Beovision Avant 55 - MKV HD big files

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fredtmm (archived2)
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Posted November 11, 2014 at 15:23 GMT
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Hi everyone,

I am still considering buy an Avant 55 but I would like to know if the TV is capable of playing big MKV files (about 10 GB) stored on a NAS on your home network ?

I saw on the specifications that the ethernet card is 10/100 Mb and I am wondering if this is enough to play big MKV files (I don't want to copy them on an USB external HDD).

 

Thanks

Fred

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beolion (archived2)
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Posted November 11, 2014 at 17:34 GMT
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In general, 100 mb/s is enough.

I have a 10/100 mb/s Cisco switch and I can play 20 gb mkv files using a Tvix. I even tried to play 3 different 10 gb mkv files from my nas to 3 different Tvix at the same time w/o problems.

Btw, I am happy with my Tvix, I have 4 of them 😕
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ptbb (archived2)
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Posted November 11, 2014 at 17:41 GMT
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i have nas (iomega), cat 7 cable, ripped brd on nas ( cca 25gb each) and there is no problem to stream it on my beovision 11, 12-65 or v1. also no problem to stream one film on two devices simultaneos.

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mibook84
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Posted November 12, 2014 at 00:39 GMT
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The Avant cant decode big MKV files quickly enough and starts to drop frames when there is too many details in the picture. This can for example be seen on HBO intro videos in full HD (the "ant wars") or other high resolution videos. It usually works well but starts to drop frames on parts with especially many details. Unfortunately. 

This is not a limitation of the network - its a limitation of the processing power in the TV.

And by the way, CAT 7 is totally unnecessary for BeoVisions since they only do 100Mbit... 

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