Netgear NeoTV 550 - Page 196

I changed all settings to decode to pcm. No change.

I use my neotv with my onkyo pr-sc886 and have no problems with lpcm or bitstreaming.

Here is something else to try. If you have ripped the disc with full menus, try selecting audio from the Menu.

OK, I got virtual clone drive so I could mount the iso and then played it with VLC. I get audio in stereo. I selected 5 channel and I get some audio out of the 2 speakers, so must be the iso is good, right?

Thanks to all of you that responded. The problem is either a bad HDMI cable or a bad input on my AV Receiver. I swapped the cables between my TiVo and the NeoTV and the problem transfers to the TiVo and goes away on the Neo. I'll post again after I figure out which is the problem.

[Later Edit:] OK, I have determined the problem is with the #5 HDMI on my AVR. I simply moved the NeoTV to HDMI 6 and everything now works as it is supposed to. Kinda frustrating because I spent a really large amount of time on this, but relieved that it is resolved.

Again, many thanks to everyone who responded and helped!

Anyone using a NeoTV 550 with FlexRAID?

I'm getting ready to rip a TV Show box set for play on the Neo. Since each DVD has several episodes on it, using iso won't work well for tagging etc. What format (lossless preferred) is best so that I can get good tagging etc from Media Center Master.

I do my TV Show in ISO's and name them according to how many episodes there are example: S01E01 S01E02 S01E03 S01E04.ISO and Zappiti recognizes this and scrapes all the shows correctly.

If this isn't possible with MCM. I would suggest MakeMKV. It will recognize all of the track files, and you can rip them all at once. The only issue is that they won't be ripped in order, so you will have to name each episode accordingly.

Thanks for the tip on Make MKV. I tried a sample and quality seems good. Do you know if it is same quality as an iso?

Does Zapitti add all the things like a tag file so the shows can be streamed from a NAS or does it somehow have to be running on the server?

MKV is just a container so it won't change picture or sound quality. All it does it keep the main movie / episode without all the extras. I used Zappiti as an example this jukebox only works with Dune Players.

Zappiti you'll have to run it in your PC. You tell it where the files are to scrap, and you can tell it where to put the output file. There after you create a short cut from the Dune Player and everything is there.

Thanks for the help!

No problem.

I really really hate all you people that can use mkv's so well. everytime I do a mkv I have audio synch issues that are noticeable to me1
Why dammit! WHY WHY WHY! I really want to like MKv's...

What software are you using to create MKV's. I use MakeMKV's, and I don't have any issues with it.

using makemkv. just updated to the latest version and giving it a whirl again. I am using the mkv's on a variety of players, PBO, AIOS, OPPO, NEOTV550, and of course the trusted DUNE H1..

I've been using MakeMKV for a little over a year with no audio sync problems. Are all your streamers bitstreaming the audio to your decoding receiver? I would venture to guess that if you have some or all of your streamers decoding audio before sending to the TV or audio receiver then you would have a few audio sync problems because of the varying processing speeds for each device. Can you set the audio delay for each input?

Thanks for the suggestions, but this is not my first rodeo!
I am bitstreaming to my receiver(s) and not ALL of my mkv's have issues but enough that it gets annoying enough that I can't count on it working. HOWEVER, the wife does not notice the issue (until I point it out). To further complicate things sometimes an mkv will work on one streamer and have an issue on a different one. I am thinking it is just the nature of the beast and I will have to stick with iso for most use which I have no problems with (in the limitations of my hardware)

hey guys everytime a play or stop a file, the screen on my tv goes black for few seconds. Its like no signal is coming from the neo.Neo is connected thru HDMI to the TV.. Does anybody else has this problem?. Im using the latest firmware.3.2.16. any ideas.?

May be an HDMI handshake delay, very common.

That's the annoying thing about the NeoTV - when I launch a Blu-ray, it will change frequencies almost all the time (before each trailer for example), and it doesn't wait for the display to synch.

My Panasonic BD55 blu-ray player somehow always waits for the display to finish syncing before it plays. I don't know if it automatically adds a delay, or it actually waits for the display to notify it.

I set mine to Auto whenever playing BD ISO and its exactly the same ie screen switching back and forth, got used to it already.

Hey, anyone notice that subtitles are delayed nearly half a second when playing in 24p mode? I am using the latest firmware (3.2.16 I think).

This is damned annoying - particularly anime or other movies where they overlay the subtitles over signs and/or near characters (like American Pie Blu-ray).

Looks like I'm not the only one noticing this:

http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=65762

Have you tries using Auto mode instead of 24hz? I have watched a number of BDs with non-English subs and they all worked fine. I use an attached USB Drive, ISO ripped from DVDFab Passkey for you info.

Yep, everything in Auto mode, playing ISO, using USB. Works fine when using my Dell monitor which is 60 hz and 50 hz only. This has happened on several movies I've watched already. I'll try power cycling before every movie to see if that helps...

Anyone else having issues playing newer Universal Studios Blu-ray ISO's on the NeoTV 550?

I'm having trouble with:

Parenthood
Tinker Tailor Soilder Spy
Hop

All were just released these past few weeks. I ripped them to ISO with AnyDVD HD (no options checked; just decrypt and rip). They get to the spinning Universal logo and then just go to a black screen.

Can anyone else confirm/deny this problem? Has anyone gotten these movies to the menu screen or play with no issues?

I haven't played any of those movies but I did have the same problem with T2. The solution was to turn off BD Live.

try reripping with anydvd with the "speed menu" enabled

Yeah BDLive is causing me lots of problems. Thanks for the tip.

Ok, I can confirm the Neotv 550 has some serious bugs with PGS rendering (playing Blu-ray ISO or folder).

From what I can tell, testing using my HTPC using Arcsoft TMT5 as a comparison, the NeoTV does not show the subtitles on the screen long enough, and this can be a problem for certain titles that show subtitles quickly - for example, several words shown right after another in rapid succession. The NeoTV will blank the subtitle line out for a few frames instead of "flowing" into the next subtitle - so the result is that a short 2 word subtitle that is supposed to be on the screen for 500 milliseconds ends up being chopped into 300 milliseconds.

This also appears to make subtitles show up later than usual at times, and on time at others (Hugo Blu-ray for example - the subtitle shows up after one or two words have already been spoken). Luckily, Hugo doesn't have a lot of dialog compared to the Taiwanese Blu-ray of "You Are the Apple of My Eye", which has rapid dialog with very short subtitles - you will miss some of them and have to rewind to figure out what the characters are saying!

Reference for You Are the Apple of My eye: Chapter 8, scene at the wedding banquet - time: 01:36:11. There should barely be a gap (maybe a couple of frames) before the dialog "That's right", and you just have enough time to read it. On the NeoTV, however, the previous line disappears, and there is a delay of a quarter second before it shows up, and you may not catch that line.

Damn it - I should've bought a Dune - this really makes the NeoTV unsuitable for quite a few "foreign" blu-ray watching - well, at least at 24hz.