Getting desperate... Advice needed on good content streamer ! - Page 3

Not quite sure what you mean I have to use 3 different programs? XBMC supports flac.... 24 bit audio, replay gain, and wasapi, everything I want in my audio output. If your refering to SACD then yea i guess, but I dont know many who still use sacd.

Just like j-river it plays main bluray files on my pc stutter free, the new build also bitstreams all HD audio formats.

If you want menus you have to use tmt, jriver wont play bluray menus either, neither will xbmc. I have tmt setup in xbmc to launch when i play blurays for full menu support.

1) XBMC for video
2) foobar for SACD
3) TMT for bluray.

J river doesn't support menus at this time. So in the future it will be supported. Personally, I use my Sony 7000ES changers for Bluray media. It was much cheaper to buy them last for $550 each. I have what is equal to 20TB, so the changers are my best optiion. I do have a few on the server, but takes lot of space. One member on the forum was able to buy those changers for $199 each, but it was scrached model at the Sony outlet store. He bought 6 Sony 7000ES 400 Disc megachangers. Actually, there is lot of people that are into SACD now. Since the posting of it in Computer Audiophile.

Buy a HiMedia HD900B or HD910B off of ebay for $200 and try that. They stream ok and play Blu-ray 3D with menus.
Another one I have tried that is ok but hard to find in a Bevix BV8178, BV8078 or BV8088 these have an extremely nice finish for a media player and play BD isos with full menus.

http://bevixtech.com/product/detail.php/id-19.html

I dont use sacd. I use tmt for video due to me wanting bluray menu's. Xbmc can do what jriver does for video. If i was using jriver i would still have to use TMT for blurays if i wanted menus, not sure if you can even work tmt into jriver....Using tmt is just a personal preference if you want menu's, many people dont care and watch blurays just in xbmc player, which worked fine in my testing.

As for jriver supporting menus i did a quick google search and a post in their forum came up from yesterday saying no plans for menu support as of yet. Sounds like they are no futher then xbmc for adding menu's. Xbmc is working on it, but said its difficult and may take quite awhile yet.

Foobar i just use on my completely seperate desktop or laptop pc for listening instead of itunes, and putting songs on my android phone. It also serves as automation for adding replaygain values automatically when music is added. I really dont even touch foobar, it requires no upkeep from me.
Edited by Murilo - 7/7/12 at 2:44am

Honestly, I rather skip the menu's, although there is a way to launch an external player in J River. There is someone posting in the thread now about getting TMT to work with J River.
He has got it to launch, but it seem that it can't play. I think he needs AnydvdHD running in the brackground to play his content. This allows J River the ability to play Bluray movies,
but it is done to make it legal. If I recall on XBMC, you don't need that software. Is it legal? I don't think so, because when you develop a full integrated system, then it is a target of MPAA.
I can think of a few software companies that did something similar. The solution was to make not integrated, so then it is legal. Doesn't matter if it is free or for profit. I know of one that was free and the developer had break into 2 separate software applications.

Oh, on the security issues. Once you know the history of XBMC, then you might think twice of using your username and password in a streaming service. XBMC is a team of developers/hackers
that you don't know their names. You can only contact them via the forum, so you are rather limited. J river developers is a USA based company and they put their real names and product out in the public, so you can contact them.

Moderators please close this thread. It has become useless.

This was posted over in J River on how to do the menu's in TMT. So, I will post the reply here.


Re: Using Total Media Theater 5 to play BDMV?

Absolutely correct : only way to get full menu support unfortunately. if and once MC has this covered as well (maybe in a pro version) we can get rid of PDVD's and TMT's of this world...

So to your initial question :

You need to point TMT5 to the containing folder and not to the bdmv folder or the index file in the folder. If you have this structure for example : my bd/movie test/disc1/bdmv you need to point to disc1. A way to do so is to :
1. select tools>options>library&folders>manage library fields
2. add new field (I named it TMTLauncher)
3. set the new field to calculated data and construct your structure line. Here you could enter expression filevolume([filename])/FileFolder([Filename],2)/ ... (it will depend if you want to use relative paths or not - (display this new field in your library and check the result) remember you'll have to end up with the path to the folder holding your bdmv and certificate folders.
for expression building consult : http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language.

4. once the result of your expression is OK return under file types (in the MC17 options menu)
5. select video bdmv
6. choose external player (custom) under playback method and point to the tmt5 player (you can also try to point to the uMCETMT player which opens fine and is better when using theaterview but you will freeze MC17/TMT5 when returning....so better use the normal TMT5
7. under arguments enter "[TMTLauncher]" (thats the field you created under point 2)

That's it !!! works perfectly. Seems complicated but in reality it isn't. Just make sure you got the path naming right.

Closing a thread doesn't do anything. I still get the questions, so I have to reply.

I give another crybaby his way! I just delete my threads.

That's awesome. Just let us know if you have any more questions. What jukebox are you going to use? Zappiti, Yadis?

If your AVR can play DTS HD MA and Dolby Digital HD, and your set up is 5.1, I would set it to Original (bitstreaming) and 5.1. I have mine set to Original bitstreaming and 7.1 since my set up is 7.1.

That's a good question, and that is a matter of taste. In my opinion it sound better to bitstream and let the AVR do the decoding. I've played several movies that have HD sound, and to me it sounds better.

Well, if I set the Dune to PCM my receiver doesnt show DTS HD MASTER. It only show HDMI Passthrough. If I set the Dune to bitstream my receiver shows DTS HD MASTER.

Ok, I see what you are saying. I would just let the AVR do all the work.

That's correct.