In order to test the SZ1350 player, we used several encoded files with the most commonly used Video and Audio codecs. You can view further details about all encoded files in this PDF.

The tests were performed with the built-in loader and not with with the Snazzi Net Cinema Server, unless mentioned in the results column. In short, the SZ1350 supports the following audio/video/picture extension filenames:

• Audio: .AC3, .WAV, .MP2, .MP3, .WMA, .AAC, .OGG
• Video: .AVI, .MPG, .MP4, .TS
• Pictures: .JPG .GIF, .PNG

Audio Tests

We used several audio formats, from almost all current compressed/uncompressed music files:

The SZ1350 has issues playing back specific Audio formats. What really troubled us, is that you cannot use the FF/RW or Next/Previous buttons on the remote control to move to other music files. Probably, those functions are only used for movie playback. There is no form of equalizer but it isn't something that should worry you.

The player locked up when we tried to playback several AAC, OGG 5.1 files. The player recognize MP4 files as video content, even though they can be only Audio, as in our case. We noticed that the player is only capable of playing MP4/AAC files with a bitrate higher than 100Kbit (either CBR/VBR). Trying to play back lower bitrates, will cause either distortion, or even lock the player. Snazio* should fix such problems with a future firmware upgrade.