HP x280n - MediaSmart Connect - Digital Multimedia Receiver, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 9: Specifications 103
MPG (.mpg) is the simplest possible file container for an
MPEG video with associated audio. It usually supports
MPEG-2 video (MP@ML or MP@HL) and MPEG-2, Layer II, or
Dolby Digital audio.
VOB (Video Object) (.vob) files are used in DVDs. They
include audio, video, menu, and subtitle information. In most
cases, renaming a .vob file to an .mpg file is all that is
needed to play the file with an MPEG-compliant decoder
(without the menu or subtitle information, however).
Supported Media
Your HP MediaSmart Connect does not support all possible
codecs. The following table provides details on the codecs and
file containers that the device supports.
The UPnP-compliant server program you use to stream media to
your HDTV can limit the files that you can stream. Windows
Media Player 11 does not show media files that it does not
support or recognize such as iTunes audio files in MP4 (AAC)
format, and photos in Bitmap format (.bmp) or Graphics
Interchange Format (.gif).
For example, your HP MediaSmart Connect supports the playback
of .mp4 files, but Windows Media Player 11 may not. If you do
not see your .mp4 files in the Windows Media Player Library,
you may need to install the MediaSmart software from the
Installation CD.
Playback of Digital Rights Management (DRM) content stored on a
mass storage device (USB or HP Pocket Media Drive) is not
supported by HP MediaSmart Connect.
!
IMPORTANT: Downloaded movies or recorded TV files
(.dvr-ms) stored on the mass storage device are not
recognized.
HP MediaSmart Connect supports play of such files
through Extender for Windows Media Center. The
media files must be accessible from your computer, and
added to your Windows Media Center Library. For more
information, see “Chapter 6: Using the Extender for
Windows Media Center” on page 77.