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Samsung BD-P1500 Firmware Issues | ||
| bobotheclown posted 2008 Dec 13 06:38 | ||
| Has anyone else had this problem ???
When using the original firmware the player came with avchd discs play perfectly, but after updating to the latest firmware 2.1 they no longer play "this disc can not be played". :? I have raised this issue with samsung and they are looking into it and hopefully they will resolve it so we can make use of the extra features the new firmware enables. :) BOBO...:) | ||
| gimpa posted 2008 Dec 14 11:22 | ||
| Post Firmware the BD-P1500 still supports AVCHD but no longer supports BD on DVD. Which is unfortunate :( | ||
| bobotheclown posted 2008 Dec 14 11:41 | ||
| So what format of avchd does it still support then ? avchd on BD ?
What is the point in that ? http://www.avchd-info.org/format/index.html That explains that avchd should be on dvd and other media BOBO................. :) | ||
| exnickoh posted 2008 Dec 14 12:25 | ||
| I just downloaded the new firmware this morning ver 2.1 and installed it over the original one it shipped with. Now it will not play my Planet Earth blu ray disc. With the original one it would play everything properly. So hopefully the come up with a fix soon. | ||
| exnickoh posted 2008 Dec 14 12:32 | ||
| have you found a site to download an older version of the firmware ? I;m currently looking right now if I find something I will post it. | ||
| bobotheclown posted 2008 Dec 14 12:39 | ||
| No I havent found it yey I just took my player back and swapped it.
Syco54645 might have the old firmware so hopefully he will post a link to it. BOBO... :) | ||
| exnickoh posted 2008 Dec 14 12:54 | ||
| I just got off the phone with samsung support and the operator told me to take my planet earth disks back to the store and exchange them. LOL. I explained to her that with the original firmware played the movies fine. She said if the problem keeps happening to give them a call back. Wish I could take mine back I purchased online. So i guess im waiting around for a new update. Thanks for the help | ||
| bobotheclown posted 2008 Dec 14 13:10 | ||
| Lol, I was mailing them over 3 days and I never had a decent response, all they kept saying was " this issue has being escalated and we are waiting for head office to respond "
They know the problem exists as they also removed the avchd playback from an earlier player (bd-p1200) with a firmware upgrade. I draw your attention to this title in this thread Compatibility with Blu-ray Disc players http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD BOBO.... :) | ||
| gimpa posted 2008 Dec 14 14:45 | ||
It supports AVCHD on DVD. TSMuxer, for example, creates Blu-ray discs, which is BD on DVD -- not AVCHD on DVD. Basically, you have to change the filestructure from BD to AVCHD. BD on DVD has the BDMV and CERTIFICATE directories, AVCHD on DVD has BDMV and AVCHDTN directories. Pretty simple fix when all is said and done. | ||
| bobotheclown posted 2008 Dec 14 14:51 | ||
| So all that is different is the directories ??
File structure still the same ?? And if the quality is still the same then it dont really matter, why disable the feature... BOBO......... :) | ||
| gimpa posted 2008 Dec 14 14:56 | ||
| Naw, the file structures are slightly different, but the video and audio sources are more or less the same, I agree it's a bit stupid to lose functionality when it's such a trivial switch.
Don't know what the policy on links is here so do a Google search on renameAVCHDtoDVD.bat (batch file somebody made to semi-automate converting BD on DVD to AVCHD file structure). The file structure for an AVCHD disc looks like this: \AVCHDTN\ \AVCHDTN\thumbnail.tdt2 \AVCHDTN\thumbnail.tidx \BDMV\ \BDMV\index.bdmv \BDMV\MovieObject.bdmv \BDMV\BACKUP\ \BDMV\BACKUP\index.bdmv \BDMV\BACKUP\MovieObject.bdmv \BDMV\BACKUP\CLIPINF\ \BDMV\BACKUP\CLIPINF\00000.clpi \BDMV\BACKUP\PLAYLIST\ \BDMV\BACKUP\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls \BDMV\CLIPINF\ \BDMV\CLIPINF\00000.clpi \BDMV\PLAYLIST\ \BDMV\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls \BDMV\STREAM\ \BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts \BDMV\index.bdmv \BDMV\index.bdmv \BDMV\index.bdmv I just need to find a faster way to add black bars for 2.35:1 .mkv files :( | ||
| Syco54645 posted 2008 Dec 14 15:21 | ||
| I have a fix to your avchd issue, but it requires burning all of your discs again. i just hope that the new ones that i am burning will play right once a new firmware comes out. I am going to make a guide here shortly. I broke my wrist so it is a bit hard to type. | ||
| Syco54645 posted 2008 Dec 14 15:57 | ||
| Here we go everyone. If you have any questions, just pm me.
http://bd.splra.org/ -Syco54645 | ||
| bobotheclown posted 2008 Dec 15 01:48 | ||
| syco54654
Post the link to the old firmware please ... BOBO.............. :) | ||
| Syco54645 posted 2008 Dec 15 05:23 | ||
it is on that link there ;) | ||
| marvel2020 posted 2008 Dec 20 00:36 | ||
| Just been onto Samsung's UK website and noticed that there is a new firmware release v2.2, maybe they sorted the problems of the playback issues with this.
I'm still on 2.0 and I'm not flashing the player with 2.2 until I get confirmation that everything is 100% with it. | ||
| Robertiebert posted 2008 Dec 22 09:40 | ||
| Great vigilance Marvel2020. I am also keen to see what the outcome of this update is (V2.2)! Anyone tried it yet? Does it allow AVCHD DVD playback as V2.0 apparently caused problems with AVCHD.......... | ||
| bobotheclown posted 2008 Dec 22 09:56 | ||
| Versions 2 and onwards still allow avchd playback but not as bd on dvd as gimpa stated above.
BOBO :) | ||
| Robertiebert posted 2008 Dec 22 10:14 | ||
| OK, so if i create my AVCHD DVD to foldrers,
copy the CLIPINF, STREAM, and PLAYLIST folders and overwrite the same ones in the AVCHD_LEER.zip folder and then burn the (LEER) BDMV folder to DVD with UDF2.5 that should work should it? | ||
| decreta posted 2008 Dec 23 22:38 | ||
| I am trying this using files created by a Canon VIXIA HF11. I am copying files right from the SD card's BDMV folder. The method at http://bd.splra.org works so long as you also copy the index.bdm and movieobj.bdm files from the disc and rename the extensions of those two files to xxxxx.bdmv.
Also you have to rename extensions of other files as follows: .cpi to .clpi .mpl to .mpls .mts to m2ts This is a modified and scaled down version of this method: http://www.elurauser.com/articles/avchd_to_bluray.jsp. Also, I would not upgrade to UK firmware version 2.2 because the UK has a different region code from the US and your region 1 discs may not play any longer. Other forums on that topic suggest other problems as well. One issue, however. While the video played. It was choppy until I hit pause for a few seconds and then it played fine for about 45 seconds and then choppy again. Pause worked again, but very annoying. It is almost like the player is caching the video and the pause is needed to catch up. Kind of like watching a YouTube video over a slow internet connection. | ||
| taylorw posted 2009 Jan 02 13:06 | ||
| Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to get avchd to play on the BD-P1500... works great!
But what is the fix for files with a 2.35:1 ratio? I heard a mention of this in this thread earlier. When I use a file with a ratio other than 1.78:1, I get bars on the right and left of the picture (pillar-box) and the picture is stretched so that everything is way too tall. :?: | ||
| Robertiebert posted 2009 Jan 04 05:52 | ||
Just to confirm that this method works great! Thanks all. | ||
| Samezrp posted 2009 Jan 29 04:27 | ||
| Hi guys,
I'm fresh BD-P1500 user with newest 2,3 firmware. I want to use this firmware because of divx support, but I wonder how to play pure mpg files? Player supports mpeg2 files, I've tried to rename files to .mpg, .mpeg, m2ts, convert to .ts or .m2ts but it says "this file can not be played". Is it any method to play files recorded to DVD R +/- file such as in other players? And another thing: is there any way to play DivX AND burned BlueRay disks? I've burned sample file from elurauser.com mentioned above, it goes on old firmware but on that old firmware there is no DivX support, oposite 2.3 fw plays DivX but there is no BR or AVCHD on DVD support :( And one another thing: I've prepared AVCHD test files with Nero Vision, when i burn this project directky on DVD it works ok, but if I want to burn it with Nero Burning ROM or ImageBurn as UDF 2.5 Samsung says: can not play this disk :( ********************************* 3 th edit: :) finally I found the way to force play AVCHD files on 2.3 firmware! 1. ImgBurn does not record proper UFD 2.5 files, I installed Adaptec UDFRead driver on my XP and it showed no files on DVD recorded with ImgBurn, the same files recorded with Nero were visible and playable on Samsung; 2. you have to burn only four BDMV folder's subfolders: BACKUP CLIPINF PLAYLIST STREAM and of course all rest files. I create BR disks from MKV containers with TSMuxer which creates more folders: AUXDATA BDJO JAR and META all this folders should be deleted from compilation. Existence of BDJO folder in BACKUP is not critical. That's all. There is still problem with 1:2,35 files, they are stretched to fulfill all screen :( | ||
| TorontoXtreame posted 2009 Feb 02 14:44 | ||
| I created a AVCHD disc with Nero Vision 5 onto a hard drive folder, then renamed as per decreta's suggestions, and it worked on my Samsung BD-P1500. The only issue is a little choppiness with motion. Pausing it for a few seconds and letting it continue does not work. Any suggestions? |
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