I read on this forum where a substantial amount of users are experiencing issue playing back movies from the new 'smart' TVs (or not so smart) every brand and model appear handle movie formats differently.
I have a Panasonic 3D TH-P50VT20(Pana). I converted my home made movies from my PC to my NAS. So I copied them to my NAS which runs DNLA and through the VIRA TOOLS on the Panasonic TV I can select Media-Server and then the NAS. From there I go to the folder I have my movies backed up to and play the ones that will work on the Pana.
The issue is that not all movies I convert will play back as the Panasonic seem to pick and choose which ones it will playback. The Panasonic will play AVI, MKV, DivX sometimes and sometimes not play AVI, MKV or DivX ? it appears that depending on 'something' in the setting of when a movie is converted onto the NAS will dictate which movie/s the Panasonic can playback. Incidentally, VOB file all play, but individually and not as a whole movie.
I also have a Sony Blue ray player that connects to the NAS and will play-back more movies than the Pana, plays VOBs from the NAS in a movie folder. BUT! - Not all formats are recognised by the Sony, FLV some DivX and Xvids, AVI and I don't know of other just yet.
I've searched the web for converting setting for the movies but there is nothing I can find about the Panasonic 3D TH-P50VT20 playback formats and the manual is very thin on info, so much so "it don't talk about it at all, folks"??
I've experimented for the last few months changing setting in my converting programs with no clear understanding of what setting will work or why only once or twice. I've purchase three converting Software programs and downloaded some freeware ones as well with no clarity of what setting/s is/are the issue. I'm puzzled to what setting makes it playable to the Panasonic.
I also have a second TV that has an Xtreamer connected to an eTRAYz (which is my NAS that contains my movies) It plays anything and everything -
This appears to be the only real solution. I'm going to purchase another xtreamer (now called the Sidewinder) and attach that to the Panasonic 3D TH-P50VT20.
