WDTV Live Streaming Firmware Version 2.03.20

[Vincent_Ballestrino]

The mp4 bug is resolved for me.

I am using the WDTV live UI > Videos to navigate to my network share folders on my Synology NAS.
So I’m not using the library, only browsing through the folders and files.

Yesterday I have confirmed two .mp4/x264/AAC files weren’t playing.
Meaning that the player loads, the loading arrow spins for 20sec and then the player closes and I’m back to the file explorer.

I had planned on reverting to 2.01.86 from 2.02.32 after reading that it would solve the issue.
But an hour ago when I boot my WDTV live I saw that there was a new firmware, and confirmed on this forum that it had just been released.
I installed it via the UI on the WDTV Live.
I just have tested the same two files that weren’t playing yesterday, and now they play.

I haven’t done further testing but what is described above is my experience, and so far the mp4 playing problem is resolved for me.

I’ll update this post if I run into trouble with this firmware.

Thanks everyone on this forum for the conversations/support that helped me identify my problem, and thanks WD for still supporting this box.

[barrygreybeard]

I upgraded this morning and so far its been behaving itself quite well, no issues to report. But I do think the UI is a tad faster than it was…

[DAMcDonald]

No sign of freezing/stuttering so far. I played a Blu-Ray ISO from hard drive last night, and it was perfect.

[mooblie]

I guess the big question I have (and probably many others) is this:

If I rolled back all my four WDTVs from the (problematical) 2.02.32 to the (working) 2.01.86 - and turned off firmware updates, when will it be safe to try this new 2.03.20 ?

[DrXenos]

I don’t think DST works. I have to manually turn it on and off as DST changes. Some people in the forum argue that’s how it’s suppose to work, but I’ve never encountered a device before where you had to do that (and their arguments for why are ridiculous). With other devices, it always worked automatically once to set your time zone in the settings and enable DST.

[barrygreybeard]

@mooblie

when will it be safe to try this new 2.03.20 ?

Whenever you have time to check that the new firmware does what you need it to do this is the first update in 2 years so you have probably got a good 2 years to try it before the next one comes along, if ever…

for me so far so good and as I said above the UI seems faster and more responsive.

[Mr_Wolf]

@DrXenos

I don’t think DST works. I have to manually turn it on and as DST changes. Some people in the forum argue that’s how it’s suppose to work, but I’ve never encountered a device before where you had to do that (and their arguments for why are ridiculous). With other devices, it always worked automatically once to set your time zone in the settings and enable DST.

I agree with you, same problem here (in all FW versions), DST should adjust automatically like windows and other OS do.
Worst for me is that we can not input the time, only way to set the clock is connect it to a time server.

[DrXenos]

Anyone know if this fixes the slowdown issue that had plagued some (but not all) people using SMB over WiFi? I keep one of the units back-leveled because of this and would really like to upgrade it.

[BeethovenLive]

@mooblie

If I rolled back all my four WDTVs from the (problematical) 2.02.32 to the (working) 2.01.86 - and turned off firmware updates, when will it be safe to try this new 2.03.20 ?

Yes, I have rolled forward from 2.01.86 to the new 2.03.20 on two of my WDTVLive SMP’s. It seems safe to use.

I was one of the folks contacted by WD tech support, and was asked to send them logs from the box. At the time, it was getting hard just to keep the box stable long enough to collect the logs. I was having severe problems with videos hanging, menus hanging, video’s incorrectly declared as in an unsupported format, being unable to power-up the box after I turned it off for awhile, etc, etc.

Now it’s working fine. The difference is like night-and-day. Thanks WD!

Regarding the time zone issue. Although it definitely could be programmed to be smarter than it is, I believe that the issue is that the DST start/end dates changed, and not every state (in the US) adopted the new dates. Thus, I guess it was deemed easier to just let the user decide when to enable/disable DST.

[The_Breeze]

Upgraded, played with it, then rolled 'er back.

Sort by date? Used to like arranging videos so I could view the most recently added. What happened to this?

Manually adding artwork to videos wasn’t working for me either.

[mooblie]

Hi Beethovenlive

Many thanks for your message: ­ good to find someone in exactly the same position as I was.

I feel safer now to gradually update my previously-rolled-back WDTVLive SMPs to the new firmware. Although The_Breeze shows it’s not necessarily over yet…

[darkstar]

Mp4 bug is still there. Talk about annoying. As soon as i did a refresh by moving some movies around, 1/2 of them disappeared. The same old issue which they still havent fixed. Unbelievable.

[mooblie]

I’d like to make a bootable USB stick with the firmware update, to avoid downloading it four times for my four WDTVs.

Can someone provide a link to the firmware please?

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Edit: OK, I found it:
Link to v.2.03.20

and here are the instructions about making a bootable USB stick for multiple upgrades:
USB stick making

[schwurbel]

@darkstar

Mp4 bug is still there. Talk about annoying. As soon as i did a refresh by moving some movies around, 1/2 of them disappeared. The same old issue which they still havent fixed. Unbelievable.

What MP4-bug? The playback-bug?

[andrey_andrey]

Hello ! after the upgrade, most video files not play … and I can not connect to the network via Wi fi

[mike27oct]

@andrey_andrey

After a FW upgrade of most any device, it is best practice to reset the device to factory defaults; especially if there are issues after the upgrade.

You also likely need to set up your network shares again, and here is a tip about that:

Resolve WDTV "Network shares" and password access problems

I am resurrecting an older, but handy post I made at this forum a few years ago with some updated new comments. A lot of WDTV users think they need to password-protect their WDTV and attached drives. They don’t; unless they have “sensitive” material on it they want to keep from prying eyes. I just have basic music, photos, and videos on mine, so I do not use passwords, and I have easy access to it any time. For those who want, or don’t want to use passwords, here are easy steps from my earli…

[all_or_nothing]

please, do a factory reset BEFORE upgrade firmware.
you may consider even to reset your device with this tool:

WDTV Reset EVERYTHING

The attached is a small set of scripts to reset your WD. I would guess that quite a few of you have some questions regarding why this is needed or wanted. The short version is that this script does a better job at resetting the device. That’s right this is more complete than using the gui, or even the reset button on the bottom of your device What it does? It forces the WD to completely recreate the device configuration on the next reboot. ALL configuration entries will be wiped out. EVERY…

[andrey_andrey]

Network figured out and rolled on 2.01.86

[Jorge1981]

I think that there is still present the low memory bug. Today I had to reset the device because any file was playable… On the screen there was only an orange loading circle…

I will give it a new chance but if it’s still failing I will downgrade, again, to 2.01.86 version.

Regards.

[Mr_Wolf]

Mine has being ON without resets and working well since the new FW upgrade.
Did you use any services? I don’t use any of them.