Topic: Mede8er MED500x

[Clondalkin]

Bro Allan, this is really a useful capability. I do have a lot of BD Rips as well but my Xtreamer and egreat m34a can't stitch together the various m2ts streams so hassle ang playback! hehe  What other media player (except TivX kasi not available locally) has this same function?  I am tempted to upgrade to the Mede8er just for this, but since there is still no HD audio passthrough, bitin pa din.

Hi Ditoy!  Bitin nga kung ganon.  Allegedly, Realtek has not obtained the license for HD audio passthrough, hence,  Realtek cannot incorporate that function in their software development kit (yet).  Kaya hintay-hintay muna.  I read the WDTV Live can passthrough TrueHD out of the box, but no luck with DTS-HD/MA yata so bitin din?    I wonder how the PCH-200 plays those m2ts streams?

Regards

[cHess]

Bro Allan, this is really a useful capability. I do have a lot of BD Rips as well but my Xtreamer and egreat m34a can't stitch together the various m2ts streams so hassle ang playback! hehe  What other media player (except TivX kasi not available locally) has this same function?  I am tempted to upgrade to the Mede8er just for this, but since there is still no HD audio passthrough, bitin pa din.

I think you should press play ">" on your remote to play m2ts files in your bd rip folder. I was able to play the whole movie 10,000 BC by pressing the play button.

[Clondalkin]

I think you should press play ">" on your remote to play m2ts files in your bd rip folder. I was able to play the whole movie 10,000 BC by pressing the play button.

Subukin ko ulit tonight with the 31B.  Ano nga ba ang usual button sa remote na pinipindot to play?     

BTW, how many m2ts streams are there in your 10,000BC BDMV/STREAM folder?

[cHess]

Bro Allan, di ko nabilang dami ng streams sa folder eh...pero marami.

Bro yung may simbolo ng " > " play sa remote. 

btw, any significant changes for the new firmware of 31b?

[ditoy_eagle]

Just tried his with my egreat m34a, pag play ">" nga ginamit it stiches the various m2ts files and goes on to the next one. Problem is with titles like 9 and Gladiator, hindi ata consequential yung numbering ng files.  It plays the opening Universal logos, basic menus, Playstation control instructions parang it jumps and in the end never really goes into the full feature presentation, back din to the egreat GUI.

[Clondalkin]

Bro Allan, di ko nabilang dami ng streams sa folder eh...pero marami.

Bro yung may simbolo ng " > " play sa remote. 

btw, any significant changes for the new firmware of 31b?

Thanks Chess.  I think I habitually press the biggest button in the middle of the remote to play anything.  We'll try if the ">" button plays the m2ts streams continuously.

As for the latest FW of the 31B, significant elimination of annoying stutter when playing high bit rate 1080p mks stored in external NTFS hard drive - so that eliminates the need to install an EXT3 formatted drive internally.   Na-sisinok lang if I do timeseek or bookmarking but that can be solved by simply pausing the playback for a very short while then resuming.   Mas smooth and effective yung Mede8er especially when playing mkvs over 25GB but then most 1080p files would be smaller than 25GB anyways.  So tumaas na satisfaction factor by a lot - kahit mabagal pa rin talaga ang initialization.  

[Clondalkin]

Just tried his with my egreat m34a, pag play ">" nga ginamit it stiches the various m2ts files and goes on to the next one. Problem is with titles like 9 and Gladiator, hindi ata consequential yung numbering ng files.  It plays the opening Universal logos, basic menus, Playstation control instructions parang it jumps and in the end never really goes into the full feature presentation, back din to the egreat GUI.

Uy that's good to know.  Ditoy yung BD files having "out of sequence" streams are those containing various versions of the films.  The possible solutions are:  a.  to buy TVIX which shows the Menu para you can select the version of film you want - hehehe b.  Replace natin ng SINGLE version if we can meet in mid March - you save on disk space too.     c.  Try to read the net about defining the correct order of m2ts stream sequences - nasilip ko lang ng konti but havent really read thoroughly - this is a common topic among BD file afficionados.  d. For single version BD movie, try to explore the HDD using a PC, identify the largest m2ts stream within BDMV/STREAM folder, then select that particular m2ts during playback - the biggest m2ts stream is not necessarily the stream numbered 000 or 001 - but it is usually the very start of the BD movie.

Cheers.

[ditoy_eagle]

Hehe you are right, nabasa ko nga din mga tips na yan in other forums.  I am really tempted to buy the TVIX M6500 kung meron lang available locally. Or if the Popcorn C200 can do this, baka yun na lang din hehe 

[Clondalkin]

The correct sequence of streams for those disks with seamless branching is supposed to be defined in the XXXXX.mpls files contained inside BDMV/PLAYLIST folder.  Let's try how to read those files.  Baka by simply selecting the mlps file, everything would just play..or at least it would give you the exact numbers and sequence of m2ts streams to play.

Subok subok before considering the TVIX further...or just get the single version talaga.   

[Clondalkin]

I tried to play with some pure BD files with seamless branching last night.  The best I could do was to identify the correct 1st m2ts stream among the relatively bigger sized streams (by trial and error - there is no distinctively huge m2ts stream kase), and thereon, the movie played "continuously" in the correct sequence - "continuously" in quotation marks because there is about 2 sec delay whenever the player daisychains from one stream to the next - somewhat annoying but tolerable nonetheless.  

Easier to identify the bigger m2ts streams by connecting the HDD to a PC first and sorting the streams according to filesize; and if there's one particularly huge file that contains the entire movie, it's not necessarily 0000.m2ts - hence, you have to identify the correct number.

[vtec3]

External Storage



Additional external storage connections are found at the side with an SD card reader (for direct access from your camera's memory card), 1 slave USB port (for attaching the Mede8er to your PC for management and transfer of files in your internal HDD) and of course 2 USB slots for your external HDDs.

Personally, I would prefer the USB ports at the back.  I just don't want to see some cables coming from the sides in any of my AV equipment.  

+ 1 ako dito Doc, yan din ang ayaw ko sa Egreat M32B ko nasa harap yung ESata Connection kaya may wire sa harap for my external HDD 

however, hindi naman ako nagkaka problem with playing large files including some BD files. nag lag lang for about 2 sec kapag forward ko (mayron video but no sound) after normal na din naman 

tempting din to buy this ganda porma if only mayron itong audio passthrough wala na sigurong isip-isip  my Egreat M32B kasi can do this na 

[Clondalkin]

Hi Von.  Were you able to try the fix on those 2 BD titles?   

Speaking of HD pass-through, how do you do True HD with the Egreat?  I can only see DTS-HD Raw.

Ganda di hamak ng porma ng 32B compared to the Mede8er.   The Mede8er is really boxy and plain - but works absolutely great - sans HD audio passthrough (yet?). 

Cheers!

[vtec3]

Hi Von.  Were you able to try the fix on those 2 BD titles?   

Speaking of HD pass-through, how do you do True HD with the Egreat?  I can only see DTS-HD Raw.

Ganda di hamak ng porma ng 32B compared to the Mede8er.   The Mede8er is really boxy and plain - but works absolutely great - sans HD audio passthrough (yet?). 

Cheers!

Hi Alan, yup i was to play to two BD titles. Thanks!!!

MY setting for audio:

DTS - DTS HD Raw
AC3 - Digital Raw
AAC - Analog PCM
WMA Pro - ANalog PCM

I can see Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA displayed in my receiver with this setting.

Hopefully the Mede8er will have this feature soon 

[Clondalkin]

Hi Alan, yup i was to play to two BD titles. Thanks!!!

DTS - DTS HD Raw
AC3 - Digital Raw
AAC - Analog PCM
WMA Pro - ANalog PCM

I can see Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA displayed in my receiver with this setting.

That's very nice to know (pede mo nang palitan yung pending order na BD kung puede pa  - joke). 

Thanks for this audio settings.  Subukin kong pasigawin si Bon Jovi at Beyonce tonight kahit TrueHD downmixed.   
Cheers!

[cHess]

Hi Alan, yup i was to play to two BD titles. Thanks!!!

MY setting for audio:

DTS - DTS HD Raw
AC3 - Digital Raw
AAC - Analog PCM
WMA Pro - ANalog PCM

I can see Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA displayed in my receiver with this setting.

Hopefully the Mede8er will have this feature soon 

Ganyan din settings ko. 

[Clondalkin]

More on seamless branching BD files.

Install a freeware called tsMuXer and open the *****.mpls files within BDMV/Playlist folder.  You will immediately recognize the correct id number of ****.m2ts stream to select and play.

 

[makoy99]

ive seen this product sa ehome nice product pero i got the chill 250 its funny halos same ng gui and 100% same ng remote may naka print lang na media8or sa remote nya difference lang nya media8or has no torrent support then the chill 250 has torrent support all specs are the same no problems reading large files like 1080p, accepts up to 2 tera 3.5 sata with fan etc... same as mediator will post some pics din.

[comet]

Is the chill 250 available locally sir and how much is its price?

[makoy99]

got it here http://filmographiacorp.com/products.htm, package ko kinuha mas mahal ng 1,500 over mediator pag kasama 1 tera and etc..you know... 14500 then media8or sa ehome is 13k with 1tera, price difference is 1500 no bat for torrent support and it accepts wifi dongle din wirless b/g/n ,may number sa site just look for jojo

[comet]

Thanks sir

[makoy99]

no problem post some pics later hiniram ng kuya ko unit ko chill 250, testing kuha din sya for his pansonic plasma

[dmag10]

how much is this now and where to buy? is this better than xtreamer and hd-pro?...if not can you recommend a good nmt under 7k?..thanks

[nerveblocker]

how much is this now and where to buy? is this better than xtreamer and hd-pro?...if not can you recommend a good nmt under 7k?..thanks

This is definitely better than my xtreamer in the fast boot up and reading of files.  I haven't compared it with its network capabilities though coz I do not have a wifi dongle yet.     When I bought this, it sells for P8k at eHome.   

[kolokoys]

sir, any store selling this nmt in manila??planning to add 1 more nmt for my ht..

[Clondalkin]

sir, any store selling this nmt in manila??planning to add 1 more nmt for my ht..

Wala nang stock na padating sa Ehome?

[paolorenzo]

Wala nang stock na padating sa Ehome?

I just inquired sa eHome, and they have the Mede8er in stock.

http://ehome.multiply.com/

[nerveblocker]

Mede8er Firmware V2.0.2 available -- 5 January 2010.  Download it here.

1. Fixed audio folder navigation problem on NFS.
2. Fixed samba login without user name
3. Fixed USB unplugging - Mede8er crash
4. Fixed DVD ROM – disk ejecting problem.
5. Fixed DVD setup menu CMD_ANGLE button would show teletext menu.
6. Fixed UPNP problems
7. Added "Video DNR" option setup menu - Was defaulted to “on” on v2 /v2.0.1
(suggest to turn it “off” for sharper SD Video picture quality)
8. Fixed subtitle fonts with special characters etc
9. Fixed file extension .wav .divx

Mede8er Change Log V2.01 -- 25 December 2009
128M-HMC-M03I-20091225-v7.0.7.r2892_SANJIA_QA20091208_USB
* Changed code on Mede8er security to fix “Invalid Hardware message”
* Fixed infinite loop on “loading animation” when opening an invalid file

Mede8er Change Log V2 -- 254 December 2009

Codec and Core Improvements
1) BDISO with subtitle support (no menu)
2) BDMV with subtitle support (no menu)
3) Added DVD folder play ie VIDEO_TS
4) Improved Flac, MKV, MOV codec
5) Fixed DTS audio sync MKV 23.976 files
6) SD Upsample to 1080p improved – Improved picture quality
7) Added USB DVD ROM support – Beta
8. Improved HDMI handshaking
9) LPCM Multichannel added -- ACC surround sound

New Functionality
1) Add FTP support for network file transfer
2) Added Host Name option change to Setup Menu – Network
3) Internet time update feature - live time update via internet Setup Menu
4) Aspect Ratio 16:10 added
5) HDMI - LPCM Multichannel added - Multichannel AAC files only
6) Added PPPoE support
7) Added Subtitle on/off control in setup menu
8. New Photo effect Kens Burns
9) New Seamless Option - Setup Misc -- for streaming TS files
10 ) Autoplay folder functionality added – create “autoplay” folder on internal HDD or USB
Stick
/ SD Card and load the folder with either music or video files. On start up the Mede8er will
play the “autoplay” folder automatically. ( “autoplay” folder name can be autoplay /Autoplay
/AutoPlay)
11) Added Russian language GUI support
12) Added Hue & Saturation controls in Setup menu
13) Added AV System setting ie PAL or NTSC
14) Added fixed IP in WiFi setup
15) Added Plasma Screen Filter Mode in Setup
16) Added Text Encoding support for additional Languages (Subtitle)
17) Added user-defined font support – save any TTF font onto the root of your Local HDD or
the
root of a USB flash drive or the root of a SD Card and rename it font.ttf. Go to Setup Menu –
System – you will be able to change the System Font.
18) Chinese Subtitle and GUI added
19) Screensaver added mp3 --"title - artist" if id3 tab available otherwise filename
20) Screensaver speed changed
21) “Preview off” navigation improved
22) File Manager – can now select Folders and select up to 512 files

Fixes
1) Fixed DVD short freeze on network play
2) NAS mode stopping and requiring a re-boot
3) Improved new file name and rename increased max characters to 36
4) Rename file -- Text string now shown on keyboard
5) Rename failure on read only network share now reported
6) Fixed analogue audio problem -- when system paused
7) Screensaver added to still jpg file when "slow" button used
8. Fixed auto turn on bug when the Mede8er unit is switched off from remote
9) Fix Hebrew subtitle punctuation
10) Improved WiFi setup screen - WPS etc
11) Improved WiFi performance
12) My Shortcuts -- Changed Net User ID’ to User Name and "Net Password" to Password"
13) Changed Media Library1 -- Net to Network
14) Changed Media Library1 -- UPNP to UPnP
15) Changed GUI text colour to white
16) Improved in folder about.jpg preview speed
17) Fixed Music button function on remote
18) Improved Samba performance
19) TV SYS button timing changed
20) Improved navigation speed and in-folder jpg rendering time
21) Changed Samba default login to Guest and no password
22) M3u info message removed
23) Removed "Login Successful” message Samba network
24) USB unplugged changed text to "USB Unplugged”
25) Zoom W – Change to “Zoom to Width”
26) Zoom H – Change to “Zoom to Height”
27) Zoom XY changes to 1% increments
28) Improved subtitle with black shadow

Mede8er Change Log V1.2.2a -- 18 November 2009

1) Fixed Internet Radio SHOUTcast IP change
2) Added "search function" Internet Radio
3) Fixed DVD subtitle problem
4) Fixed some spelling mistakes
5) Fixed Hard Drive size reading error on setup Info screen
6) Fixed video info information (video and audio were swopped)
7) Fixed File Copy Network Login screen

[Clondalkin]

Just hoping Mede8er can do something about TrueHD downmix soon. 

[nerveblocker]

Just hoping Mede8er can do something about TrueHD downmix soon. 

Audio Codec Supported: MP3, MP2, OGG Vorbis, PCM, LPCM, AAC, RA, Dolby AC3 Passthrough, Dolby AC3 Downmix, DTS Passthrough, DTS Downmix, FLAC, WAV,
WMA Standard (DRM, & Advanced Profile not supported)
HD Audio support
Dolby digital - support decode & bypass
Dolby TrueHD - under development
Dolby digital Plus - support decode - bypass is in testing
Dolby digital EX - support - compatible up to 5.1
Dolby digital Pulse - not supported
DTS digital Surround - support decode & bypass
DTS-HD Master Audio - not supported - under development
DTS-ES - not supported

Hoping for a firmware soon to downmix or even just bypass HD Audio.....

[Clondalkin]

Ok na yung DTS-HD/MA downmix to DTS sa Xmas 2009 FW.   Ive watched a couple of pure BD rips and MKVs having that HD audio format successfully on the Mede8er.   Dolby TrueHD ang silent movie pa rin sa Mede8er but the Egreat can handle that just fine.