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Paul
Know the feeling. I did not want to convert 500+ TV shows but bit the
bulle=
t a couple of years ago and never looked back. I can now stream and sync
wi=
th all apple devices.
Ben
Sent from my iPad
> On 3 Nov 2013, at 04:30, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I should have added to that (extensive) list of things I don=E2=80=99t
wa=
nt to do=E2=80=A6 is to re-encode 700 DVD=E2=80=99s!!
>=20=20
> The reason I kept them in native format is to preserve the original
datas=
tream to maintain the original quality of the DVD in the rip
>=20=20
> J
>=20=20
> Paul G.
>=20=20
>=20=20
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of=
Ben McCormack
> Sent: 03 November 2013 11:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Cc: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] What's currently the best box for streaming
ripped =
DVD content?
>=20=20
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> Paul
>=20=20
> What about running them through Handbreak and putting them into a
format =
that iTunes recognises. You can then import into iTunes are stream to
Apple=
TV, ipad etc etc.
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> Ben
>=20
> Sent from my iPad
>=20
> On 3 Nov 2013, at 03:10, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>=20
> Thanks all for the responses so far.
>=20=20
> I have been ripping DVDs to VOB files in video_ts folders for many
years =
now. I don't have any blu-ray rips, - I had no inclination to start
buying/=
renting yet another optical disc format.. So I have some 600-700 odd
movies=
ripped from DVD. I therefore don't care about the ability to play anything=
else, including 1080p as I don't have any content in that format, and to b=
e truthful, although it does look nice, I'm not sufficiently impressed by
t=
he resolution improvement to make a switch to blu-ray, with all the extra
=
space that requires... Frankly, I'm more concerned with the 'quality' of
th=
e movie itself (acting, dialogue, FX, script, cinematography etc.) I'd far
=
rather watch a 'good' film in DVD quality than a shite film (anything by
Mi=
chael Bay??) in high res...
>=20=20
> They're all on a QNAP NAS, which does have a plex client available,
which=
I did try (with plex client on Apple TV). It looked lovely, and all seemed=
fine until trying to actually play something... It will not play my conten=
t... I presume it does not like video_ts folders.
>=20=20
> PC based solutions are not desirable, regardless of whether it's
running =
windows or Linux, or even a mac... I don't want power hungry devices or
fan=
s running all the time. It needs to be a small box, totally silent (no
fan)=
and very low power.
>=20=20
> It needs to have an attractive user friendly UI, with cover art, and
idea=
lly movies synopsies, in a simple to navigate interface. As I said before,
=
IMO the native Apple TV one is the best I've seen yet, so the closest it's
=
possible to get to that would be my ideal.
>=20=20
> Still looking...
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> Sent from my iPad
>=20
> On 3 Nov 2013, at 07:28, "Robin Edwards"
<robin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>=20
> I'm using Popcornhour C200 seems to do the job for me. There's a
newer m=
odel not sure how it improves on the C200. I originally had all my mkvs
al=
ong with my flacs on a bubba2 however it only had a 1TB hard drive and was
=
close to full. I put a 2TB drive in the popcorn and moved the mkvs onto
it=
.=20
>=20=20
> It has a reasonable UI including info and art from imdb. I have
played m=
p3s on it as well but only to see if they work.
>=20=20
> I make my mkvs with Handbrake on Mint and move over with filezilla,
just =
a simple setup
>=20=20
> Robin
>=20
> There are three kinds of people in this world, those that can count
and t=
hose that can't.
>=20=20
> Robin Edwards
> 07773-674010
>=20=20
>=20
> On 2 Nov 2013, at 19:59, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> Thanks. I'll look into the dune offerings.... Of equal interest as the
pl=
ayback of my chosen format, is the UI... the *perfect* UI is the Apple TV
o=
ne... 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...
>=20=20
> I've seen and used xbmc in the past, and liked it, but I will not have
a =
PC involved in the setup.
>=20=20
> Not played with rpi... Not interested in cobbling together DIY
solutions.=
.. I want something I can buy, unwrap, plug in, and watch movies...
>=20=20
> 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.
>=20
>=20
> Sent from my iPad
>=20
> On 2 Nov 2013, at 20:38, "Brian Smith" <brian@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>=20
> Hi Paul
>=20=20
> I have a couple of Dune players (a 101 and 301) and they have played
ever=
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.
>=20=20
> Cheers
>=20=20
> Brian
>=20
> 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
sa=
ying "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
p=
retty 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
co=
uld I'd just go to iTunes and pay for the damn movie (again) just to get
th=
e 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_t=
s folders... So sick am I of the piss poor performance of jailbroken kit,
t=
hat I am now resolved to find another box that does this better...
>=20
> 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 doin=
g that to it turns it into a pile of shite...
>=20
> Surely in this day and age, it cannot be beyond the wit of mankind to
mak=
e 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?
>=20
> Sent from my iPad
>=20
> > On 28 Oct 2013, at 09:32, "Mark McCall"
<lists@xxxxxxx> wro=
te:
> >=20
> > http://autoho.me/1aOd65H
> >=20
> > M.
> >=20
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> > ------------------------------------
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >=20
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> >
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<div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div>Know
the feeling. I did not want to conv=
ert 500+ TV shows but bit the bullet a couple of years ago and never
looked=
back. I can now stream and sync with all apple
devices.</div><div><br></di=
v><div>Ben<br><br>Sent from my
iPad</div><div><br>On 3 Nov 2013, at 04:30, =
Paul Gordon <<a href=3D"mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";>paul_gordon@hotm=
ail.com</a>>
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<div class=3D"WordSection1"><p
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D">I should have added to that (extensive) list of things I
don=E2=80=99t w=
ant to do=E2=80=A6 is to re-encode 700
DVD=E2=80=99s!!<o:p></o:p></span></p=
><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"C=
alibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span>=
</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quo=
t;Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
reason I kept the=
m in native format is to preserve the original datastream to maintain the
o=
riginal quality of the DVD in the
rip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",&quo=
t;sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=3D"M=
soNormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F49=
7D">J</span><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri"=
,"sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",&q=
uot;sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri"=
,"sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Paul
G.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri&q=
uot;,"sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal"><span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibr=
i","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><=
div><div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF
1.0pt;padding:3.0pt =
0cm 0cm 0cm"><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US"
style=3D"font-s=
ize:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</sp=
an></b><span lang=3D"EN-US"
style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tah=
oma","sans-serif""> <a
href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx=
">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a> [<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";>mai=
lto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben
McCormack<br><b>Sen=
t:</b> 03 November 2013 11:10<br><b>To:</b> <a
href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@yahoog=
roups.com">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><br><b>Cc:</b>
<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_=
d@xxxxxxx">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><br><b>Subject:</b>
Re: [ukha_=
d] What's currently the best box for streaming ripped DVD
content?<o:p></o:=
p></span></p></div></div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p
cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">Pau=
l<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></di=
v><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">What about running
them through Handbreak and=
putting them into a format that iTunes recognises. You can then import int=
o iTunes are stream to Apple TV, ipad etc
etc.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">=
Ben<br><br>Sent from my
iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal=
" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On 3 Nov 2013,
at 03:10, Paul Gordon &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";>paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>&g=
t; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote
style=3D"margin-top:5.0pt;margin-=
bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks all for the responses=
so far.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><=
/p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I have
been ripping DVDs to VOB files =
in video_ts folders for many years now. I don't have any blu-ray rips, - I
=
had no inclination to start buying/renting yet another optical disc
format.=
. So I have some 600-700 odd movies ripped from DVD. I therefore don't
care=
about the ability to play anything else, including 1080p as I don't have a=
ny content in that format, and to be truthful, although it does look nice,
=
I'm not sufficiently impressed by the resolution improvement to make a
swit=
ch to blu-ray, with all the extra space that requires... Frankly,
I'm=
more concerned with the 'quality' of the movie itself (acting, dialogue, F=
X, script, cinematography etc.) I'd far rather watch a 'good' film in DVD
q=
uality than a shite film (anything by Michael Bay??) in high
res...<o:p></o=
:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p=
class=3D"MsoNormal">They're all on a QNAP NAS, which does have
a plex clie=
nt available, which I did try (with plex client on Apple TV). It looked
lov=
ely, and all seemed fine until trying to actually play something... It
will=
not play my content... I presume it does not like video_ts
folders.<o:p></=
o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><=
p class=3D"MsoNormal">PC based solutions are not desirable,
regardless of w=
hether it's running windows or Linux, or even a mac... I don't want power
h=
ungry devices or fans running all the time. It needs to be a small box,
tot=
ally silent (no fan) and very low
power.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">It ne=
eds to have an attractive user friendly UI, with cover art, and ideally
mov=
ies synopsies, in a simple to navigate interface. As I said before, IMO
the=
native Apple TV one is the best I've seen yet, so the closest it's possibl=
e to get to that would be my
ideal.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">Still looki=
ng...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><br>Sent from my iPad=
<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.=
0pt"><br>On 3 Nov 2013, at 07:28, "Robin Edwards"
<<a href=3D"mailto:rob=
in@xxxxxxx">robin@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></di=
v><blockquote
style=3D"margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p
c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal">I'm using Popcornhour C200 seems to do the
job for me. &=
nbsp;There's a newer model not sure how it improves on the C200.
I or=
iginally had all my mkvs along with my flacs on a bubba2 however it only
ha=
d a 1TB hard drive and was close to full. I put a 2TB drive in
the po=
pcorn and moved the mkvs onto
it. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">It ha=
s a reasonable UI including info and art from imdb. I have played
mp3=
s on it as well but only to see if they
work.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">I=
make my mkvs with Handbrake on Mint and move over with filezilla, just a s=
imple setup<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:=
p></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"
style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">Robi=
n<o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">There are three kinds of people=
in this world, those that can count and those that
can't.<o:p></o:p></p></=
div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"=
>Robin
Edwards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">07773-674010=
<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div=
></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"
style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On 2 =
Nov 2013, at 19:59, Paul Gordon <<a href=3D"mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx=
om">paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D"margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNor=
mal">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 T=
V 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
metad=
ata, etc...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:=
p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">I've seen and used xbmc in the past=
, and liked it, but I will not have a PC involved in the
setup.<o:p></o:p><=
/p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal">Not played with rpi... Not interested in
cobbling together=
DIY solutions... I want something I can buy, unwrap, plug in, and watch mo=
vies...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></=
p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Looked
at plex, but try as I might, I a=
bsolutely could not get it to play ripped DVDs although the interface did
l=
ook jolly
nice.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><br><br>Sen=
t from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mar=
gin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On 2 Nov 2013, at 20:38, "Brian
Smith" <<a href=
=3D"mailto:brian@xxxxxxx";>brian@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:=
p></p></div><blockquote
style=3D"margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div=
><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi
Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"M=
soNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">I have a c=
ouple of Dune players (a 101 and 301) and they have played everything I
hav=
e asked them to. Never quite got around to it but they also
support c=
ontrol via the mymovies iPad app if that's of
interest.<o:p></o:p></p></div=
><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"Ms=
oNormal">If there is any you want me to try file format / bit rate
wise the=
n let me know.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> <=
/o:p></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">Cheers<o:p></o:p></p></div><div>=
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
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l"
style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">Brian<br><br>On 2
Nov 2013, at 19:10, Pau=
l Gordon <<a href=3D"mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";>paul_gordon@hotmail=
.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote
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pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p
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<o:p></o:p></p><=
div id=3D"ygrp-text"><p>Ok, so I'm sitting here looking
at my jailbroken Ap=
ple TV2 contstantly saying "Loading"... 15 minutes now and
impatient kids w=
aiting for Star Wars,... Another 5 minutes and it's going out of this 2nd
f=
loor window.... Like pretty much anything that isn't genuine apple, it's
ut=
ter shite... <br>The software is slow, buggy, and not a patch on the
real t=
hing... 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 W=
ars films aren't on iTunes... They are all on my NAS of course, as ripped
D=
VD's in video_ts folders... So sick am I of the piss poor performance of
ja=
ilbroken kit, that I am now resolved to find another box that does this
bet=
ter...<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
wi=
ndows 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
breaki=
ng, 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=3D"mailto:lists@xxxxxxx=
.uk">lists@xxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br>>
<br>> <a href=3D"h=
ttp://autoho.me/1aOd65H">http://autoho.me/1aOd65H</a><br>>
<br>> M.<b=
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