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@ Brite View

Would it be possible in future firmware up grades to put a sleep timer on the CT? Just like a sleep timer on a TV set.

AND How about a feature to disable the annoying RED light that stays on when the CT is powered off?

@rafinus - We will check into this issue to get you a better answer, can you provide the exact model number of the Western Digital hard disk that you are using. You also mentioned that this hard disk relies upon power from the USB port or am I mistaken.

Brite, it´s this: Western Digital 500Gb New Passport USB - WDBAAA5000ABK.

Oi, am I invisible ?? Just kidding, I know there are endless and varying issues to deal with, but I have something special for those who want to wrap their head around pc stuff.

As I said above, I set mine up on Saturday, and it was useless to me. I have a hard wired network that has recently had an upgrade from an old 4 port linksys router to a Zonet 8-port switch. I could not see any of my shared computers. All files on both computers are shared on the network as I work across PCs daily. When I fired it up and tried to view PC Media, I saw the "My Shortcuts" and that was all and when I Ok'd that, I got this Net User and pasword crap (I have set up the realtek user but that sounds like a rubbish work around). I expected to see Office and GamesRoom computers.

I suspected the Zonet switch, so replaced that with the old Linksys. Oddly enough, at the same time my PC seemed to find a virus - trojan.patched.fi - which seems to be a false positive. But having disabled the firewall, and the antivirus I went back to the CT and it found both PCs and I was able to play an avi file (but it was badly out of sync). So that seemeed like good news.

However, later that evening I lost my network connection from the Office PC (the one I am really interested in connecting to), and after much frustration I put it down to this virus corrupting my TCP/IP, and have spent the last 2 days re-installed XP. Now I am connected again. But still I cannot see the computers from the CT. However, thru the uPnP I was able to see Slumdog Millionaire which I had added to my WMP11 library. But when I went to play it, guess what happened - bet you can't . . . . . I lost my bloody network connection on my PC. I rebooted and it came back, but every time I go to play a movie thru uPnP my connection goes down.

My system set up is completely hard wired, I run Win XP SP3 on both computers, and I am still running thru the Linksys router (I have not changed anything in that setup). I have all my folders shared and it appears the firewall isn't the issue due to the uPnP working. I upgraded the firmware seamlessly to C021 and the graphics are great.

Oh yeah, I also have this dead weight called a Brite View Cinema Tube. Really didn't think I'd have these issues, but maybe they are just not as user friendly as I think.

Not only is it useless, but I haven't a clue how I am really meant to play movies through wmp11, or stream them as I cannot find any instructions for that.

If you can help me out I'd appreciate it, or if you wanna buy this thing I'd take offers.

Does this unit support playback of all .mts files in a folder? The files are Panasonic HD camcorder files.

The WDTV Live I am trying now plays them one by one. Meaning when the current file finishes, it goes back to the index and I have to manually select the next one to play! This is a deal breaker for me.

Can I browse to my NAS via ip address? The WDTV can't see my NAS because it's on a different subnet.

@brite-View: I think due to p2p nature of locking up the whole HD in case operation failures, ie, power failure, low power or user abort, rendering the HD useless, the best practice of using BT is not on data HD. From now on, I'll use an usb stick to do the BT, away from my main HD.

just a thought on the mts file thing, how about setting up a playlist?
Not sure if wdtv has playlist but cinema tube does so If it doesn't do what you want (and I'm not sure) then you can just setup a playlist and it'll run through.

I do know that when I play stuff of my HD without a playlist it runs down them in order, and it has been seemless in doing so that I wasn't sure if it was the next episode (a tv series) or the same one.

Silly question, how do I setup a playlist?

@wildgoose - We will get back to you on the .mts file compatibility, I do have some follow-up questions regarding your NAS setup. Could you tell me what the IP scopes are for your setup? Also are you able to ping the NAS system from the other subnet?

Yes I can ping the computer from the other other subnet. Here's the network setup:

1) I have a gigabit switch which is my main network. This is 10.0.0.x based. Both my XP Computer and my HP NAS (linux box) is on here. The internet is also accessed from this network directly.

2) my living room, which has a wired connection to the gigabit switch, have a wireless router. The gigabit switch is on the WAN side of the router. So the router has a LAN side that uses 192.168.x.x. My Laptop (connected wirelessly), and this unit, will be connected directly to this router, and gets an 192.168.x.x ip address.

I can access my XP computer from my wireless laptop (but not the other way around, since the XP box is on the WAN side of the 192.168 network.

My current box, a WDTV Live, cannot see the computer. If I remove the router, and connect the WDTV directly to the gigabit switch, it then gets a 10.0.0.x ip, and can see it and stream it fine.

If I can specify the ip address of my network computer directly, then I think it should work. But I don't see such option in the WDTV Live. So I am curious if the CinemaTube have this option or not.

Thanks!

@wildgoose - The CinemaTube has the ability to set a static IP address, so if you were to locate it within the network subnet that you wanted to have the streaming capability, you should be good to go, unless of course your intent is to keep the CinemaTube in the 192.X segment of the network instead of the 10.X. What is the end result that you want to achieve?

I would like to have the CinemaTube in the 192.x network, and browse to my PC on the 10.x domain through the wireless router. If I can specify the ip address of the computer I am connecting to, then it will work. If the device tries to detect the computer automatically, then it won't find it.

Does CinemaTube have the ability to add a computer to its network list? I am not familiar with its UI since I don't have it, but something like

1) bring up the screen where it lists computers/shares in the network

2) it lists computers it discovers, plus ones you explicitly add (via ip address)

Basically I need a way to tell it where my PC is if it doesn't find it automatically. The WDTV seems to be missing this feature.

You go to the file you want to add to a playlist then click the green button then OK (it says at the bottom of the screen on mine it added it)

then it'll be in the playlist. Add as many files as you wish.
as long as it plays that extension you'll be good to go.

The CT allows you to specify "Shortcuts" with an IP address that will allow it to find your computer and NAS on the other subnet so it should work. The router firewall should allow the return packets from the 10.x net from its WAN side to LAN side since the communication was initiated from the LAN side.

I'd suggest running a test with your PC on the 192.x net to the NAS on the 10.x sub net to check your router's firewall behavior. Open a CMD window and try mounting the NAS with the "net use" command. The syntax is; net use "drive letter to be assigned" \\\\ipaddress\\folder ie net use K: \\\\10.0.0.1\\SHARE. Remove the share with net use K: /delete.

uPNP won't work but most of the video formats are broken on the CT using uPnP anyway.

I've also got a WD TV Live and haven't found a way to get access to another sub net like the CT Shortcut feature allows.

The router will have an impact on network throughput but outside of uncompressed BluRay 1080P/24 material which is marginal at best even through just a switch, just about anything else should be ok on a wired network.

Brite-View:

I'm trying to connect my Cinematube to a Windows Vista computer using the UPnP option. The Vista computer cannot see the Cinematube device and vice versa. However, I can connect to a Windows XP computer on the same network via UPnP. On the Windows Vista machine, I have tried both Tversity and Windows Media Player 11 and neither one of them can see the Cinematube. The XP and Vista computer are on the same subnet as the Cinematube. The Cinematube is connected to my network via a wired connection as is the Vista computer. Interesting enough the XP computer has a wireless connection. Using the PCMedia option, I can connect to shared folders on both the XP and Vista machine and have no problem streaming video and pictures to the Cinematube. FYI...i verified that the UPnP related services are running on the computer and Network Discovery is On. I tried disabling the Windows Firewall but still couldn't find the device.

Any ideas on what I can do to resolve this issue?

Somewhere further up mr brite says that you need to use wmp9 as 11 is not supported. That may help.

You're doing way better than me. I can't even see my computers when I look in the PC Media section.

i believe briteview was referring to a file format, wmp9. Windows media player 11 will work with upnp and media sharing.

nonetheless i am having similar problem, but i think it is more a computer or router issue. my laptop connected to wifi in windows media detects the cinematube device, but my desktop (where all my files are) can not see the device. In fact it does not detect any device. The only icon that show up under 'share media to' is an icon that says 'other users of this pc'.

Like i said, my laptop will detect CT, but desktop doesn't. Any other technical people out there with advice?

I finally figured out why my Vista computer was not able to see the Cinematube device. When i reviewed the properties under my local network connection I discovered that the connection was using a Trend Micro Firewall driver. I'm assuming the firewall driver was blocking the UPnP connection. After disabling the firewall driver, my Vista computer was able to detect the Cinematube device. In order to troubleshoot your problem, you may want to open a DOS command window and type in the following command "arp -a". This should list all the devices that can be seen by your computer including the IP and MAC address.

@wildgoose - If the above net use test works you can program the "shortcut" by following these instructions:

1. Select the "Media Center" icon from the main CinemaTube UI and press the "OK" button on the remote.
2. Press the down navigation button on the remote and select "PC Media" and press the "OK" button on the remote.
3. Select the "/My_Shortcuts/" and press the "OK" button on the remote.
4. Press the red "A" button on the remote, this will bring up a sub-menu that will allow you to "Add, Modify, Delete or go Back".
5. Select "Add" and press the "OK" button on the remote.
6. In the "Net User ID" field enter in the authorized user for your NAS device by pressing the "OK" button on the remote and programming it in using a combination of the navigation buttons. Press the "OK" button on the remote when you have completed entering in a valid user name.
7. Press the down navigation button on the remote and select "Password". In this field you will need to enter in the authorized password for the user name which you had entered in the previous step. Press the "OK" button on the remote when you have completed entering in a valid password.
8. Press the down navigation button on the remote and select "Specific File Server IP". Using the number pad on the remote, enter the IP address for your NAS server.
9. When you have completed entering in the IP address for your NAS server, press the down navigation button on the remote and select "OK" and press the "OK" button on the remote to accept your selection.
10. The CinemaTube will ask you to "Save Network Setting?" press the left navigation button to select "OK" and press the "OK" button on the remote.

You should now see the new shortcut that you created on the CinemaTube. Please let me know if this works for your situation. You can also see the screen shots at the following: http://briteview.wordpress.com/2009/...ure-explained/

@mgorewitz - Could you please provide me additional detail for each of the machines involved in your network specifically the IP Address, Subnet Mask and DNS for each of the devices so I can better troubleshoot the issue.

Thank you

@clester - Could you please provide me additional detail for each of the machines involved in your network specifically the IP Address, Subnet Mask and DNS for each of the devices so I can better troubleshoot the issue. To get this information from the command prompt issue the command "ipconfig /all" and copy and paste that information from all the machines in a reply.

Thank you

Where exactly did you go to do what you just explained?

I resolved the problem. See my post #2339.

BriteView:

Could you please provide us with a list of planned future enhancements? I know there is a list of features already listed on the BriteView web page, but I'd specifically like to know about a few items.

User Interface: Are there any plans to improve the UI to the point of either allowing the use of YAMJ or at least improve it to the point of being able to have Jukebox Thumbnail views for Movies and Music (poster art, album art, etc.)

Tru Dolby and DTS HD signals: Any plans to add the ability to output 7.1 signals in addition to the 5.1 signals already supported?

Blu Ray Playback: Any plans to add the ability to play Blu Ray ISO, BDMV, etc. with full menu support?

Youtube and other Online content Streamers: Any plans to add Youtube BACK into the list of features? What other content providers are you working with?

Third Party Streaming Apps: What current and planned third party streaming apps will be supported? TVersity I believe already is, but what about others? Any flexibility to allow third parties to code their own if the community is able?

Any sort of web browser?

Thanks!

This should be what you are looking for. Please advise of what you see wrong.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.



C:\\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : office
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Attansic L2 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-T Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-FC-B9-05-B7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 93.188.163.217
93.188.166.55
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February 5, 2010 12:07:56 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : February 6, 2010 12:07:56 PM

@clester - Is this the only machine on your network, also what is the IP address that has been assigned to your media player.

There is another computer called "GamesRoom". All are set up to get an IP automatically. I have also not set up the CT to have any particular address, just left it at automatic. Just checked and it shows it as .103, and that DCHP is not ready.

@clester - ok so it appears that the CinemaTube and your host PC are on the same network segment. What happens when you ping the CinemaTube from the DOS command prompt? Try typing in ping 192.168.1.103 and see if it comes back with a successful reply.

It pings fine. 4 packets sent, 4 received. I'm not sure if I'm meant to see anything on my PC, but I cannot see any new devices on my network.

I just tried playing a USB Thumb drive and it picked it up and played it, albe it with terrible lip syncing as I mentioned earlier, but lets concentrate on the connection first.

@clester - Ok on the system that you are sharing the files could you run the following two commands and paste the results for me

1. netstat -a
2. netstat -an

Also when you shared the folders what permissions did you give to it? The Anti-Virus software that you have on your PC what brand is it and does it have an Internet protection feature?