There are problem with firmware that DID NOT exist in earlier firmware (1.02.21). When playing a video file with AAC audio file, the audio starts to stutter if I resume playing after forwarding or rewinding the video. This also happens if you skip 10 minutes ahead/backwards. If you play it from the beginning, then the audio is fine. This problem was not present in earlier firmware, so please fix it! Thanks.
Also now that the player supports dvd menu, which is awesome, there is a tiny problem introduced. The 10 minute ahead/backward skip doesnt work for dvd isos. The only thing that works is chapter skip with the next button. But for dvd iso’s that do not have chapters, then it is impossible to skip fast forward except using the forward/rewind button manually.
Unfortunately, this beta got me more bugs than the official 1.02.21 release…
In the release notes of 1.03.35_V there is an solved issue about mp4 audio:
“Resolved MP4 problems with seeking and audio stopping”
This is an bug on the 1.02.21 release I have with a few mp4 files. After 10 minutes or so, the audio stops and seeking in the movie is almost impossible.
So I downloaded and installed this new beta release because of this fix.
Seeking in these ‘bad’ mp4 files is now possible!
BUT, the audio doesn’t stops after 10 minutes, it doesn’t play at all!!!
And even worse, after trying to play an ‘bad’ mp4 file. The good ones don’t even work no more and I have to restart the WD and also the audio receiver to get sound on a good video file!!! No audio at all!!!
And on top of all that, my audio receiver starts to smell like burned plastic or what the hell that smell is…
Unfortunately, this beta got me more bugs than the official 1.02.21 release…
In the release notes of 1.03.35_V there is an solved issue about mp4 audio:
“Resolved MP4 problems with seeking and audio stopping”
This is an bug on the 1.02.21 release I have with a few mp4 files. After 10 minutes or so, the audio stops and seeking in the movie is almost impossible.
So I downloaded and installed this new beta release because of this fix.
Seeking in these ‘bad’ mp4 files is now possible!
BUT, the audio doesn’t stops after 10 minutes, it doesn’t play at all!!!
And even worse, after trying to play an ‘bad’ mp4 file. The good ones don’t even work no more and I have to restart the WD and also the audio receiver to get sound on a good video file!!! No audio at all!!!
And on top of all that, my audio receiver starts to smell like burned plastic or what the hell that smell is…
_ I’m really dissapointed about this one… _
Don’t you guys test these pre-releases yourself?!
If you need some testcases please pm me.
Are you saying that this firmware is causing your audio receiver to over heat? I notice that you have only posted once. You could start a new post and give details of your bad mp4’s using mediainfo and see if there is any solution to your problem.
I believe the auto detect feature for hdmi may be broken, connect the unit any other way, either component or composite, and manually set the hdmi resolution & hertz. It should work fine after that is set.
For nearly 50% of my mp3 files the WD TV live does not display the ID3 tags at all. This WD box is the only device and application which seems to have problems with my audio files (Synology fine, WMP fine, even an old Siemens m740av handles these audios without any problem).
Here a mediainfo example of a working mp3 (ID3 tags displayed):
General
Complete name : C:\music\A-Ha\Hunting High and Low\01_Take on Me_a-ha_Hunting High and Low_320kbps_New Age.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 7.27 MiB
Duration : 3mn 48s
Overall bit rate : 266 Kbps
Album : Hunting High and Low
Track name : Take on Me
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : a-ha
Accompaniment : a-ha
Composer : Magne ‘Mags’ Furuholmen/Morten Harket/Pål Waaktaar
Lyricist : ok
Publisher : WEA/Rhino
Genre : New Age
Recorded date : 1985
Writing library : LAME3.98a
Encoding settings : Audiograbber 1.83.01, LAME dll 3.98, VBR 0 (Default method), Stereo, High quality
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Duration : 3mn 48s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 266 Kbps
Minimum bit rate : 80.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 7.26 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.98a
Encoding settings : -m s -V 0 -q 2 -lowpass 19.5 --vbr-new -b 80
Now a mediainfo example of a non-working mp3 (ID3 tags are not displayed):
General
Complete name : C:\music\A-Ha\Hunting High and Low\02_Train of Thought_a-ha_Hunting High and Low_320kbps_New Age.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 8.06 MiB
Duration : 4mn 14s
Overall bit rate : 265 Kbps
Album : Hunting High and Low
Track name : Train of Thought
Track name/Position : 2
Performer : a-ha
Accompaniment : a-ha
Composer : Pål Waaktaar
Lyricist : ok
Publisher : WEA/Rhino
Genre : New Age
Recorded date : 1985
Writing library : LAME3.98a
Encoding settings : Audiograbber 1.83.01, LAME dll 3.98, VBR 0 (Default method), Stereo, High quality
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Duration : 4mn 14s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 265 Kbps
Minimum bit rate : 80.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 8.04 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.98a
Encoding settings : -m s -V 0 -q 2 -lowpass 19.5 --vbr-new -b 80
I could not detect a pattern what could cause this defect in the WD box and even the newest 1.03.38_V does not change this behaviour.
Very pleased with this update. DVD navigation seems to work fine with the iso´s I tested.
I have one problem that keeps bugging me…
I have lots of mp4 files encode with Nero Recode with embedded subtitles.
To my suprise these subtitles are displayed correctly but they stay on screen until the next subtitle is up.
In scenes with no concersations this is annoying because the last displayed subtitle stays on screen.
I have tested this with lost of Nero Recode mp4 files and all share the same problem. The problem is not there on my pc with SMplayer for instance…
Another thing… Everytime I disconnect the external harddrive, the WD player seems to forget the resume point on the harddrive etc… It seems that the player forgets the external harddisk everytime you disconnect. It seems that the player writes info to the disk so why is information lost when you connect/disconnect…
Another thing… Everytime I disconnect the external harddrive, the WD player seems to forget the resume point on the harddrive etc… It seems that the player forgets the external harddisk everytime you disconnect. It seems that the player writes info to the disk so why is information lost when you connect/disconnect…
The resume point is I believe kept in on-board memory. This is lost when you disconnect the WDTV from power. Newer WDTV units with a deeper standby also lose this info then they go into standby. The info written to disk is for the media library.
For nearly 50% of my mp3 files the WD TV live does not display the ID3 tags at all. This WD box is the only device and application which seems to have problems with my audio files (Synology fine, WMP fine, even an old Siemens m740av handles these audios without any problem).
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I could not detect a pattern what could cause this defect in the WD box and even the newest 1.03.38_V does not change this behaviour.
Any help welcome, with thx in advance,
JimKnopf (from Germany)
The problem is obviously in the way the mp3 tag is written. Use something like mp3tag to rewrite the tag and see if that overcomes your problem. (mp3 tag is even better for you as it originates from Germany)
Movie resumes and plays for about 8-9 minutes then suddenly looses sound and plays at like 3-5fps
The only way to fix this is to unplug power. Watching that movie straight from start to end wotks without problems. This does not happen with latest official firmware (v21).
MKV Info:
General
Complete name : 1080p.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 11.7 GiB
Duration : 2h 50mn
Overall bit rate : 9 801 Kbps
Movie name : 1080p
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-28 13:43:59
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.1.1 (‘Bouncin’ Back’) gebaut am Jul 3 2010 21:01:29
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 50mn
Bit rate : 7 342 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.195
Stream size : 8.77 GiB (75%)
Title : 1080p
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1683 62997d6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0×3:0×133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8×8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 50mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 754 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 923 MiB (8%)
Title : DTS
Language : German
Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 50mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.80 GiB (15%)
Title : DTS
Text
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Forced Subs
Language : German
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Hello, please find included my remarks and input for the WD-staff… 1)HDMI → issue: 1.1) Problem most people are talking about is realated to the 8-12bit HDMI Deep Colour (I did put an analyzer on it and saw you guys/girls of WD didn’t respect the standard during the initial handshake) 1.2) I’ve tested it on some Sony’s, Samsungs, Philips and 8 bit did the trick(after reset by paperclip and not seeting it to auto and force it to 8-bit) - so basicaaly, avoid auto and 12-bit 2) DVD Navigation → must have 2.1) why must have (every cheap box has it… I’m using Freecom and others for a long time and they don’t have issues with IFO 2.2) so please add IFO-support to eady enable menu-feauters such as different movies 2.3) Please enable the “menu” in “options” … 2.4) please add ISO support to Media-Resources (DNLA you know) and not only in network-shares Cheers -xtof BTW: I’ve been in R&D for some time so I’m willing to help out and make this the product you wanna have… you guys from WD have everything to make it a success… with little changes BTW2: oh yeah - communicate more what you’re working on and acknowledge…
