Western Digital has released new firmware for its WD TV Live media player. The firmware has been given jersey number 1.05.18 and is just over 135MB in size. There is a topic about this media player on the GoT forum and user experiences can be exchanged, among other things. The changelog of this release lists the following changes and improvements:
Release notes:
- Supports adding network share folders into “My Media Library” (Use options button).
- Supports “WD TV Remote” control application for iDevices (Download Application from iTunes).
- Supports Vudu movie service (US only).
- Supports SnagFilms indie movies service.
- Supports Flixster video movie review and trailer service.
- Supports Yota Music streaming service (Russia only).
- Supports XOS Digital college sports service.
- Supports SEC Digital Network college sports service for Southeastern Conference.
- Supports Watch Mojo pop culture and infotainment video streaming service.
- Supports ComedyTime stand up comedians and funny videos streaming service.
- Resolved content playback issues with MPEG2 and MPEG4 BluRay ISO, M2TS and .TS.
- Resolved HDMI-CEC issues.
- Resolved issues in Flingo where videos do not fling using Safari web browser.
- Resolved AAC audio lag when playing from network share.
- Resolved audio lip sync issue if media is paused several times.
- Resolved user interface issue of subtitle and audio info not displaying when buttons are pressed on remote.
- Resolved issue with Blockbuster and CinemaNow does not reconnect to network share upon reboot.
- Resolved issue with user added Meta-Source does not clear after factory reset.
- Resolved Autoplay issues.
- Resolved NFS issue where it would take 10 seconds to see the IP address.
- Resolved issue with resuming music file longer than 15 minutes once file is stopped.
- Resolved issue of not being able to select subtitles through options.
- Resolved Spotify issue where albums don’t play in order.
- Resolved Spotify issue where full artist biography does not display.
General information:
- Note: After upgrading to the latest firmware, the Media Library entry for the NAS maybe lost. To add a share folder to the Media Library, press “Option” when highlighting a share folder and select the “Add to Media Library” button. Or, go to Setup/Systems/Media Library Manager for Network Share to add a specific share folder to the Media Library.
- Note: Media library functionality of the NAS will be only available when using the “My Media Library” as the content source. When the source is a Network share the Media library functionality on the NAS will not be available.
- Note: The network content sources will be listed under Windows shares for SMB/CIFS shares and under Linux shares for NFS.
| Version number | 1.05.18 |
| Release status | Final |
| Website | Western Digital |
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| File size |
135.00MB |
| License type | Freeware |