New Release - Firmware Version 1.08.17 for WD TV Live Streaming Media Player (5/7/12) [ Edited ]

[Rayonix]

Playing DVD folders through WiFi still seems broken hp9000, at least that's what I experienced with this latest firmware.  Some bug having to do with using more than required bandwidth to transmit this type of file and producing a lot of extra network traffic.

I might also add that I usually get between 2-3 bars for signal and have no problems playing HDX files from Vudu, so it definitly seems something is broken in streaming DVD folders.

[TonyPh12345]

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Rayonix wrote:

I might also add that I usually get between 2-3 bars for signal and have no problems playing HDX files from Vudu, so it definitly seems something is broken in streaming DVD folders.

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That's an apples / oranges comparison.

According to Vudu, HDX runs at as little as 4.5 megabits per second of bandwidth.

DVDs require up to 10 (up to 12 when including raw transfer bandwidth / overhead of container, etc.)

... so in other words, DVDs can require 3x the bandwidth of Vudu HDX. 

[Dikkiedikdik]

@Mr-Wolf

Here it is:

http://www.mediafire.com/?d0d9tmx0m5eadgn

This is a great modification to check also, if you compare them you get good ideas:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Streaming-Discussions/Alaska-Theme-for-WDTV-Live-Streaming-Re...

Check also the Hub community here, they have a theme section and it will help you change things much quicker, the url is:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Hub-Themes/bd-p/hub_themes

[Tenakey]

@Dikkiedikdik - 

Thanks for that upload on the mochi default theme, Im just curious, is that extracted from this 1.08 firmware or it's a few versions back?

Issue: I still seem to have the issue with the SMP rebooting when I browse folder with around 350 video files in it. (Mostly MKV files in the folder)

[revel]

The updated services menu looks ripe for the addition of a slew of new services and an apps section.

[trapdoor]

Agree with Mr-Wolf about the annoying 'black'/empty Youtube video preview icons - that's a bit annoying TBH. After playing one vid, every single preview icon is black, including in 'related videos', favourites and playlists. Anyone got a workaround or fix for this new  bugette? (actually I'm not that worried about this as my Sony Bravia has a better YouTube implementation than the WD one - like when you press Pause to look at a scene, it shows the whole screen, not dimmed out with the 'related videos' preview string across the bottom!). 

However, to press, the Netflix re-registration issue appears to have been resolved.

[Mr-Wolf]

@Dikkiedikdik:

Thanks for your help mate, but is that default mochi theme from 1.08.17 firmware?

@WesternDigital

This player is advertised with customizable themes, I would like to customize the default theme.

Where can we download the default mochi theme from the last firmware ?

[littlemalcolm]

Updated this morning and returned my unit this afternoon. After 6 months of waiting for a fix for dvd folder playback i've finally given up. The unit is clearly capable of playing video_ts folders (individual files play perfectly through media servers) there just isn't any will or effort put in to fixing the problem with windows shares playback. I'll stick with my live hub and stream to atv2 for dvd playback. Waaste of time and effort reporting here. Good luck guys.

[alphabetagaga]

since updating to 1.08.17 if i have 'match video framerate' set to 'on' the device reboots as soon as i try to play a iso

[Tenakey]

In the meta data for tv-shows, "First Aired" in Swedish is shown as "Första torkade", and that means "First Dried".

I thought the poor language errors was fixed..