This unit was so buggy from day 1 it’s a wonder it hasn’t been thrown off the balcony already :smirk_cat:
Did the latest firmware update (2.02.32) for SMP Gen 3 and well, well, well, more issues:
(1) can’t get the unit to power on now with the remote (this started immediately after the update and nothing had changed otherwise) - I have to manually unplug it to start up
(2) when it gets to the end of a video, if I don’t stop it myself before the very end, it will linger and freeze the unit
(3) no longer visible on my network unless the unit is actually on
(4) had the screen saver on while on pause and once again, froze and locked up
(5) Youtube? Forget about it
Question: where can I actually download a version of the 2.01.86 firmware??? I want to rollback to something that was at least “usable.”
Thanks for your help. I followed what you advised in your initial post and it worked like a charm :wink: I can finally turn the unit on again with the remote!
Now arises another question: is it possible to turn off automatic updates? In that, every time I turn it on now it tells me there is new firmware available. It’s annoying :angry:
Now arises another question: is it possible to turn off automatic updates? In that, every time I turn it on now it tells me there is new firmware available. It’s annoying :angry:
Thanks
To disable the notification: Setup > System > Auto Detect New Firmware > Off
Thank you Joey, my current WDTV is a Live Plus, so I have bought a new gen 3 SMP, haven’t hooked it up yet, but knew I did not want the brand new firmware and went looking for the previous one.and your info was what I needed. Glad to know there is a way in the SMP to shut up the new firmware nag screen! Never install the new FW, automagically!
I presume that wdtvlivegen3_2.01.86.zip is the best one to install if not on unit already, yes?
I cannot believe things like this are released by a major company like Western Digital. This new firmware is shameful. Did no one test it? I tried to roll back to older firmware and now this [Deleted] cannot even connect to my USB drive. What am I doing wrong?
It finally worked after I power cycled the unit (unplugged it and plugged it back in after a few minutes) and used a clean thumb drive as you mentioned instead of the hard disk drive I use for my movies. Still, this is a shameful situation and as this update has been labeled as 4.something, I wonder if I will be notified when and if WD decides to put out new firmware that fixes the issues. Just terrible all around, shame on them. I would switch in a heartbeat if Google/Amazon made something that was geared towards streaming locally and not from online services or they put DLNA in PS4, it’s obvious WD are amateurs. I’ve been having problems with Youtube and Windows Shares since day 1 with this [Deleted]
I have the same trouble as everybody here: a lot of .mp4 and .wmv ARCHIVES stopped running on my WD TV Live when I updated to the firmware 2.02.32.
I did everything I wrote on the net but JUST U has described EXACTLY WHAT TO DO in your post “Where can I download OLD FIRMWARE”.
The USB Drive must be formatted in FAT32 as you say. Everything was perfect for me and now I can see ALL MY VIDEOS, doesn’t matter the format, as before updating to the new firmware.
Is dissapointing a company as WD (I have a lot of products of this brand) go one step back in a new updating worse than the older one. I don’t understand it!!
Joey;s process works well… I lost ability to play mp4 file and by reverting back to previous firmware am now able to play them again. best result to detect new firmware via USB for me was to turn off all wireless and wired connections and to device restart… thank you Joey for the great info !