WDTVC.com » News http://www.wdtvc.com WD TV HD community Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:50:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 New Firmware Coming Soon! http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/09/19/new-firmware-coming-soon/ http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/09/19/new-firmware-coming-soon/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:16:48 +0000 Mr.Winks http://www.wdtvc.com/?p=512 Scott Rader has tweeted about a new WD TV firmware update coming soon.  This would be the first release in months from WD on their first media player.  There is no indication as to what will be on this new firmware release.  Here is the quote:

#WDTV we are working on the WD TV HD Media Player product update! Will get it out to everyone as soon as it’s ready.

Hey also said there was no word on the date of release.  Stay tuned for further updates on any releases!

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]]> http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/09/19/new-firmware-coming-soon/feed/ 0 Official Name and Price of New WD-TV Player Out http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/08/19/official-name-and-price-new-wd-tv-player-out/ http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/08/19/official-name-and-price-new-wd-tv-player-out/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:00:21 +0000 KaiserSoze http://www.wdtvc.com/?p=503 From some reliable sources, WDTVC.com has got some new information on the successor of the popular WD TV-media player. It will have a retail price of 149 Euro in Europe. The official name of the device will be WD Live TV Media Player.

Detailed specifications and some photos of the new Western Digital media player were leaked earlier, but the price and release date were unknown. The price online retailers are expected to offer the new media player will probably be around 110 Euros.

It was thought the new media player would be named “WD-2 Live TV Media Player ‘, but the specs show the final name will be ” WD TV Live Media Player”. The ‘Live’ part in the product name refers to the addition of an ethernet port.

The source could not say when exactly the WD TV Live will be released in Europe, but the most likely month is October. Information on DTS-downmixing, DVD/BluRay-menu support or other much wanted functionalities isn’t available yet.

]]> http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/08/19/official-name-and-price-new-wd-tv-player-out/feed/ 0 WD Beta Firmware 1.02.10 Available http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/06/27/wd-beta-firmware-10210/ http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/06/27/wd-beta-firmware-10210/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:12:47 +0000 Mr.Winks http://www.wdtvc.com/?p=450 Sorry, we’re a little late on this post.  WD has released 1.02.10 Beta to the public with a few bug fixes.  Here is a quick rundown:

“What’s New?

Prerelease 1.02.10 (includes all previously released updates)

* Greek subtitles render slowly in Greek character encoding mode; subs render properly now
* Korean subtitles disappear during the video playback, Korean subs now play properly
* Playlists play in correct order. Instead of playing files in alphabetical order, they are played in the order added to the list.
* Metadata support for music improved over previous release

Added feature:

* Metadata support for music improved over previous releases. For example, browsing by genre is broken down into artists, then albums, then tracks.

Known issues:

* A few text strings were not translated properly over different UI languages”

WD’s Website

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Bugs fixed in 1.02.08:
-Some characters still missing from Greek font
-VC-1 MKVs playback poorly
-Audio out of sync during MKV playback
-10 Minute FF and REV doesn’t work during MKV playback
-Audio clipping issues

Download Here

]]> http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/05/19/wd-releases-beta-frimware-10208/feed/ 0 Tutorial section is open http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/05/02/tutorial-section-is-open/ http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/05/02/tutorial-section-is-open/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 10:24:41 +0000 KaiserSoze http://www.wdtvc.com/?p=300 wdtvc_tutorials

We have opened a new section on the website dedicated to teaching WD TV users how to perform common tasks with their media player. It will contain tutorials on how to install and configure firmware, applications and hacks.

There are 6 tutorials for now: “Wifi USB adapater installation”, “NFS sharing on Windows XP” and “Torrent application setup .”  But we have a lot of new tutorials coming up with topics covering how to customize the OSD and how to use custom firmware, upnp devices, and apple movie trailers.

If you are interested in submitting your own tutorials please send Mr.Winks a pm on the forum.

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You can always head over to our downloads section to get the latest firmware.

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Western Digital’s latest beta has arrived, only a few days after the last beta, with a few minor fixes.  Fixed items and additions:

  • Added option to toggle subtitle default to ‘On’ or ‘Off’
  • Added subtitle outline thickness selection
  • Added hard drive spindown on WDTV power off

Download here

Discuss this topic in our forum

This is a prerelease version of the firmware. Feel free to install it but be aware this is beta firmware so use it at your own risk. If you are not comfortable with this, please wait for the final version.

]]> http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/04/24/wd-releases-new-beta-firmware-10207/feed/ 0 WDTVC.com post start Round-Up http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/04/23/wdtvccom-post-start-round-up/ http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/04/23/wdtvccom-post-start-round-up/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:18:39 +0000 KaiserSoze http://www.wdtvc.com/?p=231 Okay it’s been a while since the last front page article was published but we’ve been working on the background to add website functionality and creating a solid base for this community. As you might have seen on the forums or downloads page WD hasn’t been sitting still either. Beta firmware version 1.02.07 is hot from the press and every update is followed with new versions of b-rad’s wdlxtv and zoranders ext3-boot modded firmwares. More functionality is added everyday as a lot of people are trying to get the most out of the brilliant little media player the WD TV HD is.

Upcoming features for WDTVC.com will be the opening of the tutorial section and upgrades for the, I must say very popular, thumbnail creator (more than 55,000 thumbs created in 18 days!). Also as more options to edit OSD files become available we want to host a OSD design contest. After the programmers have shown their skills it’s time for the designers to do so wouldn’t you think?

Please subcribe to receive regular updates on new fimware versions or the katest WD TV HD news.

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Western Digital has released a new pre-release beta firmware version. No official release notes to be found yet but these are some quick notes:

  • Windows-1250 Central European encoding added
  • Subtitle rendering quality improved
  • AVI loading time improved
  • Fixed an issue where thumbnails weren’t loading sometimes
  • Thumbnail loading times improved

Download here

This is a prerelease version of the firmware. Feel free to install it but be aware this is beta firmware so use it at your own risk. If you are not comfortable with this, please wait for the final version.

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The WD TVC.com movie thumbnail generator is updated. In the old version some movies were unable to find. From now on you have some options to choose from so you will find your movie poster 99% of the times. Try searching imdb ID or movie title first, if that doesn’t give any results try enabling “wild” search. It’s also possible to resize from an url. The thumbnail generator is still being worked on, if you found a problem or have a functionality request please post here.

Update notes:

  • updated search method
  • search for imdb ID or movie title
  • “wild” search
  • resize from url
  • statistics

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