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Is there a way to disable the auto shutdown energy saver on the smp-n100? Or at least make the time longer? Turning screen saver off doesn't affect shutdown. I find myself pausing it to do something else and then the box shuts down and I have to start all over again when I come back. It wouldn't be so bad if it saved the state (hibernation mode) and resumed when you powered it back up, but I find the auto shutdown one of the most irritating things about the box.

System Settings -> Auto Standby -> on:

System Settings -> Auto Standby -> Off: Turns off the function.

http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4192726311.pdf

Well that is interesting. My box doesn't have that setting. It shows 'Control for HDMI' and then skips to 'Auto Display'. I just bought this box a month ago from a retail store. My manual is different than the one in the PDF. PDF has the number 4-192-726-31(1) on the top right cover while mine is 4-192-726-12(1) Both manuals say copyright 2010. Page layout is different and my manual doesn't mention the 'Resume' settings. My firmware is M05.R.084 I think I tried to updated it the day I got the box. At any rate, the 'Software Update Notification' is turned on. I can't find a date code on the box. I think the serial number is 1146761 1B
Is my box actually really old and that feature was added later or did Sony do away with that feature? Is that the latest firmware? All I know is I want that feature.

That's not the way my box works either. Last night I was playing Pandora and fell asleep. It played for hours without me pressing a button. Maybe I was pressing it in my sleep I'm check now to see if it works that way when playing video too. Maybe it shuts down in 1/2 hour if it sees no content being streamed? It still shuts down if you are playing and you pause for 1/2 hour. My player only has one button and that is the power button. That won't stop auto shutdown. Push that and it will go to standby for sure.

what is your firmware version?

the latest is M05.R.084:
http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/produc ... W_SMP_v084

M05.R.084 is the firmware I have.

It says "Improved Youtube connectivity" which takes me to a whole new problem. I connect to youtube with no problem, however, playlists are another story.
What I have been seeing is that the box has problems playing a youtube playlist.
An example is a playlist of 5 files. While looking at the list of my playlists, it shows that the playlist has 5 files in it, but when you actually open the playlist there are only 4 videos. Files 1 - 4. File 5 is missing.
Another playlist has 8 files and the box says there are 8 files. However, it only shows 6 files with files 1 and 2 missing.
Another list has 19 files and the box says there are 19 files. It shows files 1 - 12 and then says to click for files 13 - 19 but it only shows 13 - 18. Where is the last file?
Another list has 19 files and it works perfect.
Another list has 10 files. This list works perfect.
Another list has 12 files, but only shows 9 in the list.
A playlist with 4 files works perfect.
A playlist with 9 files works perfect.
A playlist with 6 files works perfect.

I have no idea why this random seeming error is happening. The playlists seem to work correctly when played on the computer. I would think that this would be a problem with the Sony software, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is due to something that Youtube did. Youtube has made so many bad changes this month to their site and it is not just cosmetic changes. Did they break something? Have you heard of this problem?

Some files will be missing, I'd take an educated guess, because of the license agreement on the videos concerned. This isn't a limitation of the Sony box, the same applies to all brands. When you upload a video to Youtube, you, the uploader, the licence holder, select what devices can play back the video. A lot of commercially available videos on Youtube, music videos, films, are licences in such a way that they cannot be played back on anything other that a computer.

This is going off topic, its nothing to do with Serviio, thats how Youtube works. Serviio though is seen as a computer so if you add your online feed's to Serviio it can play videos your Sony box can't directly due to the licence issue.