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sony_blu-ray_players [2017/08/05 13:03]
beandog [Supported DLNA]
sony_blu-ray_players [2017/08/05 15:12] (current)
beandog [Supported DLNA + USB]
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 Also, the player will remember the last play point of a file or disc while it's still running. Once powered off, it will forget (sadness). Also, the player will remember the last play point of a file or disc while it's still running. Once powered off, it will forget (sadness).
  
-==== Supported DLNA ====+==== Supported DLNA + USB ====
  
 Video: Video:
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 +This first set is for the S390 Blu-ray player.
  
   * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) in VOB (MPEG icon)   * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) in VOB (MPEG icon)
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   * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) in MPEG2TS (M2TS icon)   * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) in MPEG2TS (M2TS icon)
   * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) in MP4 (MP4 icon)   * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) in MP4 (MP4 icon)
-  * H.264 high profile + Dolby TrueHD (Blu-ray) in MPEG2TS (M2TS icon) 
   * H.264 high profile + AAC in MP4 (MP4 icon)   * H.264 high profile + AAC in MP4 (MP4 icon)
   * H.264 high profile + AAC in MKV (MKV icon)   * H.264 high profile + AAC in MKV (MKV icon)
-  * H.264 high profile + AAC + SRT in MKV (MKV icon)+  * H.264 high profile + AAC + CC in MKV (MKV icon)
   * H.264 high profile + AAC + VOBSUB in MKV (MKV icon)   * H.264 high profile + AAC + VOBSUB in MKV (MKV icon)
 +  * H.264 high profile + Dolby TrueHD (Blu-ray) in MPEG2TS (MPEG icon)
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 +The //newer// model, the S5100, plays all the above, plus these as well.
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 +  * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) + CC in MKV (MKV icon, displays as Subtitles)
 +  * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) + VOBSUB in MKV (MKV icon)
 +  * DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) + CC in MPG (MPG icon, displays as CC, though I haven'​t seen it actually *display* the captioning)
 +  * H.264 high profile + AAC + VOBSUB in MP4 (MP4 icon)
 +  * USB only: DVD (MPEG2 + AC3) + CC in VOB (supports multiple languages, too)
  
 An anomaly is H264 + AAC + VOBSUB in MP4 - the display button "​sees"​ them, but subtitle button does not enable them. An anomaly is H264 + AAC + VOBSUB in MP4 - the display button "​sees"​ them, but subtitle button does not enable them.
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 +The S5100 displays a VOB icon for .vob files when using USB playback. For DLNA, for the same file, it displays MPEG. It also orders contents by folders, then files. The other ones displays them all together in alphabetical order.
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 +I remember once upon a time being *obsessed* with getting chapter support on my DLNA servers. Resume playback has always been the golden goblet, and this was the next closest thing I could get to if it didn't have it. I recall that the USB drives will let you do chapters in Matroska. I don't feel like putting some more test samples together though, so I can't confirm it right now. Pretty sure it does, though.
  
 Music: Music:
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 There are two ways that a video will not work -- if it is the only file in the directory, browsing that directory will say "There is no playable file." There are two ways that a video will not work -- if it is the only file in the directory, browsing that directory will say "There is no playable file."
  
-If there is a file where it supports the container, but not the codecs, it may show the file, but refuse playback by saying "The file is corrupt or unsupported"​+If there is a file where it supports the container, but not the codecs, it may show the file, but refuse playback by saying "The file is corrupt or unsupported"​
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 +For resume playback, it will remember the last playback point of the //most recent// file it was streaming, and only in that power-on session.

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