WD TV Prerelease 1.02.07 is out - Page 6

Settings > System on the WDTV. You must choose the encoding related to that language.

I guess I mis understoof you, the movie is in English, there is a small part where they speak a foreign language. This Language is translated into English via embedded subs. Before with movies I have always left it to the default (Western Europe) for addtional endcoding support. This was the first movie, where the subs came up and went away too quickly (displayed for 1 second or so).

There is no reference frame limitation when it comes to 720p files. So your playback problems have a different cause. Post the MediaInfo details.

thanx WD , the prerelease works great with me , But we r still watitng for the Arabic support

Ok
The problem is low framerate (harder in the first one) and audio out of sync. I've tryied them with the official release as well and the choppy video is still there although audio seems to be in right place. Btw subtitles and audio are sync in both cases.
Any clue?
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Excellent job guys, congratulations.

Now that the tech issues are almost solved, should be a good time to improve the user interface.

Whises to add in future version:

Enter button and arrow keys:
- Pressing the "enter" key: once for status bar, twice for status bar + options bar, and third to quit.
- More options and features in options bar.
- More info in status bar (chapters, sounds, definiton, etc)
- Arrow keys for volume, ff/rew and x10 minutes.
- Advance page in file list with arrow keys

Files info and options:
- More info about the files in the menu (sound, sub, etc.)
- Copy, paste, delete, move

Hardware support:
- USB hub

Menu navegation:
- Faster speed in menu transition

Option button:
- with the first point, this button has no sense, so you can use it for something.

+1, for me .iso backups are quickest to create with no loss of quality .. and having the menu's and chapters working would be great.

At first glance, there is nothing wrong with the files, although it's unusual to see a 4.1 profile video with 11 rf (1st example). Do they play without a hitch on the PC? VLC is a good choice for spotting glitches / problematic files.

You could try to remux those files again, e.g. remove the subtitle track from the first file (just an idea), or use tsmuxer to mux them to .m2ts. Could be worth a try.

Sorry that I can't be more of a help, but just going by the Mediainfo details, your WD TV-HD should be able to play back those files properly.

you can do that now with the PREV/NEXT buttons

Dear ScottWD and GuyWD for the excellent work !

still - there is no support for HEBREW subtitles (.SRT)
when is it planned?

another question to the Forum - is there a support for card reader through USB ? i tried to use a SD card with a card reader and it was not identified.

thx in advance

I have used a 1 gig micro SD card and it worked with a usb adapter.

Yes I know, but should be better in the arrow keys, in order to avoid move the fingers to find the right button.

It is just a suggestion

I'm no expert at this, but wouldn't it be possible to create a workaround for DVD menus ? WD would document a file format (TXT or XML) from which WDTV would read menu information for a DVD folder and display it. Something like:

Then we can create a program for reading original DVD menu information and generating menu information file from it.

I repeat: I'm no expert and I don't know if this is doable or it's just a stupid idea.

nivazno.

+1

We cannot check the new features without greek subtitles (we are just installing the new firmware's to see what is fixed and then returning to the latest final so our wife's can see a movie )

Thanks! and keep it up

Oh, so the text, on the subs is in english? Post the srt (do you know how to extract it from the mkv?) here, on an attachment, and i'll dig into the matter.

+1

Arabic are Right to Left (same for Hebrew), so they need additional coding not needed for other languages. You have to wait until put this in their plan. But you can use idx/sub, I suppose.

I agree and made the same suggestion on the 1.02.06 board. also got a few PM's there from people who didn't know there was a page up/down function.
I've also been hinting at the volume output control since december.
Maybe one of these days...

WD,

Feature request:

While file playing:
Right arrow: 30 second skip forward
Left arrow: 7 second skip back

These increments work well for skipping commercials in recorded TV shows.

Thanks,
Bob

I agree with the suggestion.
The current 10min skip is definitely too long.
I would prefer a 5min skip (and then pressing twice the button) rather than having a long skip and no other option.
Actually, it would not be bad to have the skip duration selectable (between 1min and 20min) in the settings section.

Why do you keep the commercials? Edit them out if you are going to keep the TV shows long term on the WD TV.

-Mod

Hi!
Maybe the file is asynch because of the different Frame rates, one's 24 fps, the other 23.976 fps.
You could try mkvtoolnix 2.7.0 and change the Frame rate to the one of the working synch file...

Greets!
Chris

well with the last prerelease firmware I should note that MyBook Essential (1TB) does not spin down...

Maybe in the coming updates...

Thanks for the work.

7 second rewind would be nice... there are something that make me want to re-watch a part, like if I accidently missed some dialog when someone walked into the room.

List View still showing 5 lines of the same file in the folder. If you have 100 files in the folder, List View will show 500 files in total. Not a big deal, but annoying when you have files saved both in the root and folders.

My 2.5 inch bus powered satadrive (FUJITSU MHY2250BH 250 GB) doesn't spin down. it's build in in an enclosure from MSI STARBOX.

Also another issue, when i've ejected my drive and turn my WD off and on again with the drive connected, the WD doesn't recognize my drive (No storage present). The only way I can get it running again is by removing the usb cable from the drive and plug it back in again.

Keep up the good work guys at WD !!!

Sorry for my bad english (from the netherlands)

That's a function I frequently use on my DVR, and often find myself reaching for the remote for while watching WD/TV. Way outside the scope of this thread, but I'll give it a +1.

That indeed would be a handy feature to have
+1

I'm not sure if this is a known issue, but subtitles in idx/sub format don't seem to get the thick borders when selected.

The below example is from the animated film 'Persepolis'. In this screenshot it's clear why either a)borders or b)different colors are needed for subs.

This image has font=40 and border=thick in the settings. subs are in idx/sub. Firmware is latest 1.02.07 (sorry for the glare on the tv, i don't usually watch in the daytime)

When i eject the Hdd it ask me to Cancel or Ok but default is cancel and i have to move fingers to arrows and then hit ok .... why ?

if i press eject button it's not clear that i want ? default it's to be OK
then i press OK button

if i mistake press eject then move fingers to arrows and select cancel and OK

that it ... the same thing on update fw .. ok default

thx