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HR21-700 and EyeConnect

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Okay, I was hoping this would be resolved by now. I have EyeConnect 1.5.3 running on my Mac. I have my HR21-700 on the network, and they see each other.

When I try to play video, I get an awesome picture for about 5 seconds, then it just stops and says it can't play it. It's curious that it at least starts it (and does a great job) but then just quits.

Has anyone gotten this to work -- is there another solution if EyeConnect can't work with the HR21-700?

Any help would be appreciated....if I can get this to work, a lot of greatness opens up for me in my house. I also want my HR21 Pro to point to the same library.
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rickeame said:
Okay, I was hoping this would be resolved by now. I have EyeConnect 1.5.3 running on my Mac. I have my HR21-700 on the network, and they see each other.

When I try to play video, I get an awesome picture for about 5 seconds, then it just stops and says it can't play it. It's curious that it at least starts it (and does a great job) but then just quits.

Has anyone gotten this to work -- is there another solution if EyeConnect can't work with the HR21-700?

Any help would be appreciated....if I can get this to work, a lot of greatness opens up for me in my house. I also want my HR21 Pro to point to the same library.
This happens when the combined video and audio bitrates of your video exceed the maximum allowed by the HR2x. The maximum is somewhere in the 7-8MBps range.
I haven't tried any video lately. I'm at work and I'll try when I get home.
I'd like to know if that works. I just got an HR21 and didn't realize it had the capability. But all my pictures and music are on an iMac. I was about to get AppleTV to do this. I may ultimately end up with a mac mini w/ blu ray DVD player. But if the DirecTV unit will let me do it all, I could save some cash :)
Well, I have tried various MPEG's out and they all crap out in some way or another. I got through a Smallville about halfway last night when it decided to die. So far, I haven't found the magic sauce to make it work. *sigh*
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