KISS DP-558

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Specifications
3. Installation - Page 1
4. Installation - Page 2
5. Installation - Page 3
6. The Menus - Page 1
7. The Menus - Page 2
8. Online Functions - Page 1
9. Online Functions - Page 2
10. Online Functions - Page 3
11. Online Functions - Page 4
12. Recording
13. FTP Link
14. PC Link
15. The Tests - Page 1
16. Playback Tests - Page 2
17. Playback Tests - Page 3
18. Playback Tests - Page 4
19. Playback Tests - Page 5
20. Conclusion

Special Tests

Format	Information	Resolution	Bitrate	Playback
Mpeg 1 (.MPG)	Filename contains Greek Characters	352x240	1Mbit	Doesn't display correctly the filename, but can play it with distorted sound!

Subtitles Test Files

Format	Information	Playback
Text (.SRT)	English Subtitles	Yes*
Text (.SRT)	Greek Subtitles	No
DVD (.IDX .SUB)	English Language	No
	Greek Language	No
	Netherlands Language	No
Text (.PSB)	MicroDVD Format English Language	Yes*
Text (.PSB)	PowerDivx Format English Language	No
Text (.SSA)	Substation Alpha English Language	No
Text (.SUB)	Subviewer English Language	Yes*

The DP-558 supports several subtitle formats (SRT, AQT, MPEL2, MPSUB, MICRODVD, RT, SMI (SAMI), SSA, SUBRIP (old and new), SUBVIEW, VPLAYER). However, you have to make sure that your subtitles have exactly the same title as the main video file (.AVI). To give you an example:

Video file name: Test.avi
Subtitle name: Test.srt

At the start we had problems playing back subtitles since most of our test files were named Test.avi.srt, a common way to name subtitle tiles. However, those filenames are not recognized by the player. Since many users use different ways to name their subtitle files which are accepted by most PC Media players, KISS needs to improve its subtitle engine. Unfortunately, Greek characters were not recognized in .SRT files, as you will notice below, but were displayed perfectly when playing back a DVD-Video disc...