thanx for the info, bro

just updated the firmware
to me it seems like no surprise at all
or even worse in fact coz the latest firmware no longer supports external subtitles (which the movie and subtitle are two separate files bearing the same file name)
it will only support embedded subtitles
means have to go through the hassle of embedding the subtitles into the movies
what a big let down

another flaw is the support for FLAC
In the description it says that it'll support FLAC
I opened a movie which has FLAC
It does show the word 'Digital Audio' and not the word 'Unsupported Audio' like before
but it can't decode FLAC properly
All I heard was a very loud hissing sound

This post has been edited by robinlim: Apr 3 2009, 12:30 AM

sure
I tested few movies that are without embedded subs, but with external subs
nothing shown

I hooked up exactly the movies I used on previous firmware, without changing anything

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Added on April 3, 2009, 9:20 amsure, bro? why mine cannot show gah?
did u do any additional setting?

or might it be that ur movie is already embedded with other language subs, but u put on an external english sub?
my case really cannot show anything leh


my overview for this latest firmware
nothing to shout as compared to previous firmware
those audios that are not supported remain cannot be supported (FLAC, E_AC3)
those movies that cannot play smoothly with pixelated frames remain pixelated

to make thing worse
cannot support ext subs for movies that are totally embedded subs free (so far for my case, to be checked and confirmed by other users)
slower usb drives scanning time (it showed my drive is empty when I pressed on 'Video' immediately the unit is switched on with usd drives detected, which this did not happen on previous firmware )

plus points
'Video' is the first item to select when the player is switched on
Cover Art is now fully supported without having to do anything, just place a .jpg file into the movie folder and it'll show the thumbnail on the folder

This post has been edited by robinlim: Apr 3 2009, 09:35 AM

I have the same feeling also
It really doesn't make sense

releasing the latest firmware is to improve the delivery system
not going backwards


This post has been edited by robinlim: Apr 3 2009, 09:37 AM

got my ext subs not shown issue fixed

it's true that the latest firmware still support ext sub
but u need to select from 'Options' on remote control
and this only apply to mkv, not iso format

unlike previous firmware where it'll show the sub straightaway without doing any selection
and it'll show sub on movies with iso format

nope, the movies are totally free of embedded subs
I'm very sure coz I checked the contents of each movies I downloaded
My case on previous FW, it'll show ext subs automatically without having to press anything
embedded subs depends, some need some don't need


there's another issue
the movie will lag after a while when I used scene search function (pressing 'FF' then 'Next')
even when I exit and enter again, it'll happen
It's only ok when I played the movie from the beginning
Anyone experienced the same thing?

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Added on April 5, 2009, 4:59 pmI agreed
this issue is resolved for this FW

previously I did not red/l, I just did conversion and it worked fine

This post has been edited by robinlim: Apr 5 2009, 04:59 PM

Me also having almost the same issue with the latest firmware
mine is iso format cannot show sub
previous firmware doesn't have problem showing

This post has been edited by robinlim: Apr 8 2009, 11:05 PM

according to the release note, it said can support
but for my case, it's no
I have one 'The Dark Knight' mkv with FLAC track
when I switched to FLAC, I heard a loud hissing sound came out from my speaker

This post has been edited by robinlim: Apr 16 2009, 09:16 AM

the type of codec used for encoding matters
like my case, I also have a 1080p 'Madagascar 2', no problem at all playing
but will cause pixelation when playing 1080p 'Cars'

another case is 'Underworld'
the first download cannot play at all
will hang after playing for few seconds
then I downloaded another version
it plays perfectly

This post has been edited by robinlim: Apr 21 2009, 10:45 PM

Maybe there are ways to check
but I dunno any method
using mkvmerge will only show brief detail

I depend purely on luck for the time being
If movie got problem playing, no choice have to redownload
Luckily only a small percentage of my movies have pixelation problem

does ur avr support dts?
If not, the only way to have sound is to convert the dts track to ac3

saw that someone suggested that in the forum
but no action being planned or taken by WD

if ur Sony theater system have optical in, u can