Hi
I bought a DSM-510 the other day. I was intrigued by the 330 but I wanted more than DivX playback - my source material is MPEG2 and I don't want to go through the laborious process of converting from one lossy format to another and getting a less quality video with a long wait.
The DSM-510 is connected wirelessly via Wireless G. I've reported these problems to a newsgroup and got a roasting for "not following the instructions" and basically having a poor computer and downloading large files at the same time, which are completely incorrect assumptions.
Computer is Windows Vista Business, a separate 500 Gig SATA2 300 HDD for Media, AMD 64 X2 4800+ on nVidia 590 chipset and 2 Gig RAM with 2xnVidia 7600GS Gfx cards.
Problems Im having are:
1) DSM-510 won't even see the WMP - never mind stream from it.
Yes, I've followed the instructions and spoke to the useless indian tech support. I've turned off Windows firewall, seen the device in Media Sharing, Allowed it and added items to the library. But still no go.
To get around this, Im currently using Twonkyvision.
2) Slow Menus
Ridiculously slow. My wireless N95 doesn't have a problem connecting to Twonky and retrieving all menus.
3) Ridiculously slow photo thumbnail generation. Seems I have to use 640 x 480 photos to get any decent speed?
4) MPEG2 Playback is stuttery. This is only 8 Mbps peak, 6.4 Mbps average, standard definition, recorded from Hauppauge WinTV. Yes it is Wireless, but this is supposed to be one of the core features of the box. The box will just stop playback and rebuffer and do this regularly.
I changed my network from b/g to g-only wireless which gave some improvement, but not perfect.
5) Random disconnections to the server
Yes, sometimes it won't even see the server. I'll go back to the server screen and it's greyed out. Is this a problem with the server? I don't think so, as at this time, my N95 still sees the Twonky server. This has happened a few times in the 24 hours I've owned it.
6) Box Crashing
This sometimes happens when fast forwarding an MPEG2, at some point trying to press play, nothing happens. Then it loses connection to the server as above.
7) Unresponsive
The thing will just end up becoming unresponsive for thirty seconds at times then it will just go through all the commands on the remote control you pressed.
Anyone have any ideas?
The way Im feeling at the moment is that there's a fault with the device and Im going to send it back. I can't be putting up with crashing of a peak 8 Mbps MPEG2 Standard Definition file. I have an otherwise excellent wireless network.
Trust me as well, while Im running these tests, I have nothing else running on my PC and no one else is connected wirelessly.
I think at this rate, I'll wait another couple of years for the technology to mature. How the hell can it be slower than my phone?
Cya
Simon
I bought a DSM-510 the other day. I was intrigued by the 330 but I wanted more than DivX playback - my source material is MPEG2 and I don't want to go through the laborious process of converting from one lossy format to another and getting a less quality video with a long wait.
The DSM-510 is connected wirelessly via Wireless G. I've reported these problems to a newsgroup and got a roasting for "not following the instructions" and basically having a poor computer and downloading large files at the same time, which are completely incorrect assumptions.
Computer is Windows Vista Business, a separate 500 Gig SATA2 300 HDD for Media, AMD 64 X2 4800+ on nVidia 590 chipset and 2 Gig RAM with 2xnVidia 7600GS Gfx cards.
Problems Im having are:
1) DSM-510 won't even see the WMP - never mind stream from it.
Yes, I've followed the instructions and spoke to the useless indian tech support. I've turned off Windows firewall, seen the device in Media Sharing, Allowed it and added items to the library. But still no go.
To get around this, Im currently using Twonkyvision.
2) Slow Menus
Ridiculously slow. My wireless N95 doesn't have a problem connecting to Twonky and retrieving all menus.
3) Ridiculously slow photo thumbnail generation. Seems I have to use 640 x 480 photos to get any decent speed?
4) MPEG2 Playback is stuttery. This is only 8 Mbps peak, 6.4 Mbps average, standard definition, recorded from Hauppauge WinTV. Yes it is Wireless, but this is supposed to be one of the core features of the box. The box will just stop playback and rebuffer and do this regularly.
I changed my network from b/g to g-only wireless which gave some improvement, but not perfect.
5) Random disconnections to the server
Yes, sometimes it won't even see the server. I'll go back to the server screen and it's greyed out. Is this a problem with the server? I don't think so, as at this time, my N95 still sees the Twonky server. This has happened a few times in the 24 hours I've owned it.
6) Box Crashing
This sometimes happens when fast forwarding an MPEG2, at some point trying to press play, nothing happens. Then it loses connection to the server as above.
7) Unresponsive
The thing will just end up becoming unresponsive for thirty seconds at times then it will just go through all the commands on the remote control you pressed.
Anyone have any ideas?
The way Im feeling at the moment is that there's a fault with the device and Im going to send it back. I can't be putting up with crashing of a peak 8 Mbps MPEG2 Standard Definition file. I have an otherwise excellent wireless network.
Trust me as well, while Im running these tests, I have nothing else running on my PC and no one else is connected wirelessly.
I think at this rate, I'll wait another couple of years for the technology to mature. How the hell can it be slower than my phone?
Cya
Simon