca, Xstreamer, and a few others. I'm still researching... This stuff is hard. It makes my brain hurt... LOL Just a heads up on the WDTV, I got a WDTV live a while back and the wireless is terrible but if you are connecting a drive to it it was great. From everything I read lately theres better solutions elsewhere. |
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| said by margaf77:Just a heads up on the WDTV, I got a WDTV live a while back and the wireless is terrible but if you are connecting a drive to it it was great. From everything I read lately theres better solutions elsewhere.
I always connected it wired... seems like a better idea if you're streaming 720-1080p with 5.1 audio.
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| said by El Quintron:said by margaf77:Just a heads up on the WDTV, I got a WDTV live a while back and the wireless is terrible but if you are connecting a drive to it it was great. From everything I read lately theres better solutions elsewhere.
I always connected it wired... seems like a better idea if you're streaming 720-1080p with 5.1 audio. Even SD stuff had huge issues with wireless from about 25' away (thru a wall or 2). Wired and it was excellent but I jumped threw hoops and got a wireless-n access point hoping that might resolve it and still no love on wireless. |
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| said by margaf77:Even SD stuff had huge issues with wireless from about 25' away (thru a wall or 2). Wired and it was excellent but I jumped threw hoops and got a wireless-n access point hoping that might resolve it and still no love on wireless.
Wow... that's bad. I had my Boxee Box hooked up with wireless and I'd get some choking on 1080p but that was about it.
I'm glad I never went that route
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said by margaf77:Just a heads up on the WDTV, I got a WDTV live a while back and the wireless is terrible but if you are connecting a drive to it it was great. From everything I read lately theres better solutions elsewhere.
I don't need no stinkin' wireless...
Seriously, I don't. Even if a unit has it I don't plan on using it. I just want to play mp4's/mkv's from an SD card, or maybe a hard drive in my usb Thermaltake BlacX dock. That's it.
The WDTV doesn't support Vobsubs, so that one is out.
Right now I am looking at 2 Micca players- an EP950, and an EP600 G2.
I know someone who is testing out the latter unit right now, so I'm going to let him be the guinea pig...
If they've solved the framerate bug with those players, and they support Vobsubs, then I'll get one.
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