Official Sony BDP-S570 Owners Thread - Page 102

I wondered the same thing about Divx/AVI files not being supported directly on the sony. I have the Panasonic DMP-BD85 and it plays Divix/AVI files from disc/or usb. In fact, it's a certified Divx device so it works with divx content online e.g. DivxTV i think it is, or whatever their service is. I just find a name as big as sony wouldn't have these features. Also to note, the BDP-S570, and BD85, both retailed at $250. The panasonic gives more upscaling options for standard DVD and BD playback options then the sony, the panny has vudu as of several firmware updates back, they recently added cinemanow, the only thing the panny doesn't have currently the sony does as far as web content is hulu plus. Both units have all the other common ones Amazon, Netflix, pandora, youtube, etc. I will say this though, because of sony's incident with the rootkit, and other things they've done, I have friends that don't trust sony not to violate privacy and won't buy from them now. Overall quality wise, I've been satisfied with sony's products, I've only had complaints when it comes to their buggy firmware for their BDPlayers, especially the 2010 models. If you look at the broad spectrum though, none of the bd players are 100% reliable compared to standard DVD, they all have issues.

Forgive me if this ha been said before but what all streamin video services does it have like vudu,hulu etc? Just really wondering about vudu

Hulu, vudu - No - See Funai

Hulu Plus, Qriocity, Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, and about a dozen other minor players - Yes

The BR and networked TVs share most of the XBAR data.

The FAT32 file system permits files up to 4GB in size. A day or two ago somebody posted this limit was 1GB. 4GB is the correct information.

That would be me...yep my mistake..corrected my post..Thanks

Netflix Canada soon?

So I turned on my player today, and now see a "Netflix Coming Soon" icon. Anyone else in Canada getting this?

I just bought a Sony BDPS570 3D Blu-ray Disc Player. Love it. But I am not sure how to hook it up to my my Belkin wireless router.

The thing is that all the usual wireless adapter connections are handled through a USB style connector. The Sony has a Lan 100 plug in it, it's basically the same type of connector you'd use to run a LAN cable into it. I've looked for this type of connector on a wireless adapter with no luck.

I am sure it's just a matter of knowing what it's called and where to look, but can someone direct me to the proper device to plug into my Sony BDPS570 so I can have it connect to my Belkin wireless router?

Many thanks.

This might hurt. To connect the S570 to your router, go to Setup, Internet Settings, Wireless Setup and follow the directions. The WiFi antenna is internal. The RJ-45 connector is there if your router has a wired switch and you want to hook up the S570 with Cat5 cable.

Should you have problems with the wireless setup, we're here. There may also be a thread for your router on the forum.

Yes it does hurt. I have all these computers and wireless devices throughout my house including 2 BD players. I have no idea how I setup wireless settings without a dongle on either player. Apparently I have WPA2 personal settings.

I really like the S570 player. I have not had problems with this Sony compared to my Toshiba. The Blue-Ray players have been hampered by poorly written Java coding and Blue-Ray live content that causes the players to have problems. SD memory could have been used as cache as well as storage for BD players in the original design specs.

It's not an issue really. In fact, my Sony EX700 has a USB dongle for wireless that sits on top of my S570. There is no difference in configuration except for the last number of the IP address. I started with WEP then went WPA2 also. The router (D-Link 655) was probably the hardest part. It does too much to be simple.

I think the basic answer to your question is, you don't need a dongle because the S570 has a wireless device built in. As joekrusta said, just go into the network set up menu and follow the directions, you don't need to connect anything to the player. If I'm misreading your question, just ignore me.

No pain at all! All set up. As always, I come here and I get almost instant and accurate answers. Thank you very very much!

Outstanding. If you get a few minutes I'd be curious why you bought the S570. I bought mine for the SACD to DSD ability with the occasional movie. It works great, and I see a trend toward Blu-ray music. Should be interesting. Sony's comment about how access is more important than quality shows how really stupid people can be.

I'm using Mezzma server software, and it converts everything on the fly to a file type the 570 can read. Not totally bug free with occasional crashes, but I do like the convenience. Especially since 90 per cent of my digital music collection is FLAC.

I've been using Serviio for a while now and after the latest upgrade mine has been dang solid. After the last DirecTV update I can play everything on the DTV DVR and my 570.

Serviio is free.

Just an update:
Amazon Prime works great on Sony devices, 5.1 audio on thousands of TV shows and movies. What's nice about the Sony UI is you simply click on the Prime Member library and all the free shows are there, much better than using search on other devices.
PlayOn is another good server that transcodes on-the-fly, it's not free but you can also watch online shows.

Thanks for pointing out the free Prime streaming.

Sorry to ask maybe an obvious question. How do I get the 5.1 audio while watching a 5.1 enabled HD streaming movie from Amazon? What setting should the player be on? When I play Blu-Ray or DVD discs, my receiver shows/indicates mulitchannel audio (DTS, TrueHD, etc. etc.). When I play the Amazon streaming movie that has 5.1 audio, my receiver only reads/displays Linear PCM. Thanks for any advice.

Ahh, thanks!

If I use this player with a high-end external DAC via coax will it play lossless audio?

No, lossless is only available via HDMI or analog outs.

Not so. It will send lossless two-channel audio via coax that can be decoded externally. Essentially, it will act as a transport. Many people do this for stereo audio like CDs or for movies in a two-channel setup.

I think I agree with you. Before getting an AVR with HDMI inputs, my JVC receiver could decode almost anything I gave it via S/PDIF or TOSLINK. I like coax better: no warnings about physical abuse. As for what makes lossless audio, that's a debate for a different thread. For me, it falls into the same area as clean water and pure air.

Netflix Canada coming this spring. Finally.

http://www.sony.ca/view/press_969.htm

You can get around the size limitation for FAT32 drives by using this program: http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/index.html. I used it to format at 500GB Fat32 WD "My Passport" drive specifically to listen to all of my MP3s and movie files on the Sony BD player. It works wonderfully.

Nice link for fat32 formatting. Any idea if it works fir Win7? I see xp and vista only

Wow! Then can I put more than 4 gb files and play on ps3?

Theoretically that would work, but I don't have a PS3 to test it. I've played giant movie files on my FAT32-formatted WD drive and they have played fine (the Sony likes the Windows Media format best it seems). My laptop has Windows 7 and I've used my laptop to transfer files to this FAT32 drive, but I never tried to format the drive with Windows 7. Again, in theory, it probably should work: Windows 7 recognizes it and allows you to add and remove files.

love this player so much, I bought two.

Im sure this has been mentioned, but wanted to let everyone know that when I first got this player, I noticed I could not play music files via my WD external HDD. My files were setup by music/artist name/album name/actual file. I had to change this to music/artist name/song titles. It worked fine after that.

I have the Costco version and keep having too many problems playing Netflix streaming. Thinking about taking it back for another.