I received a low system memory notification requiring a reboot while using my player last night. Is this something that occurs normally/often with this player?
Hi there,
Ihave not seen this error, but you can try resetting hte unit to see if it fixes the issue. Here is a link that might help with the reset process:
i have seen the low system memory error … (a while ago)
happened to me during or after watching “Youtube Leanback”
Happened to me tonight, first time I have seen it. Unit is not yet a week old. I switched on, navigated to a movie in the attached USB portable HDD and started the movie, then the message appeared. Did what it said to do and I then watched the 230 minute movie with no problems.
Anyone know why the message appears?
I received my first tonight. It happened right after a hard reboot too. I’ve been having issues with my player recently, but now that I see others having this particular issue too, it suggests to me that it might not be the unit failing, just perhaps bugs from the last update.
Here is a post about this problem one year ago. The thread appears to be locked so I can’t ask the last poster, a Moderator, what happened about the reported fault.
What happened to the fault ?
Nothing … WD have’nt fixed it
But, if you use Custom Firmware (running off an attached flashdrive … with a Swap File)
then, that will definately help …
I have tried it (created a 128Mb Swap File) and did not see any “Low System Memory” errors afterwards
But, i did’nt test for very long though … bought a RPi2 around the same time and have’nt used WDTV much since
Ah… custom Firmware. When AC Ryan was in it’s bloom, there was a fair bit of Custom Firmware being produced. I had installed one.
Did a quick search on this forum but did not find a post about Custom Firmware. Can you give me a hint as to where to look?
Also, is there any advantage leaving the player in standby mode vs switch off at the wall? I don’t use it every day.
I asume that if it was off at the wall, then I would not get the Low System Memory message?
theoldfarter wrote Did a quick search on this forum but did not find a post about Custom Firmware. Can you give me a hint as to where to look?
You won’t find much info on this “Official Site” (sign-up to discuss CFW on the “WDLXTV” site)
2011 WDTV Live Streaming : http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=8707&start=0
2014 WDTV Media Player : http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8974&start=0
theoldfarter wrote:Also, is there any advantage leaving the player in standby mode vs switch off at the wall? I don’t use it every day.I asume that if it was off at the wall, then I would not get the Low System Memory message?
well, personally … i switch off at the wall (i don’t use everyday either … so switch off at wall, no power, no heat etc)
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I had this a month after purchising the device. Even after rolling back the firmware to the original, it contunues to plague my machine at least once a week (until I do a power reset, basically pulling the power and letting it sit for a few minutes).
Would be interesting to see how a custome firmware fixes this, as well as numerous other major issues.
Update…seems the WD rep only had a minor notice of this in the device’s notes. Perhaps not enough people are actually calling to complain about it. It’s clearly a fairly common issue.
