Re: Momitsu DVD-V880N Networked DVI DVD Player

Transcoding on the fly is a real bad "second rate" way to stream video. The
Xbox XBMC uses an incredibly simply and small video player (mplayer) and
will stream every single video I have ever tried to play. I tried one of
those "on the fly" server transcoding players (play@tv) and found it very
unsatisfactory at all but the smallest bit rate videos. At places in the
video where the rate went higher due to lots of on screen movement the video
started to stutter and skip.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Momitsu DVD-V880N Networked DVI DVD Player


>I know where your going with this and I can answer most of your questions.
> First let me start by saying that I am a audiotron owner too. At this time
> there is no replacement for it that ive found. Well maybe the squeezebox.
>
> With that said these devices (networked dvd players) are fantastic. First
> It's a full blown up converting dvd player Ite IO will up convert ALL
> content that's thrown at it to 1080I over component cabling same with the
> Momitsu over dvi but may be limited with copy protected dvd (macro
> vision).
> That in itself at this price point makes these players a steal.
> The software "the standard server" takes about 30 megs of system memory
> and
> as far as I can see so far has not effected the performance of my pc at
> all
> even while working with 8 apps open and running.
>
> Yes the device can only be controlled with the remote and your tv like any
> other dvd player. I am running the server side app on 3 pc's pointing to
> different media all over the house. (I have different server serving
> different things in different parts of the house).
>
> If you can map a drive to your media the server app can and will see it.
> To stream music, pictures and slideshows, and movies the server app must
> be
> running somewhere. The server app is the gateway to the dvd player it's
> the
> software that controls the stream to the dvd player so it must be there.
>
> You can add media to any of the folders that the server app is "watching"
> and it will show up in the menu screens on the dvd player. No indexing or
> re
> indexing necessary. There is a second piece of software a "advancer server
> app" in beta now that will transcode video to the dvd player that its not
> accustom to seeing meaning If you've got a video with some strange codec
> and
> windows media player can play it then so can the dvd player. So for that
> software it would be using the powere of the pc to transcode the video on
> the fly and send it to the dvd player.
>
> As for audio the dvd player has analog and digital audio on all the time
> so
> sending the same audio to two sources say the theater and zone 2 at the
> same
> time is possible and a handy feature.
>
> The Onscreen menus are not all that well for audio navigation of a large
> library (I have over 14000 songs and would not use this as a replacement
> for
> my audiotron just yet).
>
> Yes this and all first gen networked dvd players have bugs but if this is
> where the industry is going then all I can say is wow.
>
> And oh the wife (waf) loves it too.
>
> Bob if ya do buy one of these can you bring it to work and get the guys in
> the media dept to figure out why HD-WMV stuff wont play right?
>
> Enjoy.
> Tony Lagotta
> Total Confusion LLC.