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post #91 of 1561
4/7/10 at 10:27am
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Originally Posted by BritInVA View Post

Has anyone got AVI files to with this player via the Samsung PC Share Manager?

I've tried many and they all work for me. They are mostly xvid or divx video with mp3 or ac3 sound.
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post #92 of 1561
4/7/10 at 10:44am
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Originally Posted by rdn View Post

I haven't had any issues with AVI files (streamed from my Mac with EyeConnect). I use Mediainfo to display file information, including codecs.

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Originally Posted by enigma9o7 View Post

I've tried many and they all work for me. They are mostly xvid or divx video with mp3 or ac3 sound.

OK, looks like it was invalid formats on my part. I just encoded a XviD AVI and that works fine (but don't have audio).

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post #93 of 1561
4/7/10 at 12:11pm
I, too, got rovi (tv listings) to work (with firmware upgrade, 08 I think), but avi files still don't. Since BD Rebuilder can now generate a mkv file, I'll try that in a day or two and report back.
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post #94 of 1561
4/7/10 at 12:46pm
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Originally Posted by wjmeyer View Post

I, too, got rovi (tv listings) to work (with firmware upgrade, 08 I think), but avi files still don't. Since BD Rebuilder can now generate a mkv file, I'll try that in a day or two and report back.

no avi over usb or streaming or ?
how is mkv playback!!!!



Hey some people on the fihi forum in germany report that this player the has problmes with the drive sound!

look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUV0FzOtvtI

is this so???
came please saysomething over the dvd upconversin of this player
is it good , okay, exellent or?

have this players better dvd up.
lg bd390/570 , Pansonic DMP-BD65/85 or Philips BD7500/7300?
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post #95 of 1561
4/7/10 at 1:33pm
I'm pleased to say that I have Serviio up and running. Everything I've tried (MP4, WMV, MPG, MKV. MP3, WMA, JPG) works. Only AVI not tested as I don't have a fully supported test AVI file.

Also I had some success with J. River Media Center. Still working on a few issues.... will report back later.

I posted more in the Samsung AllShare FAQ . Be good if others can provide feedback on what works for them.
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post #96 of 1561
4/8/10 at 7:01am
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Originally Posted by Netrunner2250 View Post

I'm hoping someone in this thread can give me some help as this unit is driving me crazy.

I just picked up the BD-C5500 and no matter what I do I cant get it to connect with my Windows 7 PC. I've tried everything I can possibly think of.

The network connection is fine, plugged into a Linksys router for the network and the player is connecting to the internet fine as when I first turned it on I got the Firmware update.

From my windows box I can ping the IP for the BD-C5500 unit with no problems. For some reason it just wont recognize any of my shares or anything. I've tried setting up standard share folders, I've tried the Samsung PC Share utility, nothing.

No firewalls are involved so I'm lost. I've been running SageTV on this PC and streaming it through a MediaMVP unit to my old television and that locates the network and server just fine so I know I'm open to network traffic.

Anyone have any ideas of some things I can try or some step by step settings as this is really becoming frustrating. I can play from a USB drive, I can cannot network this with Windows 7.....

If you are using Windows 7, you need to set your media sharing option so that the Samsung is allowed to share the media on the PC. I think this is done through the windows media player. Turn on the Samsung and then go to the PC and make sure your network can "see" the samsung and you've allowed it to share the media on the PC.

Hope this helps.

Hdtvman
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post #97 of 1561
4/8/10 at 9:49am
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Originally Posted by game007 View Post

no avi over usb or streaming or ?
how is mkv playback!!!!



Hey some people on the fihi forum in germany report that this player the has problmes with the drive sound!

look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUV0FzOtvtI

is this so???
came please saysomething over the dvd upconversin of this player
is it good , okay, exellent or?

have this players better dvd up.
lg bd390/570 , Pansonic DMP-BD65/85 or Philips BD7500/7300?

so pls help answer my q.
i want to buy my first blu ray palyer
and this c5500 is one of the few i think would mathc best!
other are
lgbd390 ,lg bd570 or panasiics 65/85

my new player must be real good in dvd playback caling!
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post #98 of 1561
4/8/10 at 10:17pm
I did a firmware update today and this thing popped up on my player. Played around with it a little bit. Seems like just TV listings. Am I missing something? What would someone use this service for, if you already have TV listings through your cable/sat box??
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post #99 of 1561
4/9/10 at 8:21am
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Originally Posted by DaveHCYJ View Post

I did a firmware update today and this thing popped up on my player. Played around with it a little bit. Seems like just TV listings. Am I missing something? What would someone use this service for, if you already have TV listings through your cable/sat box??

I suppose that if one doesn't have cable or satellite it might be useful, but I have no need for it.
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post #100 of 1561
4/9/10 at 1:10pm
Has anyone got TVersity working with this or any other Samsung Blu-ray player?

If you have can you take a look at this post and see whats wrong with the profile or post your profile
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post #101 of 1561
4/10/10 at 6:49am
Hey I discovered Samsung have a discussion forum at CNET that seems to have Samsung representation.

I posted this thread be good if others can chime in on feedback and feature requests for the Allshare impementation on the Blu-ray players..
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post #102 of 1561
4/10/10 at 8:36pm
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Originally Posted by xbobx View Post

wondering, do any of you actually use a bluray player as intended, as a bluray player? would be nice if people actually commented on its quality so that people in the market to buy a bluray player will have an informed decisions.

thanks. so, how is it as a bluray player.

LOL! I was thinking the same thing...does anyone watch blu ray movies on blu ray players around here?
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post #103 of 1561
4/11/10 at 7:45am
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Originally Posted by Claudebenjamin View Post

LOL! I was thinking the same thing...does anyone watch blu ray movies on blu ray players around here?

Yep - at least 2 or 3 a week. So far its played everything without and audio/video issues. My last player (BD-P1500) used to have frequent freezes or stutters..... so really pleased so far with this one. Plus loving being able to decodes DTS-HD.

Will be buying two more playes in June and so far looking like be 2 more of these.
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post #104 of 1561
4/11/10 at 9:12am
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Originally Posted by BritInVA View Post

Yep - at least 2 or 3 a week. So far its played everything without and audio/video issues. My last player (BD-P1500) used to have frequent freezes or stutters..... so really pleased so far with this one. Plus loving being able to decodes DTS-HD.

Will be buying two more playes in June and so far looking like be 2 more of these.

That is great to hear...I bought the C6500 and the C5500 this past week, great deals on them at Frys.

I had the P1200 and a friend has the P1600...TONS of problems with both of them...freezing or simply not playing discs (both BD and SD). I'm hopeful for brighter days with the new Samsungs!
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post #105 of 1561
4/14/10 at 8:45am
New Firmware released

Ver.1010.4 Apr.14.2010
- Improve specific BD title''s playback capability.
- Improve BD WISE capability.
- Improve KMV capability.
- Improve Network Setting capability.
- Improve OSD String

I'm going to update later a see what's changed interested in the BD WISE (think thats the AllShare - WiselinkPro?) and what the Network Setting changes are.

[EDIT] BD Wise = With other compatible Samsung components, BD Wise, which is an inter-connectivity function, enables you to either (On mode) output the original resolution of the BD or DVD disc to the TV, or (Off mode) output a fixed resolution according to the resolution previously set.
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post #106 of 1561
4/14/10 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by BritInVA View Post

- Improve KMV capability.

KMV???
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post #107 of 1561
4/14/10 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by nu.klear View Post

KMV???

I'm as confused as you . Did a search and nothing come up..... thinking they meant MKV
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post #108 of 1561
4/14/10 at 9:34pm
I installed it. It fixed one of the two matroska problems I was aware of - video is no longer jerky on files with more than one audio track. Embedded subtitles still dont work tho.

They also haven't fixed the one other main problem that affects me - component output is forced to 4:3 480i after the intro screen if HDMI connected to receiver for Audio. I called them about that on february 23rd and they said they'd fix it in firmware, but I've now upgraded firmware twice and still stuck at 4:3 (on a 16:9 hdtv). I guess more people called to complain about the jerky video.

Brit, where did you find those firmware release notes?
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post #109 of 1561
4/15/10 at 8:21am
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Originally Posted by enigma9o7 View Post

Brit, where did you find those firmware release notes?

if i may...
you need to click on the description of the upgrade file on the product support page in downloads->firmware section... release notes will drop down then
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post #110 of 1561
4/18/10 at 5:18am
Just purchased this unit from Amazon. Can someone let us know if they have successfully used a wireless adapter NOT from Samsung on this unit?
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post #111 of 1561
4/18/10 at 5:53am
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Originally Posted by BritInVA View Post

That sounds like it means that max 250GB via a USB connected external HD. I'm sure this does not apply to a network connected HD/Media Server.



I can't say I noticed this player being noisy during insertion of disc or playback.... but the player is in a closet and not out in open to hear.

I will say I'm impressed with the start up speed and how quick it plays DVD/BR. Much better than the BD-P1500 I had.

I'm using a 1 TB external drive OK. There is no size limit that I can tell.

I am having trouble playing m2ts files that play fine on the PS3. Does anyone have a list of the video files that this unit can play?

It plays AVCHD dvd's, but not the same stream files. I can't find out why. Any ideas?
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post #112 of 1561
4/18/10 at 5:57am
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Originally Posted by wiggley View Post

I can not get any files to play via streaming over the network. I can play the avi files from a USB drive but not over the network. I've tried the Samsung PCSM, Orb, and tveristy. When I try to play the files it gives the error "Not supported file format." I am trying to stream from a Win7 x64 box. Any help would be appreciated.

What kind of AVI files are you trying to stream?

Are you using the Windows 7 Media Player to share the files over the network?
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post #113 of 1561
4/18/10 at 7:48am
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Originally Posted by Hdtvman-2 View Post

I'm

I am having trouble playing m2ts files that play fine on the PS3. Does anyone have a list of the video files that this unit can play?

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post #114 of 1561
4/18/10 at 5:02pm
That's the list for this player? That'd odd, cuz I have video files with other extensions that it does play (for example .tp which are over-the-air hdtv mpeg-2 transport streams), and I have mpg that are mpeg-1 that they say unsupported... although I've only tested this thru PCSM, not on disc/usb.

Anyone had mpeg-1 work?
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post #115 of 1561
4/18/10 at 7:03pm
Someone might have answered this already but I have a question about remote operation of the BD-6500. I have a new Samsung LCD that also has the allshare option (I think that's what it's called anyways). Can I control my blu-ray player through the TV? I ask because I am going to stash the player in a media cabinet which will block the IR eye. I was wondering if I could simply control it through the TV's IR sensor if I set the options up correctly.

Thanks for any input!!
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post #116 of 1561
4/18/10 at 8:33pm
Just bought this player. What can I expect as far as issues?
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post #117 of 1561
4/18/10 at 9:45pm
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Originally Posted by bori View Post

Just bought this player. What can I expect as far as issues?

I got the 5500 over a month ago and there is one quirk that is giving me fits; I have to get up off the couch and actually put a BD in the slot when it opens.

I've tried rebooting the player with the remote. I've tried yelling at it. I've even called my son in from outside to see if he can help.... I'm at a loss

I'm hoping a FW update will take care of the issue soon or I may have to get off the couch and return this player.
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post #118 of 1561
4/18/10 at 10:45pm
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Originally Posted by Highside View Post

I got the 5500 over a month ago and there is one quirk that is giving me fits; I have to get up off the couch and actually put a BD in the slot when it opens.

I've tried rebooting the player with the remote. I've tried yelling at it. I've even called my son in from outside to see if he can help.... I'm at a loss

I'm hoping a FW update will take care of the issue soon or I may have to get off the couch and return this player.

Smartass.
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post #119 of 1561
4/19/10 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by BritInVA View Post


I appreciate this list but I must be missing something. I have AVCHD discs which are h.264 streams written to DVD's in BD format. These discs play as they should. The rub is that is the video streams are copied to disc as h2ts files (as they are on the DVD, then they yield an "unplayable" error when selected off the device.

Any idea what is causing this problem? The wierd thing is that these discs won't play in the PS3 but the stream files do!!
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post #120 of 1561
4/19/10 at 2:09pm
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I appreciate this list but I must be missing something. I have AVCHD discs which are h.264 streams written to DVD's in BD format. These discs play as they should. The rub is that is the video streams are copied to disc as h2ts files (as they are on the DVD, then they yield an "unplayable" error when selected off the device.

Any idea what is causing this problem? The wierd thing is that these discs won't play in the PS3 but the stream files do!!
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