potatochobit Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) is anyone using this? does it play MKV and display subtitles properly? I want to replace my laptops or HTPC and stream from my computer directly to the large TV anyone know a way to stream videos from a NAS to a TV? my roku cannot display any subtitles other than SRT which is a problem Edited August 20, 2013 by potatochobit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesstron Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 Check my review of the PIVOS XIOS DS Media Play. Neat little device and with the right app (I suggest MX Player Pro), it plays MKV's without a hitch. I guess you watch Anime? Other than that any android box with a decent processor and at least 512MB RAM would do the job, again with the proper app. If you give me more details about what subs you use I could dig deeper in the matter lol I can't really speak for the Chromecast, but If I get my hands on one I will definitely review it for you guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatochobit Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 blurays use SUP format to display subtitles that is the current standard alot of fansubs and such on the internet use SRT that is a good format to make your own, but converting SUP to SRT is a PitA windows media can play both of these fine and such, but things like Roku using PLEX must render SUP, SUB/IDX subtitles in real time - because the roku does not support those subtitle formats and that runs the host CPU at 100% which is very bad something wireless would be cool that can display SUP I have a long HDMI cable to run from my computer to the HDTV but I would like something with a remote that can browse a windows home group or something to open files in a folder I have not heard of PIVOS but I can take a look Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesstron Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 The device itself supports SRT, SMI, SSA, ASS, IDX/SUB, and SUB file formats. Are you playing high bitrate videos? If so the XIOS might not be a first choice. Now as far as SUP are concerned, are you converting/muxing your files or just getting them already made? I usually get my anime in 1080p MKV format with embedded subs and the XIOS plays them fine, so does my galaxy note 2. Or you can build a small HTPC and get a remote for WMC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 Chromecast doesn't seem to support MKV files encoded with AC3, but it does support MKV files encoded with AAC. Here's what is supports: https://developers.google.com/cast/supported_media_types I did read somewhere that it could stream MKV files off your google drive account but I'm not sure. In most cases people will try streaming a MKV file but it won't have audio. It seems to work fine with MKV files if your using PLEX along with it. Only real alternative is to convert the MKVs to MP4 which take a quality loss.@wesstron You can play 1080p MKV anime files on your galaxy note 2 with no artifacting and lag?! I can't get my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T to play 10 bit 720p MKV animes without artifacting all over the place ever 2 minutes... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesstron Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 Last series I watched was Soul Eater 1080p MKV, no problems whatsoever. I will pull out the file properties later just to check encoding and audio. The note 2 is a little powerhouse lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 Last series I watched was Soul Eater 1080p MKV, no problems whatsoever. I will pull out the file properties later just to check encoding and audio. The note 2 is a little powerhouse lol Did you ever get the time to pull file properties? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesstron Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 Here is the info, sorry for the late reply Codec: x264 Frame Rate: 23.976 fps Scan Type: Progressive Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Resolution: 1920x1080 Bit Depth: 8 bits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 7, 2013 Posted September 7, 2013 ChromeCast can't play local (network) files any more - keep that in mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted September 7, 2013 Posted September 7, 2013 ChromeCast can't play local (network) files any more - keep that in mind. Though i was just reading on Reddit the other day that it is only disabled because they wanted to ship it 100% functional. Things may have changed since then? http://www.muktware.com/5860/confirmed-chromecast-will-be-able-play-local-content-go-ahead-and-order-yours Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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