i was trying to watch movies via BeoMedia 1, but it seems, it can play only .mpeg  files.  Generally, it is usual PC with XP system inside. can anyone prompt me, is it possible to install an additional codecs to watch .avi , ,flv  or any ter files as well.

any suggestion or instruction.

i can't use it just for photos. it's a pity, but i am abot to give up and change it for mac mini instead... if i will not find a solution...

please help.

Vladimir 

I'm so surprised that, from all PC based solutions, BeoMedia is the one that has almost never been updated, although it is the most expensive solution:

BeoPlayer & BeoPort can show CD art covers, BeoMedia can't

Nor can it play video files (any PC can do that)

Nor can it play Dolby Digital sound (although it has a digital output)!

I had BeoPort & considered buying BeoMedia to have more features, but apart from remote controlling photos, what does it do??NMUSIC & NRADIO are remote controlled with BeoPort, and since you always need a PC, it is much easier & cheaper to connect your PC with BeoPort to your BeoVision ; besides, the video connections on your PC are probably more up to date than the ones on BeoMedia.

Eventually I even sold my BeoPort that caused a lot of bugs on my PC soundcard, and now only use BeoPlayer with a PC software to remote control the application by Beo4.

I would like BeoMedia to act as a real PC (I don't need 2 PCs in my home!) where you can setup the B&O application like on BeoPort, and operate like BeoCenter 2 (as an audio master with one video source) with access to NMUSIC and NRADIO by simply pressing RADIO or AMEM, then pressing PC would access a true PC mode, and if you want PHOTO you would select one of the beo4 coloured keys..and a VMEM feature would be nice to playback your VOB or DVIX files, since BeoMedia is sold as a video product.

This product could have been so great, and yet B&O uses 10% of its potential; I don't understand.. 

after 8 hours of fight , installation of codecs, jumping back and forth in between the rooms ( my  B&o  brains set in different room)  trying to make that amazingly advertised BeoMedia box play my avi movies i AM GAVE UP !

it's one of the biggest disappointments for me during the last year.

B & O  lost a lot  for me. i don't count that company as the one , which provides us a magic solutions , convenience and style.

`BeoMedia 1 is a biggest disaster i ever had at my home.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY USELESS !!!  WASTE OF MONEY. FOOL YOURSELF MACHINE.

i am ready to sell it now... after one year of silly tries to justify a purchase of it...

to : B&o  ...  please wake up !  the world is changing bloody fast and if you will not react on people's demands you will lose the magic you've created during many years.

i am so so so so sorry about it.

Vladimir 

The great computer escape

I work with AVI films on my Beomedia, and have no problems with them.
Just this: I'm copying the files from a pc over a WiFi network to the Beomedia. And I have a network disk mapped to it. From a pc I can see 9 AVI files stored in a subfolder of PHOTO. But on my TV (in PC mode) I only see 6 files. Does this ring a bell by someone? Is there some way or necessity to do a refresh or so?

Regards,
Filip