I just ordered one from Provantage. $116US plus shipping, etc. The LAN setup sounds interesting. If I could avoid booting my HTPC everytime I want to watch a video on my projector, that would be a big bonus.
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Thanks for the clarification jagabo.
Still doesn't seem to be a deal breaker for me since I have my other hardware that does the same stuff.
Now if I used this in another room I could see the value of the ethernet ability.
Originally Posted by redwudzDonatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
My videos are on several servers that I need to turn on first, then I can access them over a LAN connection.
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Originally Posted by The old guy
So far I love the WD TV Live except for playing music tracks using Shuffle Mode. No matter what I do, it will stop playing after a while (mp3s & FLACs)
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Ok then as long as they are not just on your internal pc tower you can leave it off.
Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
Originally Posted by redwudz
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That figures. I must have missed that deal in the NewEgg ads.
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Originally Posted by CBC
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Originally Posted by The old guy
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Originally Posted by yoda313
Oh, one other thing I though of: the WDTV2 should be able access files over 4 GB over the network (I haven't tested it yet). Both versions are limited to FAT32 format at the USB port -- so there's a 4 GB file size limit there.
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The WDTV1 and 2 work just fine with NTFS and files over 4GB on USB drives
I never used anything else, I even did a firmware upgrade via a NTFS 500GB drive.....not knowing it wasn't suppose to work -
Originally Posted by stiltman
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Originally Posted by jagabo
https://forum.videohelp.com/topic374420.html#2015134
More TV related, so I posted it in the TV forum, plus I didn't want to hijack my own thread -
Originally Posted by jagabo
I hadn't thought of it but maybe I could look into using the adapter in another room. Since I do have all the high tech stuff in the one room I could "expand" to another room. Hmmm.......Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
The WD Live TV has been hacked
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Originally Posted by stiltman
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I would call it a hack, since WD still hasn't released ALL the info it should of. B-Rad is also enabling USB hub support along with networking issues.
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regarding navigation for video searching/launching
I realize that someone said the firmware was open source or something, but how hard is it (lanuguage, or interface os, etc) to work out a new nav system..i mean, does it have to be designed in linux (meaning you have be a linux guru or something) or could you use something else. I dont' know if it is actually an xml or html interface, but if it were, someone could easily modify it with an improved version.
well, what about paying some attention to the user interface design..navigating inside a ton of videos is a chore (and scarey at times) and it would be in everyones (i'm sure) best interest to modify (upgrade) the firmware with a better nav system..or do people just like scrolling through tons of vidoe listings, i don't know.
but i'm not interested in another one since its basically the same sluggish nonsense. At least my iMON is a faster lister other than that, i'm stuck deciding on what I want to do with these things
I saw one at my local bestbuy and easily passed it up, though it was selling for $139, figured!
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Oh my god, I just bought first version 4 weeks ago! The news of new WDTV is not good for me....
From WD website, I saw a WDTV MINI which supports RMVB. I do not know why this feature do not apply to WDTV2. Otherwise it will be the most perfect one!! -
I like the search option. Enter a couple of letters that are in the title of the video I want and press submit.
Been playing with it since Oct. 11th and the new navigation/features seem really nice. Although I still use the Thumbnail view rather than the Preview mode.
Best Buy priced matched mine. At the time $119 at BB on-line. -
Originally Posted by MJA
NewEgg invoice shows that
$119.99 - discount $10 = $109.99Tax: $7.84Shipping and Handling: $1.99 Total Amount: $119.82
So I ended up paying 17cents less after tax & shipping because of the discount code. Thank You! -
I've played with it a little and I'm pretty impressed so far. It quickly found one of my video servers that was on and I was able to watch a MKV HD over the LAN with no problems. I have it plugged into my VGA/HDMI monitor for trying it out. It also seemed to be able to sort out a USB drive with a few thousand photos on it with no problem. Once you get the hang of the menu setup, easy enough to navigate.
I might try it with one of my USB 'N' adapters and see how that works. I have a wired LAN where I'm using it, but would like to try wireless for a different location.
I'm thinking this could replace a lot of HTPCs for a really low price. It has most of the needed functions of a HTPC. You could share one of your PC optical drives on the LAN for DVD playback. I tried this and it works fine.
I also tried watching a few YouTube videos. But I eventually blocked it from the internet with my router as I'm not sure how secure it is compared to a PC.
Another application that comes to mind is to feed it directly to a video projector with a short HDMI cable and use a wireless link to the LAN. That would avoid running a long HDMI cable and a LAN cable. (I have a 50' HDMI cable.)
Question: Does it output through the toslink at the same time as it does the audio through the HDMI? I don't have a easy way to test this at present. -
Originally Posted by redwudz
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woow .player is selling like hot cake.you have to wait from 1 to 2 months if you buy it from amazon ,or u pay pay top dallars to get it right away from other sellers ($173)
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Thanks, jman98, I'll try to test it out later this week. I have both Toslink and coaxial on my surround sound amp, so not a big problem. There are also Toslink>coaxial adapters out there. They both use the same data format, so not a hard conversion.
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Newegg is still allowing you to Add to Cart.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136472&Tpk=wd%20tv%20live&gui...4966a3148d292b
WD has them also, at List. -
FWIW I like it mor ethan the old one which is a good player itself.
In my playing around with my new toy last night it seemed appreciably faster than the old one.
I plugged in one of my externals and moved files to the WD live player using the file management. Nice!, I didn't even have to fire up the computer to move them from the temp holding external to the use external for the WD Live.
I don't really plan to use it networked. However I wonder if it will work with the WD 1TB that has Ethernet and DLNA. I'm guessing a crossover cable since no hub. I'm wondering if it will just see it and use it as a third drive or if the networking only works through the computer.
It's a fair premium for the ethernet equipped drive vs the USB only version.
Oh yeah, the video looked the same to me fwiw.
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An addendum to the previous:
The WD Live will FFwd at the highest speed on my HD Captures from a Hauppauge HD-PVR, whereas the old WDTV the video would just freeze and you couldn't see where you were FFwd'ing to.
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Just a couple of things I noticed.
The thumbnail colors on Live are harsher/more saturated.
With both WD TV and WD TV Live hooked up to network pc and playing the same movie at the same time, the pictures look the same. I paused both at the same scene, took a picture of each. Flipping between pics on a pc photo viewer I can't see any change.
All of my iso movies play flawlessly on WD TV, however some of them will blank the screen for 2-3 seconds and then resume playing the video, in sync, on the WD TV Live.
On the computer, I run MakeMKV and load the problem iso from the USB drive still on WD TV Live. I tell it to output the MKV to a different partition on the USB drive. The resulting MKV plays with none of the problems of the iso. Nice to see we can read/write through the Live.
With the USB drives on the WD TV Live I have watched Star Wars I on the tv, Independance Day on the computer and Goldeneye on a wireless laptop all at the same time with no problems.
All in all, a very nice, powerfull media player.
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