Hello Forum.
I’ve been having issues with my WD Live (WDBHG700000NBK-01).
I cna’t appear to play mkv files through “Media Share”. I tried running WMP as media share and Divx 10. Both have issues. I will add that both players can actually play the mkv files in question on the PC, they just don’t seem to work on the WD Live when streaming.
Here is info on the mkv file itself.
I am using the lastest firmware as of 2014.08.25.
Can you post a mediainfo output log ? It contains a lot more information than VLC
http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
(select “tree” view for detailed info … then file > export > Text > Save)
Then copy and paste the info here on the forum … *example below*)
General
Unique ID : 58096529997295284627125864781800095217 (0x2BB4FC13E6E00F8F9C70CC566B593DF1)
Complete name : E:\5.1 DolbyDigital Test Tool.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 31.5 MiB
Duration : 48s 648ms
Overall bit rate : 5 430 Kbps
Movie name : Avidemux
Writing application : Lavf53.24.0
Writing library : Lavf53.24.0
AUTHOR : Avidemux
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 48s 649ms
Bit rate : 4 874 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.176
Stream size : 28.3 MiB (90%)
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2120 0c7dab9
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=15.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Matrix coefficients : SMPTE 240M
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 48s 648ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -1mn 5s
Stream size : 2.60 MiB (8%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Thanks for quick reply… here is the info…
General
Unique ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : C:\Users\HP\Downloads\TV Shows\American Horror Story\Season 1\American.Horror.Story.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.62 GiB
Duration : 51mn 36s
Overall bit rate : 4 482 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-02-22 21:41:29
Writing application : no_variable_data
Writing library : no_variable_data
Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 51mn 36s
Bit rate : 4 009 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
Stream size : 1.45 GiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 116 r2074+5M 4c8a10f
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 51mn 36s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 142 MiB (9%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
It looks “ok” apart from there not being any writing application or library ? (all of my mkvs have some sort of data in there)
First thing i would suggest is “remuxing” using mkvmerge (included in mkvtoolnix install)
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
drag and drop into mkmerge (at the top) then click on “start muxing” … it should only take a few minutes for a 1.6gb file (also no quality loss)
try playing the newly created file …
iamoasis wrote:
Hello Forum.
I’ve been having issues with my WD Live (WDBHG700000NBK-01).
I cna’t appear to play mkv files through “Media Share”. I tried running WMP as media share and Divx 10. Both have issues.
There is no such thing as “Media Share.”
There’s “Network Share” and “Media Server.”
Whatever media server you’re using must support MKV files.
Or, just use Network Shares instead – it doesn’t care what the files are.
You’re right, my mistake. I meant media server. I don’t even know how to get the Network Share to work. I tried yesterday following a youtube video and it got me nowhere. I’m very frustrated with home networking, considering I’m pretty amateur and have limited knowledge on the topic.
I will try the mkvmerger app when I get home.
Thanks for all your help.
Is your problem a networking one. If you copy the MKVs into a folder on your pc, assuming it is windows7 or 8, and then share that folder, by right clicking on it and selecting share with, and then homegroup, you should be able to see it as a network share from the wd tv. It would be even better to get a NAS drive and use that so you do not need to have the pc turned on all the time. You might also need to set your firewall to allow the share to be accessible.
No, it’s not. WDTV does not care about homegroups (some people even claim they interfere with the WDTV). The WDTV must be in the same WORKgroup as the PC.
I tried mkvmerge… no success. I still get the same error.
I also tried sharing the folder and again I can’t see “Network Shares”.
I’ve simply placed all mkv files on a usb portable external hard drive and they work no problem.
unless something changed, since when did WMP (windows media player) support MKV files in it’s server function
traditionally WMP does not support MKV, you’ll need a better media server for that
maybe serviio or something similiar
I am having similar problems and would like to keep this thread moving!
Dg
my point again
I’ve never heard of WMP (Windows Media Player) supporting MKV format as part of it’s media server function
use a different media server
or change to smb
or even better nfs
WMP Doesn’t support MKV out of the box, but if you install something like Shark007 or possibly Haali Media Splitter they should enable that functionality.
I’m currently watching a MakeMKV Blu Ray rip of Get Smart (2008) throught the Windows Media Player DLNA streaming service to the WDTV Live SMP, which I believe is what this thread is about.
ndjamena wrote:
WMP Doesn’t support MKV out of the box, but if you install something like Shark007 or possibly Haali Media Splitter they should enable that functionality.
I’m currently watching a MakeMKV Blu Ray rip of Get Smart (2008) throught the Windows Media Player DLNA streaming service to the WDTV Live SMP, which I believe is what this thread is about.
ok, yes it is possible to add the functionality through add-ons
but the original post just simple states he’s using WMP as a media server and MKV are not working
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