OPPO BDP-80 USB interface question

[josko]

I have a basic question about how to play a file stored on a USB drive:
If I have a USB disk with a number of .wav files, can I just plug it into the USB interface and somehow indicate which file to play? Would the disk's directory structure display on the screen?
I have a Tbyte USB disk on my Win-XP PC. Can I just plug it into the USB port on the Oppo and have it play stored music files files from it? If not, what do I have to do to get it to play disk contents?
Thanks in advance

 

[j_garcia]

I am sure the 80 works similarly to the 83. When you stick a USB drive in, you can toggle to that drive and there is an interface to browse the files on the disc. Usually, if you turn the Oppo on with no media in, a browser fires up with icons for music, movies, browse, etc... as well.

 

[bandphan]

I have a basic question about how to play a file stored on a USB drive:
If I have a USB disk with a number of .wav files, can I just plug it into the USB interface and somehow indicate which file to play? Would the disk's directory structure display on the screen?
I have a Tbyte USB disk on my Win-XP PC. Can I just plug it into the USB port on the Oppo and have it play stored music files files from it? If not, what do I have to do to get it to play disk contents?
Thanks in advance

If it doesnt work it could be a disk size read limitation, ie nothing over 250g

 

[gonk]

I have a basic question about how to play a file stored on a USB drive:
If I have a USB disk with a number of .wav files, can I just plug it into the USB interface and somehow indicate which file to play? Would the disk's directory structure display on the screen?

The manual for the BDP-80 is well-written and worth downloading, but here's a quick summary: you plug in the USB stick, go to the Home Menu, pick the media type you want to use (photo, video, audio), pick the USB device (same approach works for discs, which will also be listed if a disc is present), and then you will see the directory structure for the USB device. You can go to the folder you want and play the file you want. If you are listening to audio files, you can also build a playlist across multiple folders. .WAV files are not supported, though.

II have a Tbyte USB disk on my Win-XP PC. Can I just plug it into the USB port on the Oppo and have it play stored music files files from it? If not, what do I have to do to get it to play disk contents?
Thanks in advance

Two caveats in addition to the lack of WAV support (which OPPO has repeatedly asked Mediatek to add): the USB device needs to be formatted to FAT or FAT32 (NTFS is not supported), and if you are using a hard drive it will need a separate power supply. The little 2.5" external drives that are powered via USB don't usually get enough power from the player's USB port. I've used a 250GB USB drive and several USB memory sticks with both the BDP-83 and the BDP-80 successfully, though.

 

[josko]

Thanks guys.

So, what (lossless) audio formats does the Oppo support? and is 250 Gbyte a limit with all Oppo models? (Can't seem to find the answer to either in the manuals.)

If it's not obvious, I'd like to get my whole audio library onto a USB disk and use the Oppo as an audio server.

 

[j_garcia]

I don't know if there is a limit or not. People said that about the PS3 and it recognizes 1TB. You'll have to ask Oppo on that. I have a 320 that is FAT32 for my PS3 that I can try tonight.

 

[josko]

Here is my question to Oppo:

"Is there a maximum limit on USB disk size used with your players? I read that it has to have FAT formatting, but will it support multi-terabyte drives? (I understand FAT32 will support up to 16 TB volumes with 64k cluster size.)

Also, what formats of audio files does Oppo support? In particular, do you support .wav? For highest quality reproduction, what audio file formats do you recommend? Most of my audio listening will be in the 2.0 format.'

and their answer:

"The player is limited to FAT16 or FAT32 drives. This means that it will only support partitions which are less than 200GB. You can format a larger drive (such as a terabyte drive) into several smaller partitions without any problems.

The player only currently supports WMA lossy and MP3. In the future we hope to enable more audio formats such as APE or FLAC."


I was disappointed to hear it does not support lossless encoding methods.

 

[afterlife2]

Do you guys think the 80 is still a good deal? I'm on a budget, I'd like to buy a used one for SACD, HDDVD and Pal. Anyone here selling theirs?

 

[j_garcia]

Do you guys think the 80 is still a good deal? I'm on a budget, I'd like to buy a used one for SACD, HDDVD and Pal. Anyone here selling theirs?

None of the Oppos support HD-DVD. I had an 80 and was quite happy with it.

 

[afterlife2]

None of the Oppos support HD-DVD. I had an 80 and was quite happy with it.

I meant HDCD. Now if I could get one used...

 

[j_garcia]

Sorry, I had a 980 and a 970, not an 80. There's a 980 and an 80 on Audiogon. The 980 is a bit overpriced, the 80 is OK pricing, but seems like it could be better. There are a few 83s on Videogon.

 

[afterlife2]

What do you think is a reasonable price for the 80?

 

[j_garcia]

You've got PM.