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| Thread ID: 86610 | 2008-01-22 10:03:00 | .VLC file problem - stream to Mediagate MG350HD | supersi (8401) | Press F1 |
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| 632833 | 2008-01-22 10:03:00 | I have a 6GB HD movie which I want to stream wirelessly from my Vista pc thru my router to my Mediagate MG350HD unit connected to my TV. When I went to open the files it said I need the '.MKV' codec. Fine, it turns out VLC player runs that. Once this was installed the movie opened fine on my PC with VLC player. But when I navigated to the shared folder where the file is on my PC using the Mediagate MG350HD the folder appears empty. I have streamed VLC movies to the Mediagate MG350HD before with no issues. The only big difference I can tell is the size of the files. But since I'm streaming that shouldn't be a problem. Although are HD files fundamentally different in composition??? FYI - I have the latest firmware on my Mediagate MG350HD. |
supersi (8401) | ||
| 632834 | 2008-01-22 10:30:00 | Does the MG350HD support .mkv files? Also don't know how well a 6GB HD movie will stream over a wireless network. |
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| 632835 | 2008-01-23 02:43:00 | They're actually not terribly different to some media files that I create myself. They use the h.264 codec, but the .mkv is a container that the media device is probably not terribly happy about. Also, streaming 6GB via Wireless in 1 1/2 hours (Length of movie time) isnt terribly likely. Chances are you're going to have to: Shrink the resolution a bit, so you can Use a lower bitrate for video / audio Do a two-pass encode to maintain good quality THEN stream your re-encoded file. Streaming it via a wired LAN might be a bit more of a possibility ;) Of course, if you're right next to the AP, it MIGHT work, I dunno, really cant be bothered right now working out the transfer time, but yeah. In a nutshell, you're going to wanna get VLC to transcode it to a format it understands. While you're at it, you might as well do it in high-quality so it looks as nice as possible, rather than something like on-the-fly encoding it to a moderate-bitrate ASF or whatever... Its my understanding it can play the format, but just not from within an MP4 codec. Try and suck the streams out and put them in an MP4 container and you should be sweet :) Hope this helps Chill. |
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