New Release - Firmware Version 2.31.08 for the My Book Live Duo (5/30/12)

[Bill_S]

WD is happy to announce the release of its firmware update for the My Book Live Duo.  Feel free to post your experiences in this thread.

[bharath026]

update fast and smooth, 8min 32sec

[Myron]

If anyone starts the update then gets an error to then be returned back to the Dashboard UI, observe the activity LED of the MBLD.  If it is yellow (or maybe Purple?) then chances are the update is in progress BUT the Dashboard UI indicates that the update is not happening. Wait for a minimum of 20 minutes.  Don't log-out of the Dashboard UI.  Just close the browser and leave it alone. If you have SSH enabled then the update processes can be confirmed using the command:  ps -AFH

[Bhoot]

Here are the problems i faced and what all i could fix.

First of all I could not access dashboard. I tried everything

1 Using WD SmartWare

2 Going through network

3 Directly entering IP address

All browsers could not find the page. I was connected to the internet and could access all websites. Also WD smartware icon in the tray was showing usage as 0% and temperature unknown.  I updated the WD Smartware. Restarted both the laptop and the PC and EUREKA. It started working.

Then when i started upgrading from the dashboard I used the file provided and there was an error message and the WDMBLD had a continuous purple light. Did not bother finding out what it was. I basically did the same thing again. This time staring at the laptop screen to see where the problem could arise.

Needless to say this time it just worked fine. The NAS automatically  rebooted and now i have flashing green. (so glad i did not lose my data).

I have not really explored the small details of the upgrade but I am happy to report one of the things which had haunted me since i bought the disc has been resolved. My PS3 is now detecting the WD Media server and it has a new icon. Thanks Team WD.

[bharath026]

it has been about 2hours since the update, in process of checking anomaly of kind

1) light blinking (green) and not going (neon blue) stand by. assuming hard drive active

2) Media fines started with zero count, assuming rescanning. (setting>media>status)

3) Hotter than normal, possibly due to hard drive continious scan

[ImranQazi]

Dear WD,

Firmware updated smoothly and has fixed MKV support with Samsung TV with no doubt, but I still can't have subtitles and I can't change Audio Languages, even if I click on tools in my samsung remote, I don't see any of these options. please confirm if its still issue with your DLNA Server ?

because I've tested on SERVIIO and it works fine with TV for subtitles and Languages.

2ndly , I would like to know that if there is any chance of having 1x/10x/20x FF/RW and Scene selection option in future updates for DLNA Server ? we can use these options while connected to USB but can't use them on NAS.

Prompt reply would really be appreciated.  Thankyou

[markpickford]

I don't know if this will help anyone, but I tried to update the firmware this morning using Firefox as my browser. I received loads of errors namely: 30088, 31105 and 31118. In each instance the update was unsuccessful.

I then opened Safari and logged onto the UI, ran the update and it was successful first time of asking.

[PaulBC]

I have Logitech Media Server (LMS) running on my MBLD as well as some cron tasks.  

Will I have to reinstall LMS and reconfigure crontab after the firmware update?

[theos2]

How did you get LMS to run on the DUO?  Do you have a guide or link i could use for reference?

  I have a couple of squeezebox devices and would like to run them from the Duo.

[sebestenyb]

After some light testing - and assuming that the update overwrote the version of forked-daapd I installed - the following issue seems to be fixed: http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-Live-Duo/iTunes-server-performance/td-p/394861

So "Resolved issue of degraded performance on music playback using iTunes." --- ticked

Thanks

PS: Next issue on this area is the pairing of the iTunes remote apps.