Searched and found many references to FF / RW problems with .TS videos; anyone know if this issue has been addressed in the latest model WD TV Live?
I have to say here that I find it a bit strange that my .TS files exhibit no such problems when played on either VCL Media Player or my Humax HDR-Fox T2?
But not with my ‘old’ WD TV Live… with the latest software/firmware I should add?
Only with TS files, by ‘clunky’ I mean unreliable, unpredictable, sometimes selecting FF will stop play completely and take the viewer back to the file list - ready to start again from the beginning?
Other owners here have complained of similar issues when playing TS videos, my Son in Oz has the latest TV Live and reports similar issues with TS…
The WDTV Live is a microprocessor controlled media streaming box using a hardware digital video chip. Computers use a software media player and codecs to programme the CPU and GPU to mimic the functions of a hardware digital video chip.
Too many people complaining about TS files not playing correctly are using pirated torrent downloads. What happens when you virgin rip a bluray disk and play the TS files?
Sigma will not release the technical details for their chip set range. What is known is that the inbuilt Sigma hardware digital video chip complies fully with the professional international digital video standards. A hardware digital video chip is faster than a GPU. A hardware digital video chip is not programmable; therefore, if the digital video is outside the professional international digital video standards unfortunately the video will not play.
If your downloads are legitimate, they should comply with the professional international digital video standards. Sometimes the download process generates bad bits. I would post a compliant with your video provider and ask if there is a checksum verifier to confirm your download.
The WDTV Live range of streamer boxes are reliable. On the volume produced there are very few complaints. If your download checksum verifies and you still experience problems, lodge a complaint directly with WD. There is a possibility you may have a faulty Sigma chip.
I am also having FF issues on .ts files. The issues I am having are this:
I hit FF (I tried with all speeds and the same issue arises)
when I get passed the comercial, I hit play
most times it will resume back to the point when I originally hit FF (before the comercial)
sometimes it will kick me out to the file list
the issue seems to be worse as it gets further into my recordings
I am on a wired lan to my server and there is at most 3 devices on the lan. My server has a gig NIC card connected to a gig switch. These files are not downloaded but recorded from OTA broadcast. Since they are ATSC standard, the theoretical bit rate could be up to 19mbps but my recordings are closer to 16mbps. When I re-encapsulate the same stream into an mkv container (not transcoding), the issues go away. This last point proves it’s not a bitrate or network issue. If I don’t hi FF, the file plays fine the entire way through.
Gincognito: That issue may be related to how broadcast TV is put into the TS container.
If the resolution /aspect ratio/ audio coding / etc. changes mid-stream (which is quite possible in broadcast recordings) the WDTV probably can’t handle that…