Hi everyone, this is my first post. AWESOME thread, btw
I have the BD370 US model, and I bought it for a few reasons, mostly because of the advertised .mkv support.
I have burned several DVD-R's with .mkv movies I have downloaded, and none of them will play. When I put the disc in, the "movie" option is grayed out. This is the same with .mp4 and Divx movies I have burned.
Am I missing something here? None of my movie files play at all. Again, the "movie" option is grayed out unless I have an actual Blu Ray disc in there.
So you know, I have the latest firmware loaded on it (whatever version came out a few days ago).
Thanks in advance
HI I HAVE THE UK VERSION OF BD370
it plays all the mentioned formats,on disc and from usb stick or portable hdd
have you tried movies on a usb stick or portable hdd drive
as the us version my be differant ,i think i read in an earlier post that the us version supports mkv but not xvid/divx on usb,
usb memory sticks and hdd have to be formatted in fat 32 as bd370 does not support ntfs .give it a go and let us know how you get on...good luck
I have not tried playing one from a USB drive, only from a burned DVD-R. But all of the movies I have are over 4GB, so FAT32 seems like an unlikely option.
According to the instruction manual that comes with the player, it should be able to play all of those filetypes either from USB or a DVD-/+R. I wish it actually would since that is THE reason I went with the 370!
But they are smaller than 4.7 GB of a DVD-R, right?
you are doing something wrong with your burning probably because the "movie" icon is grayed out before you even get a chance to select an mkv file for playback...it does not recognize the media at all...
if the us version does indeed suport all the formats we have mentioned
it looks like yours could be faulty;BUT ive googled the u/s specs and most reports all be it early models -say no support on u/s models for avi mkv or divx from usb but no mention of dvd-r-. good luck ,as i say im in the uk and uk models seem to be more willing to play back ups of any format. i know allot of the u/s guys went for the bd 390 as it as better support in the u/s for video playback and wireless
THEN AGAIN if it says it on the box and its not doing what it says its refund time dont take no sh*T. it should play what it says on the box
Hello,
Did anyone test a 1080p youtube video on bd370. Does it work?
Thanks!
Hi
I have a video in .mkv. It's encoded as VC-1 with resolution 1440x1080. Unfortunatelly BD370 plays is with display ratio 4:3 instead with 16:9 (stretching width to 1920) so I have wrong ratio and black borders on the left and right.
Seems that it does not take Display Aspect Ratio into account.
If you already have this problem then wow to fix the .mkv file if possible?
Which support I can report the problem to? Japanese one? Any other?
Another issue- BD370 does not show the track number on the front display when playing back the audio CD. It is verry annoying when listening to CDs (particulary instrumental and classical). Do they think that I have my tv turned on in order to know the track number? Plasma needs too much power so this is not eco-friendly! It even does not recognize CD-TEXT so I do not see the reason to keep tv-set turned on.
I have never seen before a player which does not show track number on its front display. Tried to report problem to japanese support but they were not interrested to change this behaviour.
No- the PAR (Pexel Ascpect Ratio) is 4:3, but DAR (Display Ascpect Ratio) 16:9 so the picture on tv should be stretched horizontally to fit into tv screen (panoramic). If the video is displayed as 4:3 then the content is squeezed (egg like heads). In the evening I will provide the link to the sample file. The recording I think is from Japanese TV broadcast of FujiTV.Hello,
I´m not sure if I understand your problem, but the aspect ratio provided by 1440x1080 is 1,33 that is 4:3. To display the image properly, the player will add black bars on the left and on the right. So, the player recognized the file correctly according to the resolution of the file. Could you give us more details of the problem? Do you want the image to be sctreched to fit the screen?
The name on the display would be drem came true but track number is an obvious thing- at least it was for me until I discovered LG playerAbout the track number issue, forget about it. They won´t fix it. I don´t know why they design DVD players to force us to let the TV on. I agree with you on that. The display should provide a number and the name of the song.
No- the PAR (Pexel Ascpect Ratio) is 4:3, but DAR (Display Ascpect Ratio) 16:9 so the picture on tv should be stretched horizontally to fit into tv screen (panoramic). If the video is displayed as 4:3 then the content is squeezed (egg like heads). In the evening I will provide the link to the sample file. The recording I think is from Japanese TV broadcast of FujiTV.
The name on the display would be drem came true but track number is an obvious thing- at least it was for me until I discovered LG player
The BD360 is now £70 in store in Asda
also that firmware i posted a couple of pages back has been downloaded 121 times and only one thanks.
Wow that's a great price for the 360! Well worth it at that price for anyone thinking about one.