BeoSound 5 Forum

Re: HD film content on BM5

bhollenberg — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:13:53 GMT

I have opened a new Post on this subject: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/36448.aspx

Hope you will have new information!

Kind regards,

Bas

Re: HD film content on BM5

beolion — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:25:02 GMT

I have just installed DIVX7 and can now play AVI movies. However, I have decided to go to a Tvix M6600 instead and use this as the (movie) media streamer, for which it is meant. It plays almost everything in every format.
The BM5 will then work as my audiomaster, which also makes sense now for me now.
The kids can see movies in the living room from the Tvix, while we listen to N.MUSIC or N.RADIO in the kitchen from BM5.
My system keeps on developing.....

Re: HD film content on BM5

mite — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:03:33 GMT

You can´t use video ts. I use handbrake to converte the videofiles to avi files...it works every time.

Look at the reply from JK1002 about the temperature on the processor.

/mite

Re: HD film content on BM5

jk1002 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:46 GMT

You guys may need to watch the temperature of the BM5 when watching HD content.

This happens actually on my macbook air - it shuts pretty much down when this happens to avoid damage until it cooled off.

Not sure if BM5 has any sort of thermal management, it may not be a problem I would just recommend to touch that thing after watching HD for a bit.

Cheers

Re: HD film content on BM5

StUrrock — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:44:51 GMT

Installed from here;

http://www.divx.com/en/products/software/windows/divx

Have M4V Video_TS file and folder types?

Thanks mite

Re: HD film content on BM5

StUrrock — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:45:51 GMT

mite:

Did you install divx codec?
What kind of files did you transfer to the photo folder?

Thanks mite for replying. Downloaded from this link;

http://www.divx.com/en/downloads/postdownload/divx/win

In the photos folder have Mp4v, video ts

Re: HD film content on BM5

mite — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:53:19 GMT

Did you install divx codec?
What kind of files did you transfer to the photo folder?

Re: HD film content on BM5

StUrrock — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:24:37 GMT

mite:

Transfer the video files to the photo folder in the BM5 and play the video files on your tv.

Another tip is that you can stream movies from the internet, try cdon.com. So now you kan rent movies from the internet.

Thanks for that, but why aren't our videos showing up in the Photos section? Andy ideas

Re: HD film content on BM5

mite — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:28:24 GMT

Okay, here is a solution.
First of all it´s right that BM5 is only for playing n.music, n.radio, photo and web. But B&O also say that it can play video and only very few formats.
So go to the service mode, visit divx.com and install the free divx codec. And don´t install anything else.
Then you install the free video converter Handbrake from this site http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php on another computer, not the BM5.
In this program you can convert all kind of videofiles, dvd and so on.
Transfer the video files to the photo folder in the BM5 and play the video files on your tv.

Another tip is that you can stream movies from the internet, try cdon.com. So now you kan rent movies from the internet.

I hope you can use this info. Remember if anything goes wrong B&O will not support you. You have to fix it yourself. You can allways make a recovery. So now it´s up to you.

Remember, don´t install any programs on the BM5, you can end up with a system that is slow and don´t perform very well when you play music og radio.

Re: HD film content on BM5

StUrrock — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:06:35 GMT

hackel:

I've got many DVD from iso, so with .IFO extension and I didn't manage to start it from the PHOTO directory.

There is one folder for one film and another folder 'VIDEO" for the file .IFO.

In the Directory PHOTO, I can't see any the folder where there is my DVD, any the file .IFO.

So impossible for me to see my film.

Does anyone manage to see a DVD film based on a ripped' ??

My BeoMaster5 in service mode plays any format now perfectly M4V, VOB, VTS_01_1, you name it but itn B&O mode none of the movie files that were placed in the Photos folder appear in the list just like hackel.

Come on you computer Geniuses please help, its only a Bill Gates XP box after all!!

Re: HD film content on BM5

hackel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:57:26 GMT

You're right, I've got a PC for that, it's just for fun.

Re: HD film content on BM5

Mr10Percent — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:25:06 GMT

May be I'm just a little bit too conservitive but I'm worried.....

I mean, people on this forum are trying to run programs and files on what B&O has clearly stated is a BeoSound/Beomaster i.e. a MUSIC machine. People are expecting this to work in ways it was never intended nor designed to do. Adding additional programs into the Windows background without expansion. No wonder there are crashes, poor start-ups etc...

Sure, I have no-doubt that there are machines out there that can do all of this and more for a fraction of the price. I just wonder why people try on this product. Were you mis-sold on the capabilities of this machine?

I hope it works-out for all those experimenters out there with $6,000 of PC. Braver than I!

10%

Re: HD film content on BM5

hackel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:33:31 GMT

I've got many DVD from iso, so with .IFO extension and I didn't manage to start it from the PHOTO directory.

There is one folder for one film and another folder 'VIDEO" for the file .IFO.

In the Directory PHOTO, I can't see any the folder where there is my DVD, any the file .IFO.

So impossible for me to see my film.

Does anyone manage to see a DVD film based on a ripped' ??

Re: HD film content on BM5

leofrederiksen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:07:35 GMT

Has someone had success with installing the DivX7 Codec on BM5?

And are there any problems to be concerned about when doing this?

/Leo

Re: HD film content on BM5

moxxey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:39:02 GMT

TripEnglish:

Boot it in windows and use IE to go to the DIVX website and download the codec pack. Install it on the underlying computer then go back into BeoSound 5 mode. Now video should work brilliantly on the BeoMaster 5. Admittedly I have way more DVD rips than HD, but it all looks great.

If that's the case, wouldn't installing QuickTime enable support for .m4v (or whatever they are called) videos from the iTunes store?

I'll try installing DivX and QuickTime at the weekend.