Video player with audio switching (GTVBox/ViMu Player)

[maggisha]

I get Media Player Error - Sorry, GTVBox was unable to play this media. The file that I'm trying to play is mp4. Some of the mp4 files plays just fine, but some don't. Any idea?

I'm using Sony blu-ray player with Google TV.

[mcd2000]

I searched through the posts here page by page (since I couldn't get the search to work for me right) and am still confused. I know Vista and Android, but am a noob about networks. Can you spell out for me (since I can't really figure out exactly what a share name is) how to stream from my videos folder (which is open for anyone on my network to access) on my PC running 32 bit Vista to GTVBox on my Revue? I've tried all kinds of combinations of stuff, and tried creating a workname, and GTVBox detects nothing automatically. I really like the player, especially the diversity of formats it plays, but for the time being I have to put stuff on my thumbdrive and move it back and forth.

edit: I followed some of the stuff I read in this boxee thread. http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t ... #post20200
I created an account in vista and shared permissions with it as co-owner, but still can't quite get things right. I know it's just lack on knowledge on my part, but can't figure out what I'm missing.


That's it. 3 Hours to fail at what everyone else can do, screw that, guess I'm stuck with using the thumbdrive to watch mkv files. Freaking sucks.

Did you try using Add windows share option and pitting IP of your PC into Smb:// field? If so, what error do you get?

[mcd2000]

I get Media Player Error - Sorry, GTVBox was unable to play this media. The file that I'm trying to play is mp4. Some of the mp4 files plays just fine, but some don't. Any idea?

I'm using Sony blu-ray player with Google TV.

Do you have some mediainfo of these files?

[maggisha]

FYI - Both plays well in VLC player - from where I got these media information...
If there are other ways to get media information, let me know.

Media Information

The one that plays well -

Video - H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part10) (avc1)
Resolution - 320x262
Frame rate - 25
Decoded format Planar - 4:2:0 YUV

Audio - MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)
Channels - stereo
Sample Rate - 44100 Hz

The one that doesn't play -

Video - H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part10) (avc1)
Resolution - 384x288
Frame rate - 25
Decoded format Planar - 4:2:0 YUV

Audio - MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)
Channels - stereo
Sample Rate - 44100 Hz

[mcd2000]

FYI - Both plays well in VLC player - from where I got these media information...
If there are other ways to get media information, let me know.

Media Information

Hmm.. looks similar.
Don't compare with VLC. It plays almost anything that you could imagine broken.

There is an app here: http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Try to make report with it. Maybe we can find the issue.

[maggisha]

Thanks..
Here is the information for the file that doesnt work, generated using the MediaInfo tool -

General
Complete name : Aasai Aasai - Dhool.mp4
Format : Flash Video
File size : 26.9 MiB
Duration : 4mn 59s
Overall bit rate : 754 Kbps
httphostheader : o-o.preferred.iad23t04.v5.cache1.c.youtube.com

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=30
Codec ID : 7
Duration : 4mn 59s
Bit rate : 617 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 272 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.118
Stream size : 22.0 MiB (82%)

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 10
Duration : 4mn 59s
Bit rate : 129 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 4.59 MiB (17%)

[mcd2000]

Thanks..
Here is the information for the file that doesnt work, generated using the MediaInfo tool -

Hmm.. Sorry, have no idea why this does not play
If it has not broken (downloaded completely). It should work...

[mcd2000]

A video of new Grid layout which is under development now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CjEGmZq01o

[jbloggs]

A video of new Grid layout which is under development now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CjEGmZq01o

What is the best/easiest way to get the Movie covers/sheets without having to download each one individually?

[mcd2000]

A video of new Grid layout which is under development now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CjEGmZq01o

What is the best/easiest way to get the Movie covers/sheets without having to download each one individually?

You can use Thumbgen. You can tag all your files at once.