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  May 17 2009, 03:14 PM
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I tried a USB 2.0 hub that I have and it did not work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
So I went out and bought a powered USB 2.0 hub after reading people claim that they can get USB hubs to work. Tried the powered USB hub and it still did not work. I have 2 1TB hard drives, filled with my DVD collection. The problem is they are both full already, so I need to add another drive. With only 2 USB ports on the device this is not possible without a hub. I have roughly 440 uncompressed movies ripped straight from DVD (as ISO files). The setup works awesome! My whole movie collection is availible "on-demand". When I hook up the drives through the hub, it never sees more than 236 movies. So it seems to see some movies from each drive, but not all. This is even after a reboot of the device for a clean re-index of all USB content. Is there any way people have got this to work? What can I do here, any ideas? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Hub brands: Unpowered USB 2.0 4 port hub = Targus Powered USB 2.0 4 port hub = i-Rocks Thanks guys! |
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May 29 2009, 07:02 PM
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Still can't get any of my hubs to work!
This is driving me nuts, I wish someone else with a lot of files could try this too. It is a shame that these forums are not busy, this place is a wealth of useful information. |
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May 31 2009, 04:15 PM
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QUOTE (vwpowr @ May 29 2009, 08:02 PM)  Still can't get any of my hubs to work! This is driving me nuts, I wish someone else with a lot of files could try this too. It is a shame that these forums are not busy, this place is a wealth of useful information. Yes it is a shame these forums are not that busy, but at least we have really tried to help you out with your problem. Have you tried to downscale the amount of media you have achieved on the drives? My collections is growing and I have yet run into the same problems youre having. |
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Jun 5 2009, 08:28 PM
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QUOTE (neverlift @ May 31 2009, 05:15 PM) Yes it is a shame these forums are not that busy, but at least we have really tried to help you out with your problem. Have you tried to downscale the amount of media you have achieved on the drives? My collections is growing and I have yet run into the same problems youre having. My collection is growing and I have already maxed out both 1TB drives plugged into the player. It is a royal pain in the butt to have to copy movies from my PC to a flash drive to play it. I like having the whole collection set up as an "on-demand" movie player. The media library not supporting a USB hub is just rediculous. I might just suck it up and buy another hub that I know is working for other people. I like everything else about the WD player I'd hate to have to get something else. What troubles me, is that I read on avs forums that a couple people were using USB hubs then that functionality broke when they upgraded firmware. |
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Jun 7 2009, 07:35 PM
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QUOTE (vwpowr @ Jun 5 2009, 09:28 PM) My collection is growing and I have already maxed out both 1TB drives plugged into the player. It is a royal pain in the butt to have to copy movies from my PC to a flash drive to play it. I like having the whole collection set up as an "on-demand" movie player. The media library not supporting a USB hub is just rediculous. I might just suck it up and buy another hub that I know is working for other people. I like everything else about the WD player I'd hate to have to get something else. What troubles me, is that I read on avs forums that a couple people were using USB hubs then that functionality broke when they upgraded firmware. Just so everyone knows, apparently it is an official bug. Not sure how some are managing to get media library to work on newer firmwares. BUG v1.02.04 content on drives via USB hub isn't aggregated any more « on: April 15, 2009, 02:50:49 AM » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know USB hubs are not officially supported but they tend to work, and people tend to appreciate them. people have reported that under 1.01.x, the content aggregation (e.g. "ALL videos") works fine and shows all files from all attached drives on the hub. It's been reported that with 1.02.04 (and probably other 1.02.x) this doesn't work anymore. See for instance this post: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....t=#post16261137 |
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vwpowr Anybody get a USB hub to work? May 17 2009, 03:14 PM
Rev Drew I am using hacked firmware and have no problems us... May 17 2009, 05:09 PM neverlift My UN-powered (can be powered) USB hub works like ... May 17 2009, 06:06 PM
vwpowr QUOTE (neverlift @ May 17 2009, 07:06 PM)... May 17 2009, 06:19 PM vwpowr QUOTE (vwpowr @ May 17 2009, 07:19 PM) Wh... May 17 2009, 06:50 PM vwpowr One more question for the people that have the USB... May 19 2009, 10:31 AM neverlift Hi vwpowr,
I have always used a LOGiiX USB Hub w... May 19 2009, 10:54 AM vwpowr With the 30 movies you had, were they split among ... May 19 2009, 08:13 PM vwpowr QUOTE (vwpowr @ May 19 2009, 09:13 PM) Wi... May 20 2009, 03:45 PM neverlift Yes I have tv shows and movies on all drives hooke... May 19 2009, 08:24 PM markusmo i use the cheapest walmart usb2.0 hub and all of m... Jun 12 2009, 01:45 PM neverlift Thanks markusmo, so there you go vwpowr it does wo... Jun 13 2009, 07:09 AM markusmo the usb 2.0 hub is from lexma and its model usg , ... Jun 14 2009, 02:59 PM GibbyTheMole YES!
Today I successfully connected a Cyberpo... Jun 16 2009, 11:03 AM neverlift Right on Bobbo! Glad to hear you got it to wor... Jun 16 2009, 07:10 PM TXmike QUOTE (neverlift @ Jun 16 2009, 08:10 PM)... Jun 21 2009, 01:37 PM neverlift HAHA...classic, true though whatever works. Welcom... Jun 21 2009, 02:07 PM |
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