Smart Potato vs Media Buddy

[TheOsburnFamil]

Hey-- Any thoughts or opinions on Smart Potato vs Media Buddy as a WP7 App?

Anyone using the full version of either?

[holidayboy]

I actually have both.

Personally, I use Media Buddy more than Smart Potato at the moment - mainly for the extra media streaming abilities (music and videos as well as pictures).

Smart Potato works very well for all other functions, although I do like the guide scrolling in MB.

[TheOsburnFamil]

Tx. I downloaded the trials of both to my phone. It's weird. I like the guide of SP, but the over-all functionality of MB. grr.. lol

[SilverRubicon]

I've been using Media Buddy for awhile. The author has been publishing updates on a consistent basis. As there's a ton of crap in the WP7 app store, it's nice to have found an app that the developer actually cares about.

[TheOsburnFamil]

Before I head over to MediaBuddy Forums/Support -- Seems that all my playbacks are failing expect MP3 playback. I have the streaming pack installed. Any ideas? Tried my CableCARD recordings, some WMVs and some AVIs with no-luck.

[holidayboy]

Are you still having this problem - sorry, I missed your last post somehow!

I assume that all of the required ports are open in your router and that you can stream from a web browser OK? (default is 9080-9083)

Any 3rd party codecs installed?

[TheOsburnFamil]

I've made a "little" progress but it still isn't working 100% correctly. I can now get it to play my Recorded TV from my CableCARDs. But, I can't get it to play my AVIs, MKVs, MP4s, etc..

What's supported for playback? Any idea where to start troubleshooting this?

Thanks man!

[holidayboy]

To be honest, I've had no issues with MB so I don't have a lot of knowledge about it really!

I know that having codec packs installed can break h.264/ac3 wtv streaming, other than that I'm not aware of any issues.

Have you checked out the Remote Potato forums at all?

http://www.remotepotato.com/forums.aspx

[TheOsburnFamil]

Tx. Yeah, I'm convinced it's not a MB or SP thing but an RP thing.

Just trying playback via local PC IE browser also fails on all the same things. I think it's the videos I'm trying to playback & how I transcoded them originally (into AVIs with x264 video and AC3 audio -- not a common format for sure).

I'll check over at the RP forums for advice on understanding the logs.