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WD TV Media Player crashing when combined with VLC for iOS

Anyone know anything about hard crashes on the latest WD TV (latest version missing Netflix) when paired with VLC running on iOS devices?

I have other UPnP devices on my network and while WD TV does not show up on the VLC app, a few moment after I start to use the VLC app on my iPad/iPhone, I can consistently get the WD TV to reboot/crash. It’s not a soft reboot, but everything goes blank and there is loudish snap sound coming from the attached hard drive. I think this is curious and a little concerning, given that my experiments have clearly shown that the WD TV has serious vulnerabilites. Initially, I thought the device was overheating, but I had a 80mm fan underneath and it still crashes.

Am I missing something simple?

Jon

Hi there and welcome to the WD community.

I have not tried this, but lets see if another user can share some information and tips on this matter.

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