TripEnglish wrote:

I think the reason they don't officially support it is that most of the content you'd use this for is illegal. For now at least.

Trip,

 You're so kind with B&O. 

It is obvious that they don't support video because the BS5 is not well-finished and moreover is a strategic error :  when they started to develop the BS5 they didn't saw the Audio/Video convergence. So they designed an Audio only product. Meanwhile the competitors were in the process of integrating Audio and Video in the same device.

Moreover the BS5 was mandatory for B&O in order to stay in the race. After 3 years of R&D the product was not realy terminated but they sold it because they absolutely need it from a financial point of view.

I'm waiting for MK III (at least) to buy it, when it will have the (basic) functions I'm looking for.

TripEnglish wrote:

Boot it in windows and use IE to go to the DIVX website and download the codec pack. Install it on the underlying computer then go back into BeoSound 5 mode. Now video should work brilliantly on the BeoMaster 5. Admittedly I have way more DVD rips than HD, but it all looks great. 

I think the reason they don't officially support it is that most of the content you'd use this for is illegal. For now at least.

Thanks Trip for your advice. Are your DVD rips DVD iso and are you able to start the DVD rips from the PHOTO folder? (For the wmvs I got icons in the PHOTO lists).

And does the BM5 support DD/DTS 5.1 sound with the codec pack? I think the soundcard supports 5.1...

Stefan

Stefan,

How did the full-HD test go with you? Anybody else tried it?

Christian,

sorry about my late reply. I tested "Stormchasers 1080p" this morning. Picture was ok but with interrupting sound. Had a look at the DIVX codec pack, Trip mentioned - DIVX 7 - but didn`t load it to the BM5. I tried to play some mkvs via windows media player with the DIVX codec pack, with no good results. Picture didn`t work properly. Pic - sound not in sync. Not really usable....

Stefan

TripEnglish wrote:

Boot it in windows and use IE to go to the DIVX website and download the codec pack. Install it on the underlying computer then go back into BeoSound 5 mode. Now video should work brilliantly on the BeoMaster 5. Admittedly I have way more DVD rips than HD, but it all looks great. 

If that's the case, wouldn't installing QuickTime enable support for .m4v (or whatever they are called) videos from the iTunes store?

I'll try installing DivX and QuickTime at the weekend.

Hi

Has someone had success with installing the DivX7 Codec on BM5?

And are there any problems to be concerned about when doing this?

/Leo

I've got many DVD from iso, so with .IFO extension and I didn't manage to start it from the PHOTO directory.

There is one folder for one film and another folder 'VIDEO" for the file .IFO.

In the Directory PHOTO, I can't see any the folder where there is my DVD, any the file .IFO.

So impossible for me to see my film.

Does anyone manage to see a DVD film based on a ripped' ??

May be I'm just a little bit too conservitive but I'm worried.....

I mean, people on this forum are trying to run programs and files on what B&O has clearly stated is a BeoSound/Beomaster i.e. a MUSIC machine. People are expecting this to work in ways it was never intended nor designed to do. Adding additional programs into the Windows background without expansion. No wonder there are crashes, poor start-ups etc...

Sure, I have no-doubt that there are machines out there that can do all of this and more for a fraction of the price. I just wonder why people try on this product. Were you mis-sold on the capabilities of this machine?

I hope it works-out for all those experimenters out there with $6,000 of PC. Braver than I!

10%

You're right, I've got a PC for that, it's just for fun.

hackel wrote:

I've got many DVD from iso, so with .IFO extension and I didn't manage to start it from the PHOTO directory.

There is one folder for one film and another folder 'VIDEO" for the file .IFO.

In the Directory PHOTO, I can't see any the folder where there is my DVD, any the file .IFO.

So impossible for me to see my film.

Does anyone manage to see a DVD film based on a ripped' ??

My BeoMaster5 in service mode plays any format now perfectly M4V, VOB, VTS_01_1, you name it but itn B&O mode none of the movie files that were placed in the Photos folder appear in the list just like hackel.

Come on you computer Geniuses please help, its only a Bill Gates XP box after all!!