Western Digital has released new firmware for its WD TV Live media player. The firmware has been given jersey number 2.01.86 and is 166MB in size. There is a topic about this media player on the GoT forum and user experiences can be exchanged, among other things. In this release, support for various video services has been added and many problems have been fixed. The full list of improvements is below.
Release 2.01.86
- Supports SiriusXM Internet Radio.
- Support France TV.
- Supports Tweet by WD TV.
- Supports WSJ Live.
- Supports Toon Goggles.
- Supports ADC, All Fitness TV, American Pop service, Asian Crush, Bolly Mixtures Brief, Cook, CloudMe™, Docurama, Family TV, Go Digital, Gravitas Movies, Manga, MBC America, Pop Flix Classic Movies, Pop Flix Classic TV, Vanguard Cinema.
- Supports DTS-HD Master Audio pass-through.
- Supports YouTube Leanback service with DIAL protocol.
- Default set to “on” for 3 hour energy saving auto shut down.
- Resolved YouTube Leanback restart after short-term playback.
- Supports TXT MicroDVD subtitle.
- Support clock screen saver.
- Resolved issue with some AIFF files not playing properly.
- Resolved rear USB port issue when playing media from a USB HDD.
- Resolved several JSTV issues with reboots, freezing, streaming stops, video start-up times and stuttering.
- Resolved Maxdome movie playback quality issues.
- Resolved video playback issue after exiting SlingPlayer.
- Resolved Spotify Playlist reboot issue.
- Resolved FWD/RWD/Skip To issue with DVR-MS video files.
- Resolved FWD/RWD playback issue with .FLV (AVC) video files.
- Resolved playback prematurely stopping with specific DVR-MS video files.
- Resolved system locking up after long-term playback of MKV video playlist.
- Resolved some BD ISO movies not playing from the beginning.
- Resolved some DVD ISO issue displaying black screen during play.
- Resolved issue with some m2ts and BD ISO files restarting.
- Updated Get Content Info search results for music & movie files.
- Resolved higher resolution DVR-MS files with video/audio/lip sync and stopping issues during playback.
- Resolved audio sound not playing for certain AVI video files.
- Resolved AAC audio not in sync with FLV files.
- Resolved “Skip To” function not working with some BD ISO files.
- Resolved reboot problem when pressing the Home button while using Windows™ Play To during video playback.
- Resolved issue playing DVR-MS videos via Windows™ Play To.
- Resolved network share issue when storage device is not connected.
- Resolved screensaver interrupting audio playback when playing from Windows™ Play To.
- Resolved Accuweather™ not displaying the correct unit of measurement for Precipitation, Rain, Snow, and Ice.
- Resolved Flickr message pop-up “There is no media” when scrolling through Interesting category.
- Resolved various translation issues.
| Version number | 2.01.86 |
| Release status | Final |
| Website | Western Digital |
| Download | http://download.wdc.com/wdtv/wdtvlivegen3_2.01.86.zip |
| File size |
166.00MB |
| License type | Freeware |