What is the maximum bit rate (Mbps) this device can support ?
If we consider that a ripped blu-ray movie is about 48 Mbps max, will it be able to support it (wireless connection) ?
That is a bit high. You can find more information in the link below, page 205:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705062.pdf
From the manual, it should support 40 Mbps. I got the 48Mbps from MediaInfo.
The fact is, as soon as I want to play a blu-ray ripped movie, the video is stuttering and the sound is off after about 1 minute of movie. Whatever is the media server, I always got the same problem !
Don’t know how to solve that and WD c.s. doesn’t help much.
Hi,
Any idea if this player supposedly supports 40Mb why this file stutters badly please?
General
Unique ID : 200176766498789282989376940256608860922 (0x9698A4939758E879646036577F4B3AFA)
Complete name : Z:\Movies\■■■■■■ Punch\■■■■■■ Punch (2011).mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 20.8 GiB
Duration : 1h 49mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 27.1 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-09-16 11:31:32
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.6.14 win(x86-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.6.14 (1.2.0/1.1.0) win(x86-release)
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=10
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 49mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.504
Stream size : 19.2 GiB (92%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 49mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.16 GiB (6%)
Title : 3/2+1
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 00
00:05:54.645 : en:Chapter 01
00:12:20.364 : en:Chapter 02
00:19:21.410 : en:Chapter 03
00:30:37.544 : en:Chapter 04
00:36:14.297 : en:Chapter 05
00:49:21.124 : en:Chapter 06
00:53:08.143 : en:Chapter 07
01:09:34.712 : en:Chapter 08
01:25:24.869 : en:Chapter 09
01:35:45.656 : en:Chapter 10
01:44:00.567 : en:Chapter 11
It plays fine for a few minutes then stutters and if you rewind a little bit it works, but again for only a few minutes.
The file is on a NAS and I am playing it through SMB network share. (For some reason if I try NFS the player just locks up and I have to hit the power button to restart the player)
This is trying my patience a bit now…it all started out so well!
Andy.
cuernudo wrote:
That is a bit high. You can find more information in the link below, page 205:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705062.pdf
I’ve not seen that before and it’s very worrying indeed.
The implication is that some straight Blu-ray Disc rips won’t play properly - have I got that right?
Not why I bought the player.
Steve W
According to the result I have now, I’m not convinced it will ever work properly on a wireless connection.
To starwarsclark:
there is a known issue with this audio format !
Problem:
On a _ WD TV Live Hub Media Center _ or _ WD TV Live Streaming Media Player _, M2TS, MPG, MPEG, and TS video files containing Dolby, DTS, and PCM (above 2 channels) audio display a Not supported error message or play back without audio.
Cause:
There is an issue parsing the file header on these file types.
Solution:
This issue is specific to M2TS, MPG, MPEG, and TS files. You can resolve this issue by re-encoding the video to use a different container type. Western Digital is aware of this issue, and is working to resolve it in a future firmware release.
Gates: No, MKVs are not listed in those formats.
MKVs with DTS continue to work fine.
It’s only an issue with TS, M2TS, and MPG files.
Thanks for the clarification 
If you’re making MKVs from the Blu-ray rips, you’re probably affected by this issue:
Gates wrote:
According to the result I have now, I’m not convinced it will ever work properly on a wireless connection.
Just to confirm, I’m hard-wired.
Steve W
TonyPh12345 wrote:
If you’re making MKVs from the Blu-ray rips, you’re probably affected by this issue:
I should say, so far I haven’t had a problem with stuttering on my SMP (though I have on my old WDTV live), but one or two films have simply frozen after 20 minutes or so, despite not being of a very high bitrate.
Steve W
