Hi
Latest firmware as of May 1. 2013
WD TV Live SMP WDBGXT0000NBK-02 + WDBGXT0000NBK-01
Generic USB flash with company logo
Sandisk Cruzer Facet USB flash drive
I have tried reboot, reset, factory defaults and 5 other devices.
I’m using WD TV live SMP for digital signage in our customers showroom’s.
The first 25 customers got a generic USB flash drive with company logo and WD TV Live box.
The autoplay function worked out great and I could just swap the USB drive with updated movies, restart the player, and the player started playing the new videos.
To keep up with the customers demand for this solution, I ordered 75 WD TV live boxes and instead of the custom made generic USB flashdrives, I ordered 75 Sandisk Cruzer Facet flasdrives and thought all was well.
I quickly discovered that I could not swap the Sandisk USB drives in the player. When I inserted a new Sandisk USB drive and restarted the media player, it would search for the old drive and after some time reported that the previously inserted drive was removed.
After a lot of trial and error I found, that the mediaplayer is reading the serial number of the USB flashdrive, when ever you setup autoplay.
With a partition tool, I changed serial numbers of the USB flash drives, so every one of Sandisk Cruzer now have the same serial number and voila, I was again able to retain autoplay functionality even though I swapped out the USB drive.
