Anyone having problem with mkv with dts sound for wdtv live?
Everytime I play the movie, the movie will be fine initially, after sometime, it starts to stutter (the movie moves slowly) and sound will be gone?
This is using external hard disk (NOT networking). I tried to change audio setting to every settings available (stereo, digital, digital without hdmi audio). All the same.. played fine initially, then it stutters..

Any help? Tq

Have you updated your firmware? What version are you on now?

I've tried hundreds of mkvs ... no such problem of stuttering or hang in middle of movie.

It's either compression issue or no problem, that's all.

I'm using the latest official firmware.. anyway, I've google a bit and found some post
that recommend to check the hdmi output setting.. My setting is automatically set to 720p, 50Hz
by the WDTV .. If I'm not mistaken, my lcd tv spec is 720p, 60Hz. I'm gonna try to change
the setting when I'm back home and see if it will fix my issue..

yeah i think that could solve your prob..
once i manually set the settings to 50hz too instead of 60hz.. but on my lcd, the stuttering happened really2 fast.. immediately after playing movie i know its the wrong setting.. in your case, you state that it happened 'sometime' later so not sure if it was the same case with me..

Its framerate mismatch between the source file and output. This why autoframerate is so important.

Thank you guys for all your suggestion.. I just found out the cause.
I forgot to mention that I connect the hard disk through usb hub. In fact, the official firmware doesn't really support usb hub but in my case, it works because the hub is connected to only hard dsk and usb keyboard. Not much load there.

When I connect the hard disk directly to usb port of wdtv, I can play the dts movie without problem..

WDTV old generations got no firmware for long time now. Think WD has abandoned the old gens

Yeah.. I think they no longer interested to continue supporting wdtv1..
Just like any other product.. once they've a lot of new products lining up, they'll stop supporting old one.. and I guess, they won't be new buyers for the wdtv1 because wdtv live is just like rm20/rm30 more than wdtv1 nowadays..

WD HD player is a legacy product now. No new firmwares being developed.

That said, I'm looking to install WDLxTV firmware into my friend's WD HD player. The reason is newer .MKV files hangs the player; only a reset would make the player operational.

The problem is not the .MKV files but the player itself. It's not recognizing the newer compression header in .MKV files. Once it reads ONE file with this header, it hangs. ALL music and video files read after the point of hanging will not play.

Supposedly WDLxTV firmware fixed this problem but I can't see any posts about it working with WD HD players. Most reports are for the WD HD Live players.


fuad

Tell us if it works.


Didn't know new gen firmware can work for old gen.

I don't they include header compression fix for the wdtv hd original firmware.
Th reason it works for WDTV Live is because wdlxtv v1.03.46 is based on the 0.4.5.3 original firmware that already includes support for header compression.

I read the release log for it. Says nothing about .MKV header compression amendments. The dev team says that they cannot develop the codec; it must come from WD.


fuad

Hi..
Im planning to get WDTV Live soon..Today I went to Lowyat to check the price and demo set..
I want to plug this set to my LCD TV using HDMI cable..But for audio I wanna use my AV receiver..
Its a normal AV receiver,which have red and white cable..

So I wanna know whether for picture can I use HDMI output and for audio use AV Output..?

Another thing is,can it play normal 30GB -40GB files flawlessly..?

Coz the seller recommend me another brand,kworld i think...

Preferred connection for your case:
Video -> HDMI to TV
Audio -> Optical to AVR (All AVR has optical input unless it's pre DD/DTS era, 1997 I think)

Never tried with 30-40GB files. But if you play ISO files mainly, better get Dune

Good Luck.

wdtv live can play bmdv 30-40GB files but without menu. i tested 2 title... if u want full menu better get dune d1

This post has been edited by shahruls: Feb 27 2011, 09:19 PM

Ya mine is pre era..
So which connection i should use for audio..?

did you actually found one? (the WDTV Live)? in Lowyat, Imbi or Digital Mall...emmmmm

I think Viewnet still selling this model..
Only left few if Im not wrong...
Viewnet Hub..

For you setup, you can use the av cable (red/white/yellow) cable to connect the
audio to your AV receiver.. and in the wdtv setting, set the audio to stereo.

Another option is, just use your hdmi cable only because hdmi cable also carries
a sound/audio. In the wdtv setting, u choose "hdmi connection with audio".
However, for my lcd, if the movie is in AC3 movie, I cannot hear any sounds using
this mode. I believe, it's because ac3 signal is transmitted via the hdmi cable to my
lcd and my lcd have no capability to decode ac3 to stereo sound. If I'm watching
stereo divx movies, there's no problem at all.