![]() These LG's can connect to windows file shares and natively play many file formats, including MTS, MKV, MP4, AVI and others. I too do movie only backups to MKV's via BD-Rebuilder and store them on a "local server." I have played back via my Old LG BD390 and BD570 bluray players. So I am covered, at leat for so long the BDs are the king. With menus, subtitles, all HD audio codecs. I have two BD-players that can read BDs off USB-harddiskdrives, a Popcorn that does the same and a Dune which again does it. In the age where 3TB costs under 100€, the electricity needed to convert all these BDs to 700/1400MB MKVs costs probably the double. There is a sort of dependency between compatibility and features, so it may be that the format allows a certain feature but the player doesn't or the player accepts something (rarer) but the format can't support it. I like to keep the BDs in their original format, not AVI not MKV, nor even the more recent MP4 for three main reasons, archival, compatibility and features.Īrchival - I can always recreate the discs, if the originals get lost (sure, for BDRs there's cinavia)Ĭompatibility - many players (either standalone or embedded in any appliance) are not fully compatible with some of these formats (AVI, MKV, MP4), for instance a lot of the players I tested refuse to display subtitles from MKV and these must be laid separately in TXT format with the same name, and after this is solved then there's the Unicode/ANSI codepage problemįeatures - most formats do not comprise all features the original format had I have read that Roku devices may facilitate this process, but have read good/bad about MKV support. Also, DLNP does not seem to work well with high bitrates. So, for those of you already doing this, what is your process? How are you playing them on your TV? I can currently use DLNP on my Sony player, but, I can't stream MKV. I have been doing alternate output to mp4/mkv for playback on my tablet and phone for quite sometime but those are reduced res/bitrate. I am thinking of doing the same with my collection. I have noticed that a number of you are opting to backup your BD collections to hard drive instead of BD media. Does your Sony player allow an NTFS HDD to be connected through USB? Mine only seems to see Fat32. ![]() The problem is that it doesn't seem to serve MKV, just MP4. I have been using the Win7 Media Center as a server to my older Sony using DLNP. I use the same settings for my MKV files. If you prefer, you can also connect a USB hard drive directly to the BD player and browse it directly. The one I use in my bedroom cost $47 at Costco (Sony BDP-BX320, which is the same as a BDP-S3200). You can get the Sony BD player for less than most standalone playback devices (like ROKU or WD-TV). I create all the MKV files with BD-RB using a CRF of 23 and AAC audio. The Sony even recognizes the MKV chapter points. I can browse through the files via the BD player, and play the movies. ![]() I then use SERVIIO (freeware, but it also has a Pro version for $25) to serve the files to the Sony player via DLNA. ![]() I store MKV files on a hard drive attached to a server I have running 24/7. When your TV is turned off, you must say "show" when you use Assistant to have your response appear on your TV.I have a Sony BD player that I use for playback. Make sure CEC is enabled in your TV settings before you attempt to use this feature. This feature only works with TVs that support HDMI-CEC. You can get visual responses to questions about weather, finance, sports, translations and calculations on your TV even when it’s turned off. ![]()
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