Video player with audio switching (GTVBox/ViMu Player)

[mcd2000]

Yup, I'm using mkv extended support.

Hm. Even now it sometimes fails. But not so often as with the bug. Good improvement.

[mrschofield]

Having a lot of troubles getting GTVBox to work properly with SMB. Sorry that I also posted this on http://player.gtvbox.net/support but I think this might get checked more often.

So I've noticed a few other people talking about a problem like this:
"I just bought GTVbox last night, and it worked fine at first, but now, for no reason I cannot connect to SMB shares which are referenced by IP. It worked fine and now it doesn't. It's frustrating because there are no other applications that are having issues (Netflix, Media Player DLNA) it all works.... except GTVBOX... please help!"

This is the exact problem I'm having (and from what I've read of reviews in the market, we aren't the only ones).

I'm running this on a Revue. When searching for SMB, it finds nothing, which is odd, because no other apps have trouble finding my Homegroup immediately. So I entered in all the info including my PC's IP address for the smb:// It worked fine for a very short time (minutes), then just stopped working and now if I try to look at my files, I immediately get the error "Resource can not be displayed. SMBEXCEPTION 0xC000009A". Unlike what some others are saying, clearing the application data does nothing for me.

I guess it's back to crappy old Logitech Media Player. It's pretty bad, but at least it can pick up everything in my Homegroup AUTOMATICALLY. And it was free.

[mcd2000]

Having a lot of troubles getting GTVBox to work properly with SMB. Sorry that I also posted this on http://player.gtvbox.net/support but I think this might get checked more often.

I check Google Groups, GoogleTVForums and GTVHacker synchonously. Already responded in the first two of them.

[deviousrich]

i do like the idea of maybe an MP3 varient of this (as you say this is a dedicated video player).

something that can do playlists and visualisations well would rock on googleTV. ive seen things like visualisator 5000 http://made.nhtv.nl/~nils/Visualisator5000/ but having it all incorperated into an app (like the PS3) would be ideal. for those of us with plazma TVs and the problems of screen burn the visuals are whats needed

[mcd2000]

GTVBox v.1/2 is under testing now.
- It will introduce WebDAV support as a plus to SMB. I think I need more testers of this. If you like to test, please, write me to contact at gtvbox.net.
- It will add some improvements to MKA-SSA subtitles. I have those crazy test Anime videos where you have 3 subtitles at a moment with different colors and positions. GTVBox will try to handle these.
- Resume feature (only for MP4/MOV/M4V/AVI) files.
- File explorer will list folders first (asked looots of times - remember I am a mac guy, I don't like these).
- Ability to name your Airplay target and some more Airplay fixes.


PS: And a new logo yeah!
PPS: Many bugs fixed, more bugs introduced.

[zymurgist]

GTVBox v.1/2 is under testing now.

Any chance they'll be a fix to the mkv failure issue? It would be great to have a resume feature for mkv's too.

Keep up the good work. Definitely the best and most used app on my GTV.

[mcd2000]

GTVBox v.1/2 is under testing now.

Any chance they'll be a fix to the mkv failure issue? It would be great to have a resume feature for mkv's too.

Keep up the good work. Definitely the best and most used app on my GTV.

Honestly, I am not sure It will be fixed 100%, but now I haven't had these failures for some days of testing.
As for MKV resume, I just dont know how to make it as Logitech can not quickly seek forward Over MKV file.

[D-Bone]

As for MKV resume, I just dont know how to make it as Logitech can not quickly seek forward Over MKV file.

For me, the speed at which it does this is not important. (unless its longer than 5 minutes or something.) Just having the option is good enough. I rarely have the kids sit down for a full 2 hours of a movie.

Also, does the size/quality of the file matter for how long it takes to seek? I would imagine a full 1080p MKV video will be slower than a 460p AVI?

[proximous]

This is a great app that just keeps getting better!

I have a feature request. Most of my movies are M4V with a first track AAC stereo and second track AC3 (and if HD a third track with DTS...those being MKVs).

I love the audio switch feature and use it for every movie since I never want the AAC on the Google TV. So is it possible to have a feature that would automatically choose the audio track? Ideally, it would choose the best audio supported by my hardware (DTS first if found, AC3 second if found, and AAC last). If not, I'd rather it auto choose the AC3 than the AAC. (For that matter, with my movie collection, I'd be happy if it always auto picked track 2.)

Thanks!

[mcd2000]

For me, the speed at which it does this is not important. (unless its longer than 5 minutes or something.) Just having the option is good enough. I rarely have the kids sit down for a full 2 hours of a movie.

Also, does the size/quality of the file matter for how long it takes to seek? I would imagine a full 1080p MKV video will be slower than a 460p AVI?

I have a 1,5hour 720p movie. I took really over 5 minutes to seek to the middle.
The problem is it just progressively loads the file until the needed point. So, seeking depends on the filesize greatly.
AVI files (fully downloaded) work correct. You can seek to any part of a file almost instantly.

Sorry, I don't want to receive mail and bad marks in the Market smth like: "WHAT THE F*? Your mkv resume takes me a hour".