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Thanks. I'll look into the dune offerings.... Of equal interest as the
play=
back of my chosen format, is the UI... the *perfect* UI is the Apple TV
one=
... Nothing else comes close... So many of the other streamer boxes I've
se=
en have a shite file explorer like interface... No cover art, no metadata,
=
etc...
I've seen and used xbmc in the past, and liked it, but I will not have a
PC=
involved in the setup.
Not played with rpi... Not interested in cobbling together DIY
solutions...=
I want something I can buy, unwrap, plug in, and watch movies...
Looked at plex, but try as I might, I absolutely could not get it to play
r=
ipped DVDs although the interface did look jolly nice.
Sent from my iPad
> On 2 Nov 2013, at 20:38, "Brian Smith" <brian@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> Hi Paul
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> I have a couple of Dune players (a 101 and 301) and they have played
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ything I have asked them to. Never quite got around to it but they also
su=
pport control via the mymovies iPad app if that's of interest.
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> If there is any you want me to try file format / bit rate wise then
let m=
e know.
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> Cheers
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> Brian
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>> On 2 Nov 2013, at 19:10, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
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>> Ok, so I'm sitting here looking at my jailbroken Apple TV2
contstantly s=
aying "Loading"... 15 minutes now and impatient kids waiting for
Star Wars,=
... Another 5 minutes and it's going out of this 2nd floor window.... Like
=
pretty much anything that isn't genuine apple, it's utter shite...=20
>> The software is slow, buggy, and not a patch on the real thing...
If I c=
ould I'd just go to iTunes and pay for the damn movie (again) just to get
t=
he media I want when I want it, but unfortunately, the Star Wars films
aren=
't on iTunes... They are all on my NAS of course, as ripped DVD's in
video_=
ts folders... So sick am I of the piss poor performance of jailbroken kit,
=
that I am now resolved to find another box that does this better...
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>> So, the question is, what *is* the best box for streaming my own
persona=
l content? Most of the front runners don't do it... I tried a windows PC
fo=
r a couple of years, - I'm never going down that route again... Roku
doesn'=
t do local content... Apple TV doesn't do it without jail breaking, and
doi=
ng that to it turns it into a pile of shite...
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>> Surely in this day and age, it cannot be beyond the wit of mankind
to ma=
ke a box that is as good as a proper Apple TV, but which will play my
rippe=
d DVD's... Is that really so much to ask?
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> > On 28 Oct 2013, at 09:32, "Mark McCall"
<lists@xxxxxxx> wr=
ote:
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>> > M.
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<div>Thanks. I'll look into the dune offerings.... Of equal interest
as the playback of my chosen format, is the UI... the *perfect* UI is the
Apple TV one... Nothing else comes close... So many of the other streamer
boxes I've seen have a shite file explorer like interface... No cover art,
no metadata,
etc...</div><div><br></div><div>I've seen and
used xbmc in the past, and liked it, but I will not have a PC involved in
the setup.</div><div><br></div><div>Not
played with rpi... Not interested in cobbling together DIY solutions... I
want something I can buy, unwrap, plug in, and watch
movies...</div><div><br></div><div>Looked at
plex, but try as I might, I absolutely could not get it to play ripped DVDs
although the interface did look jolly
nice.</div><div><br><br>Sent from my
iPad</div><div><br>On 2 Nov 2013, at 20:38, "Brian
Smith" <<a href="mailto:brian@xxxxxxx";>brian@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote
type="cite"><div>
<div>Hi Paul</div><div><br></div><div>I
have a couple of Dune players (a 101 and 301) and they have played
everything I have asked them to. Never quite got around to it but
they also support control via the mymovies iPad app if that's of
interest.</div><div><br></div><div>If there
is any you want me to try file format / bit rate wise then let me
know.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Brian<br><br>On
2 Nov 2013, at 19:10, Paul Gordon <<a href="mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";>paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote
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<p>Ok, so I'm sitting here looking at my jailbroken Apple TV2
contstantly saying "Loading"... 15 minutes now and impatient kids
waiting for Star Wars,... Another 5 minutes and it's going out of this 2nd
floor window.... Like pretty much anything that isn't genuine apple, it's
utter shite... <br>
The software is slow, buggy, and not a patch on the real thing... If I
could I'd just go to iTunes and pay for the damn movie (again) just to get
the media I want when I want it, but unfortunately, the Star Wars films
aren't on iTunes... They are all on my NAS of course, as ripped DVD's in
video_ts folders... So sick am I of the piss poor performance of jailbroken
kit, that I am now resolved to find another box that does this
better...<br>
<br>
So, the question is, what *is* the best box for streaming my own personal
content? Most of the front runners don't do it... I tried a windows PC for
a couple of years, - I'm never going down that route again... Roku doesn't
do local content... Apple TV doesn't do it without jail breaking, and doing
that to it turns it into a pile of shite...<br>
<br>
Surely in this day and age, it cannot be beyond the wit of mankind to make
a box that is as good as a proper Apple TV, but which will play my ripped
DVD's... Is that really so much to ask?<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPad<br>
<br>
> On 28 Oct 2013, at 09:32, "Mark McCall" <<a
href="mailto:lists@xxxxxxx";>lists@xxxxxxx</a>>
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