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  1. eckmanmj

    Hopper Rebooting 2-3 Times a Day

    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...
  2. eckmanmj

    New Hoppr feature skips commercials

    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...
  3. eckmanmj

    What DLAN server are you using with the Hopper?

    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...
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    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    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...
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    Connecting Hopper/Joeys to Home Network Using a Network Bridge/Repeater

    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...
  6. eckmanmj

    DLNA

    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...
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    DLNA

    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...
  8. eckmanmj

    Just received S207 this morning. What did it fix?

    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...
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    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    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...
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    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    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! :)
  11. eckmanmj

    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    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...
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    DLNA Video Format

    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...
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    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    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...
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    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    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...
  15. eckmanmj

    What's DLNA for the Hopper

    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...
  16. eckmanmj

    Regretting Hopper, Maybe Going Back to 722k/211

    Same as the others, I havent had any of these problems. While, you are probably right, there are going to be bugs in an early release unit like this, it comes with the territory. Yes, any manufacturer should assure that their products are ready for prime-time before they are released to the...
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    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    I dont know if this answers your question, but on my network, both my Hopper and Joey have IP addresses assigned by my router. My Hopper is 192.168.1.181 and the Joey is 192.168.1.182. I can see both in my router's DHCP table. So apparently both devices can be connected to the same network at...
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    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    Agreed! And like I said before, this is just a minor inconvenience for an otherwise great product! The fact that the Hopper works as well as it does for such an early piece of hardware is a win for me. I would think that most people have at least an Xbox 360, PS3, or some other type of DNLA...
  19. eckmanmj

    Can the Hopper replace an AppleTV/Roku used for local content?

    See the other thread here where others (myself included) are unable to get the DLNA features under "Home Media" working: http://www.satelliteguys.us/hopper-zone/280049-my-quest-get-dlna-working-hopper.html The gist is, that this feature seems to have a lot of bugs that Dish plans on addressing...
  20. eckmanmj

    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    I wouldnt take my chat post to be written in stone. I think all of us have had experiences with tech support where we weren't given correct information. The thing that is most suspicious to me, is that if the HIC's job is to allow the units to access the Internet, what difference would it make...
  21. eckmanmj

    Hopper 1080p24 or 1080i?

    I saw in one of the online manuals that the Hopper claims to support both 1080i and 1080p24, but when I go into the Settings, under Display, the highest resolution is only 1080i. Does anyone know which is correct as I would much prefer to have my TV working at 24fps to eliminate judder.
  22. eckmanmj

    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    Definitely suspicious. I am used to running early adopter or experimental hardware and software, so if this is the only thing that doesn't work, its not a huge deal for me. My movies and music are stored on a custom built WHS 2011 server with 2 x 8TB RAID5 arrays and in the living room, I have...
  23. eckmanmj

    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    I am happy I found this thread because I was going crazy last night trying to get this working. I have been using Serviio successfully as my DLNA server, but upon not being able to see it on my network, I installed both PlayOn and TVersity on my server and neither were seen by either of the...