Western Digital WD TV Live Streaming Media Player (Gen 3) Firmware 1.14.09

Get the best entertainment on your HDTV.

Stream hit movies, view the latest viral videos, catch up on shows, stay connected to your social network, and watch highlights from the biggest games of the season. Don't settle for online entertainment on your small computer screen. With WD TV Live, you can enjoy it all on your HDTV. Check out the complete lineup of online services.

Your media collection belongs on the big screen.

Enjoy your media library, home videos, vacation slideshows, and favorite songs on your HDTV and sound system in your living room. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular picture quality of Full-HD 1080p.

Play virtually any media file format.

The WD TV Live supports a wide variety of the most popular files including MKV, MP4, XVID, AVI, WMV, and MOV video formats. Get the freedom to enjoy your media now, in virtually any file format.

Your shows on any TV at home, or away.

Watch your favorite live and recorded shows in any corner of your house, just add a Slingbox®. Use WD TV Live as a set-top-box for other rooms using the Slingplayer® app and get access to your cable service when you take WD TV on the go. With Slingbox and WD TV Live, you can extend your complete living room HDTV experience to another TV in your home, or around the world.

Ready, set, stream.

So easy to set up, you'll be up and running in minutes. The WD TV Live media player connects to your high-speed Internet connection wirelessly, no PC required. Or use the Ethernet port to connect to your wired home network.

High-performance, streaming-ready Wi-Fi.

Includes the latest wireless technology - extended-range Wireless-N - giving you the speed you need to stream HD.

Enjoy media from any source.

Stream videos, music, and photos from your USB drive, network drive, and any PC or Mac® computer in your home. Our media library collects the content from all the drives, so finding the perfect video, song, or photo to view is easier.

Show photos and movies directly from your digital camera or camcorder.

Connect your camcorder or digital camera directly to the media player using one of the USB ports, and instantly view or archive HD video and photos without a PC. Works with any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol.

Turn your smartphone or tablet into a touch-screen remote.

Control your WD TV experience with the swipe of a finger using the WD TV Remote™ app. Great for text input when logging into a service and searching for a movie or video. One-touch access to your favorite online services. Download the free app from the Apple® iTunes store or the Android™ Market.

Stay updated with RSS feeds.

Stay posted on your favorite bloggers and websites and stream the latest audio and video with timely RSS feeds. You can also add specific feeds to your dashboard to be shown as tickers so you never miss a thing.

Programmable remote.

Use the included programmable remote control to make your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated navigation menus. Customize buttons for quick and easy access to your favorite music, photos, videos or menu choices.

Bring the arcade to your HDTV.

Swap gems with Rockswap, try your luck with Texas Hold'Em, or test your math skills with Sudoku. WD TV Live brings casual games to your big screen TV.

What's New:

• Supports Kannuu; easily discover where to watch your favorite programs.
• Supports myTV Arabic language television.
• Supports IVI.RU online TV shows and movies in Russia.
• Supports Hulu Plus and Skitter TV in US territories, commonwealths and insular areas.
• Supports Product Improvement Opt-In.
• Support 32x FF/RW for video and music playback.
• Support Movie filter.
• Resolved TV Shows content info is incorrectly sorted.
• Resolved ejecting USB drive causes problems with the Media Library.
• Resolved bad playback performance when scanning the Media Library.
• Resolved unable to play tracks when sharing playlists in Spotify.
• Resolved user interface lags when the network connection is being established.
• Resolved JSTV stream playback stops after streaming continuously for long durations.
• Resolved noticeable delay in UI recognizing button presses after restarting device.
• Resolved nested playlists folders make entire playlist folder appear blank in Spotify.
• Resolved long Blu-Ray ISO video loading time.
• Resolved unable to add similarly named share to the Media Library.
• Resolved unable to resume MediaMarkt videos.
• Resolved playback of certain True HD 1080P MKV files with multiple PGS subtitles locks up the device.
• Resolved rescanning metadata for TV shows reboots the device.
• Resolved audio loss and constant buffering issue when playing high bitrate Blu-Ray ISO from NFS share.
• Resolved some TuneIn streams do not play.
• Resolved TuneIn radio images are missing on the options menu.
• Resolved audio loss issue on .TS QAM recorded videos.
• Added message indication when USB device is being mounted.
• Added message indication when connecting to network.
• Resolved slow navigation issue when Auto Get Content is running.
• Resolved unable to get content info when file name contains "-" issue.
• Resolved unable to move curser when playing the last song on playlist in Spotify.
• Resolved screen flash issue with VOBSUB subtitles onMP4, M4V, and MKV videos.
• Resolved error message is not displayed when the network is interrupted in PlayJam.
• Resolved system menus missing down arrow to indicate additional menu items.
• Resolved reset location displays the wrong time zone issue.
• Resolved unable to get content info for file starting with "ENG".
• Resolved get content info retrieved English information when scraping German titles.
• Resolved some folders do not have thumbnails when filtering by TV Show in videos.
• Resolved spinning wheel is shown for the first few seconds while video loads.
• Resolved constant loading indicator is displayed when deleting playlists in Spotify.

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