DivX on MVP questions

[katit]

Hi!

I'm newbie who just bought MPV and ready to proceed with gbpvr.

I wonder if I can avoid "letterbox" issue on a fly using avisynch?
Does gbpvr understand avisynch files and able to send them to MPV ?

Maybe there is a plugin which uses avisynch and automatically analyze files to play?

[LilY0da]

yes, there is a thread regarding using Avisynth, with exemples of files, and the resolutions the MVP supports.
Use the search feature, you should find it...

[katit]

I've read thru this threads - lot's of problems but they all were in a past?

I'm building P4 3gig system and MPV will be connected thru LAN

Can you tell in 2 words if I will be able to watch DivX without a problems?
I need to be able pause and fwd/rwd
Possible?

If not I would love to have some kind of utility that can run as a scheduled batch process and just encode all files to mpeg2 during night time.

I didn't build my server yet - but I bought MPV already. That's why asking.
I like MPV idea better - but if it won't do - I will return and proceed with PVR system instead of server.

What do you think?

TIA

[sub]

Can you tell in 2 words if I will be able to watch DivX without a problems?

ummm maybe

The MVP is much better at playing MPEG2 files than AVI files. To play AVI files it needs to 'on the fly' re-encode the video to MPEG format, which is less than ideal. This process will consume huge amounts of CPU, require at least a 2.4Ghz CPU, loose video quality, loose the ability resume video since transcoding needs to start from the beginning of the file, maximum of one MVP playing an AVI at a time, and will be prone to errors if you dont have the right combination of directshow filters on your machine.

If you need to use a MVP, keeping your video as MPEG2 is a much better idea.

The supplied AVI mechanism should work, but I'd only like to use this when I absolutely have to.

[katit]

Yeh.. I hear you.

Wonder if something like
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=318#

will be better for me.
Does gbpvr support this thing?

My main issue is timesavings.
I have kid with bunch of cartoons and CD's laying around.
I wanted to have something that will allow to watch whatever I download.

Would be perfectly fine if there is utility that can work from command line or something to convert anything to mpeg2..

[sub]

Wonder if something like
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=318#

will be better for me.
Does gbpvr support this thing?

With the MVP you get the full GB-PVR user interface on the screen, so you schedule recordings and do normal GB-PVR stuff, which is a pretty nice benefit.

With the DSM-320 you just get a simple D-Link file browser interface, but it will let you play AVI files. That said, I'd research this further if you decide to buy one. Many people complain about the in-video navigation on these device (problems with FF/skip etc).

[katit]

Yes. That is closed box.

As a developer I like MVP+gbpvr (especially plugins in .NET )

I guess I will stick with MVP and have something figured out for batch conversion into mpeg2

Is there any problems with "in-video navigation" when play mpeg2 ?

Is there software that will convert any video file into mpeg2 without manually setting options, etc?

So I can pass file name and output file name and it will convert automatically?