New Dune HD Max and HD Smart anticipation thread Q3 2010 - Page 110

Dang it! I upgraded to Zappiti 1.4 and now it says it cant open the database!! and to try a newer version. Dang.. I should have known better. Now I will be screwing with this for hours!!

Does anyone have the problem 10bit with Vizio TV?
Or is any thread I should check out?

Thanks.

Dennis

Check on mpcclub, I think there is a fix,something about a corrupt png file

Thanks that worked.

go into your router and set up a "reserved IP" or Bind IP to mac address for the dune.

So you would go to the system info page of the dune and write down the mac address some like 00:14:16:A2:01 or whatever it is, then log in to your router and find the LAN setup area and set the reserved IP (netgear verbage), or bind IP to mac address (Draytec verbage), or whatever your rotuer call its. basically tell the router to give your dune (based on its mac address which you will enter), to always be 192.168.1.3 and your printer will get .4 since 3 is in use.

I had to do that with my dunes as when I set the static ip in the dune menu they no longer saw my shares even though they should no problem.

let us know if you cant find that area to set it up in your router. give model and make if you need to.

Jon - I'm giving this a shot as we speak. I'll report back & also write back if I run into problems. I have the Netgear Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (Model #WNDR3700).

THANKS!!!

Thanks to this great thread and it's contributors, I took the plunge and bought a Dune Smart D1. Great little machine. Also installed Zappiti and works very good. I did notice though, that sometimes background images are missing when displayed on the Dune whereas they are there when accessing with win 7. Sometimes they do appear after a complete shutdown/power off and restart of Dune. Not always, though. Any clues on what's going on?

Thanks, Patrick

Jon - It worked!!

I used the "IP Reservation" under "LAN Setup" in my WNDR3700 and assigned "192.168.1.9" to my Dune Smart D1. Checked everything thereafter and everything seems to be working perfect. This should resolve the constant battle between my printer & Smart D1 over the IP Address. Thanks!!!

Quick Question -- Is there any way to setup FTP on Smart D1?

Edit: Nevermind! Got FTP Access to my D1.

Actually, I thought that was a for a different issue (i.e., getting hung up at the launch screen)? Maybe not. . .it wasn't clear to me from reading the thread over there.

There are several "fixes" for this problem, depending on what is causing it. For several people, it was to uninstall TurboTax (as noted in another thread on mpc club). Yes, for some strange reason, some folks have trouble running Zappiti on the same machine as TurboTax is installed. Have no idea why. . .

i've been meaning to post about this same thing. what firmware are you running and what is your control format (ir or tcp)? i control using both tcp and ir (i prefer irule on the ipod, gf prefers the harmony), and until a day or two ago, i was on the ipcontrol dev firmware (2349). here was my experience: if the dune was put into standby using ir after having been used for a while (couple hours or more), it would shut itself down completely within ~10 minutes of entering standby. after that, the nic was inactive and it therefore could only be turned back on by pressing the standby button on the unit itself, or by using ir. and once it was turned back on it goes through the full boot cycle, as if it'd been hard powered off. if put into standby using tcp, this never happens. also, if put into standby using ir, but without the player having been used long enough, this never happens.

i know the nic is inactive because the link light goes off on the switch sitting right next to it. i know it has to be on for "a while" first, for any of this to happen, because when i first had the hunch that it was only after my gf had turned it off using the harmony that i couldn't turn it back on using my ipod, i tried to test my theory and found that putting it in standby with ir right after it had been turned on did not cause a shutdown/reboot. however, it happens consistently when put in standby using ir after watching a movie or a few hours of tv shows. also, i've tested using both discrete, and toggle ir commands and the behavior is the same with both.

a few days ago i updated to the most recent firmware (stable release from 2/25/11). i haven't had a chance to retest since the update, but i'm anxious to see if the problem remains or not. if anyone else wants to chime in with similar experiences, and/or do some tests and report their findings, it would certainly be appreciated.

I have 2 D1's and use IR exclusively to control each of them. 1 of them stays in standby indefinitely, while the other occasionally will power down and require the full boot sequence to turn back on. Most of the time it stays in standby.

I wonder if this may be a subtle hardware issue?

Maybe that's why I could never get Zappiti to work. It comes up on the first screen with a bunch of buttons that are broken and do nothing when pressed.

That may be a different problem (as discussed over at MPC Club). The "cannot open database, please use a newer version" was pretty specific to TurboTax (at least for many users). Can't hurt to try it (uninstalling T/T) though if you want to give Zappiti another whirl - it MIGHT fix your problem as well.

OK, I did take this card to work and there is definitely something funky going on with it. Half the time it wouldn't read, other times it would give me an I/O error. Sometimes it would just have an hourglass for too long, and then do nothing.

So back it goes. I'm a little leery to get the same card. This is a class 10. Am I overdoing it for this application? After all, it's not like holding my Zappiti files is like fast-burst photography.

Should I get something a little less "cutting-edge", and proven; class 4, class 6. Or should class 10 be fine, and has any advantage whatsoever over "lower" classes? Any recommendations of what someone knows "just works"? Is 8G too big?

I am using the newest stable that came out at the start of March.

I noticed the clock no longer displays in standby . It worked in the beta but not i nthe stable. Anyone else having this issue ?

I figured out how to make this work. I had to delete my current database and start from scratch. Fortunately I only had to scrap 20 or so movies.

Does anyone know why my Dune constantly loses track of my server? When I browse the network on yhe Dune and try to access SMB, the server is not listed. It requires that I reboot of the server in order to regain access. It is getting very annoying. Thx

You should be able to modify that in the setup menus. Mine was actually showing the clock in standby mode when I install the new firmware. I had to set mine so it would not show the clock in standby mode.

You can work around this by creating a network folder on the main menu. Then you don't have to go through the network browser.

Show clock in standby is set to yes but it doesnt show it. Woked fine in the beta but not showing in the stable

EDIT

I enabled TIme Sync and the clock now comes on in standby. I then disable time sync and its staying on so not sure what the issue was. Now if they will only update it to a 12hr clock I will be happy : )

So what are your guys opinions as to the best jukebox software to use? I just tried Zappiti, and its quite laggy on my network... should I stick with it or try something else?





Also, whats the best way do you think of connecting the dune (I got a D1) to my network.

My TV is about ~8m away, a physical ethernet cable connection isn't possible. It's currently connected via a dd-wrt'd WRT54G however it can't handle 720p or higher...

I have a WRT610N dual band 11n router, at the site of the Dune with my laptop I can pull roughly 4mbytes/s, which should be plenty for most 1080p content yea?

So I either get an 11n USB dongle or get a cheap dual band 11n router that supports dd-wrt and make that into a bridge.

What do you guys reckon?

I reckon you aren't going to get anywhere near full bitrate 1080p with a 4MB/s connection. You need a lot more than that. Wired is the only way to do it. Either you put a drive into the Dune and transfer stuff over your network to it or get another box. You don't need the Dune at that point, something cheaper will work just fine for SD.

No kidding, but it should be plenty fine for most ~10-15-20mbps ish 1080p rips that I have.... any other full bitrate media will either be physical on a hdd or on a bluray and thats what my bluray player is for.

I already have the dune, great peice of hardware, anyways, so yea, best solution?

You can maybe try powerline or MoCA, but results will vary depending on your setup

What are users impressions of using the Dune HD Max as a BD player compared to other standalone players, PS3, OPPO, etc.?

Any pitfalls (or advantages) one should know about if they are considering using the Dune as a BD player as well as a streaming media player?

Thanks

im looking to purchase additional hdd's for my win 7 server and was wondering if i should buy more wd20ears or get the caviar black. as some may remember, im currently running a caviar black for my OS and 2 wd20ears for storage. i ran wdidle3 on all the drives and they seem fine now. but since i haven't watched a full movie yet with my d1, does anyone know if the wd20ears drive will park during a 2hr movie, when wdidle3 set the park count for around 1hr for each drive?

and does wdidle3 work for all firmwares of wd20ears or just some?

thanks.

I haven't used the BD drive very often but it is slow to load discs. Anywhere from approximately one to two minutes. Reminds me of my HD-DVD player.

harry

Damn! Turbotax is giving me the same error. Now I really need to get my taxes finished.

That sucks. I hated when my HD-DVD player took so long to load. Any issues with actual playback of Blu-Ray or DVD disks?

Thanks

Which is the whole reason I bought my Dune in the first place -- so I could rip all my discs and never have to put up with that nonsense again! Yay!