JVC XV-PB1 Blu-ray player surprises with 1080p MPEG-4 MKV support
By Richard Lawler 
posted Apr 25th 2009 7:43PM
posted Apr 25th 2009 7:43PM
posted Apr 25th 2009 7:43PM
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If only Sony would add MKV support to the PS3 so I wouldn't have to have on the fly conversion with my PC.
The PS3 can run linux, why don't you set up a linux home theater system to play all your shit and then switch back when you want to play games?
Because Linux OS's on the PS3 dont have access to the video card (Sony did this to protect from possible game pirating software). Therefore all video has to be processed from the cell. Now that may be possible (as of right now you cant even play 720p files i think), but seeing as MKV is pretty much the only container the PS3 doesn't support, and all the possible codecs are, there isn't much of a point in someone making a video player that can do this.
I use MKV 2 VOB to play all my movies. Seems when I don't the PS3 freezes the playback and I have to go to the menu and then hit play again to resume.
linux runs software emulation... MKV = HD files = wont play on PS3 other OS very well
The SPUs were meant to make up for the lack of RSX access. Just get coders to use them instead.
I'm no 'math-expert' or 'language-analyst,' but I'm guessing that limiting the subtitles to a maximum of 50 characters will only get you about 45 minutes into the average film...
Uhh, what? They are talking about the file name length.
If this is a joke, I must be slow because I really don't understand what the hell he's talking about.
if this thing has 1080p 24 playback and HD audio support via streaming with DLNA, sold!
I think it's USB only which is quite a shortcoming...
FTA: "...network streaming from PCs and reportedly extremely fast load times this $299 player might reshuffle the list of most desired Blu-ray"
Streaming of some kind. DLNA seems like a pretty good bet.
-Pie
The manual (on the JVC site) makes no mention of ANY streaming other than BDLive. No DLNA, no Windows shares, no Netflix.
You can burn a disc (even a BD disc) or use USB. Then again it gives full trickplay with MKV, which not everything has.
The Panasonics have been able to play MKV files in all types of resolutions with a little help from a program called multiAVCHD. And the author just got MKV files to convert over to an SDHC card so you can play your MKV files from either a DVD or the SDHC card on the Panasonic BD players
Details here. Works great on my BD30
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143744
Thanks for the info/link, I have a DMP-BD35 and I am going to try this app.
Guys, for streaming I suggest one of these:
http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/
No Blu-ray player though.
Still no trickplay with MKV on the Popcorns.
The HDI Dune's also play MKV files (and do streaming, and internal or external storage, and recording(!), and all audio formats over bitstream and decoding, and, and, ...)
By the way, thanks Jeff C! MultiAVCHD seems to work with EVERY BD-player; great!
Dual format dvd player?
Does it resume play after you press stop?
The single most frustrating problem with HD discs other than the ridiculous DRM infested load times is no resume play, what a joke after all this time, they still haven't caught up too DVD.
Why is this frustrating issue not resolved?!
By the way, the manual is at
http://resources.jvc.com/Resources/00/01/15/LVT2007-001B.pdf
Wonder how the image quality is. The reviews of all the new 2.0 Blu-Ray players are showing HUGE image quality differences between them all.