Recent content by eckmanmj

I've had my 1 Hopper/1 Joey setup since the Hoppers first became available, and within the last week, a problem has started where the Hopper starts a reboot cycle 2-3 times a day. Its at random times, not just at the scheduled time around 2am or whenever that is. It happens whether we're...

OMG!!! This is unbelievable. I did not even know this feature was coming. I am a long time DVR user and held onto my original Replay DVR well beyond it's discontinuation date because it had the ability to skip commercials, but even with the Replay, you still have to press the skip button on...

DLNA is a very loose set of standards. Windows Media Player was designed by Microsoft to stream to other Microsoft devices such as other computers, or the Xbox. Unless a DLNA playback device supports native WMV/WMA formats (which a lot don't), then transcoding is required, which as others have...

I have been able to get DLNA working with Mezzmo as well. It works WITHOUT a HIC. For those of you saying you MUST have a HIC, this is not true. I have my Hopper plugged directly into my router, and the Joey is plugged into a router in the bedroom which is being used as client bridge which...

I started a post about this in another thread, and thought this information might be useful to others, so I figured I'd start a whole new thread. I am by no means a networking expert, but I do have quite a bit of experience with home network setups, so I'll try to offer my advice as best as I...

I posted my thoughts in the huge DLNA thread thats been on here a while, but in case others don't want to go through it, my thoughts (in a nutshell) are: TVersity and Serviio worked the best for me. TVersity has a unique feature in that the DLNA server can stream your video to an internet web...

From my own experience and reading through the DLNA threads on this forum, it still isnt reliably working for most people. Even the people who have said they've gotten it to work have said it isnt compatible with all media formats. It seems to handle music OK, but in terms of video, there is a...

Another option than hardwiring every room in your house, or using a USB wifi adapter that may or may not work, would be to get a wi-fi repeater/bridge and then connect that directly to the ethernet port on your Hopper/Joey. Although this still uses your house's wi-fi network, the device itself...

OKay, I am back with my findings. Lemme start by saying... RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that I have that out of the way, lemme just say that DLNA is the most intriguing but gawd-awfully frustrating thing to work...

I just got done going through the website for Plex, and I am amazed that I haven't heard about this product til today! The feature set and UI looks impressive. I am more excited than I was 20 minutes ago to play with this! :)

I can say with confidence that no amount of profile work will help with Serviio. Thats not to say that it wont work with other DLNA products, but I have extensively combed through the profiles in Serviio and there is nothing you could possibly do to overcome the current issues with DLNA on the...

As a general rule, all DLNA capable devices can support MPEG2 (sometimes called MPEGTS), so if you ever are unsure about what codec to use, that is a good one to use for streaming. MPEG2 isnt as good as some of the newer codecs like h.264 or MPEG4, but its good enough for streaming. I will...

Each has its own Pros and Cons. One feature of TVersity that Serviio doesnt have is the ability to stream to a web interface. With TVersity, you can watch your movies within a browser window. If you have your router setup to forward TVersity's port to your TVersity server, you can view your...

Another thumbsup for Serviio. Ive tried PlayOn, Twonky, and TVersity, and I liked Serviio best. Not only does it have a WHS dashboard connector whcih makes it super easy to use on my server, it also is the only one I know of that can read in XBMC NFO files. My entire media library is scraped...

Thats assuming your device supports connecting to Windows Media Player which most third party non-Microsoft devices dont. The whole point of DLNA is to have cross platform media streaming capabilities that dont have file type dependencies or stringent hardware requirements. For example, if you...