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Crystalio II and internal media player

 
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Hulio



Joined: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 494
Location: Belgium

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:37 am    Post subject: Crystalio II and internal media player
Does anyone have experience with swapping the hard drive on a Crystalio II-VPS3800 video processor ?
I installed a new HD ( ext3 formatted ) but I can't play any high def. format. No mkv, ts, MP4 etc. It will play only DVD format ( vob files ). No luck playing from a USB stick neither....
Must I install a Linux codec first ? I thought the media player software is embedded.
Appreciate some help.
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nidi



Joined: 17 Aug 2008
Posts: 305
Location: Switzerland

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 11:13 pm    Post subject: Forget the C2 media player
Hulio,

even back in 2005, the media C2's Media Player was really bad.
it still only plays .ts , .vob and .mpg files.

get a nice Xtreamer player (http://dev.xtreamer.net/xtreamer-sidewinder3.aspx) or
one of those PopCorn Hour players. even the first A100 in so much better than the internal media player.

https://www.google.ch/?gws_rd=ssl#q=popcorn+hour+A100


you should be able to get one for a few cents!

Michael
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Hulio



Joined: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 494
Location: Belgium

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 6:07 pm    Post subject:
Thanks for posting Michael.
Yeah, I know in the mean time that the embedded media-player was a joke. I do own a Popcorn Hour A-400 (very pleased with) but I still use the CII-3800 for the porch timings-convenience with my Cine 9. According to PixelMagic advertising, the CII should play MP4 files too, that's why I was struggling with. Right now, the useless hard drive is disconnected.
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