MKV, DIVX, HD player Where?

Lenny

Yea I know what ya mean,
torn now between buying a 500gig portable. or a 1tb ac.
Cause I kinda want to use the drive as a backup drive for somestuff too and downloading and its just more convienent using the usb one
hmm
thanks

Amalgam

Lenny wrote: »

Yea I know what ya mean,
torn now between buying a 500gig portable. or a 1tb ac.
Cause I kinda want to use the drive as a backup drive for somestuff too and downloading and its just more convienent using the usb one
hmm
thanks

Off topic, sorry. Your avatar makes me read out your posts in my mind using Lenny's voice. I just did it with that one above.. I can't help it.

madmoe

Hey lads, if I get this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Essential-External-Drive/dp/B000W9RNOA will it have to be powered by a seperate power supply or will the WD HD player be able to power it?

Cheers,
M

Amalgam

That'll need it's own power supply.

Amalgam

I have that one, it drives me nuts, no physical on/off switch, it has to be switched off through the OS when the PC is on, it does switch off when the main PC is itself switched off, but with externals you're often fiddling about with it and it would be nice to have a physical switch.

madmoe

Bummer, so the WD Passports are the only ones that really work with this then?

What is the max size they go up too?

Amalgam

madmoe wrote: »

Bummer, so the WD Passports are the only ones that really work with this then?

What is the max size they go up too?

No, not exactly, as long as a 2.5inch laptop HD in an enclosure takes the power from USB, it'll work, so.. you can have Lacie, Maxtor etc, not just stuck with WD.

Typically 320GB, not sure which brands offer 2.5inch 500GB options, it does exist though.

madmoe

Is there anybody doing a 2.5 inch 1TB option?

Lenny

Amalgam wrote: »

No, not exactly, as long as a 2.5inch laptop HD in an enclosure takes the power from USB, it'll work, so.. you can have Lacie, Maxtor etc, not just stuck with WD.

Typically 320GB, not sure which brands offer 2.5inch 500GB options, it does exist though.

so ya can't really get a hd with the powered by usb and just connect it to the player and let it power itsself from the wd hd?
bit confused reading this now

Amalgam

Lenny wrote: »

so ya can't really get a hd with the powered by usb and just connect it to the player and let it power itsself from the wd hd?
bit confused reading this now

What's there to be confused about? ANY 2.5inch HD that takes its power from the USB lead can be used with the media player. it will be powered by the WD Media Player.

I was saying 'No' in response to you saying you were limted to WD passport drives.

AntiRip

Amalgam wrote: »

I have that one, it drives me nuts, no physical on/off switch, it has to be switched off through the OS when the PC is on, it does switch off when the main PC is itself switched off, but with externals you're often fiddling about with it and it would be nice to have a physical switch.

I had one of these also and got rid of it because of this. Went for the Seagate FreeAgent and love it. Has software inside so it will go into sleep mode from 3mins to 15mins if its idle. (You can choose whatever time)

madmoe

What about the 1TB WD Elements Portable, its USB powered, will it work with the WD TV HD Media Player?

Lenny

Right thanks lads,
just ordered this hd
http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/1770338/art/western-digital/my-passport-essential-500.html and the player
both from pixmania.. lets just hope I don't get any problems with them!
komplett didn't have a any h'ds that stood out..

Now just to get downloading off rapidshare.. don't think this 12 gig limit is gonna last long!

madmoe

What about the 1TB WD Elements Portable, its USB powered, will it work with the WD TV HD Media Player?

jamesd

madmoe wrote: »

What about the 1TB WD Elements Portable, its USB powered, will it work with the WD TV HD Media Player?

Yes it will.

kaisersose77

are you sure there is such thing as a portable western digital 1tb seeing as 1tb sata 2.5" inch dont seem to exist.


edit:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=498

mentions ac adaptor in the specs

madmoe

From that page:

Package Contents


•External USB 2.0 hard drive
•USB 2.0 certified cable
•AC adapter
•Quick Install Guide

Seems like it is not USB powered after all :-(

Anyone know if WD are planning on releasing a 1TB Elements\Passport portable anytime in the near future?

Cheers,
M

Voodu Child

madmoe wrote: »

Anyone know if WD are planning on releasing a 1TB Elements\Passport portable anytime in the near future?

The biggest 2.5" consumer drives are 500GB at the moment. You'll see 640/750GB drives later this year, and 1TB 2.5" drives sometime in 2010.

Lenny

voodoo_child wrote: »

The biggest 2.5" consumer drives are 500GB at the moment. You'll see 640/750GB drives later this year, and 1TB 2.5" drives sometime in 2010.

thanks for that. i was looking around everwhere to see if i could find bigger than 500gb

glic83

one of my mates got a wd hdtv media player recently,i gave him a load of 720p movies to watch,he says they play fine picture wise but he has no sound,he is using the optical out of wd media player into hes amplifier the audio of most of the movies i gave him is dts audio and i though this would play fine as long as he used the optical out does the wd hdtv media player need an update maybe?

Lenny

most of the 720p ones I have played seem grand with sound..
the 1080p one i have (7gig) ac3 plays for about 3 seconds then freezes, and no sound
plays on the pc no probs.. any ideas?

ipnface

yeah there's been a few firmware upgrades at wdtvhd.com/index.php?showforum=8. There has also been a custom firmware made that makes the wdtv network connectable. at b-rad.cc .

newbie2

glic83 wrote: »

one of my mates got a wd hdtv media player recently,i gave him a load of 720p movies to watch,he says they play fine picture wise but he has no sound,he is using the optical out of wd media player into hes amplifier the audio of most of the movies i gave him is dts audio and i though this would play fine as long as he used the optical out does the wd hdtv media player need an update maybe?

The WDTV doesn't support DTS - you have to use digital out (optical) into your home cinema and then off you go. Also you have to select 'digital' in your sound settings of the WDTV. Does his HC support DTS? Is there a setting on the HC that you can select DTS?
There are firmware udates available. Maybe try these aswell.

glic83

newbie2 wrote: »

The WDTV doesn't support DTS - you have to use digital out (optical) into your home cinema and then off you go. Also you have to select 'digital' in your sound settings of the WDTV. Does his HC support DTS? Is there a setting on the HC that you can select DTS?
There are firmware udates available. Maybe try these aswell.

i was hoping that 1 of the updates might support dts but doesnt look like it,yeah he knows all about the optical out he looked through the options on hes amplifier and doesnt seem to have any other options to change so unless a firmware update does it hes amp doesnt support dts audio

GigaByte

glic83 wrote: »

i was hoping that 1 of the updates might support dts but doesnt look like it,yeah he knows all about the optical out he looked through the options on hes amplifier and doesnt seem to have any other options to change so unless a firmware update does it hes amp doesnt support dts audio

He can use the popcorn audio converter to convert all his movies in one go to AC3 sound which will play perfectly on his amp in surround sound.

Here's a link

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/PopCorn_MKV_AudioConverter

glic83

good link there mate some useful info on that and converting other audio formats

Voodu Child

GigaByte wrote: »

He can use the popcorn audio converter to convert all his movies in one go to AC3 sound which will play perfectly on his amp in surround sound.

Here's a link

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/PopCorn_MKV_AudioConverter

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/e29632eef8a80ac87f9b9a6e6322b13a

May or may not be legit, havent the time or inclination to check. But I don't like those numbers tbh, personally I would do some hefty research before downloading the software you have linked above.

GigaByte

voodoo_child wrote: »

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/e29632eef8a80ac87f9b9a6e6322b13a

May or may not be legit, havent the time or inclination to check. But I don't like those numbers tbh, personally I would do some hefty research before downloading the software you have linked above.

It's legit alright, here a link to the developer's forum where these false alerts are discussed.

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=10111&pid=93858#pid93858

madmoe

Hi lads, will this baby (http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/1771324/art/dvico/tvix-pvr-r-3300-1-tb-exte.html?tag=mail_ie_uk_2009-05-13_33835&srcid=3666) play .MKV files does anyone know?

delly

I see no mention of mkv files in the specs.