Posts in category HD Media Player

Roku AVI Converter – Solve Roku 3 AVI Playback Prob...

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Roku 3 is quite popular among the world. It is the combination of on-demand media and easy access to my own extensive media library. If you’re movie fan, you may would like to playing AVI files for watching on Roku 3 via Media Player stay at home. However, there is a question. Can Roku 3 […]

Digitize my DVD library on Plex Media Server for streamin...

Digitize my DVD library on Plex Media Server for streaming

DVD to Plex Question: Has anyone ripped their DVD collection to a hard drive for streaming via Plex? have a 25 terabyte Drobo DAS Device and I like store DVD movies on the DROBO and Plex picked up the info and creates my own personal Netflix, I need a top DVD Ripper for Plex to […]

Plex AVI Issues- Fixing Plex Error While Opening File AVI

Plex AVI Issues- Fixing Plex Error While Opening File AVI

“ I have a bunch of home movies that I ripped off my Panasonic mini DV camcorder. They are all AVI files and play fine in the Plex player on my desktop. However, I get an error when I try to play them on my cell phone and the video is scrambled (audio works fine), […]

Store DVD backups on flash drive for Samsung UHD TV

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Samsung 4K Ultra HD TV – with 4x the resolution of Full HD, Samsung’s UHD TVs take your TV-watching experience to a whole other level. The 3840 x 2160 resolution means that over 8 million pixels grace the screen, bringing out spectacular detail, vibrant colour, and razor-sharp clarity to make whatever you’re watching beautifully detailed […]

Convert videos from Raspberry Pi to Android device via Pl...

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Q: “ The sandisk connect wireless media drive allows for videos and other files to be stored on a micro sd card and streamed to an android or IOS device. Is there a way I can create a wireless access point with plex or other software on my raspberry pi. and connect a hard drive […]

Backup Blu-rays to Plex Media Server for streaming to Xbo...

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Media Servers are all the rage lately. The Plex can provide playback for your DVDs and Blu-rays in their original quality. Now, Xbox One owners will finally get their own Plex client and be able to stream all media files directly to you HDTV. If you have collected lots of Blu-ray discs, you may want […]

Adding a Blu-ray Disk to Plex for streaming to Mobile dev...

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Q: “A way to add a Bluray / Disk Drive to Plex?-I want to add my bluray drive to my plex server. Three reasons I want this: 1. I want to be able to stick in a movie and watch it any where in the house. 2. I want to be able to transcode a […]

Convert Television Programs to MP4 for watching via Windo...

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“ A day ago Windows Media Player (version 11) stopped working with .tivo files. The error message says “Windows Media Player cannot play the Tivo file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file.” The error message is: C00D1199. Any ideas why […]

How to Upload XAVC 4K videos to YouTube/Myspace/Vimeo/Goo...

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XAVC 4K videos is coming.The new 4K video format that is compressed with the highest level of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 standard, level 5.2, features the highest resolution and bitrates. If you have such video files with the super-high definition, crisp image quality and vivid color reproduction from internet or a 4K UHD camcorder. you may feel […]

HEVC Converter: Enable h.265 playback capability on my DS...

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Question: Just for fun, I wanted to try out h.265 playback capabilities on my DS415+ running Plex. And no, 1080p/AAC@~8.5Mbps overloads the CPU when transcoding to my iPhone over wifi. 720p/AAC@~3.5Mbps actually seems to work even if the CPU is very busy. Guess we might have to stick with h.264 for now. Any solution? Comparable to […]