Best Devices for Serviio?
I have been using Serviio with the Sony BDP-S3100 Blu-Ray player, via a 2008 iMac as the server. But I want to get a different, inexpensive Blu-Ray player because of these two problems:
(1) Amazon Instant Video is no longer supported on the Sony BDP-S3100 (the app doesn't work – I've done everything, I've even reset to factory settings... all the other apps work, but not Amazon).
(2) Although Serviio streams all my MKV files nicely (without transcoding–my computer is too old to transcode well), the subtitles are tiny. AVI files don't seem to work though.
I am looking to buy a different BluRay player (or a different media player) that will (1) work with Amazon Instant Video and (2) work with Serviio at least as well as the Sony does.
Any recommendations for relatively inexpensive devices that work especially smoothly with Serviio? (subtitles, without transcoding) It doesn't even necessarily need to be a Blu-Ray player as I could keep using the Sony for Blu-Rays... It just needs to work with Serviio (and Amazon Instant Video).
I was looking to buy the Samsung BD-J5700 — but I've been reading about the "J Series" TVs on this forum (would the "J Series" BluRay player probably be the same?) and I see that there is no J Series device profile, and I hear there have been problems with the J devices and Serviio (external subtitles not working), so I decided to hold back and ask the community here what you all would recommend for a player. I always remux subtitles into my MKV packages—in that case should I have no problems with the J Series?
(1) Amazon Instant Video is no longer supported on the Sony BDP-S3100 (the app doesn't work – I've done everything, I've even reset to factory settings... all the other apps work, but not Amazon).
(2) Although Serviio streams all my MKV files nicely (without transcoding–my computer is too old to transcode well), the subtitles are tiny. AVI files don't seem to work though.
I am looking to buy a different BluRay player (or a different media player) that will (1) work with Amazon Instant Video and (2) work with Serviio at least as well as the Sony does.
Any recommendations for relatively inexpensive devices that work especially smoothly with Serviio? (subtitles, without transcoding) It doesn't even necessarily need to be a Blu-Ray player as I could keep using the Sony for Blu-Rays... It just needs to work with Serviio (and Amazon Instant Video).
I was looking to buy the Samsung BD-J5700 — but I've been reading about the "J Series" TVs on this forum (would the "J Series" BluRay player probably be the same?) and I see that there is no J Series device profile, and I hear there have been problems with the J devices and Serviio (external subtitles not working), so I decided to hold back and ask the community here what you all would recommend for a player. I always remux subtitles into my MKV packages—in that case should I have no problems with the J Series?