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[djloewen]

Thank you for looking into it. I am only interested in this device as a Media Center Extender. I look forward to hearing back from you.

[johnnyv5]

I too am only interested in using this as a media extender.  I have tversity only for my PS3 now that I know how to play mp4's with high bit rates. 

Just a question, but why does this box not play mp4s with bit rates over 2mbps?  The video stream is AVC high@L4.1 (CABAC/5 Reference Frames) and audio is AC3.  I have to convert these files to mpg w/ mkv2vob to mpeg Video (version 2) (main@high).  Not sure if I loose quality as I haven't had the time to compare.

jv

[ECF]

I too am only interested in using this as a media extender.  I have tversity only for my PS3 now that I know how to play mp4's with high bit rates. 

Just a question, but why does this box not play mp4s with bit rates over 2mbps?  The video stream is AVC high@L4.1 (CABAC/5 Reference Frames) and audio is AC3.  I have to convert these files to mpg w/ mkv2vob to mpeg Video (version 2) (main@high).  Not sure if I loose quality as I haven't had the time to compare.

jv

Do you have any issues with MP4 AVC files at Baseline@L3.1?

We have tested this with AVC high@L4.1 at 5Mbps and see no issues.

[johnnyv5]

Using 750 as an extender or in medialounge mode?  All my mp4s are AVC high@L4.1.  They are files that were converted using mkv2vob from MKV files.  I've just noticed that some of my files that are 1.6mbps bitrate are also pausing.  These are all in extender mode as I cannot get the mp4s to play using tversity.

jv

[ECF]

Have you tried any other software for converting your files to mp4's using AVC high@L4.1?

[johnnyv5]

I just used avidemux, so we'll see if that fixes it.  Though it changes the audio to ADPCM so I'm not sure if the PS3 or the dsm-750 will play the audio.  I'm not at home so when I get home I'll check it....

jv

[johnnyv5]

Do you have any issues with MP4 AVC files at Baseline@L3.1?

We have tested this with AVC high@L4.1 at 5Mbps and see no issues.

Was this test done in media center extender mode or on a usb in medialounge?

jv

[djloewen]

I think MCE will need an update to properly playabck Matroska via MCE extenders but I will look into it further.

Any word on this?

[Soylent_Geek]

Hi,

Glad I found this forum.... I too am having the same issue.

title is bang on.... mkv in Media Center Mode - audio, but no video.


I was on hold with D-link tech support for over an hour before I just hung up the phone... I was apparently being transfered to a product specialist.


D-Link... please fix this.... files play fine from the USB port, but that is not why I bought it.

If I wanted to lug around a USB drive I would have just bought the Western Digital box at half the price.

Please Please Please address this issue.

Other than this the product is amazing!

D.

[ECF]

This is more of a fix that needs to come from Microsoft in MCE. Does anyone know if this is capable on an XBOX360?

[djloewen]

To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't support mkv at all. It will transcode them, but not play them directly. I don't know this for sure, however.

Microsoft doesn't seem to care much about mkv. It is pretty much the one single thing that Windows 7 won't play natively.

I still find it strange, though, that you can play .mp4 in extender mode, but not .mkv. Neither are supported natively by Vista, both can be made to work in Media Center with the right codec/splitter, and both (typically) have the same H.264 video streams inside. There's no real difference between them on the computer, so why is there a difference on the Extender? Why does only one of them work?

[vifa84]

To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't support mkv at all. It will transcode them, but not play them directly. I don't know this for sure, however.

Microsoft doesn't seem to care much about mkv. It is pretty much the one single thing that Windows 7 won't play natively.

I still find it strange, though, that you can play .mp4 in extender mode, but not .mkv. Neither are supported natively by Vista, both can be made to work in Media Center with the right codec/splitter, and both (typically) have the same H.264 video streams inside. There's no real difference between them on the computer, so why is there a difference on the Extender? Why does only one of them work?

Exactly, my question also:  If you can get both .mp4 and .mkv with h264 streams to play in WMC on the computer with no problems by just installing the correct codec then why won't it play on the extender??

Is it an extender or not?  If it's an extender then it should play exactly what plays on the computer, right? or am I missing something?