Wired network wont stream 720p

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hi

ive got an xtreamer pro media played set up in my lounge with most of my media stored inside that, i have that wired into a netgear wndr3700 router and a cat 6 cable running to my bedroom where my WD live is located,

i get a network connection  on the wd and can see all the xtreamer files but whenever i go to play a 720p tv show (aprox 500mb) wd live thinks for a few minutes then comes up file not supported, its a mkv file that will play fine when played through the usb hard drive on wd live, it will however stream SD videos no worries. i have a new and fast router, cat 6 cable and patch cables, how can i not get the speed to stream videos??

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Download the MediaInfo program (free) and use it on one of the 720p files that will not play. Post the text output of the MediaInfo program here in this thread. This will tell us if the file that you are trying to play is supported by WD.

MediaInfo

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General
Unique ID : 194256138534131298234683204390060886262 (0x92245F149ED087E18916B45DDD3908F6)
Format : Matroska
File size : 559 MiB
Duration : 21mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 3 717 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-01-19 21:49:45
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.1.0 ('Happy up here') built on Jan 19 2010 12:09:24
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 21mn 1s
Bit rate : 3 266 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.148
Stream size : 480 MiB (86%)
Writing library : x264 core 112 r1834 a51816a
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3266 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 21mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 67.3 MiB (12%)
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I think the xtreamer has a UPNP interface. Are you using that or a remotely mounted filesystem?

I get the impression that using the UPNP interface works out better in most cases. 

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it uses a few different systems i believe, upnp, network shares or workgroups. im not that uo to speed on networking as u can tell haha

i have however narrowed it down to a problem with wd live and not xtreamer, i can watch the same files stored on xtreamer on my laptop no worries, both wireless and wired through the same cabeling ive tried with WDTV, and vice versa, xtream will play files stored on my laptop wirelessly and wired but WDTV wont stream the same file?

its strange, but definatly must be something with the WDTV??

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But the question is, how are you accessing the files on the WDTV? 

Are you using the MEDIA SERVER menu, or the NETWORK SHARE menu?

If you’re using MEDIA SERVER menu, then you are using DLNA / UPnP

If you’re using NETWORK SHARE, you’re using SAMBA, as is your laptop, most likely.

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ive tred it through both menus, same problem. the files show up through both but neither will play