Vizio Co-Star

[hollis3]

Has anyone tried the Vizio Co-Star with Mezzmo?

I am trying to decide between it and the Roku (I know the Roku won't work with Mezzmo).

Thanks

[Paul]

Given the Vizio Co-Star is is running Google TV, then it should work fine with Mezzmo. We already support several Google TV-based media players - Logitech Revue and Sony Google TV. Choose the 'Logitech Revue' or 'Sony Google TV' device profile in the Media Devices dialog in Mezzmo for your Vizio Co-Star. If you have any problems, contact us and we'll help further.

[allenarissa]

Hi, I'm trying mezzmo to see if it works good with my vizio costar. I tried a few avi files and it works good. However, it won't play mp4 files. I tried a few of them and it tells me cannot play this file. I have chosen the costar profile. What else can I try?

[Paul]

Please post the FFmpeg information on one of the MP4 files that will not play. To do this, right-click on the MP4 file in Mezzmo and click 'Get FFmpeg Information'.

[allenarissa]

Hi Paul,
Peter had send me an updated CoStar Profile and I'm trying it now. I played a few MP4 files and they were playing ok. I then chose another AVI file and PlayPoint told me it can not play the file. Below is the ffmeg info for that particular one.

ffmpeg version N-40693-gc457a29 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
built on May 15 2012 12:57:14 with gcc 4.6.2
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-postproc --prefix=/home/peter/ffmpeg/build/gpl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-I/home/peter/cc/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/peter/cc/lib --pkg-config=pkg-config --disable-w32threads
libavutil 51. 51.100 / 51. 51.100
libavcodec 54. 21.101 / 54. 21.101
libavformat 54. 5.100 / 54. 5.100
libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100
libavfilter 2. 73.100 / 2. 73.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 11.100 / 0. 11.100
[mpeg4 @ 017cc680] Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
Input #0, avi, from 'E:\Movies_E\1MOVIES_E\1\Gone Baby Gone\Gone.Baby.Gone.2007.DVDRip-FXG.avi':
Metadata:
encoder : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Duration: 01:53:53.41, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 859 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile) (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 560x296 [SAR 1:1 DAR 70:37], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 112 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: 5, 15
---> Frame rate: 23.98
---> Aspect ratio: 70:37

[hollis3]

May I please get an updated profile to tryout?
I changed from the Co-Star profile back to the Revue because it would not play mp4 files.
(didn't have time the last couple of weeks to write-up for support).

Thanks

[Paul]

Contact us at support [at] conceiva [dot] com and we will send you the updated device profile.