Noticed that HD .MP4 files play choppy on the WD Media Player

I couldn’t figure out the problem… but I noticed it was always with my High-Def movies that played choppy on the TV. They played fine on the desktop computer, but connected to the WD Media Player on the flat screen, it played choppy.

Then, I saw that certain HD movies played smoothly. Then I figured out the pattern - all the AVI and MKV’s played fine. The choppy HD movies were the MP4’s.

Anyone know why this is? Does WD plan on fixing this with an update? I could convert all the MP4 files to AVI, but that would take a long time. It takes like over an hour to convert each movie.

August

You can remux an MP4 into an MKV container in a couple of minutes or less.

Use MKVmerge GUI, part of MKVtoolnix.

http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

PixelPower wrote:

You can remux an MP4 into an MKV container in a couple of minutes or less.

 

Use MKVmerge GUI, part of MKVtoolnix.

http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

Thanks PixelPower - however I can’t even understand that site. Where is the direct download for it?

For windows

http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/mkvtoolnix-unicode-4.4.0-setup.exe

I was wrong. Not MKV. MKV doesn’t even play on the WDTV Player… damnit.

I meant M2TS files. My HD movies in that format work fine. MKV doesn’t work at all, and MP4 stutters.

Could you confirm which version of the WD TV player you are using, along with what firmware is installed?

PixelPower wrote:

Could you confirm which version of the WD TV player you are using, along with what firmware is installed?

Hi… yes it says “WD TV HD Media Player - Firmware version 1.01.70” Model: WDBABF0000NBK-00

Is that the latest?

How would one update it anyway? Can you put the firmware on the external hard drive and then connect to the Player? I don’t have a USB that would connect directly from the Player to the computer.

You’re using a WD TV HD (Gen2) player with the latest firmware.

This forum is for the newer models in the Live range (Live, Live Plus, and Live Hub).

There is a dedicated forum for your player here:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-HD/bd-p/tv_hd

My apologies… man I wish this wasn’t so frustrating but I will check that forum out. Thank you Pixel.