Support for Sony BDP-570 Bluray player

[Paul]

I am looking for a solution to play AVCHD via network on a Sony BDV-E870 Blu-ray Home Theater.... I think its DLNA capabilities are similar to the BDP-570. I have also been in contact with Sony support, and discovered that the formats supported by DLNA are very limited... compared to the formats the device support via CD/DVD/USB. I find this very disappointing, but unfortunately I discovered this limitation too late and cannot return the device anymore.

So, now I am looking for some alternatives.... and just today I learned that Mezzmo exist - and that it might be able to "add" some of the lacking formats to the Sony devices, by the use of transcoding.

I am using Windows Home Server in my network, based on a HP SmartMedia EX490 - and before starting to change too much on the HP default installation (which include Twonky) I would like to check if someone has some experience with this setup:

- Is it possibly with Mezzmo to playback AVCHD files on a Sony BDV-E870?
- If yes, how is the quality - will it be HD or downscaled to SD?
- Is a HP SmartMedia EX490 (with Intel Celeron 2.2 GHz) powerfull enough to handle the transcoding needed?

Thanks a lot!
Ole

Yes, we've got an updated device profile for the BDP that should allow playing AVCHD and also transcode certain videos (MKV, MP4, etc...) to AVCHD, which is much quicker and provides original video quality (since the video stream doesn't need to be recoded, if it's the same). Please send a message to support (at) conceiva (dot) com and I'll send you that profile to try.

[butter1093]

MKV DTS seems can not support by most devices, such as wdtv, apple tv, including the BD player, you need convert mkv dts to MKV ac3 which your Sony BDP-S370 supported. after search on goole, i find aunsoft video converter for mac is the recommended one.