Finally, A Happy Pogoplug Customer. I didn't think such a thing existed. ;-)

Yeah, It's working OK again thanks (for now), but am waiting for all the transcoding to finish. Probably be finished by christmas if I'm lucky. lol.
They said my .ceid file had somehow corrupted but they didn't know why. They reset something on their end and it started working again.

I use the Moboplayer on Android which is pretty good. I've even converted some avi files to mp4 first to save transcoding. The problem I've had in the past is, if I stop the transcoding and just play videos in the format they were recorded in, they play/stream ok, but they don't stream when I'm sharing unless the pogoplug has transcoded them. It's all a bit strange.

Rob68 said: I use the Moboplayer on Android which is pretty good. I've even converted some avi files to mp4 first to save transcoding. The problem I've had in the past is, if I stop the transcoding and just play videos in the format they were recorded in, they play/stream ok, but they don't stream when I'm sharing unless the pogoplug has transcoded them. It's all a bit strange.

another thing I do-when you transcode them down to size, make sure you cut the resolution down to something your remote device can handle.  since my phone's screen is so small, i find little benefit to watching anything beyond standard def anyway.

while the players can usually scale down the video to fit your screen automatically, it doesn;t seem to always work and your device cpu has to work harder which can result in choppy video, poor performance, ect...I tried watching stuff that should have played in MP4 format but only worked after cutting them down.

yeah, it;s another extra step that was supposed to be covered by the pogoplug transcoding but I think we all agree that it doesn;t really work well.

If you use the Microsoft OS (xp, 7) you can look for software called Copy123 at maybe Office Max in the USA.

I have had real good luck making any format that I have tried into any other format (e.g., .avi, .mov, .wmv, .mp4) and dumb down the resolution (size, bit rate, etc.) to fit the target device. I usually make an .avi, .mp4, and .wmv for each movie and I make them all the size of my Memorex mp3/4 player (2.5"). "Why?"

My thought here is that I am somewhere and I am bored. I want to watch a movie. I could give a "diddley-squat" about the blotchies that sometime appear in certain backgrounds and maybe some fuzzies especially when the movie is resized automatically to fit the display device.

If I want perfection, then I will watch the movie on the proper equipment and in the correct setting which is not in some hotel room in the middle of "BFE" staring at a cellphone screen or a tablet screen or even a laptop screen.

In the case of the Memorex player, it ain't quality I am watching. The benefit of targeting this device is that I only have to remember one set of numbers and the small size means I can put more movies on the external 8gb micro-SDHC card which means ... you probably get the picture (quantity versus quality) and my music also fits and the stuff works real well with the Pogoplug so I can delete and refill or just watch and listen.

Another thing, on the Android tablet I have (Toshiba THRiVE), the app gives me a choice to watch the movie in the "Original Format." I do not worry about transcoding. On the laptop, I just go to the movie file on the Pogoplug HD, any of them, and just double click and start watching the movie.

If it is really a bad network day, I just download the movie(s) of choice and go to work or go to eat and I have something to watch when I return.

Of course, you can tell by my comments, I do not need "video realistic" to enjoy a movie. I can also tolerate some hesitation that happens.

Try Copy123 and I think you will be pleased with the results.

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Solved the video encoding problem long ago with Handbrake.