I have been using the last one (1.06.15) since it came out.
I my WDLive every day, mainly movies (my daughter is addicted to disney movies…) and I have never had any problem, no reboots, nothing people writes on the forum. I know a lot of people use other features or in another way and they complain, but for me it’s perfect.
I have recently downgraded to 1.05 because of a certain amount of judder when watching HD movies and because of the longer startup time for HDD on 1.06. There are also problems with auto framerate on 1.06. Having said that, I don’t think there’s a definitive answer to your question. it may be just a case of trying several out and deciding on the best for you. By which time the final FW update may be available which we all hope we be the definitive answer! 1.05 for me, but try 1.06 as well.
I agree. There is no ‘best’ firmware because everyone’s situation is different and what might work for some people will not work for others. I would start with the latest firmware. If you have a problem you can try reverting back to an earlier firmware. All of the firmware versions have issues, so use the latest version that you can live with. In my case, I am using the latest firmware, which does not work any worse than earlier versions did for me.
I have a sony bravia tv with dolby digital and dolby digital plus decoder buit-in but wdtv live doesn’t recognize dolby digital plus and neither downmix it to stereo and no sound is heard through the tv speakers, I tested setting the audio output to digital pass through via hdmi only and stereo with the same results.
Dolby truehd and dts-ma is working normal with the audio downmixed to stereo.
Like others here my 3TB external drive (WD Cavier Green in an Astone 481U3 enclosure - ASM1051 bridge chip) is not recognised using the 1.06 firmware and I’ve had to downgrade to the 1.05 drivers. Bring on 1.07!
Well guys, in my guess there will not be another or final firmware update gonna happen.
As I can see the newer model has already firmware version 1.08.17 (5/7/2012) so it’s very clear that WD is putting the full focus on the newer model and leave us in the shadow of it with the older model as our last update was in August 2011.
As for me I’m using the somewhat “working and stable” firmware version 1.04.22 but I’m very disappointed how WD treats their customers on firmware level !
So thats why I’m never ever gonna buy a WD mediaplayer again and I advise everyone NOT to buy this brand when their looking around to buy a mediaplayer.
This mediaplayer was not cheap and I had expected quality stuff and support of a big brand like WD but I got that seriously wrong!
Not heard anything for the last two months about the update. Any news. Has testing finished? If not, any estimate as to when this final update will be released? It’s nine months since the last update, and my fingers are getting twitchy for change.
You can find some information in the Request Official Response thread. In that thread one of the WD staff said that a new firmware release is pending but was held up by something that he could not disclose to us. You can read it for yourself here (read the thread to the end starting on page 13).