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Originally Posted by Brajesh /forum/post/21042370


Looks like a cheaper version of the Hub, but with HDMI 1.4, built-in wireless and Flash-lite support?

From specs, it looks like the Live Hub with respect to the firmware. Hard disk has been replaced by Wi-fi ; I bet the HDMI 1.4 and Gigabit wireless are just marketing gimmicks as usual
[ Edit: Live Hub had GbE too for 11 MBps transfers to the internal HD ]
 
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Originally Posted by WDFan1970 /forum/post/21043308


Where are ya'll seeing that it has Gigabit?


I haven't seen any links that actually give specs!

The pics in the Slickdeals thread show HDMI 1.4 and appear very similar to the WDTV Live Hub's specs.. I would be surprised if it weren't Gigabit (not that Gigabit is going be useful for this device, considering there is no internal hard drive or media server program running)
 
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Well this is interesting: Take a look at the WD web site for their media players. I was just looking at this last week and it has changed rather quickly to reflect the "new" products.


The previous WD Live is gone completely -- WD had already discontinued it for sale in the US and was for sale outside the US.


The WD Live+ is now also "gone" -- if you click on the WD Latin America link you can find the info for the WD Live+ which has taken the place of the v1 Live as the product for outside the US.


Only the "new" WD Live v2 and the Live Hub are displayed for the US market. The Live v2 already has an October/2011 firmware update available. The firmware version numbers are not matched to the Live Hub the way the Live v1 and Live+ were.


My fear is that this marks the end of firmware updates for the Live v1/Live+.
 
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Originally Posted by Kelson /forum/post/21045922


My fear is that this marks the end of firmware updates for the Live v1/Live+.

I think you're right. Engadget just reported on it and states that the new firmware, only available to the Live Hub and new Live, will have new services. Also WD press release linked.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/06/s...st-99-wdtv-li/
 
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Originally Posted by jakmal /forum/post/21043395


. . . (not that Gigabit is going be useful for this device, considering there is no internal hard drive or media server program running)

That may only be partially true. There may not be an internal HDD but the USB ports support external HDD. If it is anything like the Live+ then the "new" Live will still have a presence on the network for remote access/management of attached HDD and simple NAS functionality -- you could use it to feed content to another streamer. I would expect that like the Live+, the "new" Live will support GUID partitions which means a user can attach a multi-bay USB JBOD or RAID enclosure for massive local storage that would also be available on the network. Before I went with NAS units, I had a Rosewill 2-bay USB enclosure attached to my Live+ with a pair of 2TB drives formatted as a single GUID volume. Worked perfectly. Loaded and managed the content on that local storage from my PC.


The GigE port will greatly facilitate data transfers to and from attached local storage and beef up the NAS functionality of the "new" Live.


Why couldn't they have picked a unique name for this.
 
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Originally Posted by Kelson /forum/post/21046395


The GigE port will greatly facilitate data transfers to and from attached local storage and beef up the NAS functionality of the "new" Live.

Unless they have upgraded the processor in this new model, which I doubt they have, the GigE is Gig in name only. Total marketing fluff is all it is good for.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3990/w...e-hub-review/7
 
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Originally Posted by WDFan1970 /forum/post/21046449


Ooo.... Goody.


Auto content scraping!



It's chugging away at my 1000+ TV episodes for the last hour and has about 50% of them done.

If you don't mind me asking but how exactly does this work ?


* Does it auto scan the file names and match to iMDB.

* Do you get cover-art pulled down and does it cache it internally like Boxee or just dump a jpg in the folder.

* Does it work on network sources.

* Is there a central movie library or does it only show the metadata when browsing file lists and you press info or something like that.


Thanks.
 
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Originally Posted by Alx330 /forum/post/0



If you don't mind me asking but how exactly does this work ?


* Does it auto scan the file names and match to iMDB.

* Do you get cover-art pulled down and does it cache it internally like Boxee or just dump a jpg in the folder.

* Does it work on network sources.

* Is there a central movie library or does it only show the metadata when browsing file lists and you press info or something like that.


Thanks.

It's not using IMDb, it's using themoviedb and thetvtb.


There's something in the menu called Meta Source Manager where other sources can be added, but it's not documented, and I haven't figured that out.


It's storing XML, and thumbnail, along with the media files.


No, it's not working on my NAS stuff, but manual still works.


The movie library is just like the hub, in that only portions of the XML work for NAS, but it's all functional for USB storage.
 
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