Hey all, interesting problem. I just bought a WD TV Live for a TV upstairs, I’ll refer to this as the new player. I have a WD TV Live Plus connected to a TV downstairs with 2 external HD’s, old player. The goal is to keep the old player downstairs and access the content via my home network upstairs.
I have a DLink 825 router running my home network. The old player is connected via cable, the new player upstairs via wireless, 2 laptops wireless, and finally a Wii wireless. The network is configured as 2.4 Ghz WPA2 + AEC n and g (for the Wii) and the 5 Ghz as WPA2+AEC n only. Both are configured with 20Mhz wide channels per the recommendation in the manual.
Here’s where it gets interesting. I can stream content on the new player fine from You Tube and Netflix. Both of my laptops see both media players fine and can stream HD content from a HD connected to either just fine, no stuttering or buffering issues. I can stream content on the old player off of a HD connected to the new player as well. When I try to stream content on the new new player off of HD’s connected to the downstairs old player, it just doesn’t work. buffers for 30 sec to a min then plays 5-10 sec then buffers again.
I’ve tried various file types (AVI, MKV, IFO, MP4) doesn’t seem to matter. Seems I can stream content off the new media player but not the other way around. I have not upgraded to the new firmware as there seems to be significant issues with it. Below are player specs:
Old Player - WD TV Live Plus
MN - WDBABX0000NBK
Firmware - 1.06.42_B
New Player - WD TV Live (one with issues)
MN - WDBHG7000NBK
Firmware - 1.16.13
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
