Audio Sync problem with D-Link DSM-320

[SCDVD]

I just bought a D-Link DSM-320 Media Lounge. It is a box that attaches to a TV that allows playing of movies on the TV via a server software program that runs on a PC. It can be connected to the PC either by Ethernet or by Wireless. The installation went smoothly, however the audio is 3 or 4 seconds out of sync. The video files on the PC are XVID files. When I play the video files on the PC using Windows Media Player, there is no audio sync problem at all. But when played on a TV through the DSM-320, the audio sync problem is there. Any ideas?

[Krispy Kritter]

Sounds like hardware issues with the DSM-320. Are you using ethernet or wireless mode? Wireless mode may not have enough bandwidth to support video playing.

[SCDVD]

D-Link fixed the audio sync problem on the DSM-320 with a new firmware release but I gave up on them and returned the product before my 30 days expired. I didn't want to get stuck with it. I bought a Pinnacle Show Center instead and am very happy with it - many more features. It's clearly a better and more complete product.

[p_l]

I just got the D-Link DSM-320.








Not perfect, but I'm thinking I might keep it. The new firmware fixes the audio sync problem. What else is it that would make you say the Pinnacle ShowCenter is better, since you've had both? Do you agree with this reviewer?


Anybody else got this cool toy?

[carkit]

I have had one for a couple of months. It works great for me except for one major issue.

I have copied all of my dvd movies to big sata hard drives and use the dlink DSM-320 to watch them on my tv. Works good on some movies but some hang in certain scenes. For instance the movie Taxi there is a scene where Queen Latifa is in line at the taxi permit office and looks up to see a sign that says "now serving 74" at that moment the video freezes. This is a major scence transition.

I have been talking to dlink through email about this but they pointed me to Nero Media Home or Windows Media Connect software. I tried them but it did not make any difference. I really like the DSM-320 but I need to solve this issue.

I extracted a 5mb section of the video that causes the problem if someone would like to test it.

[p_l]

Have you tried the now-famous antenna mod?

[SCDVD]

I have had one for a couple of months. It works great for me except for one major issue.

I have copied all of my dvd movies to big sata hard drives and use the dlink DSM-320 to watch them on my tv. Works good on some movies but some hang in certain scenes. For instance the movie Taxi there is a scene where Queen Latifa is in line at the taxi permit office and looks up to see a sign that says "now serving 74" at that moment the video freezes. This is a major scence transition.

I have been talking to dlink through email about this but they pointed me to Nero Media Home or Windows Media Connect software. I tried them but it did not make any difference. I really like the DSM-320 but I need to solve this issue.

I extracted a 5mb section of the video that causes the problem if someone would like to test it.

I had similar problems on my 320 as well. I gave up and took it back for a refund before my 30 days ran out. The way I "fixed" the problem was to replace it with a Pinnacle Show Center. When you compare the two products, the 320 comes off looking like a kids science fair project. The software that comes with the show center is far and away more complete and full-function. If you want you can also put a Pinnacle PC-TV board in your server PC and use the Show Center's remote to record TV shows or time shift them so you can fast forward and skip commercials.

[Danno100]

I have had the DSM-320 for about four months. I use it primarily for video, wired so that bandwidth is not an issue. Instead of playing MPEG-2 files (e.g. vob), I use Nero to recode to Nero Digital MPEG-4 (about 1.3 GB for a DVD) and I have found there to be no synch problems, never a freeze (over 100 video's). Quality of Nero Digital is excellent at about 1/3 the file space. If it does stutter (but never loses synch), it is only because the server is extremely busy (like a antivirus scan). My server is only a P3 733, with 256 mb of RAM, so it is far from powerful. Some of my video's are on a USB drive located off a Linksys NSLU2.

What type of video file (and how large is it) are you using? Are you on a wireless network? If MPEG-2 is it a single large file, or 1 GB files?

[SCDVD]

I have been talking to dlink through email about this but they pointed me to Nero Media Home or Windows Media Connect software. I tried them but it did not make any difference. I really like the DSM-320 but I need to solve this issue.

Here is the manufacturer suggesting that you use some other software to try to make their product work. Think about what that is saying - "Our software is no good." It begs the question; what else is no good about their product. I took a more fundamental approach. I used somebody else's hardware instead.

[carkit]

I am using a wired network. P4 2.8 ghz. SATA drives.

I used anydvd and shrink to copy the movie files to my hard drive. They are vob files so that if later I want to burn to dvd then I can.

I will test with Nero Digital files. Thanks for that tip.

I am sending a small clip to Dlink to test.

The Nero Media home is Upnp compliant so it will work with any media server and has more options than Dlink's own server software.

[carkit]

I made Nero Digital files but they would not play on the DSM-320 at all. They started playing and were very jerky and then hung near the beginning.