don't bother with windows sharing - just install Tversity or Twonky media Options

[chezza]

Hi,

Thought this might save a few people a headache or two as I had real problems getting windows 7 network shares to work with my WD TV Live.

I found some great software called Tversity (free) http://tversity.com/ or Twonky Media (paid for with free trial) http://www.twonkymedia.com/ - that just worked instantly. Found all of my music and video within a couple of minutes and my WDTV picked it all up instantly.

Took 5 minutes to set up rather than 5 hours! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Hope it helps!

[Ham duden]

Sounds nice! Saved for when the network works for me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[weaver]

I have been having problems with Window's 7 and WDTV-Live. I tried Twonky Media and TVersity. Like others I had some problem with TVersity, mainly in playing AVI files.

But Twonky Media works great. And they have a sale going on till the end of the Month for $20 (usd).

http://twonkymedia.com/Promotions/index.html

[Maybe they have this sale every month, I don't know.]

Regardless, I would highly recommend it for WDTV-Live.

[Jady]

Chezza,

You are my hero! It worked with TVersity within 5 minutes of setup. I had tried everything including registry tweaks to no avail. With Windows 7 Home primium 64 bit all I had to do was add my folder locations and voila---I was in under theWDTV live server icon (not the share icon). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[TXmike]

I hope more Win7 users see this, there seems to be no end to the number of people having hell using it and trying to get sharing to work to the WDLive units.

It really shouldn't be this difficult but, if this works then maybe it will save some other folks a headache.
I wished I could help more on this Win7 issue but, I gave up and switched to Linux years ago. Obviously there's something weird in Win7 networking.
I wonder if disabling iPv6 would help on Win7

[piko72]

YES !! it work for me i installed TVersity !!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Jady]

I am glad. I should point out that it is not working perfectly. For example, thumbnails for movies do not show up (but they do for pictures). WD seems to acknowledge this problem with thumbnails through servers. Hopefully they will fix this with a firmware update. I am also unable to get FLAC audio files to work through the TVersity server. The same files do work on my hard drive directly connected to the WDTV.

[dublin_101]

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Can someone please explain the process of getting the WDTV Live box to communicate with Tversity?

What I did was install TVersity on my windows 7 box and added some media, youtube bookmarks, etc.

Now my question is: how do I get WDTV Live to see that? I went into Media Streaming and couldn't find anything. I used to use windows streaming - am I meant to disable this?

Can someone please give me a simple brief of how to set up from start to finish? Thanks in advance.

[Jeff Schallenber...]

First, you have to tell TVersity on your Windows 7 PC where to find your videos, etc. You give TVersity the name(s) of the folder(s), for example, c:\My Documents\My Videos.

Then, in the WDTV Live interface, go to Video\Media Servers\Tversity.

Done.

- Jeff Schallenberg
Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec

[Tercero]

I like twonky, but it's a bit buggy. It gives a lot of errors when using Windows 7, can't be restarted after you close it, can't find the media server a lot of times and crashes. I received an email from support stating they're going to update soon. I might look at an NAS in the meantime.

[dublin_101]

First, you have to tell TVersity on your Windows 7 PC where to find your videos, etc. You give TVersity the name(s) of the folder(s), for example, c:\My Documents\My Videos.

Then, in the WDTV Live interface, go to Video\Media Servers\Tversity.

Done.

- Jeff Schallenberg
Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec

Hi, I did just that and all my WDTV box displays after I select "media servers" is my PC name....it doesn't have another option.

Do you know if I having media centre on the PC makes a difference? If so, I assume I can disable the Media centre function. Any more advice is appreciated. Thanks.

[GaPony]

I am glad. I should point out that it is not working perfectly. For example, thumbnails for movies do not show up (but they do for pictures). WD seems to acknowledge this problem with thumbnails through servers. Hopefully they will fix this with a firmware update. I am also unable to get FLAC audio files to work through the TVersity server. The same files do work on my hard drive directly connected to the WDTV.

You should try PS3MediaServer. It also easy to setup, is free, and the thumbnails work properly. Best of all, you can dump all your .jpg thumbnails into a single folder and separate them from the movie files. It makes it much easier to track them down when you want to change or update an image, and doesn't cause any confusion which file is the movie and which one is the cover when doing a quick glance.

PS3MediaServer is a Java app, so you'll need Java to be installed, but most people probably already have it anyway.

[Jady]

I got PS3 MediaServer to work but I could not get it to display my movie thumbnails. I keep each thumbnail in a folder with the movie. I guess I need "play" with the setup some more.

[cmc5dc]

You should try PS3MediaServer. It also easy to setup, is free, and the thumbnails work properly. Best of all, you can dump all your .jpg thumbnails into a single folder and separate them from the movie files. It makes it much easier to track them down when you want to change or update an image, and doesn't cause any confusion which file is the movie and which one is the cover when doing a quick glance.

PS3MediaServer is a Java app, so you'll need Java to be installed, but most people probably already have it anyway.

Can it work with win7 or is it just for vista?

[WDUser]

Since it's a Java app, should work fine on Win7 as long as you have Java installed properly.

[TXmike]

It's java so it'll basically run on anything, that's the beauty of java.

I run the PS3 Media server on Linux even. As mentioned though, you do need to actually have java installed on your machine.