Western Digital released new firmware for its WD TV Live media player a few days ago. The firmware has been given jersey number 1.08.17 and is 132MB in size. There is a topic about this media player on the GoT forum and user experiences can be exchanged, among other things. This release fixes many bugs and adds support for some new PlayJam games, shuffle videos, and manually search for TV show metadata. The full changelog is below.
What’s in this update? Release 1.08.17
- Supports new PlayJam games Push’em Penguin, Mahjongg and Sudoku.
- Supports video file shuffling.
- Supports manual metadata search for TV shows.
- Supports Live TV tab in Home UI for TV service such as Skitter.TV where applicable.
- Supports redesigned service UI with categories and short description.
- Supports virtual currency in PlayJam.
- Supports PlayJam new loading screen and improved loading bar.
- Resolved Netflix getting randomly de-authorized.
- Resolved geo-location filter issue in Puerto Rico for Netflix and Hulu Plus.
- Resolved geo-location filter issue in Costa Rico for Netflix.
- Resolved device reboot issue when viewing photos from Network Attached Storage with more than 600 photos.
- Resolved device reboot issue in Picasa viewing slideshow in shuffle mode.
- Resolved TV show episode sorting issue after auto Get Content Info.
- Resolved issue Skitter application does not work after using Netflix.
- Resolved issue with MKV playback via Samba.
- Resolved general HDMI CEC issues.
- Resolved can’t access WD Sentinel through windows network share.
- Resolved Accuweather issue preventing selection of a new location.
- Resolved issue media library rescans network storage after every reboot.
- Resolved audio speed issue in M4V and MP4 after changing audio selection.
- Resolved HDMI auto negotiation using wrong resolution issue.
- Resolved various PlayJam stability and performance issues.
- Resolved issue media library does not update properly after moving content.
- Resolved several user interface and functional issues with Live365.
- Resolved Spotify issue music stops playing when browsing album.
- Resolved issue resuming OGM video playback displays a blanks screen.
- Resolved issue subtitle and audio settings are not saved in media library.
- Resolved issue unable to load theme from web GUI.
- Resolved Deezer unable to play from search results.
- Resolved no media error message when playing content in a folder within an empty folder.
- Resolved video stuttering issues when playing from network storage.
- Resolved issue could not get content info for video title containing an “x”.
- Resolved video cover art is not shown in dashboard.
- Resolved several language translation issues for all languages.
- Resolved French translation issues in Spotify.
- Resolved several WD Remote navigation issues.
General Info
- Deezer is now only available in select countries.
- Blockbuster and Mediafly online services have been removed from the UI.
| Version number | 1.08.17 |
| Release status | Final |
| Website | Western Digital |
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| File size |
132.00MB |
| License type | Freeware |