Youtube playing issues still. :cry: It should more important because it is used by many people. The YouTube client is slow, silly and unstable. I’m disappointed.
Yes, I have noticed this to. Everything that seems to be the most important to the users has been continuously ignored, Netflix restart issue, 24p stuttering etc. MLB.TV gets many fixes but the much much more important YouTube gets nothing in the way of fixes. The two most used streaming services in the world and nothing at all… really?
EDIT: Well well, just when I thought an important issue was never going to be fixed I decided to recreate the Netflix restart issue a few minutes ago and the thing worked beautifully. No more Netflix restart issue for me. I wonder why they are not listing all the fixes this update resolves? Another thing I have noticed that I am pretty sure is not a placebo, is the fact I think my devices UI is much quicker now. Anyone else noticing a speed up with the UI on FW 1.16?
Player’s menu is now a lot faster than with 1.15 version. Manual folder (re)scan is now as fast as light :smiley:
However, still having an old bug when deleting one file (movie, etc) through the device itself: displayed media list is not refreshed = deleted movie still appears in the media library list = need to manually force media library rescan, or wait for the automatic scan, to see the deleted movie disappearing from the list
Device still automatically turns on when powered (instead of going in standby mode by default)…
And I encounter a new bug as well: selecting one personal added item from the “favorite dashboard” linked to one library folder (“movie” in this case), media library build on shared network drive folders, I got everytime a message telling me the media library has been deleted and asking me to choose one new valid source… then listing available valid sources, including the media library itself !
I have performed a factory reset after the update so all my media sources (network drive) have been redefined correctly and are valid + media library rebuilt
= I can access it without any issue from different tabs (videos, music, and so on), setting each tab source as “media library”, but this is not working from the favorite dashboard…
This is weird, anyone else encounters this issue ?
Here are my first impressions of the new firmware:
Video: good as before
Audio: still not gapless
Photo: 4:3 now shows w/o distortion
Youtube: Still prefer app with b/w logo, but miss “recently viewed” items
MLB.TV: much more usable, but leaves room for improvement
- live games: ok with few interruptions
- audio often silent after power on
- archived games:
- game list reveals extra-innings/no extra innings: both are spoilers
- watch from beginning: now works
- jump to inning: now works but table reveals extra innings too soon
- buffering still followed by a fast-forward
- bandwidth is only lowered when buffer is empty
- bandwidth cannot be chosen manually to avoid buffering
- game recaps: summary line often a spoiler
Operations
- power off still does not power down external usb drives
- list view: up button on first item should go to last, instead of color buttons
- still some reboots when using services
Glad to see some acknowledgement of the YouTube Leanback issue by WD after so many weeks. Better late than never. Hoped that this would have been fixed with this update though. I remember the days when I would get excited when updates were released, now I’m just scared my device is going to get worse.
