Video player with audio switching (GTVBox/ViMu Player)

[mcd2000]

I ran some brief experiments tonight. I played a 10-bit encoded MKV with embedded subtitles - it hung repeatedly at the same point. I started it playing again, but this time didn't enable the subtitles - it still hung. I played an 8-bit encoded video with subtitles and it hung too. Again, it hung repeatedly at the same point. It wasn't till I went into the config menu and turned off the experimental extended MKV support that the 8-bit video played without hanging.

I'll need much more testing. Unfortunately, I can not see anything unusual in logs.

[Mr. Protocol]

I ran some brief experiments tonight. I played a 10-bit encoded MKV with embedded subtitles - it hung repeatedly at the same point. I started it playing again, but this time didn't enable the subtitles - it still hung. I played an 8-bit encoded video with subtitles and it hung too. Again, it hung repeatedly at the same point. It wasn't till I went into the config menu and turned off the experimental extended MKV support that the 8-bit video played without hanging.

I'll need much more testing. Unfortunately, I can not see anything unusual in logs.

I'll be glad to run any tests you suggest.

[cyansmoker]

I apologize in advance if this has already been asked but it seems that the Search feature is disabled.

On my Co-Star, when I press 'R' or 'T' an alert is displayed: "alt soundtrack offset set to 0 msec"
It doesn't seem that pressing these guys changes this value in any way.

Any idea what's happening?

[mcd2000]

I apologize in advance if this has already been asked but it seems that the Search feature is disabled.

On my Co-Star, when I press 'R' or 'T' an alert is displayed: "alt soundtrack offset set to 0 msec"
It doesn't seem that pressing these guys changes this value in any way.

Any idea what's happening?

It only works for an attached external audio file, not for embedded audio tracks.

[surge]

Any chance you plan to add an option to delete files?
Since I use different devices to watch shows and they all track watched shows differently, deleting a show after its been watched would make tracking things easier.

thanks.

[mcd2000]

Any chance you plan to add an option to delete files?
Since I use different devices to watch shows and they all track watched shows differently, deleting a show after its been watched would make tracking things easier.

thanks.

Technically it is possible, but ideologically I still do not want Write access to shares.
You can use ES File Explorer for this.

[Mr. Protocol]

Has anybody been able to get GTVBox to mount an SMB share from a Mac running 10.7 or later? My GTVBox won't even see that the share is out there. Way to go Apple, writing your own SMB implementation...

Conversely, it'd be even better if GTVBox implemented Apple File Protocol (AFP) someday, for mounting shares.

[mcd2000]

Has anybody been able to get GTVBox to mount an SMB share from a Mac running 10.7 or later? My GTVBox won't even see that the share is out there. Way to go Apple, writing your own SMB implementation...

Conversely, it'd be even better if GTVBox implemented Apple File Protocol (AFP) someday, for mounting shares.

I use it with 10.8. However, only in Anonymous mode and with manual IP adress.

[gcleaves]

(I posted this in the wrong place, I think, so reposting here.)

Hello, finally figuring out the best way to use my new Co-Star and GTVBox. I've had to use MP4Tools on Mac for several files in order to transcode DTS to AC3 audio while passing thru AVC video, which has worked quite well.

My problem is with a particular file which won't play on the Co-Star. Can you look at the MediaInfo and tell me why?

Thanks!

General
Complete name : /Volumes/Data-1/Multimedia/Video/Movies/Safety.Not.Guaranteed.2012.LIMITED.BluRay.720p.H264/Safety.Not.Guaranteed.2012.LIMITED.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 849 MiB
Duration : 1h 23mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 428 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:43:37
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:43:37
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 23mn
Bit rate : 1 359 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 10.3 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.081
Stream size : 808 MiB (95%)
Writing library : x264 core 122 r2184M.bare.by.20-40 5c85e0a
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:49:59
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 23mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 64.6 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 84.5 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 38.4 MiB (5%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:47:03
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:49:59

[gcleaves]

How can I get GTVBox to recognize multiple external subtitles? In other apps its possible to name the subtitle files like movie.es.srt or movie.en.srt and then you can choose between English or Spanish while watching. This doesn't seem to work with GTVBOX.