Does anyone know if WD’s My Cloud network staorage is compatible with WD TV Live Media Player Gen 1 ?
Yes it is.
Gen 1 does not even have Network Access 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD_TV
(_ unless, _ you’re using WDLXTV Custom Firmware and a USB Wi-Fi Dongle … niether of which are “Officially Supported”)
Secondly, WDTV’s (“Live” models and later) will be able to access the My Cloud … but only on your “Home Network”
Remote (Cloud) Access … No
JoeySmyth wrote:
Gen 1 does not even have Network Access
Sure it does.
“Gen 1” = WD TV Live HD
“Gen 2” = WD TV Live Plus
“Gen 3” = WD Live SMP
LOL … “Live” devices are not classed as “Gen 1 or 2”
Gen 1 = http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?groupid=1001
Gen 2 = http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=1004&lang=en
read the wiki link again if you don’t believe me … (ps i own a Gen 1 and it does not have LAN / WLAN)
That wiki DOES refer to the Live Plus as a “Live 2nd Gen,” which implicitly means the Live HD is the first. 
The WD TV HD had a 1st and 2nd generation
The WD TV Live had three generations.
It’s funny how the WDTV Live is not referred to much as Gen 1 … i mean, not even the official WD support page has the Gen 1 suffix.
Oh well, back to the OP, yes the WDTV Live (or WDTV Live “Gen1”) will work with the My Cloud (on a Home Network)
Wow, not even the pros have it easy concerning the naming scheme. You just gotta love the marketing department for coming up with that.
Techflaws wrote:
Wow, not even the pros have it easy concerning the naming scheme. You just gotta love the marketing department for coming up with that.
yeah it get’s confusing i still don’t know what “Gen” the 2014 WDTV Media Player is
Gen 2 or Gen 4 ??
it’s listed as 2nd Gen here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD_TV
but it’s 4th Gen here: http://wiki.wdlxtv.com/Main_Page
What Gen is the WDTV Live Hub ? … i’m guessing that’s 2nd Gen (since according to wiki it’s basically a Live Plus spec wise … but with an added internal hdd) ???
anyways … i digress, back to my RPi2 + Kodi 15:wink:
Well, it’s really the users that comeup with that “Gen” term – I don’t think WD ever referred to the new WD TV as “Gen 4” – because in all reality, there was the OLD WD TV HD (Gen 1 and 2) – so this would be the Gen 3 of the “WD TV” line.
Speaking of Kodi, I gave it another try and I’m still annoyed, Amazon did not include volume keys on the AFTV remote. Can I remap up+down keys to work like that during playback exclusively (so I still can use them for navigation in folders)?
not sure … there may be something in here
Yes, you can change the keymaps to any specific context.
However, keep in mind that if you’re using passthrough (optical or hdmi) audio, volume doesn’t do anything.
so … you just use your Audio Receiver Remote Control to turn the Volume Up and Down when using passthrough (which is what i do)
Yeah, I know. Gonna check it out, thx.
