Video player with audio switching (GTVBox/ViMu Player)

[mcd2000]

Love the new grid layout!

I use Thumbgen and apparently I have something set wrong, because all of my folders have a "folder.jpg" file, yet GTVBox can't seem to load all of them (though it shows most) and some of the ones it does show look really bad (very blocky image compared to how good it looks on a PC). It is an SMB share.

I guess there are some image specs that should be met to display at all, and some maximize size to prevent some ugly scale down?

For performance and memory reasons, images with size larger then 0,5Mb are not displayed in the grid mode.
The recommended size of a cover is 200x400. Thumbgen generates something like this if I remember correctly. If the image is larger it is scaled and more size more ugly scaling (paradox for better performance).

[proximous]

For performance and memory reasons, images with size larger then 0,5Mb are not displayed in the grid mode.
The recommended size of a cover is 200x400. Thumbgen generates something like this if I remember correctly. If the image is larger it is scaled and more size more ugly scaling (paradox for better performance).

Thanks! That's good to know. I guess I don't have that setting checked in Thumbgen. I'll look for it.

[creison]

1st of all i want to thank for this gr8 app.
I have a REVUE and GTVBox is the best video player i found .
Im having some hard time playing .MKV files, dont know why some .MKV files r playable and some r not.
Does anybody knows what is the reason?
Is there anything i can do to fix that?
Im playing it from HDD.
Thanks in advance!

[mcd2000]

1st of all i want to thank for this gr8 app.
I have a REVUE and GTVBox is the best video player i found .
Im having some hard time playing .MKV files, dont know why some .MKV files r playable and some r not.
Does anybody knows what is the reason?
Is there anything i can do to fix that?
Im playing it from HDD.
Thanks in advance!

Sometimes an MKV file has only one audio track in DTS format. DTS is not supported on the Revue. So, it fails to play the file at all.

[creison]

1st of all i want to thank for this gr8 app.
I have a REVUE and GTVBox is the best video player i found .
Im having some hard time playing .MKV files, dont know why some .MKV files r playable and some r not.
Does anybody knows what is the reason?
Is there anything i can do to fix that?
Im playing it from HDD.
Thanks in advance!

Sometimes an MKV file has only one audio track in DTS format. DTS is not supported on the Revue. So, it fails to play the file at all.

Hummm that means till this fix come out i have to look files without dts or with another audio option like dual audio right !?
Otherwise it wont work.
Hopefully the fix come up soon coz this is (D Player for me and friends REVUE=)
Thanks for your replay !

[mcd2000]

Hummm that means till this fix come out i have to look files without dts or with another audio option like dual audio right !?
Otherwise it wont work.
Hopefully the fix come up soon coz this is (D Player for me and friends REVUE=)
Thanks for your replay !

Unfortunately, there will be no fix. I can not add the decoder myself due to the technical and licensing issues.

[ScottE]

1st of all i want to thank for this gr8 app.
I have a REVUE and GTVBox is the best video player i found .
Im having some hard time playing .MKV files, dont know why some .MKV files r playable and some r not.
Does anybody knows what is the reason?
Is there anything i can do to fix that?
Im playing it from HDD.
Thanks in advance!

Sometimes an MKV file has only one audio track in DTS format. DTS is not supported on the Revue. So, it fails to play the file at all.

Hummm that means till this fix come out i have to look files without dts or with another audio option like dual audio right !?
Otherwise it wont work.
Hopefully the fix come up soon coz this is (D Player for me and friends REVUE=)
Thanks for your replay !

A quick solution is to transcode only the audio on the file, with something like ffmpeg. For example:

ffmpeg -threads 2 -i FileWithDTSAudio.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec ac3 -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 448k FileWithAC3Audio.mp4

Even a low-end system can do this far faster than realtime.

[tamanaco]

What would be the recommended/suggested settings when ripping DVDs using Format Factory 2.96 to play with GTVBox on a Logitech Revue running firmware 3.2. I'm looking specifically for the presets that show in the Output Settings (Profile Pull-down options) of FF that read: High quality and size, Medium Quality and size and others options with specific heights and widths.

[fvargasfrank]

Since your last update my mkv files lags a lot, is there a way to downgrade to the previous version?

[mcd2000]

Since your last update my mkv files lags a lot, is there a way to downgrade to the previous version?

Last update could not influence MKV performance. It could be smth with your system.