I’ve had this problem before and regretfully have not found a solution to it. Particular high-def movies - especially HD DVD’s I’ve ripped via an XBox 360 drive - stuttering or display artifacts / pixelation across the screen during playback. Comparing these files to other Bluray or m2ts files, I just can’t put a finger on what the problem is.
Device: WD TV Live Plus
Firmware: all versions
Storage: connected USB 2.0 drive from Iomega
Ex. problematic file info:
General
Count : 254
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : General
Kind of stream : General
Stream identifier : 0
Inform : BDAV: 20.7 GiB, 2h 21mn
ID : 1
ID : 1
Count of video streams : 1
Count of audio streams : 1
Video_Format_List : VC-1
Video_Format_WithHint_List : VC-1
Codecs Video : VC-1
Audio_Format_List : AC-3
Audio_Format_WithHint_List : AC-3
Audio codecs : AC3
Complete name : \\WDTVLIVEPLUS\Iomega_HDD\HD\movie.m2ts
Folder name : \\WDTVLIVEPLUS\Iomega_HDD\HD\
File name : movie
File extension : m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : BluRay Video
Format/Extensions usually used : m2ts
Codec : BDAV
Codec : BDAV
Codec/Info : BluRay Video
Codec/Extensions usually used : m2ts
File size : 22224857088
File size : 20.7 GiB
File size : 21 GiB
File size : 21 GiB
File size : 20.7 GiB
File size : 20.70 GiB
Duration : 8502112
Duration : 2h 21mn
Duration : 2h 21mn 42s 112ms
Duration : 2h 21mn
Duration : 02:21:42.112
Overall bit rate : 20912316
Overall bit rate : 20.9 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35500000
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps
Stream size : 889809998
Stream size : 849 MiB (4%)
Stream size : 849 MiB
Stream size : 849 MiB
Stream size : 849 MiB
Stream size : 848.6 MiB
Stream size : 849 MiB (4%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.04004
File creation date : UTC 2010-12-08 07:05:21.000
File last modification date : UTC 2010-12-08 07:05:21.000
Video
Count : 144
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Video
Kind of stream : Video
Stream identifier : 0
Inform : 19.4 Mbps, 1920*1080 (16/9), at 23.976 fps, VC-1 (AP@L3)
ID : 4113
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Codec : VC-1
Codec : VC-1
Codec/Family : VC-1
Codec/Url : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx
Codec profile : AP@L3
Duration : 8501993
Duration : 2h 21mn
Duration : 2h 21mn 41s 993ms
Duration : 2h 21mn
Duration : 02:21:41.993
Bit rate : 19435328
Bit rate : 19.4 Mbps
Width : 1920
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1080
Height : 1 080 pixels
Pixel aspect ratio : 1.000
Display aspect ratio : 1.778
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Frame count : 203844
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Scan type : Progressive
Interlacement : PPF
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.391
Delay : 600000
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 10mn 0s 0ms
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 00:10:00.000
Stream size : 20654878130
Stream size : 19.2 GiB (93%)
Stream size : 19 GiB
Stream size : 19 GiB
Stream size : 19.2 GiB
Stream size : 19.24 GiB
Stream size : 19.2 GiB (93%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.92936
Audio
Count : 121
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Audio
Kind of stream : Audio
Stream identifier : 0
Inform : 640 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 6 channels, AC-3
ID : 4352
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec : AC3
Codec : AC3
Duration : 8502112
Duration : 2h 21mn
Duration : 2h 21mn 42s 112ms
Duration : 2h 21mn
Duration : 02:21:42.112
Bit rate mode : CBR
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640000
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Channel positions : 3/2.1
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
SamplingCount : 408101376
Delay : 600000
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 10mn 0s 0ms
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 00:10:00.000
Video delay : 0
Video0 delay : 0
Stream size : 680168960
Stream size : 649 MiB (3%)
Stream size : 649 MiB
Stream size : 649 MiB
Stream size : 649 MiB
Stream size : 648.7 MiB
Stream size : 649 MiB (3%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.03060
Example file with no issues at all:
General
Count : 254
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : General
Kind of stream : General
Stream identifier : 0
Inform : BDAV: 20.9 GiB, 2h 33mn
ID : 1
ID : 1
Count of video streams : 1
Count of audio streams : 1
Video_Format_List : VC-1
Video_Format_WithHint_List : VC-1
Codecs Video : VC-1
Audio_Format_List : AC-3
Audio_Format_WithHint_List : AC-3
Audio codecs : AC3
Complete name : \\WDTVLIVEPLUS\Iomega_HDD\HD\movie2.m2ts
Folder name : \\WDTVLIVEPLUS\Iomega_HDD\HD
File name : movie2
File extension : m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : BluRay Video
Format/Extensions usually used : m2ts
Codec : BDAV
Codec : BDAV
Codec/Info : BluRay Video
Codec/Extensions usually used : m2ts
File size : 22433255424
File size : 20.9 GiB
File size : 21 GiB
File size : 21 GiB
File size : 20.9 GiB
File size : 20.89 GiB
Duration : 9211840
Duration : 2h 33mn
Duration : 2h 33mn 31s 840ms
Duration : 2h 33mn
Duration : 02:33:31.840
Overall bit rate : 19482106
Overall bit rate : 19.5 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35500000
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps
Stream size : 900848362
Stream size : 859 MiB (4%)
Stream size : 859 MiB
Stream size : 859 MiB
Stream size : 859 MiB
Stream size : 859.1 MiB
Stream size : 859 MiB (4%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.04016
File creation date : UTC 2010-12-31 06:36:13.000
File last modification date : UTC 2010-12-31 06:36:13.000
Video
Count : 144
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Video
Kind of stream : Video
Stream identifier : 0
Inform : 18.1 Mbps, 1920*1080 (16/9), at 23.976 fps, VC-1 (AP@L3)
ID : 4113
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Codec : VC-1
Codec : VC-1
Codec/Family : VC-1
Codec/Url : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx
Codec profile : AP@L3
Duration : 9210826
Duration : 2h 33mn
Duration : 2h 33mn 30s 826ms
Duration : 2h 33mn
Duration : 02:33:30.826
Bit rate : 18061755
Bit rate : 18.1 Mbps
Width : 1920
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1080
Height : 1 080 pixels
Pixel aspect ratio : 1.000
Display aspect ratio : 1.778
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Frame count : 220839
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Scan type : Progressive
Interlacement : PPF
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.363
Delay : 600000
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 10mn 0s 0ms
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 00:10:00.000
Stream size : 20795459862
Stream size : 19.4 GiB (93%)
Stream size : 19 GiB
Stream size : 19 GiB
Stream size : 19.4 GiB
Stream size : 19.37 GiB
Stream size : 19.4 GiB (93%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.92699
Audio
Count : 121
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Audio
Kind of stream : Audio
Stream identifier : 0
Inform : 640 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 6 channels, AC-3
ID : 4352
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec : AC3
Codec : AC3
Duration : 9211840
Duration : 2h 33mn
Duration : 2h 33mn 31s 840ms
Duration : 2h 33mn
Duration : 02:33:31.840
Bit rate mode : CBR
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640000
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Channel positions : 3/2.1
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
SamplingCount : 442168320
Delay : 600000
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 10mn 0s 0ms
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 00:10:00.000
Video delay : 0
Video0 delay : 0
Stream size : 736947200
Stream size : 703 MiB (3%)
Stream size : 703 MiB
Stream size : 703 MiB
Stream size : 703 MiB
Stream size : 702.8 MiB
Stream size : 703 MiB (3%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.03285
Anyone see what could be the problem / difference here?
On a side note, anyone else have issues accessing content connected to the WDTV Live Plus via a network share or access ‘dropping’? For instance, I can browse to \WDTVLIVEPLUS\SomeMovie on my PC, see the contents, and leave it open, then come back a while later and hit refresh and get an error that the network path was not found. Do this enough and eventually, it comes back.
Thanks
