Rivernuggets Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Have you used a USB hard drive with your 103? Can it handshake with a large capacity hard drive, like 1TB? Can't find much info about this online. The manual says USB flash or thumb drives are a green light. It gives USB power specs but I don't know if that's enough to spin a HDD. I'm thinking of purchasing the 103. Read about how stellar this and the 105 are....just curious about viewing video and listening to music via USB. While I've got your attention how does the 103 work for streaming content from Windows Media Player via wireless router? I haven't done any type of streaming so your responses might trigger more questions. I'm open to other media players. Read a lot of good things about JRiver. Just using WMP 'cause that's what comes with Win7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwander Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I have a BDP-105D that I use with a 1tb usb portable drive. Runs like a champ. I have all my CD's ripped to wav files. I also have mkv files for movies and concerts. These are on an external hard drive with 4 bays. Seems to play everything that I've tried. I use the IOS app for access to the portable drive. Or the TV screen for movies. With the 103 & 105, you can use drives larger than 2TB. I have not tried streaming. With everything on the portable drive, I did not see a need to stream. Hope this helps. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Using USB over streaming is what I'd like to do. Glad to know it works well. Thanks for your response! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanm84 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I stream Netflix and youtube over my 103 wirelessly. I've not had a problem with streaming. The router is in the same room so I don't have a distance from router issue. I also have a 1TB hard drive that I've hooked up via usb. Actually have only looked at the directory of shows on the drive so far but wouldn't expect a problem with watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 Thanks Mr Froman I should be able to figure out Netflix and Youtube without much problem. Wireless streaming of desktop content to the 103 is where I'm ignorant. Not sure how to use a media player and the 103 together to play music and videos. Hoping the manual will be helpful when my 103 arrives this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanm84 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 On the main menu you also have a network option. It points to a server or a computer. I see my files there but I've actually not tried to stream from there before. I should log in and see what it's like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalcomfort Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I also use mine to stream from Netflix etc.. a little tip I have learned is not to leave a disc in it when trying to use Netflix. It seems to lock up when I do this??? and I have to remove the disc and it is just fine?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 I should log in and see what it's like. A new world to explore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 I have learned is not to leave a disc in itwhen trying to use Netflix. It seems to lock up when I do this??? Do you have the latest firmware release? Last one was October 24, '14. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanm84 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Indeed I am exploring. I had never set up windows media player to allow streaming. Page 42 of the user manual goes into detail about accessing your media files on a server or computer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 If your not (or are) using a connected hard drive, you can access your computers stored music if it's on the same network. I'm using oShare and can get my music, video, pics, etc... when I go into the network icon in the Oppo's menu. More here with the download link for oShare. http://www.oppodigital.com/KnowledgeBase.aspx?KBID=4&ProdID=BDP-103 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant0086 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 It gives USB power specs but I don't know if that's enough to spin a HDD. I'm thinking of purchasing the 103. Read about how stellar this and the 105 are....just curious about viewing video and listening to music via USB. While I've got your attention how does the 103 work for streaming content from Windows Media Player via wireless router? I haven't done any type of streaming so your responses might trigger more questions. I'm open to other media players. Read a lot of good things about JRiver. Just using WMP 'cause that's what comes with Win7. As far as it "powering" the hard drive, that won't be possible. The hard drive will have to be in an enclosure that powers it up. They are cheap. You can mount a bare 1gb drive into a powered enclosure for probably about $75. Of course simply hooking up the Oppo to a hard drive is not really ideal, as you would have to move it to a PC to put more music in. Bryant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalcomfort Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Members 1,760 posts LocationMadison, WI Offline Posted 22 March 2015 - 04:34 PM totalcomfort, on 22 Mar 2015 - 4:21 PM, said: I have learned is not to leave a disc in itwhen trying to use Netflix. It seems to lock up when I do this??? Do you have the latest firmware release? Last one was October 24, '14. Just checked and I do,I leave it on auto update.It doesn't do this all the time , but about half the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Just checked and I do,I leave it on auto update.It doesn't do this all the time , but about half thetime. Contact Oppo and ask them for assistance. Their customer service is amazing, and it would be good to get this addressed before it's out of warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Page 42 of the user manual goes into detail about accessing your media files on a server or computer. Cool, I'll check that out online or the physical manual. Thanks! I'm using oShare and can get my music, video, pics, etc... when I go into the network icon in the Oppo's menu. Thanks for the information and link, Tasdom! A step by step like that is what I need to get started with streaming stuff off our desktop. Good to know oShare allows MKV and Flac files. Using Windows Media Player with MKVs would have been a bump in the road. I assume way too much when it comes to compatibility among devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TasDom Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 They sure know how to pack and present. Enjoy the new toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 After purchasing used stuff for years, I'll definitely enjoy the NEW technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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