Can't stop playing of avi-files Options

[guldbrand]

Hi

I've seen a couble of other threads about this issue, but no solutions.

The thing is, when I play avi files, they won't stop, when I press the "Stop" button (or "Pause"). I can the go back, and I will return to list menu, of the folder, but the soud keeps on going, even if I start another file, the "time-circle" keeps turning, and the first file are playing in the back, and the file never starts.

I have a WDTVLive - FW: 1.04.31
Streaming fra a NAS - QNAP: TS 439 Pro II+ - FW: 3.4.2 Build 0331T

What I've tried; downgraded both units one and two Firmware versions back, but, no luck.

- all other streamings are fine - MKV ISO an so on - but not, avi's.

So please, what do I do ?

Thanx a lot.

/SGP

[WDUser]

Does it behave the same way if you play the same files from a directly attached USB drive?

[guldbrand]

Actually I haven't tried that - I'll do that tomorrow.
Thanx for the input :-)

I'll be back.

/SGP

[guldbrand]

Now I've triede play one of the same files from a USB, same thing, the avi-file does not stop playing. Audio keeps going, even when pressing Stop, and it's going back to file llist.

Actualy thew same thing happens when playing from Youtube, when plays a Youtube movie, I can play one and that's it, next one I trie to just gives me the "time cirkle"

I have to say, I'm very disapointed about this media-player.

Hope someone, can give me the top hint to solve this... maybe I schould have listened to a friend and bought a Popcorn Hour :-/

Thanx

/SGP

[Rev Drew]

well if you'd prefer it, by all means go get a popcorn hour, you will find no one here trying to sway you either way.
we are enthusiasts and owners, nothing more.

[WDUser]

Since you've already tried downgrading the FW and presumably a hard reset as well, I suggest you contact Support and see what they have to say about it. They may ask you to RMA it since it may be a hardware issue. Certainly my player does no such thing.

[Rev Drew]

my player did that once, it was an issue with a time server and settings.
since the OP doesn't appear to be running any version of WDLXTV I doubt the same fix applies to them.

sounds like a possible issue with the AVI files themselves..
have you run mediainfo on them to see what they are and if indeed they are the problem?

[guldbrand]

I would like to say, I chose this over Popcorn for many reasons, mainly for the user interface, and the ability to play every format, so it applies to me the most.
But I also see now, a lot people having a lot of issues with media player (WD TV Live).

I have got this problem with all the avi-files I have tried to play - about 15-20 different ones, short and long ones.

Offcourse would like to keep it, but You get a bit frustrated, when You get a new "toy" and it fails do do what it should.

Rev Drew: What do You mean by this:
"my player did that once, it was an issue with a time server and settings.
since the OP doesn't appear to be running any version of WDLXTV I doubt the same fix applies to them." ?

Thanx all

/SGP

[WDUser]

He meant that he had WDLXTV custom FW installed, whereas you have official FW and so it can't be the same problem. If not a single AVI obtained from various sources can be played and stopped properly, I would blame the player more than the files. Surely all of them can't be bad.

P.S. Running MediaInfo on them and confirming that they are Xvid/DivX AVIs with supported audio codecs is a good idea nevertheless.

[guldbrand]

Arh OK - actually I've also tried Custum FW - but no go as well.

I'll putting an avi trough mediainfo, and see what it says.

Thanx for the input.

/SGP

[guldbrand]

Hi again

Now I have run one of thi avi's trough mediainfo, so what does this tell us ?

CODE

General
Complete name                    : M:\Video\xvxvxvxv.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 145 MiB
Duration                         : 20mn 35s
Overall bit rate                 : 986 Kbps

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP            : 2
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode                      : Packed bitstream
Codec ID                         : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                    : XviD
Duration                         : 20mn 35s
Bit rate                         : 850 Kbps
Width                            : 640 pixels
Height                           : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.157
Stream size                      : 125 MiB (86%)
Writing library                  : XviD 1.2.0.dev47 (UTC 2006-11-01)

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format version                   : Version 1
Format profile                   : Layer 3
Mode                             : Joint stereo
Mode extension                   : MS Stereo
Codec ID                         : 55
Codec ID/Hint                    : MP3
Duration                         : 20mn 35s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 18.9 MiB (13%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 250 ms (6.00 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration     : 432 ms

Thanx
/SGP

[WDUser]

Not an encoding expert, so it looks fine to me (Xvid AVI with MP3 audio). Try unpacking the bitstream using MPEG4 Modifier and see if that helps.

[guldbrand]

Not an encoding expert, so it looks fine to me (Xvid AVI with MP3 audio). Try unpacking the bitstream using MPEG4 Modifier and see if that helps.

Hi

I tried this - but it made no difference :-(
And I even upgraded the FW, with the on that are out today...

I'm really lost here, because I can't believe this would be a hardware problem ?!

/SGP

[WDUser]

I'm really lost here, because I can't believe this would be a hardware problem ?!

Well it doesn't seem to be affecting most Live owners, so...

[guldbrand]

Well it doesn't seem to be affecting most Live owners, so...

Well, guess I have to return it then - unfortunately :-/

/SGP

[guldbrand]

Well, now I recieved a new one, worked like a charm, with fw 1.02.21. Then there was this new fw 1.05.04, now this WD is totally fucked up as well - even after downgraded it to fw 1.02.21 :-/
What the f... is with this thing ?!

I'm not a technical imbicil, I know how to use things....

/SGP

[guldbrand]

Update - after a reboot it works again (an two and three reboots), but still with fw 1.02.21. Would one dare to update the fw again :-/
How come there are so many issues with the last few fw updates ?
I can see in the fw threads that there are severel issues....

/SGP

[Rev Drew]

I'm using the beta WDLXTV based on 1.05.04 and it is rock solid, live and live plus are both working better than ever.
it should work fine for you, I have noticed no bugs or problems with this test release which is a souped up 1.05.04

[guldbrand]

OK, yes... is there a special trick to perform, after the fw upgrade ?

/SGP

[Rev Drew]

I didn't even do a reset to be honest