Ok, I think I am back to the Med400x for good.

[well0549]

I really missed the simplicity of the videowall.
I have a nicely organized collection of movies (about 3TB) and I want my mede8er to behave like a JukeBox.
So point to cover art and play.....

Although I could mimic this behaviour with the Favorites it was not like a juke box at all anymore. Some reasons to switch back to the 400

1. Boot time is very long
2. The old moviewall could be controlled entirely with the navigational pad (you know up down left right play/pause)
    This seems trivial but it's just the simplicity that makes it brilliant..I could give the remote to everybody and they would
     intiutively understand how it worked.
3. Again another freeze up when playing an MKV.

I have reprogrammed my Harmony One to the Med 400 again and my guess is the Med500x2 is only going to be reintroduced after the Videowall is reintroduced on the med500x2.

I have convinced several friends that the mede8er is a great product and 3 of my friend have bought one after they had a good movie night at my home. So i am really pro mede8er but I find the med500X2 is dissapointing with this firmware. (although the firmware is making rapid progress and really get's better every release)

If the med500x2 doesn't get the Videowall, I will load it up with a subset of my movies and do my brother (and his kid) a big favour.

The videowall functionality is mentioned on the box though so I have faith...

[Ripperoo]

1. Boot time is very long
2. The old moviewall could be controlled entirely with the navigational pad (you know up down left right play/pause)

I am gutted that I chose the MED400x2 over the AC Ryan Mini (Original).

I have two of the original 'AC Ryan Mini' units and the original interface ware absolute rubbish.

I then heard that some had managed to get the Mede8er firmware on the 'AC Ryan Mini' and I was able to finally use them after having them almost a year.

So when I was in the market for another media streamer recently, it was the obvious choice to go for the equivalent of the newer 'AC Ryan Mini 2', the MED400x2.

What a disappointment.

As you say well0549, the boot time is atrocious and the simplicity of the old 'VideoWall' was what made me go for this new unit.

Plus it cost a damn site more. (£120 UKP) 

Gutted!

[jer1956]

So does that mean the ryan mini 2 will boot faster, or have a better gui?

[Ripperoo]

So does that mean the ryan mini 2 will boot faster, or have a better gui?

The original ACR Mini once it had the Mede8er firmware installed, behaved like the original MED400 (same chipset).

From memory it just seemed to boot up quicker than the MED400x2 that I have just received today.

Right, I've just booted both devices and the original AC Ryan Mini booted up to the main user interface in 16 seconds.

The MED400x2, which you'd expect to be the more powerful/efficient unit actually took 40 seconds to boot up to the main interface.

That in my opinion is ridiculous.

I am really not happy with the MED400x2 at all.  

Another thing that bugs me with with current media streamers is that the developers feel the need to have all the little-used (in my experience anyway) internet feeds .

They should concentrate more on what they do best, such as media streaming and leave everything that is poorly implemented, such as teh internet feeds to more capable devices.

I'd hazard a gues that most users of these types of device have a notebook, smart phone of some description.

[jer1956]

The fact that it's actually loading more code dosn't fit into the equation?

My point is this, all 1185 players are loading similer amounts of code to each other..much more that a 1073. So all of them will take longer to boot. Copying from flash is not a quick process...as you should know from using a USB stick.

The forthcoming V2 firmware should make 1073 users happier, but if they insist that the only thing which will make them happy is the 1073 code running on a 1185, they will continue to be unhappy.

[Ripperoo]

Hi Jer1956

The fact that it's actually loading more code dosn't fit into the equation?

Quite possibly.

But why should the device need so much extra code, when the original MED400 worked so well.

Obviously, different chipset, so different code, but I personally would've thought a new chipset would be much quicker booting up and slicker in operation.

Mine has froze a couple of times already today.

To the untrained eye, the new version doesn't do a whole lot more apart from internet feeds perhaps and some better folder graphics.

The forthcoming V2 firmware should make 1073 users happier,

When is this likely to be available?

[saskir]

Sorry but a newer unit doesn't need to boot faster. If you would take this equation, then Windows 98 should have booted faster as windows 95 (it is newer). And I know this is shaky as it is only the OS not a new PC but this example points the right direction. The x2 has alot more features which need to be loaded. Although I am not quite often on the same tracks as Jer1956 (don't take it personally) but in this case he is 100% right.

[well0549]

I am really not happy with the MED400x2 at all.  

Another thing that bugs me with with current media streamers is that the developers feel the need to have all the little-used (in my experience anyway) internet feeds .

They should concentrate more on what they do best, such as media streaming and leave everything that is poorly implemented, such as teh internet feeds to more capable devices.

I'd hazard a gues that most users of these types of device have a notebook, smart phone of some description.

Cannot agree more with that. The first thing a media player should do is play all media.... And even that is still not possible with the x2. Where the x2 hangs sometimes (switching subtitles) the old ona keeps on playing and playing.

So first get that sorted out. And then maybe maybe some people want other features.....

No the x2 stuff did not make this my first choice media player anymore......

[jer1956]

You couldn't play all media with a 400 either.....or any player using hardwarecodecs. So that is slighty off topic in a thread which is about the relative merit of a 400 compared to an x2.

[well0549]

You couldn't play all media with a 400 either.....or any player using hardwarecodecs. So that is slighty off topic in a thread which is about the relative merit of a 400 compared to an x2.

The merit was that the 400 never hung and the x2 did.
For sure you didn't get the real mesage in my previous post. And you still think it's about playing all media...

[jer1956]

Then why did you bring it up?
Once you have had any mediplayer you should understand the limitations of hardware codecs. You then decide that as a group they dont fit your needs....you don't go and buy another one and complain about a core charecteristic which isn't going to go away.

[well0549]

It was on the same move the X2 hung and the 400 did not....

[jer1956]

It was on the same move the X2 hung and the 400 did not....

So the X2 shouldn't play "all" media, but it should play the same media as the 400, at least as well, and hopefull better! That's a reasonable expectation.

[shizzl]

The forthcoming V2 firmware should make 1073 users happier,

When is this likely to be available?

just wait till next week, and we'll see if you change your mind....

im on my old 400x right now, cause im on a buisness trip, and i have to say, imiss my X2 with 2.0FW ....

[Ripperoo]

...........it should play the same media as the 400, at least as well, and hopefull better!

Another thing I noticed yesterday when  watchin a MKV movie, was that it wouldn't show the embedded subs.

Tried the exact same movie on the 'POHDMini' (Mede8er Firmware)and the subs were available.

What gives there?