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[quote davemchine]I only have two problems in using the eyehomes. One is that I cannot fast forward or reverse the video any longer. They did an update awhile back and now that feature no longer works. From reading eyehome forums it appears most people are just living without it. Two, sometimes the itunes library can't be read. I haven't figured this one out yet. Turning the eyehome on and off a few times, or restarting the eyehome application fixes the problem but it is annoying.
This is one reason I'm going with a dedicated machine for the eyehome's. I'm going to lock in the OS level and stop doing any upgrades on that computer so it will continue to work and not lose any further features.
Dave
Couple of questions, what type of data are you trying to stream, also what EyeHome forum are you talking about where the folks are the living with the "no FF or Reverse" situation? Never heard of that problem.
Really strange, been using EyeHome since the beta days, never heard of the strange problems you folks (DM & SLM) are having.
I am running the latest and greatest of OSX and EyeHome servlet.
If you want to discuss how to fix the situation, PM me.
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Hi Rusty, there is an eyehome yahoo group which used to be fairly active but in the last year the administrator has abandoned it. Now it is full of spam and is useless.
In reviewing my posts to that group I can see that the fast forward problem started with the 1.6 update. Several other people posted similar problems at the same time and many regressed back to 1.5.3. A google search shows that there are many others having this problem. I believe I wrote to elgato at one time and they responded that the bitrate needed to be (absurdly) low for the fast forward to work anymore. I stopped using it.
The problem with iTunes could be something particular to my machine. I have no idea.
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[quote davemchine]Hi Rusty, there is an eyehome yahoo group which used to be fairly active but in the last year the administrator has abandoned it. Now it is full of spam and is useless.
In reviewing my posts to that group I can see that the fast forward problem started with the 1.6 update. Several other people posted similar problems at the same time and many regressed back to 1.5.3. A google search shows that there are many others having this problem. I believe I wrote to elgato at one time and they responded that the bitrate needed to be (absurdly) low for the fast forward to work anymore. I stopped using it.
The problem with iTunes could be something particular to my machine. I have no idea.
Dave
You mean Jonathan Greene's EyeHome Yahoo group?
I belonged since the beginning, never saw that thread, I'll go back and review the archives.
Again, what format, and what bitrate are you speaking of?
The specs have never changed since day one for file formats and bitrates.
The only thing that has changed was that Apple wouldn't license the iTunes DRM so ElGato rolled out a firmware update so EyeHome couldn't play purchased iTunes. I purchase CD's and rip my own so it didn't affect me.
I record all my TV shows at DiVX Home Theater Highest, it is a 720X480 4Mbs data stream, I have absolutely no problem zipping forward, or reverse, MP2, MP4, VOB, files never an issue either.
If ypu think it is the EyeHome servlet causing the problem, try one of the others to test your theory.
Neuston.:
http://www.neuston.com/en/mc500download_mac.php
Also Snazzi* Net Cinema has a nice servlet, it isn't on the net, if you need it drop me a PM.
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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.
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I installed the neuston software but it didn't work very well. It didn't display my movies at all, and although it could see my iphoto library it could not display my pictures. Was fine for itunes. Internet radio didn't work at all.
I tried to find the snazi version but didn't have any luck.
The eyehome group i subscribed to was at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/eyehome/
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[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.
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I won't claim to be a video expert but I know a little bit. Divx and xvid are codecs usuall "wrapped" in an avi file. See the following links and if you have information to the contrary post it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX_Media_..._.28DMF.29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid
The neuston software has no preferences that can be adjusted so I would assume it looks for video's in the users movies folder but for some reason it cannot see mine. The neuston software does see my iphoto library, sees the picture names, but they just appear blank. I can't see how this can be user error.
You say I'm feeding the eyehome files it can't decode and then you immediately state that you are feeding the exact same file types to it. That doesn't make alot of sense. In addition to that the faq you reference says the eyehome CAN playback those files. Playback isn't my problem anyway, just fast forwarding.
"What movie formats can EyeHome display?
EyeHome can play the following movie files: MPEG-1 (.mpg), MPEG-2 (including unencrypted .vob), MPEG-4 (.mp4), 3IVX and XVID (including DIV3 and DX50 codecs)."
I always appreciate your help rusty but ease up a bit on the bashing.
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[quote davemchine]You say I'm feeding the eyehome files it can't decode and then you immediately state that you are feeding the exact same file types to it. That doesn't make alot of sense. In addition to that the faq you reference says the eyehome CAN playback those files. Playback isn't my problem anyway, just fast forwarding.
"What movie formats can EyeHome display?
EyeHome can play the following movie files: MPEG-1 (.mpg), MPEG-2 (including unencrypted .vob), MPEG-4 (.mp4), 3IVX and XVID (including DIV3 and DX50 codecs)."
I always appreciate your help rusty but ease up a bit on the bashing.
Dave
Hmmm...Bashing?
Divx xvid mpeg mean nothing without the basic information I asked for, since you don't want to provide even that info, I will move on.
All FOUR of my EyeHomes work great.
Your situation is obviously PEBKAC.
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