Blu ray player + WDTV

[naif1992]

Hello everyone,

I was reading through threads on your forum and I found out that members of this forum are very helpful. So I decided to ask you guy a question, hoping I could get help.

I currently use WDTV to access my media library through Wi-Fi. I'm thinking about getting a Blu-ray player because I have a few Blu-ray movies that I got as a gift. However, I don't want to have to have two separate devices for two similar functions. I want a Blu-ray player that can access my media library through my Wi-Fi network, and be able to play MKV files.

I know I'm being a bit picky but I've been doing a lot of research with no luck. It seems like an easy problem, to me anyways. Since there are media devices that access files through the network, and there are Blu-ray players, why not make a device that is mixed of both?

Thanks guys!

[Baldrick]

Many blu-ray players supports mkv like most philips and samsung blu-ray players. Many have wifi supports also(either built in or with a usb wifi adapter).

BUT they don't support all kinds of mkvs. Your WDTV probably has better mkv support.

[jagabo]

My LG BD670 does pretty well with MKV, MP4, AVI. Not as flexible as my WDTV though.

[_Al_]

Check DUNE devices, some have Blu-Ray in it.

[jagabo]

Beware that many (most? it becomes mandatory in new players in a few months) new Blu-ray players have Cinavia protection. They will stop playing the audio when they detect the Cinavia signal from a non Blu-ray disc. So many Blu-ray rips and some DVD rips will not play. There is no "crack" for this at the current time.

[cal_tony]

Beware that many (most? it becomes mandatory in new players in a few months) new Blu-ray players have Cinavia protection. They will stop playing the audio when they detect the Cinavia signal from a non Blu-ray disc. So many Blu-ray rips and some DVD rips will not play. There is no "crack" for this at the current time.

I've been wondering about this. Does it apply to playing disks only and if they have USB inputs will they still play MKVs that once had Cinavia protection.

Also, Will older players be required to up date their firmware to play Cinavia protected disks. My PS3 player refused to play newer disks until I upgraded the firmware.

Tony

[jagabo]

Cinavia

I've been wondering about this. Does it apply to playing disks only and if they have USB inputs will they still play MKVs that once had Cinavia protection.

It applies to everything they play.

Also, Will older players be required to up date their firmware to play Cinavia protected disks.

It's not clear.

[jan5678]

@jagabo
I have the same blu-ray player and it works quit well, but im afraid to update the firmware due to al kinds of unsolved of created problems.
What firmware are you using? and what drive firmware? (these are 2 different things, the first one for the player, the second for the blu-ray drive itself)

Im using fimrware 337 at the end (can't remember the rest)
I'm using the european version

[jman98]

I've posted this in another thread, but as media players are NOT certified for BluRay playback, there is nothing to stop anyone from ripping a BD disc protected by Cinavia, remuxing the movie to MKV, and then happily playing the video without any interruptions on the media player, which will ignore the Cinavia encoding in the MKV. People like to act like they have no options with regards to Cinavia, but that's not true.

There's no evidence that older players will be forced to update firmware to play Cinavia protected discs and no legal requirement to do so, but that doesn't mean that Sony and Samsung won't happily jump on the bandwagon to do this anyway. I simply don't connect my BluRay players to the internet, but I usually do not buy or rent movies that use Cinavia any way. For what it's worth, LG has been a lot more consumer friendly than Sony and Samsung, so I really doubt that they will force users to upgrade firmware, but I can't say that it's impossible for it to happen.