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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:29 pm 
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Just downloaded and installed the update. No reboot required.

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1.) Streaming music over 3G works great
2.) Streaming full length movies DOES NOT WORK. Everytime I get an error "please switch to a faster data connection."

WiFi
1.) Streaming music also works well over wifi (obviously)
2.) Streaming full length movies is still a crap shoot. Sometimes it can buffer them - sometimes it can't.

Note: all video files are .MP4's (approx 700MB).


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Have you tried the Converter to make Mobile Quality versions? Those end up being half the size or so and streamed well over Wifi and acceptable over 3G in our testing.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:49 pm 
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yakuza wrote:
Have you tried the Converter to make Mobile Quality versions? Those end up being half the size or so and streamed well over Wifi and acceptable over 3G in our testing.


Trying out the converter now. So far all of my files have failed to be transcoded.

ArcSoft cannot transcode this file: D:\shares\Videos\___.mp4

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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MP4's cannot be transcoded by the Converter, this is an open question I have with HP on why they cannot be converted to the mobile size. See the help file for the list of supported and unsupported file types.

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That kinda sucks!


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I also wish it would transcode my current .mp4's to "original size".

Not all are encoded as H.264/AAC.

I thought this was going to be a good universal solution for me...hopefully an update to fix this will be available.


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Does anyone have a direct link to the server side update ? I still have problems with PP2. Maybe a direct link will fix my problem.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:54 pm 
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SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. I had to route port 8080 to 80 on my router since Verizon blocks port 80 by default. I then went to a web browser to see if I could get access and I can.

So then I got the iphone app, put in my server settings, and it found my server, YAY! Bad news is that when trying to play music or view photos (have no videos yet) it continuously says "Connecting to Server...". Then I either get this error:

"The operation could not be completed because the server stopped responding"

or I get to the next screen where I can view my artists/folders/etc. I have been able to play streaming music, but more than half the time I get that error above.

Thumbs down on my end.


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So far I have not been able to play or convert a single full length movie - not even on Wifi.

Why would HP exclude a file format from it's conversion software? Why can't I convert an existing full size .mp4 into a more "manageable" .mp4 for use with a portable device? Wasn't that kind of the whole point of this update?

So as it stands I can SEE all the video files on my server...I just cant do anything else with them. Looks like its back to the Mac+Handbrake solution.

This update is pure crap (IMO) with the exception of music streaming. I guess I'll just sit around and wait for another update....unless they decide to force another hardware refresh in order to get it. Sorry HP - last straw for me.


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Id be more then happy to be in your shoes right about now. I got nothing :mss: :beerme:


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Just forced an update now... In process of downloading :)

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FYI, there is another review at http://www.mediasmarthome.com/article/11958/HP-MediaSmart-Server-Update-2.5-Hands-On-and-In-Depth/

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OK. So I installed the 2.5 update, then went to check out the new Web Media Streamer interface, and NONE of my music shows. I have over 3,000 songs that I was listening to at work today (as I was visiting this site & finding out about the release). No more 3,000 songs. Also seems I'm missing a bunch of photos.

Did I miss a step? (again...)

I also enabled the Media Converter. A bunch of videos (ripped DVDs to video_ts over the weekend) were added to the list. The first on the list shows "Active 0%". Went back to check 15 minutes later, still shows "Active 0%". Is there a delay before the MSS starts the conversion? I expected it to start pretty much immediately.

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Twonky has to index your files before it will show in the Remote interface, make sure it's enabled and force a database rebuild if you like.

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Thanks Alex. As usual, you were right. :D

I left it alone for a while & the number of photos started increasing, & finished at a reasonable #. When that finished, the # of songs etc started increasing, and got to 2,884 (I know it used to show approx 3,400). Left it alone for a while longer to take care of the kids. When I came back - expecting it to be completed - it showed 1,412 tracks, and all of the photos were GONE. There were a large # of lines that showed:
Artist Albums Tracks
Unknown -1 0

WTF is that?

I closed Firefox, and tried again, but now I can't even log in! First login attempt lands me at another login page with the following URL:
/Remote/logon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fremote%2ferror.aspx%3faspxerrorpath%3d%2fRemote%2flogon.aspx&aspxerrorpath=/Remote/logon.aspx

After the 2nd login attempt, I get the following:

Server Error in '/Remote' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>


Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

My remote desktop connection is still active (work laptop, so can't install the software). Photo Viewer does work. Tried IE & get the same message as above. The Media converter started on the first video, but it seems to be stalled at 1%.

So far, I'm not real impressed with the update.

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