Cannot play avi and wmv files

[dyoge]

Very dissapointed to see that it does not play all kind of avi and wmv files. The primary reason i brought  wdtv was to play all my avi and wmv files on tv and this does not work.

Will there be any fix to resolve this issue.? Any firmware updates etc?

[wildscribe]

The current WDTV spec only supports WMV 9 files. This is an older codec. I believe that WMV is now up to version 11 or 12. If you ripped the videos in any format than WMV 9, they will not play. It should also be noted that almost all media players only support the WMV 9 codec. Hopefully, WD will fix this in the future.

If you can get MP4 video files, the WDTV will be fine.

I don't know about AVI files.

[Techflaws]

AVI is a container which can hold a lot of codecs which you can check out with Mediainfo. My AVIs play just fine so I don't see any reason to ever encode to Microsoft's crappy WMV.

[Brownie]

Hi , I'm having the same problem with some  recent AVI's , Ive updated my player but still no luck . My PC tells me I need to down load an X3 player , I hope WD resolve this issue soon with an update . Cheers Brownie .

[richUK]

Brownie wrote:

Hi , I'm having the same problem with some  recent AVI's , Ive updated my player but still no luck . My PC tells me I need to down load an X3 player , I hope WD resolve this issue soon with an update . Cheers Brownie .

Don't believe everything that your PC tells you. Do you know what an X3 player is? I would not trust any file which needs an dubious piece of software to work. The issue is with your files and not with the WDTV.

[richUK]

You can use mediainfo to look at info in your files and see what codecs they use etc. This gives more info when reporting files that don't play on the WDTV. 

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

As has been pointed out only a particular wmv plays on the WDTV. As to avi's, it all depends on what they contain. There are a huge number of freeware programs which can easily convert unplayable types to someting the unit does play.

[richUK]

wildscribe wrote:

The current WDTV spec only supports WMV 9 files. This is an older codec. I believe that WMV is now up to version 11 or 12. If you ripped the videos in any format than WMV 9, they will not play. It should also be noted that almost all media players only support the WMV 9 codec. Hopefully, WD will fix this in the future.

 

If you can get MP4 video files, the WDTV will be fine.

 

I don't know about AVI files.

I think you are confusing  WMV with the WMP player.  WMV 9 is the latest container with WMP media player now up to version 12 with Windows 7.

Windows Media Video

WMV HD

Windows Media Player

[Brownie]

Hi Rich UK , the x3 player I presume is for my windows player so I can view the movie on my PC ( comes up as a warning at the beginning of the movie ), thanks for the info on codecs in future when I download I will check this and shop around for a different source ( Im a bit new to this , thanks for your reply ) . Cheers Brownie

[richUK]

Brownie wrote:

Hi Rich UK , the x3 player I presume is for my windows player so I can view the movie on my PC ( comes up as a warning at the beginning of the movie ), thanks for the info on codecs in future when I download I will check this and shop around for a different source ( Im a bit new to this , thanks for your reply ) . Cheers Brownie

What I meant about the x3 player is that I can't find the player on the internet only references to it. Are these torrent files that you trying to play, it appears that they mostly ask for this 'player'. Be warned that this x3 player or codec could in fact be a virus.

More info here. see under 'Clones'

3wPlayer

[Brownie]

Hi Rich UK . YES theses movies are torrents, himmm Ive had no problems with the source before and I always scan with Mcafee before opening , I will play it safe and dump the files . Cheers Brownie .

[zoiylo]

they should not include it in the box the wdtv live plays such file i.e .wmv they are  misleading the consumers....