Posts by bdraw

Quote:Originally Posted by Manchild I, too, have FiOS and am potentially looking at building a HTPC for both live TV and Blu-ray playback. Do you see any video quality degradation or feature loss using 7MC? No, I've never noticed...

Quote:Originally Posted by reggie14 You seem to be suggesting that Ceton is going to support those containers from within the WMC environment. The only way I can think of to do that would be for Ceton to create their own Media...

I've been *fighting* with my HTPC for four and a half years. It is not only my primary DVR, it is the only way to watch TV in my house. And for me, I'm unable to go back, no matter how frustrating a HTPC can be. The reality is that the...

Quote:Originally Posted by mariob33 Leave it to Ceton. Hardware support for MKV must be in the roadmap. Based on my conversations with them, it is safe to assume that if you can think of a container and codec you'd like to play, it...

Quote:Originally Posted by Foxbat121 Without codec or plug-ins, Windows PC won't be able to stream mkv file out at all. So, even if Echo supports everything, you still won't be able to see any of your mkv files. I agree mucking with...

Quote:Originally Posted by stst - When I reflect the remote off something (for example my glasses) before it hits the IR receiver, I get more than 50% success rate, independent of the remote used My best guess is there must be some...

I wouldn't invest too much time mucking with codecs and spliters just to get them to play on the Echo. It'll all be in vein if Ceton releases a proper solution. And why wouldn't they?

Quote:Originally Posted by snappjay .. Ceton? That would be a Christmas Miracle Ha, the two don't exactly meet for beers at CES now. The only one I'd even guess at would be Elgato, but that's only because they are an existing...

I think it is safe to assume that the requirements are pretty far outside any open source project's budget. Otherwise we would've seen 1394 recording of protected content by now. I believe that SD will reveal "phase 2" at CES which will...

If you go to the About page in settings and set it to beta, you'll be able to download the update -- it just got upgraded from omega to beta.