PopBox Owners' Thread: Impressions, Reviews & Tips - Page 125

Originally Posted by Biggrich76

I've been having some trouble trying to get an ISO file to play. I even tried extracting it to a BDMV folder to play, which also did not work. I then created an MKV of the folder and even re-burned the ISO ... nothing seems to work.

The MKV and BDMV play fine on my PC, so I'm not sure why the Popbox doesn't like them. If I try to play any of them through YAMJ, it tried to start the video and then kicks me back to the movie page. If I try to play with the native player, it says "error: could not load file".

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by dbone1026

What movie?

Originally Posted by Biggrich76

Star Wars: Ep 1 ripped with AnyDVD 6.8.5.7

Originally Posted by dbone1026

Hmmm...the Popbox shouldn't have a problem. The only files that the Popbox has issues with are seamless branch (which you wouldn't have to worry about with mkv or main movie Blu-ray rip if you use Clown_BD). Are you streaming over the network? If so can you try playing from an attached drive to try and rule out network issues (although it doesn't sound like the problem)

Originally Posted by Biggrich76

Cross-post from the Popbox forums;

Well, I finally got the MKV to work after messing with it for a while. Ripping/Burning/Remuxing/etc. took the better part of my day yesterday trying to get it to play ... pretty absurd when it's advertised to play ISOs and BDMVs out-of-the-box.

The original rip was done using AnyDVD, then Imgburn to get the ISO. However, neither the BDMV rip or the ISO would play on my Popbox. I'm now also experiencing the same issue with another BDMV rip that I just tried. All BDMVs/ISOs play just fine on my PC, so there is an obvious defect with the Popbox.

Also, I still can't get the media library to work properly. It sees my shares (after adding them through the advanced menu) and I can play files by going to the usb/network tab, but I have to use YAMJ for scraping and building a library because the built-in library just sucks and refuses to recognize my media. At this point, it appears that my Popbox will not play any ISO or BDMV rips at all. Add in the media library issues and not to mention the general lack of support and documentation ... it looks like this thing might be going back to Amazon.

FYI - I'm playing the media over my network, which I am able to play large MKVs with 23Mb+ video bitrates and TrueHD/DTS-MA without hiccups. So I really don't think it's a network issue.

Originally Posted by jac601

Seems to be nothing but complaints these days over at the PB Forum and the folks at Syabas seem to be quiet as a mouse, except for the lowly employees who can't help in any way by offering any resolutions or a reliable time frame to fix a lot of the issues that still plague this box.


Even that V8 crap that they have came out with seems to be having some issues, I must say it is still amazing to see how ridiculous some of these companies are ran.

Originally Posted by mic j

Happy with mine. Plays my mkv, dvd/bd iso's with HD audio (no dropouts). The problem with product forums is people rarely post saying how much they love their system and no improvements are necessary. Usually the posters are posting because they are having a problem they want fixed. Problem is, you don't know if those 5 posters are 5 of 5 of 5 of 100K.

Mic

Originally Posted by mic j

There is supposed to be new fw in testing right now. That's what they've been saying for a couple months, though. On the PB forum today, the moderator said they have stopped production of the PB 3D. So, if we get this new fw, it will probably be the last one.

Mic

Originally Posted by dbone1026

I see no reason to continue production of the PopBox 3D. I would expect instead the V8 will eventually be made available globally and not just in Europe (The v8 is a much better player then the 3D)

Originally Posted by aaronwt

has there been any word on when they might offer it in the US?

Originally Posted by dbone1026

v8 now available in the US, which is what I would expect since the 3D is no longer being developed.

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011...he-u-s-canada/

Originally Posted by aaronwt

So on their website they are selling the PopBox3D and the PopBox V8 for the same price. Would there be any reason for someone to buy the 3D over the V8? I would think they would have dropped the price of the PopBox 3D.

Originally Posted by Brajesh

I was thinking the same thing. If the v8 had been available when the A-300 was, I would've just opted for the $90 cheaper v8. I don't see any real benefits of A-300 over v8.

Originally Posted by aaronwt

Isn't the A300 sigma chip even faster than the V8?

I'm still hoping for a C200 replacement next year.

Although I would certainly like a V8 over my 3D PopBox. I wonder if I could even sell my PopBox to anyone?

Originally Posted by aaronwt

Isn't the A300 sigma chip even faster than the V8?

I'm still hoping for a C200 replacement next year.

Although I would certainly like a V8 over my 3D PopBox. I wonder if I could even sell my PopBox to anyone?

Originally Posted by Brajesh

Damian, as you've tested both, do you find the A-300 noticeably faster than the v8?

Originally Posted by Anthony A.

For bluray iso rips (main movie only) are forced subs working? ie. avatar, district 13, etc.

Originally Posted by Anthony A.

For bluray iso rips (main movie only) are forced subs working? ie. avatar, district 13, etc.

Originally Posted by Anthony A.

For bluray iso rips (main movie only) are forced subs working? ie. avatar, district 13, etc.