Problem with Youtube HD Videos (1080p) after upgrading

[richUK]

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Bill_S wrote:

We have official confirmation from the WD TV develop team that YouTube's API does not support HD video.  Therefore, you will not be able to access any HD video through the WD TV Live's YouTube interface.

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Feel free to jump in any time Bill with official news. Its getting a bit lonely here on our own. Perhaps you could feed back the sheer frustration to the development team. There may be somebody there who may have some empathy for the people who bought this unit and are spending valuable time and effort trying to make it work.

[Bill_S]

As am I.  I own one also.  But know for sure that the engineering team is aware of your (plural) frustrations.  They will do what they can, as fast as they can.  But, if you want proper testing done, it will take some time.  Unless, of course, you want to help test it. 

[whattheheck]

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Bill_S wrote:

As am I.  I own one also.  But know for sure that the engineering team is aware of your (plural) frustrations.  They will do what they can, as fast as they can.  But, if you want proper testing done, it will take some time.  Unless, of course, you want to help test it. 

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Put up beta firmware! We'll test it!

(as long as it doesn't brick us)

[ZenYoga]

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Bill_S wrote:

As am I.  I own one also.  But know for sure that the engineering team is aware of your (plural) frustrations.  They will do what they can, as fast as they can.  But, if you want proper testing done, it will take some time.  Unless, of course, you want to help test it. 

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Yes please! Also it would be really great if you could put a blog or something where we could see on which bug fixes or features are developers working. It would be really helpful to know what we could expect or give suggestions.

[PixelPower]

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Bill_S wrote:

But, if you want proper testing done, it will take some time.  Unless, of course, you want to help test it. 

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As whattheheck says, as long as there's a guarantee that it won't brick the unit, I'd be happy to play with beta firmwares and report back on bugs.  

[starman1]

Does anyone know if this is any closer to being resolved?

[rucanunes]

When are we going to be able to se YouTube HD videos?

[richUK]

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rucanunes wrote:

When are we going to be able to se YouTube HD videos?

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You really must read the messages in this thread.

Bill_S wrote:

We have official confirmation from the WD TV develop team that YouTube's API does not support HD video.  Therefore, you will not be able to access any HD video through the WD TV Live's YouTube interface.

[rucanunes]

Can't a firmware upgrade solve that?

[STurtle]

It did: The firmware upgrade removed HD capability for YouTube, since YouTube does not want HD access for the WD TV Live. It's not a technical bug, it is an intentional legal/political feature.

This forum has advice for downgrading the WD TV Live firmware, so if YouTube is more important to you than the other changes of the firmware upgrades, you can just go along with the old firmware and enjoy HD YouTube for now.

Otherwise, you can always write a polite complaint-letter to YouTube and discuss their policies with them, but it is not WD's fault.