Official OPPO BDP-93 Owner's Thread - Page 620

That movie's track is 6.1 with ES-Matrix encoding, Its really just a 5.1 track you have to expand via DDPLIIX to unfold the rear surround.

Thanks, Fanboyz.

Speed Menu option in AnyDVD removes the original Java menus and replaces them with a simple graphical menu of the playlists: the original content (apart from the menus) is unchanged. Since you navigate to the desired playlist directly, you can manually bypass any trailers etc.

Java menus are a complex graphical way to get to the playlists and select appropriate soundtracks and subtitles, but unfortunately they can also force a path through the playlists that the enduser has no control over (eg trailers, previews, forced subtitles, etc). Speed Menu removes all that enforced rubbish, but at the expense of not knowing what certain tracks represent (which can be a little confusing determining the sequence for episodes of a series, for example).

Here is an example of the Simple Speed Menu (there are Advanced and Sexy versions too, although they just modify the placement and background) that displays for Harry Potter 7.1 when played in PowerDVD.

Track 1 is the main movie.

Track 2 is the Maximum Movie Mode version of the main movie.

You scroll up and down the list and then select the desired track.

Speed Menu means I can use an old version of PowerDVD, without having to worry about it not being able to navigate a title; however, due to its limitations, is probably best used for titles that cause navigation issues with the standard Java menus.

[Apologies for the image quality as it was just a cheap and nasty camera pic of the TV screen: I couldn't get a screen print working for PowerDVD]

The USB port of the Oppo can only be used for a USB storage device such as a memory stick or a hard drive.

In other words, the way Blu-ray discs should work.

I read the Unofficial FAQ and Oppo's manual but didn't see it "specifically". But to confirm....the Oppo does NOT play HD DVDs correct?

Correct.

Ah thanks guys. I got confused with it being able to play SACD which is a "HD Audio" version of regular CDs. And also was about to buy an HD-DVD version of the movie Timecop and in big bold letters on Amazon.com said it would only play in an HD-DVD player.

Time Cop is on BluRay anyway.

I have the WD Live NAS working with the 93 and two different Denon receivers, the 4310 and the 3808 and it works flawlessly. You need to go into the Twonky Server web interface, not the hdd web interface. There is a setting in there that tells the drive to rescan anytime any content is changed, so when you connect with the 93, it shows the latest and greatest content on the drive. There are also other settings in the Twonky software that you may need or want to look at or at least be aware of for the future. However, the WD Live software does have a "Reboot" setting if you need or want the drive to do this after you make changes, but I think just setting the Twonky Server software to Rescan after changes will take care of the problem for you. It is really a very nice unit once you get it set up correctly.

I just want to let Canadian owners of the BDP-93 know that I emailed Oppo support at service@oppodigital.com and made a formal request to add CinemaNow to the BDP-93 so us Canadians could access it.

Its great having access to Netflix and YouTube but its not enough IMO. I know that are other ways of accessing CinemaNow, Hulu, blockbuster through other means, however, I feel it hurts legitimate attemps to have these streaming services officially recognized in Canada through official channels and therefore a greater Canadian audience for these streaming services.

I think it would help if Canadian BDP-93 owners, who are interested, if they could send a quick email to Oppo to see if this service could be added/activated for us up North. Even though we are not as big a population as the U.S. we are still a sizeable market with lots of economic influence.

I also contacted CinemaNow directly but I don't know who does the "heavy lifting" to get these streaming services added to our units.

Thanks

99% of it is the content provider. If they don't want to play the game is over.

Hi rdgrimes, Could you expand on this statement and maybe throw in some examples. I'm very eager to know what you mean and how it could influence any outcome.

Thanks

He means that the content providers determine which devices get access and they also control the quality of the product that arrives at each device.

For instance, Sony Play Stations have a giant segment of the BD player market. Netflix, so far as provided them with much better product than they provide a small company like OPPO, who's players are a much smaller segment of the market.

Even when the providers are not being selective, they still determine the overall quality of their streams. It used to be called GIGO.

There's just not much the player manufacturers can do to improve image quality of streamed source material. The music industry has already proven that quality audio is not an issue, and the Netflix, Comcast, Amazon streamers of this world are out to prove that the same thing is true for video sources.

Quick question to anyone who may know. I haven't call Oppo yet. Does the 93/95 play the DualDisc format, the one with a CD layer on one side and DVD layer on the other? Anyone still have one of those discs and have tested it? Thanks.

*Addendum* I do see now in the manual it's sounds like it's hit and miss with DualDiscs regarding the CD side of the disc.

I have played only one....Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" and I only played the DVD-A side. It played properly.

Brian

PS: DAMN! I better take good care of it. :-)

http://product.half.ebay.com/Dire-St...936207&tg=info

I just checked some prices on some of my DVD-A & SACD discs, and...wow! I think I may part with some of them.

Hello all,

Have had the 93 for a couple of months now have thoroughly enjoyed it and am glad to have found this forum for the wealth of information I have received and thank all of you for making it what it is.

With that being said I have a few questions and or observations:

1. Really enjoy using it for Pandora and up until recently it had been commercial free even though i have the free version. Now on occasion less than on I-phone though there are commericials. Is this just a case of them (Pandora) finally catching up with the Pandora/93 app?

2. I have numerous movies on an external HD in various formats but have issues playing some of them depending on their frame rates. The 25 fps seem to have sound but no video, is this common or do I need to change something in setup?

3. Just an observation, why was it necesary to label the four colored buttons on the remote with their respective colors? Isn't that a given? just sayin.

This has definately been one of my better A/V purchases and only expect my enjoyment to continue for years to come.

Thanks for all your input and support.

Bret

I would think if you go into iTunes and enable you iPod for "mass storage" it would function as hard drive.

^^ Re Pandora: Yes, the Pandora people finally remembered to turn on the "play commercials" switch.

If you can get together a short sample of a video file that isn't working, you can upload it someplace where people here can check it out, or you can get it to Oppo. There are no special settings you need to make, so odds are it is just a problem in the way you have created the file.

Labeling the color buttons is helpful for folks who are partially or completely color blind.
--Bob

As always the quick repsonse, Thanks Bob.

I should have been a little more descriptive, I have videos in .avi format and the ones in 23.9xx seem to be of no issue it's the ones that are exactly 25 fps that have only sound and no video. There are other ones but can't remember the frame rate off the top of my head that have issues as well but I seem to have figured out a work around for those.

He posts 24 hrs/day so I have to assume he's a 'bot.

(Haven't posted in a while so checking in to let the trolls and the purveyors of FUD know...

I'm WATCHING YOU )

Thanks for the quick response, this is exactly why I love this community.

The movies were originally all ripped for and played on my computer so I never had an issue with them until trying to play them on the OPPO.

Just changed the setting that you recommended and all is well, thank you very much.

What's even better is the quality is much improved over how it looked on my computer.

Thanks

Any chance the 93 will be updated with the Amazon Video App?

ill wait for an answer from OPPO.

Dirk: Thanks; I'll give that a try. It seems a pity if I couldn't take advantage of having 45GB of my CDs & SACDs in one place, and be able to use the DAC in the BDP-93 insread of the one in the Yamaha!