Netgear NeoTV 550 - Page 89

Nope, just checked. Hitting info shows it. That's not good.

How do you get dlna media server to work? I can not see mine and don't see how to get there.

Connection is ACER to Router to Switch to NeoTV. Using the same wire/connection point for my wdtv (everything streams fine for it). I also have updated to 275.... no improvement.

I don't understand why it would work wonderfully for the WDTV and the same connection would be crap for the NeoTV...

If I get time, I will try and take the switch out of the mix and see if that helps (once again, not sure why it would work well for one and not for the other)

Another note, My movie/man room has a dedicated XBMC and I am able to stream fine as well from the ACER (same setup ACER to ROUTER to SWITCH to XBMC).

Anybody else having issues with a WHS or a ACER specifically?

Thanks,
speedbal

What I've done on mine is create a crippled logon that only has limited access to the videos on my server. I use that logon in my Neo. Not fussed if anyone finds out what the password is since you can't do anything useful with that logon anyway

I have a custom built WHS (Shuttle mini PC), with no network switch, running wired through a Netgear WNDR-3700 router. My network speed tests generally show 70-80 mbps, with dips down to ~50.

Why do you want to use DLNA? It's better, if you can, to use smb/cifs or NFS.

I would only use it if I needed to stream a non-native format (transcoding).

0db should never give noise if it does it is either a bug or mismatch between input and output sensitivity.

This file gives no audio. I have everything set to hdmi passthrough. Any suggestions? I don't see mpeg audio options in Audio settings menu. Plays fine on wdtv live.

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 269 MiB
Duration : 47mn 33s
Overall bit rate : 792 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.57.1
Writing library : VirtualDub build 28346/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : DX50
Codec ID/Hint : DivX 5
Duration : 47mn 33s
Bit rate : 654 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.114
Stream size : 223 MiB (83%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 47mn 33s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 43.5 MiB (16%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 40 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms

Password and all your settings can be extracted if someone does a system log dump from System settings.

Hmmm... that file I mentioned above now works after reboot.

Watched my first dvd on fw275. It was squashed in both auto & 16:9. I had to select fill screen for correct aspect ratio. What's up with that? anyone done more testing so I can report on netgear forum?

@Bozzeta, I have the knight & day bd & will try the two scenes at 720p.

Yeah, I've seen that although I cannot for the life of me spot a common theme which causes this. Some play fine, others are squished in a pseudo-letterbox format. The fill screen option always fixes it tho. Weird.

sounds like the neo doesn't know it's anamorphic

Possibly, but it knows some of them are. I'll keep playing and see whether I can spot a theme.
For info, they are all ripped using DVDFab. A straight 1:1 ISO, nothing added, nothing taken away.

could try dvddecrypter see if it is the same. but probably isn't a ripping problem

this is strange and i can't figure out how this is even possible...

i have a few mkvs that won't play over network...it says "Unable to play this media. The media format is not supported, or the location is not accessible."

yet i can throw the same file on a usb drive and it plays fine...and these files are in the same main folder (then each movie in a sub folder) and everything else plays...just these few mkv files are giving me trouble...anyone have any ideas?

This is typically a permissions issue with the file or folder that the video reside in on your server/pc/nas.

well the folders don't have any special permissions...and as far as i know the files shouldn't either...

any specific things to check....im on windows 7...setup like this:
Main Movies Folder -> Title (Year) Folder -> Title (Year).mkv

almost all of them work..the exception being these few...and they happen to be the newest ones as well i believe if that makes a difference...

but i've unshared, restarted, reshared the main folder and that didn't work...i right click on the specific title folder and see nothing out of the ordinary...

edit: fixed it...for some reason those specific files weren't being shared with everyone even though the folder was....strange, but now fixed...thanks for putting that idea in my head...

is there an option to clear the image cache? because for some reason it decided to make the cop-out cover the default image for all folders without a folder.jpg....

hmmmm..changed the cache location and it stayed...trying a hard reboot to see if it helps..

edit: that worked...crisis averted lol

Here is some tips I wrote several pages back, modified here to show you how to share a folder from a W7 PC. Maybe you can use this to check your shares.

Right click on the folder you wish to share. Select Properties and then go to the Sharing tab. Clickon Advancded Sharing. Check the box that says "Share this folder". Give it a friendly name. This name is what the Neo should see when it scans the network for media locations. Now click the Permissions button. Make sure at least Read is checked, although I usually check Full Control. Click OK to close that windows. Then click OK again to get back to the main properties page. Now click on the Security tab. Then click on the Edit button. Click Add. In the box that opens, type EVERYONE in the big box and click OK. The window will close taking you back ot the Security permissions tab. Make sure that Everyone was added, and has Read or Full control. Click OK to close the windows. THen click OK one more time to close the properties windows.

Weird problem. Network shares working fine before, but now can not access. Even a hard reboot does not fix it. Anyone have that?

I couldn't get the neo to find any of my whs shares by scanning. I had to manually enter them. No big deal, but I wonder why it finds W7 shares automatically (as stated above)?

i actually had it like that...but for some reason those few files were causing issues...but i fixed them manually so its all good...

Here's a few.... (I apologize if some of these are supported but haven't seen any info on them).

support for .cue files
Artist Thumbnails and folder.jpg support?
file and idv3 tag views
Create playlists on the fly using the OSD (by artist and genre, etc)
Smart Playlists
replay gain
play music to multiple zones
play different stuff to different zones
more extensive online radio support
pay services like rhapsody
sonos has analog inputs that you can then send to anywhere on the network.
players like xbmc have really cool visualizations
and then some players like apple have some cool features like partyDJ and Genius playlists...

It sounds like the NeoTV is a better than average audio player for a all around streamer that's not an HTPC but players like XBMC, iTunes, Squeezebox and Sonos all have some extra features...

Can't wait to try mine out? From everything I am reading here it seems to be a more refined and polished lan player than the boxee box which has so many issues its hard to use for much.

does the Neo TV play up to 24 bit 192Khz Audio files correctly?

It's 100% not a ripping problem. All my dvds are 1:1 copies with anydvd hd and every single one has played correctly on my htpc. Definately a bug of the neo.

How do you configure nfs shares?? I am getting some stuttering with smb and want to try nfs, but can't seem to get it to work. Pc is named mediapc and one shared folder is called cmovies.

I tried enabling nfs on my w7 ultimate x64 but didn't work. Not even sure it has that capability. smb/cifs is stutter free so left it at that. Anyone can confirm whether w7 ultimate x64 has native nfs server support and how to enable it and if it works with the neo? I know you can install 3rd party nfs servers.

Just got the unit today. From initial testing I am liking it to the others I have tried so far - Brite-View and PopBox. I can now play HD movies over my network which none of the others could do. Pretty extensive remote with several direct keys as well.

The only issue I am facing (so far) is its HDMI handshake with my Onkyo SR707 receiver is VERY sketchy. Most times doesn't work. If I switch off the receiver and then on again, it works, but pic goes away again whenever a re-handshake is required (which can happen often if you change the file you want to play). Anyone else seeing this? I am hoping it is an error with just this unit. If not for this, I would keep this unit in a heartbeat!

I think W7 Ultimate has nfs client. Don't know for sure and I have no probs with smb so don't use nfs either. However, it should work if you map a drive as normal but instead of the usual "\\\\server\\share" format, use "server:/share", not forgetting the colon.