New Release - Firmware Version 1.06.04 for WD TV Live Streaming Media Player NETFLIX problem

[KissOfDeath]

Dear richUK,

is this a rumour or a confirmed information, that this could be the last release of firmware for WD TV Live? You've given me a scare

[TonyPh12345]

He said "For all we know..."

which is correct.   *we* don't know anything, because WD rarely comments on firmware in development.

[Zwaarpoot]

If you look in the issue section you'll see that there are some issue's pending and currently being test in a new firmware.. So I think there will be another firmware release. But I don't know when.

[RoofingGuy]

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Zwaarpoot wrote:

If you look in the issue section you'll see that there are some issue's pending and currently being test in a new firmware

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But that doesn't automatically mean a firmware would see the light of day.

There were "pending" issues and possible new firmware when support for the Gen1 WDTV was dropped.

There were "pending" issues and possible new firmware when support for the Gen2 WDTV was dropped.

At the minute, there are pending issues and possible new firmware for the WDTV Live and WDTV Live Plus.  WD hasn't officially ended support for them, but there is no guarantee any further firmwares would be released.

Same with the new WDTV Live Streaming Media Player.  It's likely that support for it will continue for quite some time.  But nobody here can guarantee any future firmwares will be released.

That's all Tony and Rich are saying.  It seems certain that support will be on-going for quite some time.  But nobody's going to stick their neck out and make guarantees.

They weren't saying that support might be ending.  Merely that we don't know as an absolute fact that any future releases will be made.  It's a safe and reasonable guess that they will be, but nobody knows that with 100% certainty.

[sjelly]

thanx cusco

will try that tonight. I'm from the Netherlands by the way (but wish i WAS in portugal, both politic- and weatherwise :-/

[wwywong]

Well regarding to the comments of whether they will continue supporting, I think out of all the streaming box that I tried, WD community seems to be the most responsive regarding getting something answer (might be due to you guys) and it seems to have the most fw update existing. Also I notice a lot of the box won't even provide information on how to rollback fw.

Now this can mean 2 things: the good thing is the WD is being supportive to their customer. But the bad thing and the more important thing is: the box have a lot of big problem that need to be fixed from moment to moment. Now I am not saying it is bad, but I think WD streaming box product is a mix of above two.

Nonetheless, it's still good to see the fw coming, because as I see most of the streaming box doesn't even have much fw update ever since they are released in public (Sony, Roku, Netgear, etc.)

Having said that, I just hope that they make some part of it open source so people around the world can start to do all kind of wonderful thing to the box (look at Patriot Box Office and you will know what I am talking about). I think the hardware of this box have protential. But the software is not quite there yet. Even I said this, I think the UI is the best out of all the other box. That's why I decided to stick with this box (look at Netgear's ugly UI).

[Techflaws]

Unfortunately WD has taken a different approach by encrypting parts of the SMP firmware to prevent the device from being tampered with.

[sjelly]

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Cusco wrote:

Hi sjelly!

The problem you're having is because of your router, I guess.

Do you have that problem when disconnected from the internet?

If not, you must login to your router and elevate the firewall to the highest protection level. It will do the trick.

By the way, are you from Portugal? The ZON HUB from the ZON had a firmware upgrade that caused this problem you described.

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Thanks Cusco. That seems to have solved the issue

[KissOfDeath]

Dear users,

Does anybody know, when we can expect the release of new firmware for WD TV Live?

Best regards

Maciej

[richUK]

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KissOfDeath wrote:

Dear users,

Does anybody know, when we can expect the release of new firmware for WD TV Live?

Best regards

Maciej

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No. In general WD does advertise a new release.