Hi all,

is Mvix planning a version with SATA & DVR functionality ?

can the included or external drives be NTFS or have to be Fat32.

Thx

Hi all,

is Mvix planning a version with SATA & DVR functionality ?

can the included or external drives be NTFS or have to be Fat32.

Thx

The drive can be formatted in ntfs or fat 32.

As of yet there has been no talk of either fitting the mvix with sata or dvr functionality but you can open a ticket and request such functionality and see what happens.

I'm new to the Mvix and AVS Forum - hi everyone.


I have a problem with my MX-760HD (original FW 1.1.27) and a Hitachi 500GB HDD inside it.
When I turn on the device, the media center doesn't recognize the internal HDD. I also tried to refresh several time but nothing happens.
If I turn off the media center and quickly turn it on again, I can see the HDD icon and fully use the disk...
(rest culled)I have exactly the same issue with a 400GB Hitachi drive. Keen to hear if there's a workaround/fix. Have checked all connections and they're clean and correct. The system works fine with a smaller 200GB drive. Seems the system boots before the drive can properly initialise. The drive itself is fine - it works perfectly in an external USB drive bay and with IDE connection to a regular PC. This is clearly an issue with the 760.

Another irritation: the Mvix 760 can't play the WMV files I've converted from downloaded FLVs. I use Replay Converter from Applian to batch-convert FLVs to WMV. If I then recode with WMM, all is fine, but that 2-step is a real pain and not feasible for converting a large number of clips. Applian's Replay Converter produces perfectly playable (on the 760) MPEG4s. Though most of my 550GB video library (all puchased DVDs or digitised VHS tapes) is in WMV9 PAL, I have several dozen FLV-to-WMV clips that can't play on the Mvix 760. Grrrr. I'm also tired of fiddling with SUPER and such like. Can anyone recommend a a decent, powerful, flexible transcoder that also supports batch conversions - I'm prepared to pay for the right tool.

I'm new to the Mvix and AVS Forum - hi everyone.

I have exactly the same issue with a 400GB Hitachi drive. Keen to hear if there's a workaround/fix. Have checked all connections and they're clean and correct. The system works fine with a smaller 200GB drive. Seems the system boots before the drive can properly initialise. The drive itself is fine - it works perfectly in an external USB drive bay and with IDE connection to a regular PC. This is clearly an issue with the 760.

Another irritation: the Mvix 760 can't play the WMV files I've converted from downloaded FLVs. I use Replay Converter from Applian to batch-convert FLVs to WMV. If I then recode with WMM, all is fine, but that 2-step is a real pain and not feasible for converting a large number of clips. Applian's Replay Converter produces perfectly playable (on the 760) MPEG4s. Though most of my 550GB video library (all puchased DVDs or digitised VHS tapes) is in WMV9 PAL, I have several dozen FLV-to-WMV clips that can't play on the Mvix 760. Grrrr. I'm also tired of fiddling with SUPER and such like. Can anyone recommend a a decent, powerful, flexible transcoder that also supports batch conversions - I'm prepared to pay for the right tool.

Well,
I'm in contact with the MVIX support personnel for this HDD problem. At the moment they told me to try to repartition the whole disk because the 760 works better on partition smaller than 100GB. Here is the original message:

May I know how big your harddrive is?

If the drive is too big, we recommend
splitting it into multiple 100GB partitions.
Mvix will work better with smaller partition.

But the problem still persists. In fact, when the 760 boots up, the HDD led blinks for a while (about 0.01 secs) and I can hear the disk is yet spinning up the platters. If I perform a quick turn off/on cycle, the HDD led blinks for a longer time (about 0.5 secs) and I can hear the HDD heads movements (the 760 recognize the HDD). Does anybody know if it is possible to tell linux to wait for few seconds during the boot up process?

Well,
I'm in contact with the MVIX support personnel for this HDD problem. At the moment they told me to try to repartition the whole disk because the 760 works better on partition smaller than 100GB. Here is the original message:

But the problem still persists. In fact, when the 760 boots up, the HDD led blinks for a while (about 0.01 secs) and I can hear the disk is yet spinning up the platters. If I perform a quick turn off/on cycle, the HDD led blinks for a longer time (about 0.5 secs) and I can hear the HDD heads movements (the 760 recognize the HDD). Does anybody know if it is possible to tell linux to wait for few seconds during the boot up process?

What the tech told you is a bunch of BS. I run a 500 gig drive with only one NTFS partition and it works fine. Did you try any of my suggestions in my previous post?

Also check the specifications on the drive. Some drives have a jumper pin that sets the startup timing which delays the startup of the drive when power is applied to it from the system.
This is common in server drives or drives used in an array. The delayed timing is used to stagger the startup of each drive to reduce voltage serge to the system. Check the jumper settings to make sure its not set to delay the startup.

What the tech told you is a bunch of BS. I run a 500 gig drive with only one NTFS partition and it works fine. Did you try any of my suggestions in my previous post?

Also check the specifications on the drive. Some drives have a jumper pin that sets the startup timing which delays the startup of the drive when power is applied to it from the system.
This is common in server drives or drives used in an array. The delayed timing is used to stagger the startup of each drive to reduce voltage serge to the system. Check the jumper settings to make sure its not set to delay the startup.

Thank you for your answer. This weekend I'll check if the HDD is misconfigued... and I'll try another HDD, also.
However the MVIX support told me this:

...
I was just going to ask you for the model of the harddrive and then
you mentioned it in your email. It's not exacly what you want to hear
but we have numerous report of problem with Hitachi drive.
May I know what model you have. It's not Hitachi Deskstar HDT725032VLAT80, is it?
...


If can help, my drive number is HSD72505 0KLAT80

Thank you for your answer. This weekend I'll check if the HDD is misconfigued... and I'll try another HDD, also.
However the MVIX support told me this:
...
I was just going to ask you for the model of the harddrive and then
you mentioned it in your email. It's not exacly what you want to hear
but we have numerous report of problem with Hitachi drive.
May I know what model you have. It's not Hitachi Deskstar HDT725032VLAT80, is it?
...
If can help, my drive number is HSD72505 0KLAT80

That may very well be true. I have read a lot of threads stating that the hatachi drives have compatability problems with external devices such as the 8300HD DVR and MVIX. Your best bet is a western digital. They seem to have a very good track record as far as compatability.

Have you tried to set the global option
map to guest = Bad Password
in your smb.conf? I've tried it today for the first time and I finally got it working with
security = user
Hope this helps ;D


Ooooooh. I like that solution much better than security = share.

I'll try that this weekend.

Edit: That works great. Not a good solution for anyone really worried about security on their samba servers, but for home use it solves the problem with the MVIX jsut fine.

All I did was add the "map to guest = Bad Password" to my existing smb.conf on my Mac server and didn't have to change anything else.

Hi again,

I'm using NDAS on my 760-hd and it really is painfully slow. A 350mb file can take 20-40 minutes to copy across which seems just ridiculous. I'm using a bt home hub.

Anyone got any suggestions for speeding it up? Anyone else using a home hub and getting better speeds?

traukostar ->

About the problem in HR xvid's, I think I have a solution. I've had the same problem with some tv shows episodes (house and prison break). Mvix 760 HD can't play those files well, and I don't understand that, because other files with same bitrate and resolution plays ok.

So I put the problem HR xvid files in GSPOT, and I see those files are encoded without packet bitstream and without OpenDML (AVI v2.0), and the HR xvid files which played well are encoded with these features (PB and OpenDML).

Then I use the MPEG4Modifier, and save the HR xvid's problematic files with "use packet bitstream" option, and in about 2 minutes the files are with PB and OpenDML, and plays ok in mvix, without anoying lags!

Please test this solution, and after post here the results!

braspunk.

PS: Sorry about my very poor english, I'm brazilian... :rolleyes:

traukostar ->

Then I use the MPEG4Modifier, and save the HR xvid's problematic files with "use packet bitstream" option, and in about 2 minutes the files are with PB and OpenDML, and plays ok in mvix, without anoying lags!

Please test this solution, and after post here the results!

braspunk.

PS: Sorry about my very poor english, I'm brazilian... :rolleyes:

I'll have to try that! I have a number of XVID TV episodes (all the same bitrate) and about 12 of 40 don't play well. They picture is very jerky, only updating every few seconds. If MPEG4Modifier fixes them, that will save me a bunch of time (And avoid having to do a full reencode!)

Edit: Nope, that didn't work. The problem with my XVID movies that don't work is that they use GMC (Global Motion Compensation) which is apparently not supported by a large number of hardware players.

I'll have to try that! I have a number of XVID TV episodes (all the same bitrate) and about 12 of 40 don't play well. They picture is very jerky, only updating every few seconds. If MPEG4Modifier fixes them, that will save me a bunch of time (And avoid having to do a full reencode!)

Edit: Nope, that didn't work. The problem with my XVID movies that don't work is that they use GMC (Global Motion Compensation) which is apparently not supported by a large number of hardware players.

I use 'AlltoAVI' and it's fixed every problem I've had with XVIDs. Simple program with great features. Give the programmer some props if you use it. He's done some excellent work.

Has anyone had their 760 lock up while another computer was connected to it via NDAS? I just reformatted the internal drive to FAT32 so I could access it via NDAS from both Mac and PC, and overnight (while it was just sitting idle) the 760 locked up hard.

Word of warning to any Mac NDAS users... the installer screws up permissions on a lot of folders. Make sure to run Permission Repair in the Apple Disk Utility after installing the ximeta driver.

Sorry, one question:

How do I have to use the USB ports. I have tried one of the two ports on top with my standard USB stick, but the Mvix did not recognized the stick.

Can I use only the lower one, or what? Or do I have to use some special USB drive?

Thanks

Sorry, one more question:

what max. bitrate of wmv.files does the Mvix support/play. I have some problems with a couple pf wmv.files, which can not be played. Resolution of the files is 640x480, but bitrate is 5.200 (audio) and 3.000 (video).

I can not play them! Any idea how to solve the problem?

Sorry, one question:

How do I have to use the USB ports. I have tried one of the two ports on top with my standard USB stick, but the Mvix did not recognized the stick.

Can I use only the lower one, or what? Or do I have to use some special USB drive?

Thanks

Turn off the MVIX then incert the USB stick then turn the MVIX back on. It should then read the stick and display it in the menu.

Hi all,

Is there a special trick to get Mvix-760 to see my external USB HD? No matter what I try, it just doesn't show up!! I'm plugging into the upper USB 2.0 Host A-Type 2 port and powering up the 760, followed by a refresh. I can see the internal Disk and a network share I set up ok, but not my External USB disk (Which works perfectly well on my Windows box.) - Any thoughts?

Many thanks!

btw Firmware v. 1.1.25

Is there any solution for this problem known? I have the same problem, no external USB-drive to be seen. I have made several reboots.
Firmware 1.1.27

Maybe your external drive obtains it power only from the USB port . There are limits on what power the 760HD can provide. I have a simpletech hard drive and it was not showing up either. When I used the (optional) power adapter .... bingo.

Hope this helps...

I wonder why nobody from 18 pages posts never mentioned picture quality issue. Problem with NDAS/telnet/ftp is not important to me at all (you fill that internal hard drive ones with your media files and never touch this HD again).

The main functionality of this device is to stream HD content to some display (I am using Sony HS20 768x1388 projector via DVI), and my tests using AVIA test DVD and 720p and 1080i test ts files show the picture quality produced by 760HD much worse than from Bravo V1 DVD player (SD material), or HTPC (HD material).

The question is: Is it possible to improve picture quality using software patch (firmware), or it is totally defined by the chip?

Actually I am pretty happy with the picture quality that i can get with this unit.
I am alos using a projector (from epson) and it looks better than when I was watching movies from the PC.
I think you need to make sure if you are using the right output options(resolution and etc).

Actually I am pretty happy with the picture quality that i can get with this unit.
I am alos using a projector (from epson) and it looks better than when I was watching movies from the PC.
I think you need to make sure if you are using the right output options(resolution and etc).

Believe me, I do.
Have you run any resolution test SD and HD images to see what you are actually watching and happy with?

Here is another question:
I don't remember from the previous posts if anybody managed to play the whole 10 -15 GB ts file without interruptions or setting back to the beginning of the file after first 50 min of playback.
If yes, what kind of software was used to create those ts files?

hi

2 questionns :

1- does it support mkv files ?
2- is the user interface fast ? i hate sluggish interfaces .

thanks

hi

2 questionns :

1- does it support mkv files ?
2- is the user interface fast ? i hate sluggish interfaces .

thanks

The MVIX does not support .MKV

The user interface is very fast.

thanks :)

i've just placed my order , but didn't receive my MX-760HD yet .

one more question :

MX-760HD supports most of the video codecs , does the device support all of these codecs when i stream the video files from my pc ? or just if play them from the hdd attached to the MX-760HD ?

thanks

anyone ?

@bugsbunny14

I've not long had mine, and in the tests I've had time to do with streaming to the MX-760, it would seem that those codecs are supported both ways, yes.

thanks

hi

today i received my mvix (MX-760HD) and after about 8 hours of playing with it i am facing some problems :

1- when i play .mpg files ( sd or hd ) it plays fine but when i press fast forward the mvix player freezes and the movie keeps playing but the machine becomes irresponsive so i have to switch it off then on again .

2- alot of my files are in ARABIC but unfortunately the player can't read arabic fonts ( the file name is shown as blank ) is there a solution for that ?

3- do i need a harddrive attached to the player to upgrade my fw ?

btw my fw is 1.1.26

thanks .

anyone ?

hi

today i received my mvix (MX-760HD) and after about 8 hours of playing with it i am facing some problems :

1- when i play .mpg files ( sd or hd ) it plays fine but when i press fast forward the mvix player freezes and the movie keeps playing but the machine becomes irresponsive so i have to switch it off then on again .

2- alot of my files are in ARABIC but unfortunately the player can't read arabic fonts ( the file name is shown as blank ) is there a solution for that ?

3- do i need a harddrive attached to the player to upgrade my fw ?

btw my fw is 1.1.26

thanks .


1- This is a known issue that MVIX is working on. Firmware upgrade v 1.1.27 did help but it still has problems as you describe when fast forwarding faster then 8x. You can do the upgrade directly from a USB thumb drive. An internal or external HD is not nessessary. I would recommend that you at least put an internal hard drive into the MVIX because video expecially HD video plays much smoother on a drive attached directly to the MVIX.

2- I'm not sure if the MVIX supports arabic fonts. You may want to check with the dealer you bought it from or MVIX directly.

3- A hard drive is not nessessary to upgrade firmware but highly recommended for HD video playback.

Another source for good information is www.mvixcommunity.com. You may want to pose your font question there.

thanks dannyv@cybernex. , i really appreciate ur help .

but do i need to put an internal hard drive into the MVIX even though i am using wired network to stream the files from my pc ?

thanks dannyv@cybernex. , i really appreciate ur help .

but do i need to put an internal hard drive into the MVIX even though i am using wired network to stream the files from my pc ?

As I mentioned earler.

Its not mandatory unless you are having problems with studdering, pixilation, video freezing, hesation etc...

Another benifit is you can store your music and video on the MVIX and never have to turn your PC on.

I have a 500GB internal and a 500GB external drive attached which provide me with pleanty of storage to store the most frequently watched videos and my whole MP3 music collection. This is expecially useful if you have kids. You never have to worry about them destroying DVD's or fooling around with your PC.

As I mentioned earler.

Its not mandatory unless you are having problems with studdering, pixilation, video freezing, hesation etc...

Another benifit is you can store your music and video on the MVIX and never have to turn your PC on.

I have a 500GB internal and a 500GB external drive attached which provide me with pleanty of storage to store the most frequently watched videos and my whole MP3 music collection. This is expecially useful if you have kids. You never have to worry about them destroying DVD's or fooling around with your PC.

thanks bro good advice :)

I'm about ready to get the Mvix 760, but had a question if it also functions as a wireless ethernet bridge (ie are there ethernet outputs). I have a Denon 3803ci and a Toshiba HD DVD player, both of which have ethernet connections, but I don't want to run cat5 into the room so I am ordering the Buffalo Airstation Wireless Ethernet Bridge, but if the Mvix 760 also functions as this I don't have to.
Thanks
Brian

No it cannot be used as a wireless bridge.

Yahoo, thanks. I wasn't sure, so now I'll just get the Buffalo Airstation

Is there a way of copying Files from an external USB HDD to the internal HDD on the Mvix (MX-760HD)..??

And once Files Are on the Internal HDD... is there a way to delete them without having to take out the internal HDD..??

There is no option to this on the MViX as far as I remember the review we created. Also reading about the "updates" in progress, I wonder... The latest one dates from back in May 2007... Doesn't strike me as supportive company...

The MViX has many issues with networking (SMB, NDAS) and also installation
is quite less friendly than most (protocols etc to be installed). The fast
interface does not make up for that. Some missing functions in general are
also very limiting the abilities of the MViX...

If interested...
http://www.mpcclub.com/banner_log.php?id=5039

I have a couple of questions. I currently have the MV-5000R and so far i like it. But i didn't realize this one didn't have additional storage abilities. I thought it had one USB. So i'm thinking of upgrading to the MX-760HD.
One thing i want is more storage so if i'm reading this correctly i can connect it to a Network attached storage device (not pc) for additional storage along with the external USB storage. Any recommendations on a good network storage device? It will be used primarily for movies.
Also, on the MV-5000R i can't find slow motion for video. Does the 760 have this feature. First player i've ever seen without slow motion function.

One other question on either unit. When you have a list of movies is there anyway to sort the titles on screen? The manual doesn't go into much explanations of the functions.

Well i made the switch to the MX760HD. I am very pleased. I installed a 750gb hd in it and also bought 2 external 750 gb hard drives for storage. i've been playing with it and it is great. The external drives were found immediately. The menus are somewhat nicer, i like the sort feature. Plus the DVI/HDMI but it looks great on component. I downloaded some HD WMV files to try and they were awsome. WMVHD.com has some great movies i would like to buy. They are in WMV format on Rom. Would i need a hd drive to get these to play. Would a regulard HD DVD drive for the computer run them? This is were i'm a little confused on what type of drive is needed to display the Rom. The Coral Reef ones really interest me. Anyone know of a site where you can download free HD files. I'm not looking for pirated stuff just some nice shows to try out the unit

I put a DVD iso image of a live concert I have on to my internal HDD. The disc has ac3, dts, and pcm audio tracks but unfortunately no menu. When i play the DVD in my DVD player i just hit the audio button and switch between the audio formats but on my MvIx it just says ENG when i hit the audio button and doesn't allow me to switch audio tracks.

Anyone run into this problem? Obviously i can just put the iso on there with the PCM audio track only so it always defaults to that but I have run into this problem on a few discs and its a pain in the butt I can't switch.

Am i missing something?

I know not many of us are posting in this forum anymore so if anyone knows a good forum for this box that i don't know about I would appreciate that as well. Thanks!

-Maltice

I know not many of us are posting in this forum anymore so if anyone knows a good forum for this box that i don't know about I would appreciate that as well. Thanks!

-Maltice

Yes, the posts on this have sure died off. Users must all be pleased or have dumped thier units.... I'm really dissapointed that is had died off so much. The only other forum that I know of is http://mvixcommunity.com/showforum.php?fid/14/keyword/mvxi-760hd/

But you probably know of that one already. I am interested in finding more input on this player too.

Thanks for the link. Its unfortunate the thread has died off. Peronsally I love this unit. I have it netowkred throughout my house, have absolutely no problems playing anything back and mostly I love it to back my dvd's up so I dont have to sift through all my discs when i want to choose something. Not to mention its great for storing whole series of tv shows.. etc...

The only draw back I really feel that it has is no h.264 ability since everything thats HD on the internet uses that codec its a major draw back.

NDAS has worked flawlessy for me.. I can easily drag a 4gb disc from my pc to the internal hdd in 4 mins or so whereas i heard a lot of people were not having the success I was. Oh well. I'll check your link out. Thanks.

-Maltice

Hi, first time poster here, but I am really interested in this product. Would love to have it for xmas, but one thing, what happens if you try to play a divx 6.x file? I have some backed up movies that I have using divx 6.x, so they won't work right?

Luckily most of my movies are in xvid encoding with auto gk, so I don't think it would be a problem. Can the mivx play .divx file extensions?

get something else and save yourself the trouble of dealing with this POS. Firmware updates are vaporware and no h.264 which you will undoubtedly want now or in the future. Go with the tomacro or popcorn hour.

EDIT: I should probably be more helpful on the divx 6 thing. I have some divx six files and they do play fine, not sure much else though sorry. I just can't wait to be rid of this device. It does most of what I want, yet it does it so absurdly bad that it has finally gotten to me. Video playback is so so and don't even get me started on music playback. How freakin hard can it be to put the ability to fast forward or rewind in an mp3.... ugh. I'm not sure if it cares about .dvix extensions either. No files to test.

Mine works fine for what I want it to do, which is watch ripped movies for my kids so that they don't muck up the original DVDs. Music does suck on it, but I now just stream my mp3s via my PS3, and it displays album art on the screen, which is rather cool.

As soon as I can find an elegant solution to watch my ripped DVDs easily on my PS3 as well, I'll be ridding myself of the Mvix, not for any lack of love for the Mvix, just to have one less device/remote to bother with.

[QUOTE=midna;12535164]get something else and save yourself the trouble of dealing with this POS. Firmware updates are vaporware and no h.264 which you will undoubtedly want now or in the future. Go with the tomacro or popcorn hour.QUOTE]

I have the Mvix 760HD and it works ok for the most part. I mainly use it for playing dvd iso files. The Music and Picture portions need work but i don't use that option too much. I was going to upgrade to the Tomacro for the h.264 support until i read the forum. Talk about problems, the Tomacro and Popcorn both have them.

I for one am getting tired of buying BetaWare products. I don't know how these companies get away with advertising that a player will do certain functions and then when you get it, it doesn't. You call for support and they tell you it will be fixed in the next firmware and call back in 6 months.

How can a product be sold with specifications and not work. How do these companies get away with it. China is getting rich and we are getting inferior products. NO PRODUCT should require the user to go on the internet and find firmware upgrades to make it work as advertised. What do people do that don't have the internet (I’m sure there are some) or who don't know that these products are even firmware upgradeable.

Upgradeable firmwares are great for enhancing or adding features but not when it is required to make it do the basic functions as advertised.

Quality and testing seems to be a thing of the past. The new trend seems to be to throw a product together, sell it and figure out the bugs later at the time and expense of the end consumer.

Lawsuits are starting to pop up from harddrives to tvs and hopefully this trend will continue thus making manufactures think twice about selling inferior products.

I love new technology and don't mind spending money on it but i do mind spending cash on products that don't work and get trashed.

Has anyone found an even remotely easier method to get HD DVD rips onto this box?

I've ripped my HD DVDs to my computer and they play fine in PowerDVD. But all this
crap about demux/rebuild/graphs/codecs/scripts/blah/blah/blah is getting annoying. I've
literally tried to wrap my head around doing this stuff like 4 times now over the last few
months (4-5 hours each time) and I just end up pissed and quit.

I thought River Past's software (Video Cleaner) would be the all-in-one solution, but it
sucks - just thinks it's converting the EVO files and then you end up with useless files
that don't play in Windows or on this Mvix box.

Every 'guide' out there that I've found on doom9 or videohelp or other sites use about 40
programs and they still complain about cryptic errors and audio sync issues...

Just wish someone would make a decent program that can input an evo and output
anything useful correctly...

I'm guessing that means no. :)

I'm still waiting to get an HD internal drive to even attempt it but i've heard that DVD FAB HD DVD Decrypter is good for HD DVD's but don't know how the mVix will handle it.

I'm guessing that means no. :)

I really can't help you but you may want to ask that question in the mvix community forum. www.mvixcommunity.com

Hi All
I found a new firmware for MX-780HD which is very similar (additional option SATA and HDMI) on Unicron web site. The firmware looks better (www-eunicorn-co.kr/kimsboard7/productintro.php?main_file=product/storage/mx780hd_1.html)

you can download the firmware here
www-eunicorn-co-kr/mvixfirmware/mvixnet/MX780-2.0.0.zip

Have you tested it one MX-760HD?

Darkang

Despite some of the criticism which the 760HD had drawn, it's a fantastic piece of hardware - if you look at the underlying capabilities of it's Sigma Design CPU, the unit is indeed capable of far more than the current firmware released by MVIX allows.

I've found the uClinux firmware builds and toolchains, but I'm struggling to get hold of a Sigma Designs SDK so as to take full advantage of this box. Ultimately I'd like to get a team together to rewrite the "curacao" app on this box and start building in some really useful features, like:

Automatic thumbnails when browsing Music and Video files.
Ability to play DVD directly of attached external USB DVD drive.
Ability to auto-transcode DVDs to MPEG4 when unit is idle.
File Copy/Move/Delete capabilities using remote control.
Improved Audio stream selection during playback.
Wireless -> Wired Internet Gateway/Router function.
Internet Streaming Audio.
Internet File Sharing (.torrent files, etc).
Internet Browsing via wireless keyboard.Does anyone know of a development team that's currently busy with this sort of thing? If not, are you interrested in getting involved with a project to deliver these features?

Hi Maranite

this is a good idea. you can have a look here (mvixcommunity.com/showtopic.php?tid/346/tp/3/) some other a working on the improvment of the firmware.

if you can share your file we can work together.

regards

Despite some of the criticism which the 760HD had drawn, it's a fantastic piece of hardware - if you look at the underlying capabilities of it's Sigma Design CPU, the unit is indeed capable of far more than the current firmware released by MVIX allows.

I've found the uClinux firmware builds and toolchains, but I'm struggling to get hold of a Sigma Designs SDK so as to take full advantage of this box. Ultimately I'd like to get a team together to rewrite the "curacao" app on this box and start building in some really useful features, like:

Automatic thumbnails when browsing Music and Video files.
Ability to play DVD directly of attached external USB DVD drive.
Ability to auto-transcode DVDs to MPEG4 when unit is idle.
File Copy/Move/Delete capabilities using remote control.
Improved Audio stream selection during playback.
Wireless -> Wired Internet Gateway/Router function.
Internet Streaming Audio.
Internet File Sharing (.torrent files, etc).
Internet Browsing via wireless keyboard.Does anyone know of a development team that's currently busy with this sort of thing? If not, are you interrested in getting involved with a project to deliver these features?

Go to www.mvixcommunity.com there are people over there that are doing some mvix programming. I know they will welcome another programmer with open arms.

Thanks for posting the link. I'd posted the same message onto the OpenEM86xx distro thread at mvixcommunity.com before posting it here at AVSForum - and despite also leaving private messages for some of the gurus there, haven't been succesful at making contact.

I'd *really* like to contribute to taking the 760HD to it's full potential.
Do you know how to get in touch with any of the guys who are still actively developing for the 760HD?

Regards,
Mark.

I recently sent this message to MVix USA. I'll post their repsonse here.
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Hi,
I'm a huge fan of the MVIX 760HD, and would very much like to contribute to the capabilities of this unit.
While it's understandable that MVIX cannot support 3rd party firmware or modifications, the EM8621L chip is running a Linux operating system which by way of licensing, I believe, obliges MVIX to allow members of the developer community to make their own contributions and software modifications.
Are Mvix willing to open their source code to the developer community?
Kindly,
Mark.

Thanks for posting the link. I'd posted the same message onto the OpenEM86xx distro thread at mvixcommunity.com before posting it here at AVSForum - and despite also leaving private messages for some of the gurus there, haven't been succesful at making contact.

I'd *really* like to contribute to taking the 760HD to it's full potential.
Do you know how to get in touch with any of the guys who are still actively developing for the 760HD?

Regards,
Mark.

Honestly, Unless they are actively coding they don't monitor the OpenEM86xx distro thread to carefully.

Start a new topic in the regular 760HD forum and you should quickly get responces. I'm a very active member of the mvix community (dannyv45) so when you post I'll try to draw some attention to it by contacting the programmers or the moderator.

Post exactly what you posted previously


Originally Posted by maranite
Despite some of the criticism which the 760HD had drawn, it's a fantastic piece of hardware - if you look at the underlying capabilities of it's Sigma Design CPU, the unit is indeed capable of far more than the current firmware released by MVIX allows.

I've found the uClinux firmware builds and toolchains, but I'm struggling to get hold of a Sigma Designs SDK so as to take full advantage of this box. Ultimately I'd like to get a team together to rewrite the "curacao" app on this box and start building in some really useful features, like:
Automatic thumbnails when browsing Music and Video files.
Ability to play DVD directly of attached external USB DVD drive.
Ability to auto-transcode DVDs to MPEG4 when unit is idle.
File Copy/Move/Delete capabilities using remote control.
Improved Audio stream selection during playback.
Wireless -> Wired Internet Gateway/Router function.
Internet Streaming Audio.
Internet File Sharing (.torrent files, etc).
Internet Browsing via wireless keyboard.
Does anyone know of a development team that's currently busy with this sort of thing? If not, are you interrested in getting involved with a project to deliver these features?


And I'm sure you will get many responces.

[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I recently sent this message to MVix USA. I'll post their repsonse here


I have sent numerous messages to Mvix support since i bought this player on problems i'm having with it not shutting off. I have not recieved a single reply from them. The lack of respect for customers and support tells a lot about this company. I am pleased with the playback of DVD ISO files but having to unplug the unit 90% of the time to get it to shut off is totally unacceptable. I now want a player the supports full HD playback so i ordered the Popcorn. At least they respond to emails and have frequent firmware upgrades. Unlike Mvix that's been coming out with one since last August. Now they are bringing out a re-packaged 760 in the HD780. I sure wouldn't buy one.

If they would open this up to programmers like you i think the Mvix would really take off. Free programming, what more can they want! They are fools not too.

I have recently purchased the MX-760HD. I have the MX fully setup and working great with my Windows networked PCs. I am however having problems with the MX760 connecting to my NAS (Server Elements web site NAS 2-Lite). The MX760 sees the NAS shares however is unable to open the shares. I receive an "Access Deny" from the MVIX when opening the NAS share.

Does any one know of tricks to determine if it is the MVIX for NAS that is prevent access to the network storage?

....I have found a beta version of the firmware from the mvix community 1.1.28beta 9 and the root cause is the account that 1.1.27 uses is not the guest account.

I have recently purchased the MX-760HD. I have the MX fully setup and working great with my Windows networked PCs. I am however having problems with the MX760 connecting to my NAS (Server Elements web site NAS 2-Lite). The MX760 sees the NAS shares however is unable to open the shares. I receive an "Access Deny" from the MVIX when opening the NAS share.

Does any one know of tricks to determine if it is the MVIX for NAS that is prevent access to the network storage?

....I have found a beta version of the firmware from the mvix community 1.1.28beta 9 and the root cause is the account that 1.1.27 uses is not the guest account.

You hit the nail on the head. Install the 1.1.28beta9 which will give the mvix the proper root guest login account. Had the same problem with my buffalo nas.

So I read about a handfull of posts, mainly from the first page or two and from the last page or two. And it seems, especially from this page, that their are alot of people that either hate this product or love this product. Is there better options out there for a HDD enclosure with media streaming instead of mvix? (If there is a better forum for this disscussion please point)

So I read about a handfull of posts, mainly from the first page or two and from the last page or two. And it seems, especially from this page, that their are alot of people that either hate this product or love this product. Is there better options out there for a HDD enclosure with media streaming instead of mvix? (If there is a better forum for this disscussion please point)

HTPC but do your homework and research the available players out there. I own several such as the tivx, buffalo linktheater and MVIX and they all have there short commings. You need to settle on one thats right for you.

I agree with dannyv. I have several friends who have bought other devices offered by D-link or Linksys. From our discussions it would seem you definetely want to pay attention to what video formats you want to use. I have found the biggest difference is the number of formats supported by each device. I think so far the MVIX offers the best mix of formats for the money. Happy hunting.

Well, what im looking to do, is keep the enclosure connected to my computer (through USB, unless it has network capabilities), just like I do now, with my external hard usb harddrive. My modded xbox is able to stream the movies from any usb/network attached drive, to the TV. THe only reason I want an enclosure, is for portability. Instead of lugging my huge movie binder around, it would be great to unhook and go. The only movie formatts I use are vob/ifo's and thats really it. I don't use divx or anything like that. And music, isn't a really big deal. But if I had to choose. The music format I use is .m4a, wav, and mp3

I'm wondering if I can plug in an external HDTV tuner via the USB port on the mvix 760hd and display HDTV content to my monitor?

I have a home video DVD with menus which I have been able to play with an external DVD drive attached via USB.

However when I attempt to play a comercial DVD I loose video signal. As soon as I exit the DVD video signal is restored.

Hi Robert,

Plugging an HDTV tuner into your USB port isn't going to work on the 760HD. The hardware is capable if receiving a USB-based MPEG stream, but the underlying linux kernel is not compiled with any drivers that would recognize a tuner, and the Graphical "Curacau" app doesn't have any capabilities to handle non-disk-based signals. ...I've been posting both here and on mvixcommunity.com hoping to assemble a developer team to write a new firmware that has these sorts of capabilitiesm, but to no avail so far.

Regarding the DVD - most commercial DVDs have unencrypted menus, so only the main movie has CSS encryption. This is why commercial discs don't play on the 760HD - the unit has no DeCSS capabilities built in, so it can only play back a completely unencrypted DVD. ....again - a feature I'd hoped we could fix with a developer team.

The guys who put together the OpenEMXX86 SDK seem to have dropped off the face of the planet... until I can get one of them to engage, there probably isn't going to be an open-source firmware rewrite for the 760HD.
It's a shame - because the capabilities of the hardware are astounding on this unit, but the capabilities of the firmware are pathetic.

maranite;

I'm concerned with the performance of my 760HD, on some videos the screen will blink momentarily where the screen will go black for a second, I still have audio so seems to be a video only problem.

It doesn't happen all the time and seems to happen more with television programs played as DVD then with movies played as DVD. The video is being played from the internal seagate 500GB hard drive and is one newegg recomended.

I'm using coaxial audio and a generic DVI-D double link video cable plugged into a Westinghouse LVM-W4207 monitor.

The video and audio quality is great and is comparable to MYHD 120 DVI and coaxial output.

The BIOS is 1.1.27, I have secured all of the cables, coax and DVI so I doubt this is a loose cable unless its the internal IDE cable but I was careful when I installed the hard drive that all the cables were secure. I've allways assumed the DVI-D cable was OK but it could be intermitent.

If I can't figure this out I'll have to send the 760HD back to tigerdirect.

One more thing when I opened the box I found batteries in the remote controll and the tape on the plastic wrapper was loose, an indication that this unit was an open box item. But was sold to me as a new unused item. When I asked tigerdirect about this they said that companies will for quality controll check 1 out of 100 units to make sure the unit is working properly.

What do you think, was I sold an open box, one previously sent back to tigerdirect. I have 30 days to evaluate this unit. Naturally I would be very disapointed.

robertpcx

thankyou.

maranite;

One more thing when I opened the box I found batteries in the remote controll and the tape on the plastic wrapper was loose, an indication that this unit was an open box item. But was sold to me as a new unused item. When I asked tigerdirect about this they said that companies will for quality controll check 1 out of 100 units to make sure the unit is working properly.

What do you think, was I sold an open box, one previously sent back to tigerdirect. I have 30 days to evaluate this unit. Naturally I would be very disapointed.

robertpcx

thankyou.

That sounds very weird to me. Any quality testing would be done before packaging and they wouldn't leave batteries inside the remote. It sounds like a returned unit to me. I've gotten opened merchandise from Tiger that was sold to me as new. I would make they replace it and not be responsible for the shipping costs.

Burnerbum;

Have you experienced video problems as I decribed in my previous post with your 760HD?

Burnerbum;

Have you experienced video problems as I decribed in my previous post with your 760HD?

No i haven't. But i only use mine for DVD ISO files which it plays really good. The only problem i have is it sometimes doesn't shut down properly. I turn it off, the picture goes off but the unit doesn't shut off and i have to unplug it. This happens very infrequently, I wrote Mvix about it a couple of months ago and still waiting a response. They are the worst in service and firmware upgrades don't exist. Too bad because its really a nice unit. I'm pleased except for the occasional shutdown problem. I don't use it for music or photos so i can't comment on that part of it. I was going to buy the Lim but i've been reading the forum for the past few months and they have big problems too. I do have the PopCorn Hour on order. Due sometime in March. It really looks interesting and seems to have good support. It's really a shame these companies are allowed to sell products that don't work as advertised and get away with it.

Has anyone experienced video problems as I decribed in my previous post with your 760HD?

Burnerbum;

I've not had any problem shutting down my 760HD however it can take maybe 30 seconds before it will shut down.

At first I thought it would not shut down but I learned to just be more patient with my unit. Takes more time to shut down then I would like.

Except for the black screen problem I've been experiencing the 760HD has lived up to most of my expectations. One thing I would like to see it do, would be able to leave it plugged into a computer via USB and so then through software interface access the USB connected computer, I would not have to disconnect the USB cable to the computer all the time in order to play my media content as I do now.

thanx

robertpcx

Hi Robert,

If youe 760 & remote arrived clean & unscratched then I wouldn't bother returning it. It's really quite a good little unit - far cheaper than an HTPC and nice'n'quiet.

ISO DVD files generally play well when mastered correctly. I don't know what sort of encoding you're doing, but check the bit-rate and the MPEG-2/VOB streams you're encoding into your home DVDs - of the bitrate is too high then you may choke the 760HD (and most other players). For MPEG-2 DVD (720x480), a bitrate of around 4.0 - 5.5 is appropriate.

Another quick check is whether your home DVD's frame rate matches the 760HD's setup... if your TV/LCD supports both NTSC and PAL, then try switching the 760HD into NTSC (if currently in PAL) or PAL (if currently in NTSC) and then try playback again.

The black screen at the end of playback is a known issue

Hi Robert,

If youe 760 & remote arrived clean & unscratched then I wouldn't bother returning it. It's really quite a good little unit - far cheaper than an HTPC and nice'n'quiet.

ISO DVD files generally play well when mastered correctly. I don't know what sort of encoding you're doing, but check the bit-rate and the MPEG-2/VOB streams you're encoding into your home DVDs - of the bitrate is too high then you may choke the 760HD (and most other players). For MPEG-2 DVD (720x480), a bitrate of around 4.0 - 5.5 is appropriate.

Another quick check is whether your home DVD's frame rate matches the 760HD's setup... if your TV/LCD supports both NTSC and PAL, then try switching the 760HD into NTSC (if currently in PAL) or PAL (if currently in NTSC) and then try playback again.

The black screen at the end of playback is a known

Hi Robert,

If youe 760 & remote arrived clean & unscratched then I wouldn't bother returning it. It's really quite a good little unit - far cheaper than an HTPC and nice'n'quiet.

ISO DVD files generally play well when mastered correctly. I don't know what sort of encoding you're doing, but check the bit-rate and the MPEG-2/VOB streams you're encoding into your home DVDs - of the bitrate is too high then you may choke the 760HD (and most other players). For MPEG-2 DVD (720x480), a bitrate of around 4.0 - 5.5 is appropriate.

Another quick check is whether your home DVD's frame rate matches the 760HD's setup... if your TV/LCD supports both NTSC and PAL, then try switching the 760HD into NTSC (if currently in PAL) or PAL (if currently in NTSC) and then try playback again.

The black screen at the end of playback is a known issue with the current firmware. Generally pressing STOP, RETURN or POWER-OFF and the end of the movie will get you out of the blank screen the fastest. Like Burnerbum said - it usually takes 30 seconds or less.

Most cheap media players have their short-comings - the MVIX is no excpetion. It is, however, built on top of a really good hardware platform (the Sigma Designs chip inside is a real video power house), which means this: Hang on to your unit if you like it... because there are some of us who are looking to rewrite the firmware to take full advantage of that amazing hardware.

Has anyone experienced video problems as I decribed in my previous post with your 760HD?


There is a known problem with DVI/HDMI output on the MVIX using firmware 1.1.27. Upgrade the firmware to 1.1.28 beta9. They made several improvements to digital output in that release.

Get it here.
http://www.eunicorn.co.kr//mvixfirmware/mvixnet/MVIX-1.1.28-beta9.zip

You may also want to take a look at www.mvixcommunity.com. Its a very active community dedicated to MVIX products.

Hi All

it is done on the french forum by ArtZ.
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/VideoSon/Materiel/topic-peekbox-peekton-sujet_99464_63.htm

after modification of header of the firmware 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 of mvix HD780 you can upgrade your mvix without problems.

but FTP and HTTP functions are not installed.
you can download modified files here

mvix-fw-2.0.0.pkg :http://rapidshare.de/files/38619768/mvix-fw-2.0.0.pkg.html

mvix-fw-2.0.1.pkg : http://rapidshare.de/files/38619949/mvix-fw-2.0.1.pkg.html

Please we need help for FTP and HTTP.

Darkang

Hi All

it is done on the french forum by ArtZ.
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/VideoSon/Materiel/topic-peekbox-peekton-sujet_99464_63.htm

after modification of header of the firmware 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 of mvix HD780 you can upgrade your mvix without problems.

but FTP and HTTP functions are not installed.
you can download modified files here

mvix-fw-2.0.0.pkg :http://rapidshare.de/files/38619768/mvix-fw-2.0.0.pkg.html

mvix-fw-2.0.1.pkg : http://rapidshare.de/files/38619949/mvix-fw-2.0.1.pkg.html

Please we need help for FTP and HTTP.

Darkang

you mean you need an FTP server :) lol give me some days then i will bring you Telnet and FTP and some other stuff if you want.

cHarOn

Thanks a lot cHarOn99

Regards

ok first step is done i open up the firmware an enabled telnet and an ftpserver but my produced pkg file dont works looks like the header is different :) but np i will try to make it with recoveryoption maybe this works or i have to rework the header :) need some more time.
oh and maybe someone can check out if ext3 or ext2 hdds are inside working :) if someone wants to check it out :)

cHarOn

Hi All

Here is the Olav modified firmware 2.0 for HD760

http://mvixcommunity.com/showtopic.php?tid/711/

Enjoy

Darkang:)

i already see it :) so i think i can stop working on that :) mvixcommunity is doing the job faster :)

New official firmware for 760HD

http://www.mvixusa.com/support/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=37&nav=0

Any chance of getting a modded OLAV release soon? I can't live without my FTP.

New official firmware for 760HD

http://www.mvixusa.com/support/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=37&nav=0

Any chance of getting a modded OLAV release soon? I can't live without my FTP.

Check at www.mvixcommunity.com

maranite

thankyou for the help I switched to pal and that did the trick;

Sorry to have taken so long to respond.

I really like this unit.

robertpcx

Anyone else lose 1080p as a display option after the latest firmware?

I ended up "downgrading" my firmware back to 1.1.27 (or whatever the number is) over the weekend because my 760 was just a crap-shoot whether or not it would display the video. The audio was still functioning, but we tried watching a movie 4 times and couldn't get it to work. The first couple times we would get to the menu and when I hit Play Movie, the video would drop out. This has happened in the past, but usually restarting it would work. I went back to the .27 firmware release and the movie played without a hitch. I also had my 1080P setup option back.