Well, now users of current Popcorn Hour models know what happened to all the engineering support -- they've been off working on this. I guess the A-100 and A-110 are as close to the promised spec as they ever will be. If we want MKV trickplay, we'll have to buy the new box, or someone else's.
MKV is a file format for HD. Due to file compression, moving around in the video stream at a rate and direction other-than-normal-play in HD files is a bit difficult. They promised it would work some time ago, but it still doesn't. Not being able to rewind (some) HD TV shows or movies is annoying.
I just use the left and right directional buttons to move forward or back in 30 second increments - either 30 seconds at once or hold it down and watch it count up/down in 30 second intervals and when i'm forward/reverse about how far i want I let it go. You don't 'see' the movie when doing this real-time but that's not a big deal. I also like the 'percentage' jumps too.
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Well, now users of current Popcorn Hour models know what happened to all the engineering support -- they've been off working on this. I guess the A-100 and A-110 are as close to the promised spec as they ever will be. If we want MKV trickplay, we'll have to buy the new box, or someone else's.
what is mkv trickplay?
Sorry: fast forward, rewind, pause, slomo, etc.
MKV is a file format for HD. Due to file compression, moving around in the video stream at a rate and direction other-than-normal-play in HD files is a bit difficult. They promised it would work some time ago, but it still doesn't. Not being able to rewind (some) HD TV shows or movies is annoying.
I just use the left and right directional buttons to move forward or back in 30 second increments - either 30 seconds at once or hold it down and watch it count up/down in 30 second intervals and when i'm forward/reverse about how far i want I let it go. You don't 'see' the movie when doing this real-time but that's not a big deal. I also like the 'percentage' jumps too.