Windows 8 no more streaming

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live Streaming
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Hi,

Have a WDTV Live HD that worked perfectly under windows 7. (latest firmware  1.06.34_V).

Since I upgraded to windows 8, video (that worked perfectly before) starts only after several  seconds, plays for a couple of seconds and then stops. Looks like buffering is not workng at all. Video’s play fine on windows itself.

No problems selecting files - i.e. no shares problem.

Tried several different media centers (however PS3 worked perfectly on w7).

Uninstalled codecs and re-installed (K-Lite and Shark), both 32 & 64 bits.

Which firmware? 1.06.34_V
-What happened? play back stutter and then stops.
-What were you doing? upgraded pc to windows 8
-Does this happen every time? Yes.
-What hardware and media were you using? WD Live HD - different media - gigabyte wired connection.
-Did this happen with previous firmware? Firmware did not change between updating to windows 8.
-Does power cycling the unit solve this? No.
-Does resetting to factory defaults solve this? No.
-Have you tried this on other devices? N/A

I’m a little lost here. Don’t want to go back to w7.

Any ideas?

thnx,

JamBo

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If it was working before, the issue is definitely with the new OS.

Check the firewall settings and the network settings to see if there’s anything that needs to be updated.

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Ragdexx,

Thanx for the reply.
But i’ve done all your advice (several times) to no avail.
I know that it must be the OS,  I posted here hoping somebody has run into the same problem…and found a solution for it.

Again, the strange thing is that the WD can see and start the files -  they are just not running smoothly like before.

JamBo

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Hi everyone…

If you run into this problem…just do a clean install.

Upgrading from w7 probably leaves some [deleted] behind preventing W8 from working nicely

Re-installed W8 clean and within minutes had the WDTV Live working like before.

mzZzl,

JamBo