Hello,

You are correct. I've reported this and see if we can solve this to how it was.
You can also use the 'info' button rather than 'GOTO', but I guess that is also 'as stupid'

Thanks

Br,

The NAS is slow since this update. 2-3mb/sec. With the old firmware it was 4mb/sec, which is also slow for a 300n network.

You are most likely using the samba protocol to transfer your files with your NAS, just to be specific what is slow? If you have a NAS, you can also share with NFS which in general is quicker and also better for streaming. Since you have a NAS, this is usually supported and easy to setup. You might have better results with this protocol.

This is the case with the new GUI / SDK in combination with our hardware. The network speeds are quicker in the older SDK/GUI. This is not specific for this firmware, but for this SDK.

However, if you are using wireless as it sounds on your vague descibtion, then you have quite nice/normal transfer rate speeds if you compare to us and other users.

The network speeds variate a lot depending on which protocol you are using, and how you are using them. But in general, we are unable to improve the speeds further as long as we stay on the same SDK. For this product, we will not change the SDK anymore due to the simple fact that our hardware manufacturer stopped supporting this product.

Br,

Thank you for your answer. Yes i use samba, but i cant find how i can use de NFS function. At the filemanager i see NFS, when i want to add a new NFS, it asks for IP adress and map. What ip adress do i have to fill in? my PC or the mediaplayer? And what map?

Best regards.

Your PC's IP address obviously and a folder (not "map" which is "(land)kaart" in Dutch) which is shared for NFS, but if you have a Windows PC you must run an NFS server or Unix services for Windows (XP Professional and Server 2003 only) on the PC.

Love the new GUI. Keep up the good work! Could be faster though...

I only use the POHD to play music and video files of my Synology NAS and leave the HDD in the POHD empty. I also don't use the other options like BT/Samba/etc. Originally the POHD was supposed to function as my NAS, but due to all the problems, reboots and slow speed, it's better to use the POHD for mediaplaying only. Sad but true.

But now encounter yet another problem. Most of the times the POHD can't see my NAS under 'Network'. Using the shortcut option to the NAS makes the unit to reboot, even when the logindetails are saved. Even more strange is that the NAS can always be found under UPnP, but using this route is less usable because then the tumbnails are not shown and a lot of subtitles won't work.

Is this fixable, or am I doing something wrong here? Why isn't my NAS always shown under Network and why does the unit reboot when using the shortcuts?

The problem exists on more than one source, but now I've also had it happen with a regular srt file. So my new theory is that it's related to older files encoded in the xvid format. Everything works fine for a few minutes, and then the box becomes unresponsive (and no longer shows any subs). The same files work just fine on my computer (tested on splayer and vlc). The problem was also there in the previous version of the firmware.

Hey and thanks

Do you have static ip or automatic DHCP on your NAS / Network? This could be a reason if you reboot either device and the IP has changed. It should not reboot, this I agree, but this could be a reason for this.

If not, please also safe-flash the same firmware with another USB-stick formatted to FAT32. I would not ask if I did not think this can be related

As a 3rd option, if you have a NAS, they usually have NFS sharing option. This is in general the best protocol with a linux system just like ours and also same compatibility as Samba. Check your NAS manual how to set this up, and then go to 'Files Manager:NFS' there click 'Menu' and add your NFS share. You will not have any problems with network discovery with NFS.

Br,

We can't reproduce this. Checked about 10 different idx/sub + srt files and none of them have issues.

Here is a example(posted below) of a avi/xvid file with .srt file that works (also our other files) if you want to compare to yours just to see that we have similar files or not. We have not gotten a single email or phone call regarding this issue. We had .srt and idx/sub issues before, and if this is a general problem, we will find out about it

Do you have this issue on ALL your .srt and idx/subs? Please check that your hard drive is healthy with chkdsk in 'setup:system:check hdd for errors' or connect to a PC with USB-slave and check with your OS. Alternatively you can flash the same firmware with a different USB-stick that is formatted to FAT32 to rule out faulty USB-stick / flash.

General
Complete name : Z:\testfiles\subtitles\SRT\movie.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 351 MiB
Duration : 43mn 6s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 137 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2366/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2366/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 43mn 6s
Bit rate : 978 Kbps
Width : 624 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.186
Stream size : 301 MiB (86%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 43mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 45.2 MiB (13%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 144 ms
Writing library : LAME3.98.2


Br,

Solved this issue, the SD/USB board has a broken capacitor, returning under warranty. Thanks to all for your input