Hello. I currently have a Synology DS 210+ (hardwire connected to LAN) that I house several movies and rips of my TV Show DVD's and Blu Rays. I am using the patriot box office core which gets the job done as far as playing various files, but I'm ready to upgrade to something that will get me the following features:
1. My wife and kids and I watch several different movies streamed from the Diskstation. Our current media player can only remember the position of the last movie played. My droid phone, using MX player, will remember the last spot of every movie I've started. Will the Dune players or the Mede8er players remember where I left off on multiple files? I don't plan to turn the unit off so that's not an issue.
2. My patriot box cannot (at least I can't figure out how) to play music (.mp3 format) albums by track number tag. Everything plays in alphabetical order. Can these players play in order of track tag when playing searching the music folder on my diskstation?
3. I'd like to get and figure out how to use one of those scraper programs so I can add some basic stuff like a synopsis and cover art for my movies and tv shows. This will help my young child who can operate a remote select the video he wants if he sees the cover art as he cannot reat. My wife and I (who can read) would like to have tv shows synopses at the ready. My cursory research has shown that ember media manager or something else (preferably freeware, feel free to suggest a good program) can grab and tag the pics and synopses files from imdb or some other databse to create .nfo files that would display this data. Will the dune and mede8er players read the NFO files and graphically display my movies and tv shows that will accomplish this goal in a basic sense? I looked into building an XBMC several years ago as I was impressed with the skins and the way people could display this information graphically. I didn't have the time to commit to builidng an XBMC. I'm hoping to get a media player and create the NFO's and store them on my diskstation but I am curious if these players have UI or some sort of cursory video jukebox that are capable of accomplishing this. The patriot box office is a great player for $60. I'm willing to spend $200 or so to accomplish the above goals if feasible.
4. Finally, when fast forwarding through a large file, my patriot box office stutters and it takes a long time to fast forward. Do either of these brand players have a skip adhead feature that will alleviate this?
Thank you very much in advance.
Jeff
1. My wife and kids and I watch several different movies streamed from the Diskstation. Our current media player can only remember the position of the last movie played. My droid phone, using MX player, will remember the last spot of every movie I've started. Will the Dune players or the Mede8er players remember where I left off on multiple files? I don't plan to turn the unit off so that's not an issue.
2. My patriot box cannot (at least I can't figure out how) to play music (.mp3 format) albums by track number tag. Everything plays in alphabetical order. Can these players play in order of track tag when playing searching the music folder on my diskstation?
3. I'd like to get and figure out how to use one of those scraper programs so I can add some basic stuff like a synopsis and cover art for my movies and tv shows. This will help my young child who can operate a remote select the video he wants if he sees the cover art as he cannot reat. My wife and I (who can read) would like to have tv shows synopses at the ready. My cursory research has shown that ember media manager or something else (preferably freeware, feel free to suggest a good program) can grab and tag the pics and synopses files from imdb or some other databse to create .nfo files that would display this data. Will the dune and mede8er players read the NFO files and graphically display my movies and tv shows that will accomplish this goal in a basic sense? I looked into building an XBMC several years ago as I was impressed with the skins and the way people could display this information graphically. I didn't have the time to commit to builidng an XBMC. I'm hoping to get a media player and create the NFO's and store them on my diskstation but I am curious if these players have UI or some sort of cursory video jukebox that are capable of accomplishing this. The patriot box office is a great player for $60. I'm willing to spend $200 or so to accomplish the above goals if feasible.
4. Finally, when fast forwarding through a large file, my patriot box office stutters and it takes a long time to fast forward. Do either of these brand players have a skip adhead feature that will alleviate this?
Thank you very much in advance.
Jeff
