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HD300 .MOV files play choppy
I just got the 300 yesterday. The main reason I bought it was that I thought it could play .MOV files ok. I have a 360 and it plays alot of file types but not apples. I take alot of pics and movies with my digital camera. The format of the videos it takes is .MOV.
When I try to play the MOV it is choppy out of sync and after 7 to 10 seconds the video gets worse. I have a few 30 gig hd movies that I have also tried and they worked fine. The video smooth and the sound was hd and synced. I have a 100 network and thats why I tried the hd movie thinking maybe it was bandwidth but thats not the issue. Can anyone please help as if this box cant play simple sd mov files I am going to returne it before its too late? Thanks Bone |
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Go to "system updates" and type "beta" on the number pad (whichever numbers can spell beta), and try the 2010 10-05 update. Drew
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Thank you for the reply. I will give that a try tonight. I hope that does it.
Bone |
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Well I noticed there is a new update today. I installed that and the mov files played smoother but there is still noticable shake. Its just not as smooth as other file types. I also tried the beta from the 5th with the same result. I am not sure what to do with this box yet.
I will say its nice to see the sagetv people working on the firmware. |
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My Panasonic Lumix shoots .mov files at very very high bitrates, bitrates that no extender can play smoothly.
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If you're still having issues, please submit a bug report so we can get a test file from you and see what we can do to fix the problem: http://sagetv.com/bugs.html
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I also have a Panasonic Lumix. I had been shooting videos in 848x480@30fps due to the fact that my 360 would not play any mov files and my original xbox with xbmc would not play any hd. So I have been using just sd video in wide screen format. If I can get the sage to play the HD files the Lumix can produce that would rock and id never look back to the crappy sd videos. I know the camera has 3 setting in hd L,H,and SH. I forget the bit rates for each but it is in avchd format. Does the sage 300 play avchd better than it does mov? Please say yes.
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After thinking about it a little more I do not think it is the bitrate of the .mov file. The .mov files from my camera are around 30Mbps which is not as high as a BD movie. FWIW these same .mov files did not play smoothly on my HD200 either. The Sage box is a great little box and it would be a shame to judge it based soley on whether it can smoothly play .mov files recorded on your digital camera. It can do so much more......besides in 12-18months you will probably be eye balling another new camera that does twice as much as the one you have now.
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Try updating Sage to V7.0.19 released tonight to see if that helps.
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I have upgraded the firmware to the latest along with the beta and it is now playable, but still not smooth.
Last edited by Bone; 10-08-2010 at 08:58 AM. |
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Pretty much the same result here....playable but choppy.
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