Makeavis -> Network Player

[handtruck]

I have a Buffalo Linktheater (Network player that plays files on my network on my HDTV). It plays MPEG-4 Avis (Xvid and the like) and I would like to know how I could use Makeavis to play avs files on the player.
I've tried to do it, and I get an "Unknown Codec" error. I've also used a fourcc changer to change the "fake" avi to fourcc "XVID" but while not getting an error, nothing played.
I'm guessing this has to do with the output of Avisynth being raw video, which apparently my player can't handle (or can it?). Is there a way to change how MakeAvis spits out video (make it MPEG-4 compliant)?

[Leak]

I have a Buffalo Linktheater (Network player that plays files on my network on my HDTV). It plays MPEG-4 Avis (Xvid and the like) and I would like to know how I could use Makeavis to play avs files on the player.
Wait - you want to play the tiny wrapped AVI file MakeAVIS generates *directly* on your network player? :confused:

Unless your Network Player happens to be a Windows PC that has AviSynth installed *and* has the source files mapped to the same location(s) over network shares that can't work:

* It can't access the source files the AviSynth script uses
* It doesn't have neither AviSynth nor the needed plugins installed
* It probably doesn't even have the same hardware architecture (i.e. x86) needed to run AviSynth, never mind the operating system

You can, of course, encode the MakeAVIS file on your PC into a format your player understands, but playing the created AVI file directly on such a device is right out.

[handtruck]

Wait - you want to play the tiny wrapped AVI file MakeAVIS generates *directly* on your network player? :confused:


I was originally thinking the same thing as you when debating wheter this would work, however I saw this thread where someone was getting this to work on their Network player:

http://www.helios-labs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=254&sid=9721078ff7514ec949adc33ae33ff7a5

Also this post here on doom9: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1013083#post1013083

AFAIK, the linktheater is just getting video information from the PC to process when prompted. This would be no different, it's just a matter of sending it video information it can understand.

I am fully aware that the PC would be doing a good amount of processing for this to work, but I think it can.