Official OPPO BDP-83 Owner's Thread [technical talk only] - Page 909

Originally Posted by Macanudo

Just downloaded the new firmware and did the reset. After going into Blu-tv, then exit to menu, it froze. Had to disconnect power to get it to work again.

I can see all my folders in my Windows Home Server, but it will not display any of my video files, mostly avi files, some mkv, and mp4 files!

jpg photos are not displayed.

All media files play fine via PS3.

Originally Posted by gsr

Did you mean to say Airport Extreme or Airport Express in the above paragraph? I'm thinking you meant Express as that seemed to be the point of your post .

Originally Posted by Techlord

I couldn't stand the eco and repeated three, four and fifth reflections anymore! I hung a beautiful rug that I never used on my front and back wall, what a difference! How about that for room treatments? It is my opinion most mid-end AVRs with be outperformed by the BDP-83SE "IF" you have some room treatments and are equally centered between the front/rear surround speakers where bass management is simply.

Originally Posted by gsr

Did you mean to say Airport Extreme or Airport Express in the above paragraph? I'm thinking you meant Express as that seemed to be the point of your post .

Originally Posted by bluechunks

Just a quick question....

We watched Inglorious Basterds Blu Ray (NetFlix) last evening and mid-movie hit pause to make some popcorn. Upon returning to the player, it was in an on-disc 'screen saver' loop with an animated moving Universal logo. The player appeared frozen in this mode and I had to restart the disc and FF to the point where we paused. Is there something totally obvious that I missed that would allow the film to play again from that point? Simply hitting "Play," "Stop", or "Pause" had no effect.

Originally Posted by bluechunks

Just a quick question....

We watched Inglorious Basterds Blu Ray (NetFlix) last evening and mid-movie hit pause to make some popcorn. Upon returning to the player, it was in an on-disc 'screen saver' loop with an animated moving Universal logo. The player appeared frozen in this mode and I had to restart the disc and FF to the point where we paused. Is there something totally obvious that I missed that would allow the film to play again from that point? Simply hitting "Play," "Stop", or "Pause" had no effect.

Originally Posted by dkuster

(Dangit, how do I get the 'multiquote' post button to work???)

Originally Posted by dizziness

I too have been frustrated by the amount of posting and private emails re: DLNA and UPnP. I can't admin this full time but started a thread anyway.

Originally Posted by wmcclain

If the moderators give you grief about another OPPO thread, ask if a general-purpose DLNA server help thread would be ok.

Originally Posted by Schwa

Whoa, whoa, this is definitely NOT the easiest (nor the cheapest) way to do what the OP suggested.

Presumably the OP has a "main" wireless router that he's using. The Oppo and DVR are also both probably in a different room that the main router, so he wants to use the Airport Express as a wireless bridge to "catch" the main router's wireless signal and "convert" it to a wired (Ethernet) connection. The Airport Extreme is way overkill if this is what the OP wants to do...

Originally Posted by wmcclain

See the FAQ: How do I resume from the screensaver on Universal Studio discs?

Originally Posted by Macfan424

Hey, I never said it was the only way. I said is was an easy one, and I don't know how anything could be easier. I use a pair of Extremes exactly as you describe, and installed the second as a "bridge" to three devices with little fuss. I've seen enough frustrated posts from people who couldn't get their Airport Express to work with their network switch to chose a no hassle solution for myself. I know some third party switches work, but, judging from what I've read, apparently not all of them.

As for cost, the difference between an Extreme and an Express + switch is nominal (unless the OP already owns the Express). Again, I'm not saying this is the only solution, just that it is an easy and reliable one.

Originally Posted by dylan24

Thanks. I read some of those posts also. That's why I wanted to get some feedback from people who had success with some of the different switches. Using Express+Switch also allows me to stream my itunes catalog from my mac so I might try that first. Knowing AExtreme is a flawless solution also helps.

Originally Posted by bluechunks

Just a quick question....

We watched Inglorious Basterds Blu Ray (NetFlix) last evening and mid-movie hit pause to make some popcorn. Upon returning to the player, it was in an on-disc 'screen saver' loop with an animated moving Universal logo. The player appeared frozen in this mode and I had to restart the disc and FF to the point where we paused. Is there something totally obvious that I missed that would allow the film to play again from that point? Simply hitting "Play," "Stop", or "Pause" had no effect.

In addition, at the end of the film (after the credits) the player TOTALLY froze, and only holding the power button on the player allowed me to eject the disc when it restarted. When it froze the screen went black, the front panel displayed 'Main Menu" and no buttons on the remote or front panel were responsive except the power.

I searched this thread for this title, but could not find any references.

Anybody have any ideas?

(Edit: I was using the 12/22(?) Beta firmware and just realized that there is a newer version. I already mailed the disc so I cannot verify if the new firmware would resolve the issue.)

Originally Posted by dkuster

Sorry to say you're mis-quoting me. Someone else posted this.

Originally Posted by dkuster

(Dangit, how do I get the 'multiquote' post button to work???)

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

It comes down to support. NetFlix is too busy trying to get bigger brands on their side. MTK (OPPO's decoder partner) may not have the resources to "hack" into their firmware NetFlix support. Combine the two factors together and you get a non-supported feature request.

Look at FLAC, for example. FLAC is open source, but it still requires that someone code for it. If MTK is not willing to help OPPO in implementing FLAC, then FLAC will not be added to the player. MTK has been dragging their feet on a lot of functionality for the BDP-83, mainly because the other manufacturers they sell to - Sony, Panasonic, Philips, etc - would not be interested in FLAC as it goes against some of their primary businesses (disc media). I remember OPPO fighting hard for MKV support, and even then it is relatively half-assed (hello new h.264 encodes not working).

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

When MTK gets off their asses.

See also: when do we get 24Hz for MKV?

See also: when do we get FLAC/APE?

See als... *interrupted by Triad assassins*

Originally Posted by Styln

Thanks for this level of candor, Neuromancer. While it would be great if the 83 directly supported FLAC, a DLNA transcoding server solved this problem for me. Please pass my appreciation on to the Oppo development team for listening to their audiophile customers and providing a viable solution.

Styln

Originally Posted by Smarty-pants

I am seeing some slow or irregular handshaking with this new 09/25 firmware.
From the first time I used the firmware, I noticed that when powering on the player, I get kind of a double handshake before the OPPO splash screen comes on.
My old Samsung Blu-ray players did this as well, and it was never a big deal.
When the player comes on, the signal is detected for a split second, then my display will go to a blue screen and say "no signal", then a second later the OPPO screen comes up and all is well.
The handshaking really only totals about 3-4 seconds, so it happens pretty quickly.
Like I said, not a big deal to me, because I never see such an error (if you want to call it that), other than when powering on the player.

Well, tonight as I was looking at some patterns and clips on the S&M Blu-ray calibration disc, I noticed a similar happening with the handshakes.
As I would end one pattern, and hit TOP MENU on the remote, the "blue screen" from my projector would come on and say "no signal" for a second, then the player would be at the top menu a second later. So it appears the handshaking is causing the AVR (Onkyo TX-SR805) to lose the signal for a quick second.
With the S&M disc, it happened a few times, but not every time. So while it may happen semi-often, it is not really repeatable like the handshake when powering on the player.

I have NOT seen these errors while watching movies. However with limited time on my hands these days, I have not gone through too many "extras" on the discs, and I'm afraid this situation my rear it's head while doing such things with Blu-ray or dvds. I would venture to think that toggling through extra content on the discs would act in a similar manner as the S&M disc was for me.

Just thought I'd give a heads up as it's something OPPO may want to look into.

Originally Posted by Ruediger

Dave, is the slow or irregular HDMI handshaking problem still alive with the actual firmware? I am asking because I have the aim to buy an Onkyo SR805.

Ruediger

Originally Posted by Mactavish

Which DLNA, on what platform "Windoz/Mac"?