ok, here is my problem. when i click on a file to play. i see a yellow round arrow (like it says i am working on it) but then nothing happens. the movie does not start. it started today, nothing changed since yesterday. any idea what may have happened?
just to give you more info. it does not play anything, even the sample files that came with the device. no error message, nothing. just a spinning yellow arror, and nothing happens.
i am with the latest firmware, try rebooting etc… should i return it back?
Try resetting by pressing the side paperclip button for a couple of seconds and then releasing with the unit fully booted up. Try playing the sample files now. Its likely that you have played a ‘bad’ file and this has hung up the WDTV. When the unit gets in this state it will not play any file.
thx alot. you are right. i reseted and now it works however if itry to play wmv file, it becomes bad again. i didnt know this device did not support wmv? is that the case or is there a way to play wmv files? this is not a drm’ed file, not sure why it is not working
It’s depends what video streams are IN any particular file, whether it’s playable or not.
You can essentially throw any video stream and any audio audio stream into a video file.
The WDTV only supports extracting streams from certain containers… and only supports certain settings for what streams can be played.
I can make a file (whether .avi, .mpg, .mkv, .wmv, .mp4, or whatever) that is unplayable on EVERY hardware player and EVERY software player, simply by creating a stream format that there is no support for.
hmm ok for an illetarate guy like me, can you a bit simplify? :) is there a way i can play these files?
Go to http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download and download the proper version of MediaInfo for your operating system.
Run the program and get the “Text” ouput for the file that won’t play.
It will look something like this:
General
Complete name : C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Videos\DancingWithMatt\Dancing2008_720p.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 156 MiB
Duration : 4mn 28s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 4 853 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 9 605 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-04 19:50:50.669
SfOriginalFPS : 300000
Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : MP@HL
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 - Professional
Duration : 4mn 28s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 719 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.171
Stream size : 151 MiB (97%)
Language : English (US)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format profile : Pro
Codec ID : 162
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 10 Professional - 128 kbps, 44 kHz, 2 channel 16 bit (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 4mn 28s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 4.10 MiB (3%)
Language : English (US)
Post the MediaInfo for the file(s) that are not playing properly.
martinlongbow wrote:
thx alot. you are right. i reseted and now it works however if itry to play wmv file, it becomes bad again. i didnt know this device did not support wmv? is that the case or is there a way to play wmv files? this is not a drm’ed file, not sure why it is not working
It does support wmv but only wmv9/vc-1. You probably have an older wmv file with a different codec. If you post the mediainfo then all will be revealed.
First one
neral
Complete name : D:\DOWNLOADS\Melbournedvd.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 1.12 GiB
Duration : 29mn 58s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 349 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 388 Kbps
Movie name : Melbourne, Scene 2
Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-28 23:20:57.638
Video
ID : 2
Format : WMV2
Codec ID : WMV2
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 8
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video V8
Duration : 29mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 250 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Bit depth : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.024
Stream size : 53.6 MiB (5%)
Language : English (US)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 128 kbps, 48 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 29mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 27.5 MiB (2%)
Language : English (US)
second one
General
Complete name : D:\DOWNLOADS\diamond03_1920_12000-hd.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 2.46 GiB
Duration : 30mn 12s
Overall bit rate : 11.7 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 12.1 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-21 02:20:52.000
Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 30mn 12s
Bit rate : 1 bps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.000
Stream size : 226 Bytes (0%)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Duration : 30mn 12s
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 27.7 MiB (1%)
For the first one, WMV8 video isn’t supported by the chip inside the WDTV.
For the second one, only up to 30fps are supported for 1920x1080 with VC1.
Both of those files would have to be reencoded into something the device supports for them to be playable.
ok thank you very much for the help
RoofingGuy wrote:
For the first one, WMV8 video isn’t supported by the chip inside the WDTV.
For the second one, only up to 30fps are supported for 1920x1080 with VC1.
Both of those files would have to be reencoded into something the device supports for them to be playable.
I encountered same trouble and i have files similar to second one. but with 29.9fps but WDTV would still not play the file.
xp0z3d wrote:
I encountered same trouble and i have files similar to second one. but with 29.9fps but WDTV would still not play the file.
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download
Post the Text output from MediaInfo for the file that won’t play.
- General
- CompleteName : G:\LAtele_1280_8000-hd.wmv
- Format : Windows Media
- FileSize/String : 2.21 GiB
- Duration/String : 42mn 18s
- OverallBitRate/String : 7 463 Kbps
- OverallBitRate_Maximum/String : 8 128 Kbps
- Encoded_Date : UTC 2010-06-07 19:17:02.000
Video - ID/String : 2
- Format : VC-1
- CodecID : WVC1
- CodecID/Hint : Microsoft
- Duration/String : 42mn 18s
- BitRate/String : 1 bps
- Width/String : 1 280 pixels
- Height/String : 720 pixels
- DisplayAspectRatio/String : 16:9
- FrameRate/String : 29.970 fps
- BitDepth/String : 16 bits
- Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
- Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.000
- StreamSize/String : 317 Bytes (0%)
AudioID/String : 1 - Format : WMA
- Format_Version : Version 2
- CodecID : 161
- CodecID/Info : Windows Media Audio
- Duration/String : 42mn 18s
- BitRate/String : 128 Kbps
- Channel(s)/String : 2 channels
- SamplingRate/String : 44.1 KHz
- BitDepth/String : 16 bits
- StreamSize/String : 38.7 MiB (2%)
xp0z3d wrote:
- BitRate/String : 1 bps
- Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.000
- StreamSize/String : 317 Bytes (0%)
Um… according to the header that MediaInfo (and the WDTV) sees, there’s no valid video stream in the file. How did you encode it?
i did not encode instead i downloaded. Its plays well at PC
It looks like a strange pirate encode.
