New Firmware - Version 1.04.18_B for the WD TV Live Plus (2/3/11) [ Edited ]

[tjkaz]

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Darconogan wrote:

So, again nothing seens to have been fixed with the stuttering issues for VOB and MKV. I would like to be able to use all of the internet media changes that 1.04 brought, but NONE of my movies play after upgrading. Stop with the one USB wireless adapter that does not work and fix the one thing that this box was meant to do, PLAY MOVIES!!! How does a firmware update break something that was working perfectly fine. I am using 6 month old firmware, waiting, and waiting and waiting. Boxee Box is slowly making ths box obsolete, and although boxee has it problems also AT LEAST IT CAN PLAY LOCALLY STORED MOVIES. 

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darconogan,

I play vob, mkv and m2ts (high bit rate) over my lan (Gb wired) without any issues and am running the latest firmware.  I stream directly from my NAS to the WDTV live plus.  My setup is in my signature.

Are you sure you have isolated any LAN related issues? 

[Jerra]

So can anyone confirm that the mkv stutter is gone with this new firmware?

[Scandy]

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Jerra wrote:

So can anyone confirm that the mkv stutter is gone with this new firmware?

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It is still there... same as 1.04.10, 1.04.17, and 1.04.18. Just read this thread and you will get your answer.

If you had problems before, you will still have them,. If you were one of the lucky ones that did not have issues, then the new firmware will probably work for you. There were only 2 changes made in this firmware, and they are posted on the previous page of this thread..

[Scandy]

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tjkaz wrote:

I play vob, mkv and m2ts (high bit rate) over my lan (Gb wired) without any issues and am running the latest firmware.  I stream directly from my NAS to the WDTV live plus.  My setup is in my signature.

Are you sure you have isolated any LAN related issues? 

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I don't think that you are talking about the same thing. When using Network Shares, we can play single VOB files, and we can play DVDs stored as ISOs. However, when playing back DVDs that are stored as VOB files in the VIDEO_TS directory, AND when using WD's DVD navigation, there is much stuttering. Many of us have this problem and it is real. The problem goes away when downgrading to 1.03.49. This has been confirmed by many users here.

See this thread

VOB Stutter

[Jerra]

Ok thanks scandy, Then i will stick with 1.03.49.

I must say that im suprised that they didnt fix the issues in this new FW its Hillarious!

[MadOtis]

Anyone else seeing a problem with this firmware update when watching Netflix?  After updating to this firmware, when I play a Netflix movie, I get audio just fine, but a completely black screen.  I've tried deauthorizing and re-authorizing the box, but it doesn't make a difference (I was hoping it was a DRM issue or something).  I get the black screen regardless of if its HD or SD content, if it matters.   FWIW, my Blu-Ray player has Netflix support and I CAN successfully watch streaming Netlix from there, so I'm guessing it's not a TV issue, and Netflix DID work with previous firmwares.

[TonyPh12345]

You're saying it DID work on version 1.04.17_B?

[MadOtis]

Ok, and this is really weird... reverted it back to 17B and it started working again. So, I put it on another TV and reinstalled 18B and it works. So, I moved it back to the first TV and it stopped working again. So I moved it to a different HDMI port and it still doesn't work. Finally, I swapped the HDMI cable and its working now.... and the HDMI cable I swapped out works just fine on my blu~ray player... so, I'm guessing its fixed, or at least I'm not going to fuss with it any more now that everything seems to be working.

[Ardvark]

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nutbar wrote:
Netflix Canada is still broken

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It's not broken - it's unsupported. The box says "US Only" -- Unless Canada joined the Union and I missed it, that would exclude Canada imho. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone....

[Bill_S]

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Darconogan wrote:

So, again nothing seens to have been fixed with the stuttering issues for VOB and MKV. I would like to be able to use all of the internet media changes that 1.04 brought, but NONE of my movies play after upgrading. Stop with the one USB wireless adapter that does not work and fix the one thing that this box was meant to do, PLAY MOVIES!!! How does a firmware update break something that was working perfectly fine. I am using 6 month old firmware, waiting, and waiting and waiting. Boxee Box is slowly making ths box obsolete, and although boxee has it problems also AT LEAST IT CAN PLAY LOCALLY STORED MOVIES. 

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We are working on the stuttering issues.  Hopefully, they'll be resolved in the next release.  No promises though.