Freezes, Freezes and Freezes

Hello,

i don’t now whats wrong with the Hardware today…(WDTV Live Hub)

Ai first, my WD TV Live or my Patriot Core have no problems with my Movies. 

On the Hub i seleced a movie (external 2 tb Drive), the Movie wont play - Black Screen, another Movie - message appears Fatal System Error - Device need a reboot, after that Movie play fine.

Select another Movie - Video Status Bar always on the screen, no stop no pause or enter …unplug the Hub - after thar Movie play fine.

Firmware tested 2.05.13, 2.0610 and 2.07.17 default settings (nothing special) changed the usb Cable, check the USB Drive. Theme AEonish Hub … Stage3 

The Movies are in SD, recorded with my Technotrend TV Card, Demux with projectx, Cut with Cuttermaran and make mkv with mkvmerge without compression (Extra Options).

Have anyone the same problems :cry: 

Regards Gerd 

mine freezes on music playback as well as movies - sometimes the unit switches itself off 15min into a movie… And yes, sometimes when I select a movie file - the spinning arrow keeps on spinning and I have to reboot physically.

underspecced and overhyped I believe…

same files streamed perfect from a lowcost pc using PS3MediaServer to a old 80gb PS3 as well as playing fine on pc itself using VLC …

Could you please post the full mediainfo output for the files that are giving you trouble?

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Hello Raphael_C,

i have open an Ticket at the WDC Support side.

WD TV LIVE HUB Mediaplayer Freeze [Deleted]  i think you can also look inside the Ticket…

There are three movieinfo files “in” the Ticket.

Regards

gerd 

firmware says that it solved problem of freezing in some mkv files; but problem still continues. New firmwares do not solve older problems instead they create newer problems. This is the third wdtv product i have used; until wdtv live hub each product was a reason for me to upgrade  unfortunately wd tv live hub is a huge mistake for me. 

Movieinfo…

UniqueID/String : 
205546783487639353477914612219129071149 (0x9AA2DEDAFF4A1318A1EA192E835F862D)
Vollständiger Name :
E:\robin.mkv
Format :
Matroska
Format-Version :
Version 2
Dateigröße :
4,29 GiB
Dauer :
2h 29min
Modus der Gesamtbitrate :
variabel
Gesamte Bitrate :
4 107 Kbps
Kodierungs-Datum :
UTC 2011-04-15 20:57:34
Kodierendes Programm :
mkvmerge v4.4.0 (‘Die Wiederkehr’) gebaut am Oct 31 2010 21:52:48
verwendete Encoder-Bibliothek :
libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID :
1
Format :
MPEG Video
Format-Version :
Version 2
Format-Profil :
Main@Main
Format-Einstellungen für BVOP :
Nein
Format-Einstellungen für Matrix :
ausgewählt
Codec-ID :
V_MPEG2
Codec-ID/Info :
MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Dauer :
2h 29min
Bitraten-Modus :
variabel
Bitrate :
3 450 Kbps
Breite :
720 Pixel
Höhe :
576 Pixel
Bildseitenverhältnis :
16:9
Bildwiederholungsrate :
50,000 FPS
originale Bildwiederholungsrate :
25,000 FPS
Standard :
PAL
ColorSpace :
YUV
ChromaSubsampling :
4:2:0
BitDepth/String :
8 bits
Scantyp :
Interlaced
Scanreihenfolge :
oberes Feld zuerst
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) :
0.166
Stream-Größe :
3,60 GiB (84%)  

Another Freeze with firmware 2.04.13 - Movieinfo (i don’t see nothing wrong)
Hub Settings without Network (HDMI Auto( Auto Framrate off)

General
Unique ID : 231421431685805564079069266396771862439 (0xAE1A258165334B6399E6A542ABD147A7)
Complete name : Z:\test.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.89 GiB
Duration : 1h 29mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 3 027 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-02 17:21:40
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.0.1 (‘Es ist Sommer’) built on Oct 9 2011 11:55:43
Writing library : libebml v1.2.2 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 1h 29mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 775 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 8 676 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.268
Stream size : 1.73 GiB (92%)

Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : A_MPEG/L2
Codec ID/Hint : MP2
Duration : 1h 29mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 123 MiB (6%)