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The WD TV was a consumer device produced by Western Digital that played videos, images, and music from USB drives or network locations. The device was introduced in 2008 and played high-definition video through an HDMI port, and standard video through composite video cables. The device had support for most common video and audio formats. The WD TV was discontinued as of August 2016.

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WD TV (1st Gen)[edit]

In November 2008 Western Digital introduced the WD TV.^[1] with full HD 1080p multimedia player with DTS pass-through only.^[2] The hardware starts with a 300 MHz TangoX MIPS 4KEc from Sigma Designs, which has 100 MB of memory.^[3][4]

WD TV (2nd Gen)[edit]

Updated device with 2-channel DTS support.^[5] Uses the same Sigma SMP8655 Secure Media Processor as the Live.

WD TV Mini[edit]

Released in Fall 2009,^[6] it was a Media Player with DVD quality, upscales to 1080i, Plays back RealVideo and many other popular file formats with no need for transcoding, but lacks the ability to play H.264 encoded video.

WD TV Live[edit]

Released in Fall 2009^[7] with Full HD 1080p resolution. An updated device with 2-channel DTS, streaming and network support, which comes in the form of an Ethernet port on the back. Also compatible with certain wireless USB adapters.^[8] Connects to Internet sites: YouTube (until 2017), Flickr, Live365, myTV, Pandora, Mediafly, Flingo, AccuWeather, Facebook or stream content from a home network.^[9] Supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats. No need for transcoding. Mediafly and DVD menu support added in firmware update.

While the documentation says the device supports three playlist formats there is actually no support for playlists.

The Sigma Designs SMP8655 SoC inside the WD TV Live features a 500 MHz CPU, a 333 MHz coprocessor, a 333 MHz DSP, 512 MB of DRAM, and 256 MB of NAND flash memory. Western Digital has tweaked the original Sigma SMP8600 Family design slightly by including 6 video Digital to Analog Converters (DACs) which should give it the ability to handle high-def content with ease.^[10] (Model number WDBAAN0000NBK).

WD TV Live Plus (WD TV Live 2nd Gen)[edit]

Released early in 2010^[11] and having all the features of the WD TV Live along with Netflix streaming support. In order to support Netflix, a macrovision enabled SoC was required (Sigma Designs SMP8654) and the Linux system is also now encrypted.^[12] However, actual user experience has lagged for some. As of April 12, 2011,^[13] Netflix Canada works on a WD Live TV Plus as long as the firmware has been upgraded to version 1.04.31_B or newer. It is also known as WDTV Live Plus (Model number WDBABX0000NBK, WDBREC0000NBK, WDBG3A0000NBK).

Reviews: WD TV Live Plus was met with generally positive reviews. Review Horizon names it a worthy successor of WD TV Live.^[14]

WD TV Live Hub[edit]

Released in fall 2010,^[15] this is a WD TV Live device with an internal 1 TB storage disk. It uses the same Sigma Designs SMP8654 found in the WD TV Live Plus with four 64 MB Nanya NT5TU64M16GG DDR2 667/800 MHz modules (256 MB total), and a 2 GB Samsung K9F2G080UB flash chip.

WD TV Live Streaming (WD TV Live 3rd Gen)[edit]

Released in October 2011.^[16] It has customizable themes, a larger remote control, can get content information from the internet, plays DRM-protected services, has a built-in wireless adapter, a 10/100Mbit/s RJ45 Ethernet port and is the first WD TV model to include the Spotify service. The WD TV Live has WiFi and a Sigma Designs SMP8670AD 700 MHz processor with 512MB of DDR2 memory from Nanya. It is also known as WD TV Live Gen 3 (NTSC model number WDBHG70000NBK, PAL model number WDBGXT0000NBK).

WD TV Play (WD TV 4th Gen)[edit]

According to the WD Site, it was released in early 2013.^[17] (NTSC model number WDBMBA0000NBK). Their exact words are:

The software does not support DTS or MPEG2, as these features were removed.

WD TV Media Player (WD TV 2nd Gen)[edit]

Released in July 2014.^[18] (NTSC model number WDBYMN0000NBK, PAL model number WDBPUF0000NBK). Identical hardware to the WDTV Live Streaming but missing Netflix. This last version of the WDTV was finally discontinued by Western digital in June 2016 and is no longer available for sale through the manufacturer.^{[citation needed]}

Hacking[edit]

The WD TV has been hacked to enable further options, including using external optical drives, Ethernet connection via USB to Ethernet adapters, bittorrent downloading and improved thumbnail preview images.^[19] The newest versions of the WD TV (Streaming Media) have encrypted firmware and there are efforts to continue hacking them.^[20]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Western Digital quietly intros WD TV HD Media Player'. Engadget. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
2. ^'WD TV Product Update'. Wdc.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
3. ^'How Much Ram Memory'. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
4. ^'Western Digital's WD TV HD Media Player: Break out the popcorn'. The Tech Report. March 12, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
5. ^'WD Product Update'. Wdc.com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
6. ^'WD TV Mini loses Full HD, but remains a handy Media Player'. Engadget. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
7. ^'Western Digital WD TV Live HD media player gets official'. Engadget. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
8. ^'List of devices that can be connected to a WD TV Live HD Media Player'. Wdc.custhelp.com. May 16, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
9. ^'WD TV Live'. Wdc.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
10. ^'Western Digital WD TV Live HD Media Player'. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
11. ^'Western Digital announces WD TV Live Plus HD with Netflix streaming'. Engadget. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
12. ^'B-RAD » WDTV Live Plus undressing'. B-rad.cc. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
13. ^'NetFlix support in Canada for the WD TV Live Plus, WD TV Live Hub, and WD TV Live Streaming'. Wdc.custhelp.com. April 12, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
14. ^'Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p Media Player/Streamer Review'. Review Horizon. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
15. ^'Western Digital stuffs 1TB HDD into Live Hub networked media streamer'. Engadget. October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
16. ^'NetFlix, CinemaNow, Blockbuster On Demand, and Hulu Plus support on WD TV Live products'. Wdc.custhelp.com. February 29, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
17. ^'Differences between the WD TV Live, WD TV Live Plus, WD TV Live Streaming, WD TV Live Hub, and WD TV Play Media Player'. Wdc.custhelp.com. June 25, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
18. ^'Media Player WD TV'.
19. ^'WDLXTV – enhanced WDTV firmware'. B-Rad.cc. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
20. ^'WDTV Live Streaming (Gen3) Homebrew - Born to be compiled'. Retrieved May 2, 2012.

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As a consumer device produced by Western Digital, WD TV can play videos, music and images from USB drives. It can also play high definition video through an HDMI port and standard video through composite video cables. Before streaming any local video to WD devices, first have a look at all WD TV compatible file formats including WD TV HD, WD TV Live and WD TV Mini media player.

Supported file formats for WD TV

Media File Formats Supported on WD TV HD Media Player (Gen 1)

Video -- WMV9, AVI (MPEG1/2/4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), MOV - (MPEG4, H.264), M2TS, TP, TS, MOV/MP4 (MPEG4, h.264), DVR-MS, VOB (unprotected or unencrypted)
MPEG2/4, H.264, and WMV9 support up to 1920x1080p 24fps, 1920x1080i 30fps, 1280x720p 60fps resolution.
- FLV file extensions are NOT supported. Neither are RMVB videos from Real Media. You will need to use conversion software to convert them to a supported format.
- The WD TV HD Media Player only supports certain types of codecs based on the extension of your file. You can check the User Manual for a list of supported codecs for each file extension.

Audio -- MP3, WMA, MPA, M4A, MP4A, OGG, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC, FLAC, Dolby Digital, AIF/AIFF, MKA
- An audio receiver is required for surround sound output (including the unsupported DTS audio codec). For more information see Answer ID 3590: DTS support on the WD TV Media Player
- AAC/Dolby Digital decodes in 2 channel output only.

Media File Formats Supported on WD TV Live Streaming Media Player, WD TV Live Hub Media Center, WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player, WD TV Live (WDBAAx0000NBK) HD Media Player, and WD TV HD Media Player (Gen 2)

Video -- MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264), M2TS, TP, TRP, TS, MP4, ASF, VOB (unprotected or unencrypted)
- MPEG2/4, H.264, and WMV9 support up to 1920x1080p 24fps, 1920x1080i 30fps, 1280x720p 60fps resolution.
- FLV file extensions are supported (using a video codec of H.264 and an Audio codec of AAC only) in the latest firmware version for all of the above devices besides the WD TV HD Media Player (Gen 2).
- RMVB videos from Real Media are not supported. You will need to use conversion software to convert them to a supported format.
- The WD TV Live HD Media Player only supports certain types of codecs based on the extension of your file. You can check the User Manual for a list of supported codecs for each file extension.

Audio -- MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
- AAC/Dolby Digital/DTS decodes in 2 channel output only. You will need an audio receiver capable of decoding these codecs for additional channels.

Media File Formats Supported on WD TV Mini Media Player

Video -- AVI (Xvid, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MP4/MOV (MPEG4), RM or RMVB 8/9/10
- RMVB supports up to 1024x576x24, 1024x576x30, or 800x600x30 compressed video resolution.
- MPEG1/2/4 supports up to D1 resolution (720x480 in NTSC, 720x576 in PAL)
- RMVB videos will play on the WD TV Mini Media Player only. They are not supported on the original WD TV HD Media Player, or the WD TV Live HD Media Player.
- FLV file extensions are NOT supported. You will need to use conversion software to convert them to a supported format.
- The WD TV Mini Media Player only supports certain types of codecs based on the extension of your file. You can check the User Manual for a list of supported codecs for each file extension.

Audio -- MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, OGG, APE

Play unsupported video audio on WD TV

From above list, we can see that WD TV has limited formats playback capability, in addition, it also has its own compatible file codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, channels, etc. To get any any unsupported file types played on WD TV, you will need a powerful media conversion tool. Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Windows/Mac (best video converter ultimate) is the remarkable application that enables you to convert various different media types including Blu-ray disc/BDMV folder/ISO image, DVD disc/Video_TS folder/VOB files, also incompatible digital file formats including H.265, AVCHD MTS/M2TS, MKV, AVI, MOV, FLV, Tivo files, etc to WD TV HD/WD TV Live/WD TV Mini media player accepted formats listed above.

Output compatible profile settings for WD TV

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To achieve best playback effects on WD TV, you can adjust the output profile parameters such as video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels based on the list above.

How to Convert and Play Unsupported Video/Audio Files on WD TV HD/WD TV Live/WD TV Mini?

Step 1: Load unsupported files to the program.
Launch the application on your computer, click 'File' > 'Load Video/Audio' or 'Load from Folder' to import WD TV incompatible file formats to the program.

Step 2: Output WD TV Media Player supported formats.
From 'Format' drop-down list, select 'HD Video > H.264 HD Video(*mp4)' as the output file format for playing on WD TV HD, WD TV Live and WD TV Mini.

Step 3：Adjust output profile parameters.
Click 'Settings' to open 'Profile Settings' window, here you can choose or specify the output parameters such as video/audio codecs, file size, bit rates, frame rates, etc as you like. And in the Task information section, you can compare the detailed information of the source video and the target video.

Step 4: Start video to WD TV Media Player conversion.
Clicking the Convert button on main interface,a Conversion window will pop out with the detailed conversion information such as Time elapsed, Time left, Generated size, and Estimated size.

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After the conversion, you can click Open output folder to popup output directory with the converted files. Then transfer the converted files to your USB drive and plug it into the USB ports on your WD TV for playing back.