WD TV Live Hub Limited Public Beta Firmware Version 2.04.13 (3/3/11) [ Edited ]

[Tinwarble]

TItle tag in Gallery View is still not working properly.  It will jump from the file name to the metadata title.

When you first select on the movie, it will first display the file name, then show the Title name.  This also slowing scrolling.

Also, for Videos, the other views (List View, Preview View, etc.) show the file name & extension rather than the Title name.

And in Gallery View, it still does not display Cover Art for folders in the metadata plane.

[Argus]

Uh. Is this at all intended to be implemented? I would appreciate the answer.

For me it is ok, but for my parents absence of basic CEC features is a big limitation of their user experience. (we have 2 WDTVLiveHub's)

[patatozor]

for the beta tester

deezer is available only with paid account or free account?

- a little bit disappointed for non implementation of goodies for non english countries users.

- which live hub ideas are really added ?

thank you

[tm9ZL34UhIf68B2]

Is the HDMI-Power still up while in Standby Bug fixed in this Release?

[firetix]

 before i try this, does the gallery view work with media library turned off?

if that is the case, that will be awesome!

[TonyPh12345]

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Tinwarble wrote:

TItle tag in Gallery View is still not working properly.  It will jump from the file name to the metadata title.

When you first select on the movie, it will first display the file name, then show the Title name.  This also slowing scrolling.

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TW:   I noticed that, too.   

It appears the ONLY place the Title Tag is now being used is purely for display in the Gallery Browser and "View Info" task.

The Title and other metadata still isn't being added to the Media Library, and thus these still don't work:

   -- Title display everywhere else (including the PLAYBACK screen)

   -- Metadata Searchability

   -- Title SORTING  (they're still being sorted by FILE NAME regardless of the title.)   Some people might actually prefer this behavior, becuase they could name the file "01 First Movie"  and TITLE IT  "The First Movie" and thus it would sort the way they prefer (without the THE).   But I don't like it...  I want it sorted by Title, not file name.

I'm hoping this is just a warmup throw...  and that it will continue to get better as the game moves on.    

Considering that the WDTV Live Hub is (as far as I know right now) STILL the only Media Player appliance that even ALLOWS user metadata, WD is still leaps and bounds ahead of the competition.    Boxee is catching up, though...  They say in JIRA that they're working on full NFO support right now, and should have it out in a few more releases.

Yes, the lack of FOLDER art in the GV is still gnarly...   I'm actually hoping for a "FOLDER.XML" support.

[PixelPower]

This release fixed several issues that were irritating me.

• Dolby Digital Plus now outputs as Dolby Digital Plus.  Possible issue with audio dropping but more testing needed.
• AAC 5.1 is downmixed to stereo for non-AAC receivers.  This is better than silence.  Converting to PCM 5.1 would be better.
• Dolby Digital now bitstreams correctly from MP4 and M4V containers.  This makes sharing videos between WD TV and Apple devices a possibility.  Previously, I had to use MKV for everything just to get surround sound, which won't play on my iPad satisfactorily.

Deezer and Flingo are nice additions. I liked them on the Live / Plus and they're good here too.

TuneIn Radio is really neat, especially being able to find and play local radio easily.  

So far, it seems to be a pretty solid release.. 

[plouie10]

Hi,

Can you tell me if this beta fixes the problem where sometimes it shows the extension in the movie name? i.e.: .mkv?

I have reverted back to an older version for the time being as per the forum.

Thanks

Phil

[scubatech]

VERY HAPPY!!!! Sound on all formats! thank you WD, this was what I was waiting for, best box available now and am glad I have recommended to friends and family, you really do listen to your customers, thank you again.

[Tinwarble]

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TonyPh12345 wrote:

Considering that the WDTV Live Hub is (as far as I know right now) STILL the only Media Player appliance that even ALLOWS user metadata, WD is still leaps and bounds ahead of the competition.    Boxee is catching up, though...  They say in JIRA that they're working on full NFO support right now, and should have it out in a few more releases.

Yes, the lack of FOLDER art in the GV is still gnarly...   I'm actually hoping for a "FOLDER.XML" support.

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I think that Xtremer does allow user metadata, but I'm not completely sure about that. 

Another thing is that it doesn't allow for png transparency for foler & cover art, and even though pngs will show up in the scroll plane, they do not show up as the larger coverart for the gallery view.

Also, it is like trying to pull teeth to get folder icons (folder.jpgs) to change.  This seems to be a problem with internal caching.  You can delete the icon, but when you put a new folder.jpg in the folder it will not display the new one. 

After trying everything, the only solution that I found was to reflash the firmware, that was the only way the new icon would display.