WD TV Live won't play M2TS - Help

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Hello.  I am trying to play files from my Panasonic HC-V700M camcorder which records videos in M2TS/MTS format.  However my WD TV live doesn’t seem to be playing them.  It keeps saying that there is no playable media.  However when I use MKVMerge and put the M2TS files in a MKV container, then the WD TV Live will play the MKV.  Does the WD TV support M2TS?  What could be the problem? 

Below is the information about one of the M2TS files:

Video ID                                       : 4113 (0x1011) Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1) Format                                   : AVC Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec Format profile                           : High@L4.2 Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=30 Codec ID                                 : 27 Duration                                 : 25mn 53s Bit rate mode                            : Variable Bit rate                                 : 23.7 Mbps Maximum bit rate                         : 25.0 Mbps Width                                    : 1 920 pixels Height                                   : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9 Frame rate                               : 59.940 fps Color space                              : YUV Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 Bit depth                                : 8 bits Scan type                                : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.191 Stream size                              : 4.29 GiB (95%)

Audio ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100) Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1) Format                                   : AC-3 Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension                           : CM (complete main) Format settings, Endianness              : Big Codec ID                                 : 129 Duration                                 : 25mn 53s Bit rate mode                            : Constant Bit rate                                 : 256 Kbps Channel(s)                               : 2 channels Channel positions                        : Front: L R Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz Bit depth                                : 16 bits Compression mode                         : Lossy Delay relative to video                  : -22ms Stream size                              : 47.4 MiB (1%)

Text ID                                       : 4608 (0x1200) Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1) Format                                   : PGS Codec ID                                 : 144 Duration                                 : 25mn 53s Delay relative to video                  : 33ms

Another one I tried was:

Video ID                                       : 4113 (0x1011) Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1) Format                                   : AVC Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec Format profile                           : High@L4.0 Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=15 Codec ID                                 : 27 Duration                                 : 22mn 27s Bit rate mode                            : Variable Bit rate                                 : 11.3 Mbps Maximum bit rate                         : 16.8 Mbps Width                                    : 1 920 pixels Height                                   : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9 Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps Color space                              : YUV Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 Bit depth                                : 8 bits Scan type                                : Interlaced Scan order                               : Top Field First Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.182 Stream size                              : 1.77 GiB (94%)

Audio ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100) Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1) Format                                   : AC-3 Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension                           : CM (complete main) Format settings, Endianness              : Big Codec ID                                 : 129 Duration                                 : 22mn 27s Bit rate mode                            : Constant Bit rate                                 : 256 Kbps Channel(s)                               : 2 channels Channel positions                        : Front: L R Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz Bit depth                                : 16 bits Compression mode                         : Lossy Stream size                              : 41.1 MiB (2%) Language                                 : English

Any reason why it’s not playing M2TS files?

Thanks.

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Are you using a media server that doesn’t support them, or are they on a network shareor USB media?

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Ah!  You got me thinking.  I was using Vuze and trying to stream a video from my Desktop to the WD TV.  I also tried streaming it to my PS3 and it doesnt work either.  I’ve come to find out that Vuze does not support M2TS through DLNA.  When I plugged a USB HDD to my router and had my router stream to the WD TV, it will play M2TS.

Thanks!