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Hmm.. Intriguing.. And cheap enough to be worth a punt.
Looks like if I got the LIRC add-on, I could even continue to use the Apple
TV remote. J
I might well give that a try. I played with xbmc before (on original xbox)
and pretty much liked it.
Paul G.
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Smith
Sent: 03 November 2013 13:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] What's currently the best box for streaming ripped
DVD
content?
Hi Paul,
I'd try this then, as you only have dvd quality files.
http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=cpc/en_CC/makers
pace/xbmc.jsp
<http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=cpc/en_CC/maker
space/xbmc.jsp&isRedirect=true> &isRedirect=true
Regards
Paul
On 3 November 2013 10:39, Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
Paul
Know the feeling. I did not want to convert 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.
Ben
Sent from my iPad
On 3 Nov 2013, at 04:30, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I should have added to that (extensive) list of things I don't want to do.
is to re-encode 700 DVD's!!
The reason I kept them in native format is to preserve the original
datastream to maintain the original quality of the DVD in the rip
J
Paul G.
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?
Paul
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.
Ben
Sent from my iPad
On 3 Nov 2013, at 03:10, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks all for the responses so far.
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 be truthful, although it does look nice, I'm not sufficiently
impressed by the 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 the 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 Michael Bay??) in high res...
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
content... I presume it does not like video_ts folders.
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
fans
running all the time. It needs to be a small box, totally silent (no fan)
and very low power.
It needs to have an attractive user friendly UI, with cover art, and
ideally
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.
Still looking...
Sent from my iPad
On 3 Nov 2013, at 07:28, "Robin Edwards" <robin@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
I'm using Popcornhour C200 seems to do the job for me. There's a newer
model not sure how it improves on the C200. I originally had all my mkvs
along 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.
It has a reasonable UI including info and art from imdb. I have played
mp3s
on it as well but only to see if they work.
I make my mkvs with Handbrake on Mint and move over with filezilla, just a
simple setup
Robin
There are three kinds of people in this world, those that can count and
those that can't.
Robin Edwards
07773-674010
On 2 Nov 2013, at 19:59, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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...
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
ripped DVDs although the interface did look jolly nice.
Sent from my iPad
On 2 Nov 2013, at 20:38, "Brian Smith" <brian@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Paul
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.
If there is any you want me to try file format / bit rate wise then let me
know.
Cheers
Brian
On 2 Nov 2013, at 19:10, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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...
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...
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...
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?
Sent from my iPad
> On 28 Oct 2013, at 09:32, "Mark McCall"
<lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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> M.
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<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hmm….
Intriguing…. And cheap enough to be worth a
punt…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Looks
like if I got the LIRC add-on, I could even continue to use the Apple TV
remote… </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-f
amily:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
might well give that a try… I playe
d with xbmc before (on original xbox) and pretty much liked
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paul
G.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div
style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm
0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-siz
e:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Paul Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 November 201
3 13:42<br><b>To:</b>
ukha_d@xxxxxxx<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=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=MsoNormal>Hi
Paul,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal>I'd try this then, as you only have dvd quality
files.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal><a href="http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/b
espoke7.jsp?bespokepage=cpc/en_CC/makerspace/xbmc.jsp&isRedirect=true";>http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=cpc/en_CC/makerspace/xbmc.jsp&isRedirect=true</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div>
<div><p
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p
class=MsoNormal>On 3 November 2013 10:39, Ben McCormack <<a
href="mailto:yahoogroup@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">yahoogroup@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=MsoNormal>
<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal>Know the feeling. I did not want to convert 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.<o:p></
o:p></p></div><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal>Ben<br><br>Sent from my
iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 3 Nov 2013, at
04:30, Paul Gordon <<a href="mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";
targe
t="_blank">paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote
style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I should have added to that
(extensive) list of things I don’t want to do… is to
re-encode 700
DVD’s!!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The reason I kept them in native
format is to preserve the original datastream to maintain the original
quality of the DVD in the
rip</span><o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p
clas
s=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Paul
G.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div
style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0p
t;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b
><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a> [<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben
McCormack<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 November 2013
11:10<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><br><b>Cc:</b>
<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><br><b>Subject:</b>
Re: [ukha_d] What's currently the best box for streaming ripped DVD
content?<
/span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom
-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ben<br><br>Sent
from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>On
3 Nov 2013, at 03:10, Paul Gordon <<a href="mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a&
gt;>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote
style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks all
for the responses so far.<o:p></o:p></p
></div><div><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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 be
truthful, although it does look nice, I'm not sufficiently impressed by the
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 the 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 Michae
l Bay??) in high res...<o:p></o:
p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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 content... I
presume it does not like video_ts
folders.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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 fans running
all the time. It needs to be a
small box, totally silent (no fan) and very low
power.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal style='mso
-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It needs to
have an attractive user friendly UI, with cover art, and ideally 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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Still
looking...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>Sent
from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal styl
e='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>On 3
Nov 2013, at 07:28, "Robin Edwards" <<a
href="mailto:robin@xxxxxxx";
target="
_blank">robin@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote
style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I'm using
Popcornhour C200 seems to do the job for me. There's a newer
model not sure how it improves on the C200. I originally had all
my mkvs along 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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It has a
reasonable UI including info and art from imdb. I have played
mp3s on it as well but only to see if they work
.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p
></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I make my
mkvs with Handbrake on Mint and move over with filezilla, just a simple
setup<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Robin<o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Robin
Edwards<o:p></o:p>
;</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
href="tel:07773-674010"
target="_blank">07773-674010</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><d
iv><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>On
2 Nov 2013, at 19:59, Paul Gordon <<a href="mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote
style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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...<o:p>
;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt
:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Not played
with rpi... Not interested in cobbling together DIY solutions... I want
something I can buy, unwrap, plug in, and watch
movies...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p></
div><div><p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><br>Sent
from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
cl
ass=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>On
2 Nov 2013, at 20:38, "Brian Smith" <<a
href="mailto:brian@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">brian@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote
style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi
Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal style='mso-marg
in-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If there is any you want me
to try file format / bit rate wise then let me
know.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Brian<br><br>On
2 Nov 2013, at 19:10, Paul Gordon <<a href="mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><block
quote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p
class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>
<o:p></o:p></p><div><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 pil
e 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";
target="_blank">lists@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br>> <br>> <a href="http://autoho.me/1aOd65H";
target="_blank">http://autoho.me/1aOd65H</a><br>>
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