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       Player Scanning Attached USB Continuously
    davidod
    post Feb 17 2011, 05:46 PM
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    Hi All

    Apologies for my first post being a whinge / problem.......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

    I have been using my WD player for over a year without trouble, however following my 1 year old son deciding to treat it like a basketball I am now having lots of trouble.

    When I plug in the more full of the 2 hard drives (around half a gig of files are on it) the machine shows the round icon and says "scanning the attached usb device" contimually and very often freezes when i attempt to play something.

    It similarly takes a longer time to scan the other less full usb drive i use and is prone to freezing when playing files on that too.

    I have tried to do a firmware update but no icon appears when I plug in a usb key with the update (and only those files) on it.

    Should I simply conceed defeat and buy a new one and if so what is the best one to go for on the basis that I want as little hassle as possible and am not terribly technology literate......

    Many thanks for all your help!

    David
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    Rev Drew
    post Feb 17 2011, 06:30 PM
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    mine has acted the same way from day 1..
    the only way I can get it to stop scanning is to go into the menu, turn off the media library and then turn it back on.
    when I go back out into the main menu it stops scanning within seconds.

    hope it works for you too.
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    post Feb 21 2011, 09:13 AM
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    QUOTE (Rev Drew @ Feb 17 2011, 08:30 PM) *
    mine has acted the same way from day 1..
    the only way I can get it to stop scanning is to go into the menu, turn off the media library and then turn it back on.
    when I go back out into the main menu it stops scanning within seconds.

    hope it works for you too.

    But do you have to do that everytime you turn WDTV on?

    Thanks
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    post Feb 21 2011, 05:22 PM
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    I do but it's not a big deal to me, it only gets rebooted once a month or so unless there's new software I am testing on it.
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    ToJa92
    post Feb 23 2011, 03:49 AM
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    I honestly though no-one used the media library feature anyway. For me it's way easier to navigate without it.
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    post Feb 23 2011, 09:47 PM
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    Well mine works fine, plus I keep the Media Library on 'cos I like the aggregated views.
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    post Mar 2 2011, 06:08 AM
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    Well mine works fine, plus I keep the Media Library on 'cos I like the aggregated views.

    In the end, by this thread I figure it out why my ALL VIDEOS were not working.

    I need to turn the media library off. Then it comes back alive. Sadly, no cover will appear with that.

    So I am stucked with the thumb view (FOLDER).

    Cheers.
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    post Mar 4 2011, 06:15 AM
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    Ok I found the solution and I think it is good to be here in case someone else has the same problem:

    "The solution is simple : create an empty file called .addMounts (mind the dot in front!) and place it in the root of your boot device."
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