Some feedback with the new firmware.

I've also played few movies (MKV 720p) - no problems here either. I've found one problem with fast forwarding. It works fine with low speeds, but as soon as I hit high speeds, it starts to skip big portions of video. It is showing a portion of video with around 2-3 speed, then skips 10-20 or maybe 30 secs entirely and start showing again with around 2-3 speed. I don't know if it's a general problem or new NTFS driver problem, because I rather use GOTO than fast forwarding. Just thought I should mention it. = Noticed that at higher speeds the fastforward/rewind at higher speeds is a bit unreliable. We will see if we can improve this.

Next problem that I could identify is with Samba. When device is freshly powered on I could access my drive connected to Mini2 from Win 7 PC without problems. Speeds are also fine - 13-15 MB/s. I've done some file management (delete, upload new etc.) - no problems here. Problems started after playing movie (720p MKV). I did a 5 minutes test play, then hit return, so it got me back to my file list in internal file manager. At this point I've connected to my HDD from my Win7 workstation using samba. File browsing is normal, but problems starts after uploading few small files or 1 bigger. Drive becomes sluggish, speed drops to 5-7 MB/s and then uploading stops. Total Commander gives me "Please remove write protection from the drive" error and cancels copy. At this point drive is no longer accessible from Windows through Samba. If I go back to Mini2, it's working until first try to access the drive. It is trying to read file list (activity circle in lower-right part of the screen), which it can't. During this I can't power down Mini2 either from button or remote, so I have to disconnect power supply. I've managed to replicate this 2 times now, using steps described above. I didn't recall this problem with earlier version of firmware (few versions back), when I was still using Samba, so this could be related to new NTFS driver. = We just copied 50GB of data from a Windows 7 laptop in the internal hard drive without issues. While copying the navigation is indeed very slow. This due to the CPU limiation. Will monitor this further.

If you need any more info, please let me know, I will be happy to help.

Hello
I have my Playon HD Mini2 attached to my TV and my Hifi equipment. As I often listen Internet Radio, I would like to use the Mini2 for this purpose. Therefore, a web management would be fine, as I could to start playback my desired internet radio station by accessing the web management on my computer, which is running most of the time when I'm at home.
As there is no such possibility, I am forced to turn the TV on, click through the Playon's menu items until I reach the internet radio station and start playback. After that, I can turn the TV off.
But everytime, the radio station stops to playback, I have to turn the TV on again, and click through Playon's menu.
This isn't very comfortable for me, having to switch the TV on for listening internet radio.
Couldn't you solve this with a web management? I know that the Playon HD with integrated harddisc has this feature, but I don't need an integrated harddisc, that's why I have chosen the Mini2!

What I did:
1. Copy some files to the ntfs-formated drive connected to Mini2 and shared by Samba.
2. After file copy I've played some mkv 720p movie.
3. I've exited the movie by pressing "Return" on remote.
4. I've went and copy some more files to the drive through Samba.

At point 4, disk was way more slower (Mini2 wasn't playing the movie at the time, so no CPU slowdowns) and after few files copying has stopped and error appeared. After that samba was not working anymore and there was no way to see the drive file list from Mini2. I had to reboot Mini2.

Great - I finally got Internet Radio playback on the Mini2 (remotely through my PC) to work! After 3 hours, I found a solution: Wild Media Server. I tried WMP, Twonky and iTunes without success. But with Wild Media Server it works. That's great for me - so I really don't need any webmanagement for the Mini2! Thank you for your suggestion how to setup DNLA and UPNP on my PC!