Originally Posted by
JohnM
Mike the Sony BDP is real limited in what it can show over dlna. That means that Mezzmo is converting (trancoding) the files from the format they are in to a format that the Sony can show. Any time you are dealing with high def it really taxes the machines resources so you see the cpu usage go high. It also usually fails to be able to keep up which is why it stutters. Things you can do. Pre-transcode a movie or two and see if it makes a big difference (you will probably like it). When you rip the files, save them into a format that your devices will use natively. This can be hard if you have multiple devices. For instance I have standardized all of the sets in my house to use the Sony BDP series for dlna. This allowed me to save dvds as either a VOB or mpg (I use sw to change the vob to mpg to correct ff/rew issues). I save the high def as m2ts for the same reason. Now it is not quite that simple because internal to the files they need to use the right codecs. So my dvds and blurays all use ac3 audio. I have stripped out the dts because it would cause them to go through transcoding. After deciding on a format it was just setting up the procedure to rip/save the individual shows to that format and they are available everywhere. I did it also to save disk space Since I have about 7TB used I don't want to use more transcoding any files, so I for instance do not allow the xbox(s) to view movies since they require a different format.
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