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[King Mustard]

I'm presuming the new Apple TV won't be able to stream 720p MKV movies from a Windows-based computer?

[+Elliott]

I'm guessing only formats that iTunes officially supports. Short of some on-the-fly transcoding, no, it won't support MKV files.

[King Mustard]

Elliott, on 01 September 2010 - 22:08, said:

I'm guessing only formats that iTunes officially supports. Short of some on-the-fly transcoding, no, it won't support MKV files.

Had a feeling. Oh well.

P.S. I am also Elliot.

[Mathachew]

Likely have to convert it like just about everything else you want to play it on.

[Tech Star]

What do you use to convert mkv to mp4? WinAVI doesn't do it.

[rajputwarrior]

if you want that, buy this



Key Features and Specifications:

Supports Full HD-video playback up to 1080p
Supports Dolby® Digital and DTS™ surround sound
Expandable internal storage via 2.5” SATA SSD/HDD
Supports video playback via UPnP network streaming
Browse for shared videos, photos and music from networks and USB
Flash Drives and USB external storage
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Built in P2P file download management
File formats supported
Audio Decoding - WMA, MP3, Real Audio (RA)
Image Decoding - JPEG, BMP, PNG
Video Decoding - *[MPEG-1] MPG/MPEG/DAT
*[MPEG-2] MPG/MPEG/VOB/ISO /IFO/TS/TP/M2TS
*[MPEG-4] MP4/AVI/MOV
*[H.264/AVC] MKV/TS/AVI/MOV/M2TS
*[DviX 3/4/5/6, Xvid] AVI/MKV
*[WMV9] WMV
*[FLV] FLV
[Real Video 8/9/10] RM/RMVB support up to 720p
Subtitle - SRT, MicroDVD SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX
*Support up to 1080p
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[King Mustard]

rajputwarrior, on 01 September 2010 - 22:49, said:

if you want that, buy this


<snip>

I'm in the UK.

[matthewmarley]

I have a PS3 with PS3 Media Servers does everything that you could want it to do ill never change

[rajputwarrior]

King Mustard, on 01 September 2010 - 22:51, said:

I'm in the UK.

http://www.amazon.co...t/dp/B002Q4U9PY

mm4rley, on 01 September 2010 - 22:52, said:

I have a PS3 with PS3 Media Servers does everything that you could want it to do ill never change

you have to be the only person in the world who can stream 720p/1080p content to the ps3 without issue and be able to fast foward/rewind without it bugging out because for the life of me i could never get it it to work, wired or wireless.

[King Mustard]

mm4rley, on 01 September 2010 - 22:52, said:

I have a PS3 with PS3 Media Servers does everything that you could want it to do ill never change

Hardly cheap, and I have big problems with fast forward/rewind when using MKVs with the PS3.

rajputwarrior, on 01 September 2010 - 22:53, said:

you have to be the only person in the world who can stream 720p/1080p content to the ps3 without issue and be able to fast foward/rewind without it bugging out because for the life of me i could never get it it to work, wired or wireless.

Yeh, ditto.

[matthewmarley]

Had loads of issues when I was on wifi but hooked it up wired and its fine, I use CCCP codec pack and have never had a prob.

[Ironman273]

So I'm assuming that the "streaming" it will do is just basically what's in your iTunes library, right?

[rajputwarrior]

Ironman273, on 01 September 2010 - 22:57, said:

So I'm assuming that the "streaming" it will do is just basically what's in your iTunes library, right?

yup and doesn't do 1080p

[EmpyreanUK]

I want to be able to stream music and ripped DVDs (I would also like scene selection, extras, subtitles and the like) reliably with a usable interface. As far as I can tell, neither the PS3, new Apple TV, nor anything else for that matter, can do this. Boo

[craybox]

wait for the hacking community to get thier hands on this new apple tv and im sure that we will see external storage and an alternative player using perian