DVD Software for Windows - Free downloads and reviews. Burn, rip, and convert all your videos and music to discs, TVs, smartphones, and tablets. Dune HD Smart D1 Media Player — Media. Smart. Server. net. Zoom Player is the Smartest, most Flexible and Customizable Media Player for the Windows PC. Based on our powerful 'Smart Play' technology, more media formats play. MediaPlayerLite is a free open source audio and video player on Windows. You can play DVD, AVI, mpeg, FLV, MP4, WMV, MOV, DivX, XviD & more! Play your video and audio. Enjoy the multimedia contents stored on your Plex Media Server by using this straightforward and u. Android TV boxes and sticks are XBMC media players that can support 720P, 1080p, and 4K videos. GeekBuying offers different devices from the budget to the high end. About six months ago I had the pleasure of reviewing the Dune BD Prime 3. Blu. Ray Media Player. The player has been rock solid in my setup, and with the addition of third party jukeboxes such as Zappiti it has provided an experience in certain respects equal to an HTPC. Shortly after reviewing the Dune BD Prime HDI announced a new lineup of Dune’s called the Smart series. Thanks to Mike @ Duneplayer. I just received a review unit of the new Dune HD Smart D1 Media Player which I will be taking a look at today. Since the hardware/firmware on the new Smart models is nearly identical to the BD Prime I would expect the same experience. As such this will be a slightly shortened version of my usual review. Main features: Price: USD 2. The newest Sigma Designs 8. HDD player: connect an HDD to the player and play content directly from the HDD. Network player: connect the player to a local network and play content directly from PC or NAS (UPn. P, SMB, NFS). MKV player: play HD and SD video in a popular MKV format and other modern video file formats, including top quality HD video with very high bitrate. Real. D: watch 3. D video in this ultra modern format used in cinema for the latest movies. HD audio: enjoy top- quality audio tracks (Dolby True HD, DTS HD Master Audio, LPCM, FLAC). Rund um den Windows Media Player Einrichten, Updates, DirectX, Decoder, Tipps+Tricks und Hilfeseiten Sicherheitsnews, Warnungen über Sicherheitslücken in Software. Egreat A10 4K UHD Media Player Hi3798CV200 2G/16G AC WIFI Gigabit LAN HDR10 Blu-ray 3D Dolby ATOMS DTS X VIDON XBMC. VLC Media Player free download. Get the latest version now. Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats. The Best Free DVD Software app downloads for Windows: Windows Movie Maker (Windows XP) Nero 2017 Platinum Windows DVD Maker MagicDisc DVD Flick Easy D. USB ports: conveniently connect HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers and other USB storage devices. SATA port: connect an HDD via the most efficient e. SATA interface. Internal HDD option: use an optional 3. Below the LCD screen is the power button, IR receiver, SD slot, USB input, and eject button (for use with the option Blu. Ray Drive module)From the back you can see the LAN port (1. USB 2. 0 ports, Composite/Component outputs, HMDI out, Optical, e. SATA, USB Slave, and the power input. The Smart D1 is about 2. With the case removed you can see the tray for an internal drive as well as the Sata connector. Also, you can see that there is no case fan, so the D1 will operate silent. If you remove the HDD tray you can get a better view of the board. In the center of the board is a USB input. If you plan on using system storage (which I highly recommend, it is needed to add shortcuts to the Main menu as well as BD Live) this is a convenient area to attach a USB thumb drive. A simple set it and forget it. A 4. GB USB thumb drive installed. As long as the thumb drive does not have any excess bulk it should fit without issue. Overall the Dune Smart D1 is a solidly built machine. It may be a little deeper then some would like but otherwise has a very small footprint. At no point did I notice any sort of heating issues. UI Appearance: The UI on the Smart D1 is identical to the BD Prime (for more in depth analysis of the UI head over to the BR Prime review). Although not horrible the UI is still very basic, with a windows explorer type experience while navigating through your media. This is hopefully an area that HDI addresses as more and more media players in the market are getting away from the boring stock UI that we have become accustomed to. Simply allowing the Dune to boot directly into a 3rd party jukebox would at least provide a quick and effective solution. Responsiveness: Navigating around the UI on the Smart D1 was the same as with the Dune BD Prime. One thing I noticed is that on a few occasions the D1 became unresponsive for a short period of time. I don’t know if the unit itself became unresponsive or if the issue was possibly with the IR receiver. I used the D1 yesterday to watch a movie as well as test some files and not once did I encounter any issues, so I will have to keep a close eye on to see if it was possibly a one off experience. Network Performance: The Dune HD Smart D1 is listed as Gigabyte but it is not recommended to use this. This is the same issue that plagues the PCH C- 2. Dune over the network 1. As with the BD Prime testing out network performance over smb (you can see how I set up here), I did not have any issues playing back all my high bitrate content on the Smart D1. I did have Fast SMB enabled and I believe it is recommended that all users who play content over the network enable this feature in the settings. Audio/Video Playback: I decided to test playback using the latest Dune IP beta firmware 1. Here is a description of what I tested and the results: mkv w/ chapters – supported (PASS)mkv w/ 4. IDX/SUB subtitles (PASS)mkv w/ 1. IDX/SUB subtitles(FAIL)mkv w/ internal PGS subtitles (PASS)HD Audio downmix to stereo (PASS)mkv w/ forced subtitles – the Smart D1 does not respect the forced subtitle flag (FAIL)mkv/(m. DTS(MA) – bitstreamed without issue (PASS)mkv/(m. True. HD Audio Track – bitstreamed without issue (PASS)mkv w/ VC- 1 encoded video – played without issue (PASS)Forced Subtitles in a Blu. Ray Structure – played without issue (PASS)Blu. Ray ISO (main movie only) – played without issue (PASS)Blu. Ray Folder(entire disc) – played movie with full menu support (PASS)DVD ISO and/or Folder Structure – played with full menus (PASS, also appears an issue with audio stuttering has been corrected)1. PASS)avi/mpeg/m. 4vclips – played without issue (PASS)mkv w/ FLAC – played w/ multi channel PCM (PASS)mkv w/ header compression – played without issue (PASS)I must admit I am disappointed that mkv chapter support has still not been addressed, as this should be a very basic feature to implement and one that many other players on the market supports. That combined with support for forced subtitles in mkvs (which slowly players are starting to support) would provide a complete solution for the many mkv users out their. I noticed a new icon showed up recently on the Main Menu called Kartina. I had never heard of (from reading around it appears to be a site for accessing Russian TV, the last Russian show I watched was Rocky IV!). I am not a big online content person but as more and more players add support for online content I believe this is something HDI will need to address to make the Dune players a more complete player. I did test Play. ON streaming from my Windows Home Server to the Smart D1 and had no issues with playback (although Play. On is a bit of a hack solution versus native integration). Party Jukeboxes: This is the area for me that is real important as the stock UI of the Dune is lacking in so many areas. I have been using Zappiti with the Dune BD Prime, so it was nice that once the Smart D1 was set up I was up and running with Zappiti on the D1 in no time. One thing I like about a 3rd party jukebox is the ability to centrally manage the jukebox. Some players such as the Boxee Box you would manage the jukebox from the player itself. When having multiple players this could add extra work as you need too manage each player individually. With Zappiti or the other 3rd party jukeboxes I can simply manage the jukebox from my PC and know that both the BD Prime and Smart D1 will be updated and in sync (this also comes in handy since a majority of the time I am updating Zappiti remotely). For more information on Zappiti see my guide here. I also hope to take a closer look at ya. DIS 2. 0 and My. Movies (for this one I am waiting for individual TV episode support before digging in to). Zappiti Screenshot: My. Movies Screenshot: Final Thoughts: Just as with the Dune BD Prime the Smart D1 lived up to expectations. From a hardware standpoint it is very well constructed, fanless, and quiet. Undoubtedly when it comes to local video playback, the Smart D1 not only does it but it does it well, and I would argue for local video content the Dune is amongst the best out there. Like many of the other media players out there music and photos is a weak spot, and if that is an important area then I would recommend looking elsewhere. With the expanded lineup across a variety of price ranges this should as well open up the Dune to a wider consumer base. The challenge that will present the Dune players is how they evolve in the coming year(s). Online content (such as Netflix) is becoming more important (emphasis on the U. S market), and if more media players continue to add online content Dune runs the risk of being left behind. There is also Cinavia looming and the question of how it will impact the current and future Dune players (more on Cinavia and the potential impact shortly). A simple solution for the bland stock UI would be to more tightly integrate the 3rd party jukeboxes into the UI (the easiest way would be to allow the user to have the Dune load directly into the jukebox of their choice). Overall I feel that HDI has another winner with the Smart D1 and others in the Smart series. Continued work should be focused on forging online content partnerships, enhancing the stock UI, and bringing new features to their players (such as source direct, mkv chapter support, and mkv forced subtitle support to name a few). For my setup my top priority is flawless playback of my local content (in particular HD content) with an emphasis on Audio and Picture Quality, and the Smart D1 does not disappoint. I should also mention that for owners of the Smart series there will be an option to upgrade to the next Sigma chip once available. It is unclear though exactly what the cost will be associated with the upgrade, so for now we will just have to sit tight and await further details. Tagged as. Bitstreaming. DTS(MA). Dune BD Prime 3. Dune HD Smart D1. Dune Prime 3. 0. Dune Smart. Dune Smart D1. HD Audio. HDI Dune. Media Streaming. My. Movies. Reviews.
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