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Do you think that if I hooked up a RAID device like this to a WDTV, it would work the same as having a regular external HD connected to it? I figure if this could work, I could have a bunch of low power usage network storage.
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elite burrito posted:I used to have an enclosure like that when I worked in forensics, although it had scsi hotswappables in it. In linux it just showed up as a regular UMS device, mounted exactly the same as a thumbdrive would, so I expect it would work on wdltv, if not the stock firmware then certainly wdlxtv. Thanks for the feedback. We just tested this on my buddy's WDTV running B-Rad's custom firmware, and a conventional external HD. The WDTV only has a 10/100 card in it. From the HD to a PC -> 6.3 MB/sec on an 11 gig file in 30 min Testing upload speed soon, I will update with results.
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Nov 24, 2010 17:14
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We didn't do that other test. Anyway, I got one. I'm not getting audio for WMV files. Is this the WDTV or does my receiver not do WMAPRO audio? They work over the PC to the receiver.
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Dec 7, 2010 02:14
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BeefofAges posted:Very few receivers support WMA Pro. Your PC is probably decoding it to PCM. Hmm. It seems WMV audio does work when I set the WDTV's audio output to stereo. edit- Video framerate is weird on wmv files too. Makes it look like it's shot on home video camera. FogHelmut fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Dec 8, 2010 |
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Dec 8, 2010 00:37
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FogHelmut posted:Do you think that if I hooked up a RAID device like this to a WDTV, it would work the same as having a regular external HD connected to it? I figure if this could work, I could have a bunch of low power usage network storage. I just got this RAID thing for xmas, a few days early since I wont be home. I only have 1 hard drive in it right now, so it's not running RAID. But the important thing is that it connects to my WDTV Live, and using B-Rad's firmware, I am sharing this over my network. Cool stuff.
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Dec 20, 2010 16:26
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wandler20 posted:I ran into an issue with my WDTV Live Plus last night. I couldn't get it to output any sound. I have it hooked up via HDMI directly to a Panasonic plasma tv. I tried restarting it multiple times but no luck. I haven't update the firmware yet so that might fix it. Suggestions? They don't like WMA audio. Try setting it to stereo? Could be the file you're trying to play.
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Dec 30, 2010 21:03
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wandler20 posted:It's not just one file, it's all mkv files. I have a WDTV in the basement and it works just fine with the same files. Did you check the audio output settings? I always overlook simple things like that. Settings -> Audio/Video -> Audio output
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Dec 31, 2010 22:26
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CombatCupcake posted:A friend has the WD live. He was telling me how it would only work with a WD external drive, no other External would work. I have a hardware RAID box with 6 TB of storage attached to mine. I've used micro-SD cards through a USB adapter on it. Pretty much any USB external type of drive will work.
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Jan 20, 2011 20:06
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One complaint I have about this WDTV is that network file transfers over it top out at around 8 Mbits. So if I'm ftping files to the attached drive, or using some of the WDLXTV's NZB features, it's pretty slow, considering my FIOS is 25 Mbit.
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Jan 29, 2011 01:40
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CanuckBassist posted:Awesome, thanks! Transfer speeds are still very low. Topping out at ~750KB/s. I get about 8 megabits per second max when FTPing files from my hardwired PC to an attached USB drive on my WDTV. Maybe 2 or 3 over WiFi.
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Feb 6, 2011 13:38
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Mine did that, then I unplugged my USB hard drive and plugged it back in and the files worked.  I have an issue with mine occasionally resetting itself - not like a reboot, but I lose all of my settings. Maybe happened 2 times in 2 months. Maybe its a WDLXTV issue.
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Mar 4, 2011 15:39
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Nask26 posted:What are you guys doing with the custom firmware? I guess I don't see a use case for me over the official firmware! Using my attached USB HD as a NAS. Can I do that with stock?
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Mar 21, 2011 02:32
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SB35 posted:Never had a problem with any of the commonly available online avi or mkv files played off of a USB drive, don't know about networked shares though. I never had a problem playing things over the network. I think with the WDLXTV firmware you can also attach a USB DVD or BluRay drive.
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Dec 6, 2011 13:57
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Tomahawk posted:So can I hook this thing directly up to an external HDD? Is that optimal? I feel like streaming 1080p videos on my connection will be a nightmare. Streaming works great. I have a 6 tb USB RAID box hooked up to mine shared as a NAS. But I've played directly from that, streamed over WiFi, over network hard line, its all good. I have a WDTV Live Plus from 2 years ago, I'm sure the modern day versions are better.
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Mar 10, 2012 05:40
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syphon posted:Has anyone had any luck using this over wifi? I couldn't stream any HD video over wifi because it's only 802.11g (instead of N). Roku and the LG device both seem to work ok, but I prefer the WDTV interface. I have the old Live Plus that doesn't have wifi built in and is hard wired, but I've streamed HD things to it from computers that were on the network with Wifi G with no problem.
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chizad posted:At least with the WDTV Live Streaming, you can plug in a USB keyboard. I'm using a Logitech K270 with mine without any problems. I think the previous model had keyboard support as well, not sure about anything before that. You can also plug in a wireless keyboard, provided the receiving end is USB.
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