05-02-2007, 03:09 PM
[quote davemchine]Ding ding ding, we have a winner! The files i get via bittorent are encoded with the xvid codec. I used ffmpegx to convert a file to divx at the exact same bitrate and the resulting file CAN be fast forwarded thru. Apparently the eyehome doesn't deal as well with xvid for some reason.
What is interesting to me is that all three formats, divx, xvid, and mpeg4 are supposed to be very close cousins. Yet the eyehome deals with them all very differently.
divx - plays back well, can fast forward and rewind
xvid - plays back well, cannot fast forward or rewind
mpeg4 - rarely will playback at all
So I don't know if the problem is in the firmware, the decoder chip, or in the servlet.
Dave
It is not a problem with hardware/firmware/software, it is operator error, plain and simple you are feeding the EyeHome formats it can't decode. The formats you posted are related, but they are only wrappers, it is what is inside is what the EyeHome has to decode. All four of my EyeHome's play XvID, DiVX, and Mpeg4 with ease. Have you even read the EyeHome faq?
Hate to say this,you need to do some research.
This is why AppleTV will make it, it shields the user from the internals, the scary settings, and experimentation. It wraps it pink cotton candy called iTunes.
Running the Neuston servlet on my 400+++ DVD server, finds the movies just fine, don't know where you hid yours.
As I said before, the Snazzi* is not available on the net.
BGnR
What is interesting to me is that all three formats, divx, xvid, and mpeg4 are supposed to be very close cousins. Yet the eyehome deals with them all very differently.
divx - plays back well, can fast forward and rewind
xvid - plays back well, cannot fast forward or rewind
mpeg4 - rarely will playback at all
So I don't know if the problem is in the firmware, the decoder chip, or in the servlet.
Dave
It is not a problem with hardware/firmware/software, it is operator error, plain and simple you are feeding the EyeHome formats it can't decode. The formats you posted are related, but they are only wrappers, it is what is inside is what the EyeHome has to decode. All four of my EyeHome's play XvID, DiVX, and Mpeg4 with ease. Have you even read the EyeHome faq?
Hate to say this,you need to do some research.
This is why AppleTV will make it, it shields the user from the internals, the scary settings, and experimentation. It wraps it pink cotton candy called iTunes.
Running the Neuston servlet on my 400+++ DVD server, finds the movies just fine, don't know where you hid yours.
As I said before, the Snazzi* is not available on the net.
BGnR