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post #841 of 885
8/20/10 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by mike50 View Post

Latest official firmware(3582) has major bugs as reported in ACRyan forum and as experienced by myself. IMO, it does not deserve to be an official release and should be used only by beta testers.

I wont say major, but there are several issues that they need to address (and fast...)
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post #842 of 885
8/24/10 at 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by Perpendicular View Post

I noticed there are two dealers in the U.S. selling the PlayOn!.... I'm leaning towards GizmoDaddy but wouldn't rule out purchasing from MediaStreamingStore.
I would appreciate some feedback from everyone on which company they chose, why and how was the experience.
To all who leave feedback.... thank you in advance!

I'd like to comment in favor of the MediaStreamingStore. I recently purchased my Playon Mini from them. I was optimistic about the streamer and it did work very well. However, it was not compatible with my current YAMJ setup. I own a popcorn hour A-100 (very old!) and have spent a considerable amount of time setting up the YAMJ interface to my liking. Because (I thought) the Playon had standard YAMJ support, I went ahead and picked one up. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that the Standard YAMJ files cannot be read correctly by the Playon!HD. It will display all the cover art, but it will not play the movies via the YAMJ interface (index files were created by the standard YAMJ install, NOT the playonHD version of YAMJ). This meant that I couldn't have the popcorn hour and the Playon on the same network reading the same YAMJ created index files.

After discovering the incompatibility, I contacted Chris at the MediaStreamingStore and he issued an RMA without a hassle. Great customer service and a knowledgeable staff.
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post #843 of 885
8/24/10 at 4:12pm
Sounds like a refurb A-110 is what you need. I bought 2 of them.
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post #844 of 885
8/25/10 at 12:19pm
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Originally Posted by dogmanky View Post

Sounds like a refurb A-110 is what you need. I bought 2 of them.

I would, but what I really want is a machine that has the ability to navigate through the YAMJ interface as quickly as possible. The PlayonHD did do this, but as I said, it was not compatible with standard YAMJ index files. I would like the refurb A-110, but i hear that it is not able to navigate through menus as quickly as the A-200. The price difference between the A-200 and A-110 refurb is worth it for me as I can get the A-200 with free shipping through Amazon and the A-110 is almost $20 for shipping.
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post #845 of 885
8/26/10 at 9:31pm
Does this new firmware activates 7.1 audio pass and how?
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post #846 of 885
8/27/10 at 5:12am
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Originally Posted by zoro View Post

Does this new firmware activates 7.1 audio pass and how?

Yes it does, at least on my BD iso's
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post #847 of 885
8/27/10 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by citrixguy View Post

Yes it does, at least on my BD iso's

Hmm! which firmware did u use? and what audio option were u using out of 3 under hdmi?

it is 2 channel, both ways if i choose lpcm, multi, or stereo, and no sound if i choose pass through!!
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post #848 of 885
8/27/10 at 10:26am
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Originally Posted by zoro View Post

Hmm! which firmware did u use? and what audio option were u using out of 3 under hdmi?

it is 2 channel, both ways if i choose lpcm, multi, or stereo, and no sound if i choose pass through!!

Do you have the latest models with the revised Realtek chip, or an older model (which will not support pass through)?
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post #849 of 885
8/27/10 at 10:33am
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Originally Posted by dbone1026 View Post

Do you have the latest models with the revised Realtek chip, or an older model (which will not support pass through)?

I just bought it! supposedly, new one, and just did upgrade to latest firmware from their website. it shows me 3 options under hdmi audio! when i play same bd iso on my wdtv hd live it gives 5.1 dts down mix but just 2 damn channels from mini
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post #850 of 885
8/27/10 at 10:58am
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Originally Posted by zoro View Post

I just bought it! supposedly, new one, and just did upgrade to latest firmware from their website. it shows me 3 options under hdmi audio! when i play same bd iso on my wdtv hd live it gives 5.1 dts down mix but just 2 damn channels from mini

I don't own a PlayOn HD but hopefully citrixguy or others can chime in. Funny enough though I own a newer Xtreamer Sidewinder (with the revised Realtek chip) and I got the same exact issue as you. When I installed the new fw that supposedly allows bitstreaming it didn't work, when I enabled pass through I got zero sound when an HD Audio track played, and if I switched to a 5.1 AC3 track I would get 2 channel. I just returned mine for a new one as it may be a defective unit
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post #851 of 885
8/27/10 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by dbone1026 View Post

I don't own a PlayOn HD but hopefully citrixguy or others can chime in. Funny enough though I own a newer Xtreamer Sidewinder (with the revised Realtek chip) and I got the same exact issue as you. When I installed the new fw that supposedly allows bitstreaming it didn't work, when I enabled pass through I got zero sound when an HD Audio track played, and if I switched to a 5.1 AC3 track I would get 2 channel. I just returned mine for a new one as it may be a defective unit

That is precisely, I will be doing! till dust settles! But would love a streamer to compliment my ps3 for missing file types, formats and high def audio pass through, that is stable/reliable like ps3 lol..keep me posted.

Dunes and C200 are too expensive for me at this point and WDTV LIVE lacks features!!
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post #852 of 885
9/3/10 at 5:18am
I have a number of ripped dvd's that I have saved as video_ts files. My POHD can play these files like a normal dvd, but I can't figure out what key on the remote I can use to take the ripped dvd back to its start menu. I only seem to be able to return to the POHD browser.

Does anyone know how to go back to the dvd menu?

Thanks.
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post #853 of 885
9/17/10 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by perchancetodream View Post

When trying to decide, don't forget that the Realtek players can't playback 23.976 fps files correctly, which is what most Blurays are. Not even all the Sigma players can do it without a stutter every ~42 seconds. So make sure your player of choice is capable, because it's not just a minor bug, unless you don't intend to watch 23.976 material, in which case it would be irrelevant to you.
I'm getting rid of my Playon!HD mini, which I otherwise like, for this reason.

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Originally Posted by thedsc View Post

citrixguy, can you comment on this? This doesn't sound right since most mkv's are 23.976?

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Originally Posted by citrixguy View Post

Looking into it

citrixguy, a POHD dealer, promised to "look into it" back on August 7th (post #803 in this thread), but has not mentioned the subject since.
I can understand his hesitation, but I think he and A.C. Ryan should come clean and let their customers know just if and when this problem will be solved!!
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post #854 of 885
9/25/10 at 11:04am
I have recently purchased acryan Playon!HD player (73100P+)

For watching online contents on TV via playonhd, I have also got a new wifi connection.

But I am unable to activate it on the player. Following is what I have done:

1 ) I went into setup>network
2) Selected wireless Lan setup >connection1
3) Infrastructure>Auto
4) Selected my wireless connection and input the WAP key.

Playon did some testing and again moved back to the network menu. Against wireless LAN setup, it is mentioned ' On: DHCP not Ready!'

When I am going to online radio feeds, it say, 'failed to download station'. Also I am unable to open in video feeds.

Please suggest what can be done....(seller has given me the xtreamer 11N wifi dongle, which he said is compatible with Playon players)

I also tried to manually configure the IP address, DNS and gateway. (now against wireless LAN setup, it shows 'ON: 'Ip address' . ( one thing I noted is that in manual setup, though IP address and gateway remain the same, but when I go and re-check the settings, DNS changes to default!)

But When I go to radio feeds, it says 'Downloading Stations' and after few seconds display message 'Download fails'

Similarly, I am unable to open NEWS rss feeds, weather etc.

Please advise....( I also tried r2901 hacked)
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post #855 of 885
9/25/10 at 11:10am
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Originally Posted by perchancetodream View Post

citrixguy, a POHD dealer, promised to "look into it" back on August 7th (post #803 in this thread), but has not mentioned the subject since.
I can understand his hesitation, but I think he and A.C. Ryan should come clean and let their customers know just if and when this problem will be solved!!

I've sent the question on to the tech folks, will post their reply
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post #856 of 885
9/25/10 at 11:10am
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Originally Posted by gizmoxp View Post

I have recently purchased acryan Playon!HD player (73100P+)

For watching online contents on TV via playonhd, I have also got a new wifi connection.

But I am unable to activate it on the player. Following is what I have done:

1 ) I went into setup>network
2) Selected wireless Lan setup >connection1
3) Infrastructure>Auto
4) Selected my wireless connection and input the WAP key.

Playon did some testing and again moved back to the network menu. Against wireless LAN setup, it is mentioned ' On: DHCP not Ready!'

When I am going to online radio feeds, it say, 'failed to download station'. Also I am unable to open in video feeds.

Please suggest what can be done....(seller has given me the xtreamer 11N wifi dongle, which he said is compatible with Playon players)

I also tried to manually configure the IP address, DNS and gateway. (now against wireless LAN setup, it shows 'ON: 'Ip address' . ( one thing I noted is that in manual setup, though IP address and gateway remain the same, but when I go and re-check the settings, DNS changes to default!)

But When I go to radio feeds, it says 'Downloading Stations' and after few seconds display message 'Download fails'

Similarly, I am unable to open NEWS rss feeds, weather etc.

Please advise....( I also tried r2901 hacked)

If you remove you wap security can you connect?
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post #857 of 885
9/26/10 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by citrixguy View Post

If you remove you wap security can you connect?

How do I remove WAP security? I am also unable to have wireless networking with by windows xp based pc. I have tried r2901 and latest beta version. may be I am missing something.

Can I have step by step guide as to how to enable wireless networking and wireless streaming from internet on playon!HD?

By the way, I am able to log in to my wifi enabled mobile without any issue.
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post #858 of 885
10/2/10 at 2:53pm
@Chris - Mediastreamingstore

Which player is more stable mini or big brother?
I currently own the ACR-PV73100 running r3875, and everything is flawless - USB - BD, DVD, MKV; shares; MM Playon-w-Hulu+, Plugins, it's all good.
I was considering the mini until I read the amazon review and other complaints at acryan.
One other thing I didn't check, if I upgrade to r3582, can I rollback to r3875, even if it requires wiping the HDD? Thanks
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post #859 of 885
10/3/10 at 1:44am
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Originally Posted by Trac View Post

@Chris - Mediastreamingstore

Which player is more stable mini or big brother?
I currently own the ACR-PV73100 running r3875, and everything is flawless - USB - BD, DVD, MKV; shares; MM Playon-w-Hulu+, Plugins, it's all good.
I was considering the mini until I read the amazon review and other complaints at acryan.
One other thing I didn't check, if I upgrade to r3582, can I rollback to r3875, even if it requires wiping the HDD? Thanks

I own both and they both have worked exactly the same for me. I can't tell any difference other then the lack of the HD.
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post #860 of 885
10/3/10 at 9:28am
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Originally Posted by Trac View Post

@Chris - Mediastreamingstore

Which player is more stable mini or big brother?
I currently own the ACR-PV73100 running r3875, and everything is flawless - USB - BD, DVD, MKV; shares; MM Playon-w-Hulu+, Plugins, it's all good.
I was considering the mini until I read the amazon review and other complaints at acryan.
One other thing I didn't check, if I upgrade to r3582, can I rollback to r3875, even if it requires wiping the HDD? Thanks

3582 is more buggy than 3875.

mike50
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post #861 of 885
10/3/10 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by jdc115 View Post

I own both and they both have worked exactly the same for me. I can't tell any difference other then the lack of the HD.

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Originally Posted by mike50 View Post

3582 is more buggy than 3875.

mike50

Thanks, it sounds like the problems people are having is with the new firmware.
From all I've read, the POHD with r3875 is the best choice for now. I'm happy with my Denon/BIC 5.1 components, and a media player that works beyond what I expected.
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post #862 of 885
10/3/10 at 2:23pm
What does the Hard Drive do for you?

Choosing between the Mini and Regular.
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post #863 of 885
10/3/10 at 3:36pm
Good question since the big brother creates 2 or 3 small partitions on the drive to perform various functions. I don't know if it uses the HDD and RAM for buffering, but maybe someone can explain the purpose and benefits of the hard drive partitions.
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post #864 of 885
10/6/10 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by mike50 View Post

3582 is more buggy than 3875.

mike50

I Agree. They just released a new beta firmware...fixes something, but seems to break others. At this point i'm wondering if the new SDK is buggy
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post #865 of 885
10/7/10 at 12:59pm
Hello Everyone!
I'm looking for a media player, in order to join my huge collection of 1.4Gb divx/xvid movies, 576p movies, some dvd isos and few 4Gb mkv movies. I read a lot of threads and finally I decided to choose between:

- Ac Ryan PlayOn Hd
- Mede8er Med500X
- Xtreamer (not PRO)

Can you help me to choose, please?
Who has the best interface?
Who is the most complete?
Who gets the most up to date (Firmware)?

And at last...do you think that perhaps it is better to wait the new Sony SMP-N100, the Asus O!Play HD2 or the Acer Revoview HD?
Thank you in advance.

PS...sorry for my english, but I'm from Italy.
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post #866 of 885
10/16/10 at 5:39pm
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Originally Posted by mike50 View Post

3582 is more buggy than 3875.

mike50

Definitely agree. Just upgraded and it's a big disappointment.
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post #867 of 885
10/18/10 at 8:37am
hi,

I have acryan Playon!HD player (73100P+). I would like to watch online media contents (from sites like youtube, dailymotion , megavideo etc) on my TV via playon player.

Playon player firmware does not have any build-in media link. I have heard about UPnP software, through which I can stream contents on TV via player.

Please suggest which is the best UPnP software for playon!HD player, which can stream contents live, without downloading first to my PC and then streaming?

My main reason for purchasing this player, apart from watching movies through external HDD, was to watch movies and TV series online ( from countless free sites/blogs available on net).

Hope someone can help me streaming online contents on my TV, so that I can enjoy online movies and Tv series on my Tv instead of small computer screen.... (I have windows xp based PC and using acryan r4318 firmware)
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post #868 of 885
10/25/10 at 9:28pm
Dear all,

I bought a mini over a month ago and updated to the latest firmware.

I had 2 mkv files at 1080p and probably 24 fps (I have other files too)

Played them both- sound was good (either DTS or DD). But- the screen is totally black!

From the display info button- the video is "unknown".

I tried watching with subtitles. I can see the subs displayed but the screen is black!

Can anyone advise me why is this so?

Thanks!
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post #869 of 885
11/17/10 at 11:25am
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Originally Posted by ecurbw View Post

Dear all,

I bought a mini over a month ago and updated to the latest firmware.

I had 2 mkv files at 1080p and probably 24 fps (I have other files too)

Played them both- sound was good (either DTS or DD). But- the screen is totally black!

From the display info button- the video is "unknown".

I tried watching with subtitles. I can see the subs displayed but the screen is black!

Can anyone advise me why is this so?

Thanks!

Sounds like the MKV files you are referring to could be the new variation of MKV with compressed header, encoded with MKVmerge / MKVToolnix. If it is, this is affecting all media players. AC Ryan has already released a beta firmware with a fix for it.

You can read more about it on the playon blog (go to the playonhd.com site, you'll see the blog in the news feed)

The beta firmware with the MKV compressed header fix can be found in the acryan.com/forums in the firmware board.
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post #870 of 885
12/2/10 at 8:31am
Firmware include transmission
by sakada from thailand

Playon!HD 4368
Movie Wall for Playon!HD
Playon!HD Mini 4415
Playon!DVR HD 4368

What new
Youtube
Dreambox
Transmission **********
add menu edit/setting Transmission
add menu stop player

More detail and picture click here
forum.thaidvd.net/index.php?showtopic=108336&view=findpost&p=2041738
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