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It was a decent PC for its day and ran Windows XP media center very well. The built in S-video connection would have been acceptable for video output but I wanted to be able to output HD quality video since it was being hooked up to a HDTV.
over the years I had added 2.5 GB of RAM making the total 3.5 GB as well as a Creative Audiology sound card. since these were prior purchases I did not consider them an expense for creating the media center PC. This particular PC uses socket 939 and i discovered that a AMD Athlon XP 4000+ CPU were selling for cheap on eBay so I snagged one for $20 giving my PC a significant CPU power increase. I also by good fortune came across a Nvidia 9800GT video card at goodwill for $9.99. this is a very good card for the time and offers good video quality as well as having a HDMI out connector allowing me to stream HD content to the TV. I would strongly suggest using a Video card with a HDMI connector for your media center PC though I did get lucky in my find, as such cards can go for about $50 on Ebay.
Home theater PCs (HTPC) are a great way to bring digital media to your living room. You can access your music, photos, and digital home videos from the comfort of your sofa. In addition to your own media, you can use an HTPC to access internet content like streaming movies on Netflix, streaming TV shows on Hulu or major network websites, YouTube videos, internet radio stations, and more. This article will walk you through the process of setting up Windows Media Center (WMC) on a Windows 7-based PC. Without getting into specifics, your HTPC should have at least 2GB of RAM, a dual-core processor, a Windows Media Center remote control and USB IR receiver, and an HDMI or DVI output that supports HDCP to get the best experience.
On this screen, select both check boxes and click the Download Now button. Then click the Save button to save your settings. WMC will begin downloading information about your media and any program updates that it may need. This could take a while depending on your internet connection speed and the amount of media you have.
WMC allows you to stream free TV shows and clips from the Internet. The selection of content is somewhat limited compared to what Boxee or Hulu provide, but the most recent episodes from many popular TV shows are available along with episodes from older shows as well.
WMC also supports Netflix Instant Watch streams. Thousands of movies and TV shows are available to watch with your Netflix subscription, and some of these are even available in HD (the HD streaming selection is limited right now, although more HD streams are available on other Netflix-enabled devices).
With the Windows Fall Creators Update (Windows version 1709), Microsoft is starting to phase out the SMB v1 protocol due to its security issues. Is SMB v1 being used by the WD TV Live Streaming Media Player to access media files on Windows hard drives (LAN sharing)? If so, without a firmware update supporting SMB v2 and/or V3, a Windows update to 1709 would brick the media player for me.
I have Wi-Fi / Ethernet issues which turned out to partially resolvable (re-terminated the Ethernet cable). Alas, I also have to disable Wi-Fi on my router to get an Ethernet connection (it always connectsWi-Fi even tho I manually enter the wired parameters.
Facebook is dead for me as is my YouTube logon. However, NetFlix still works - which was my main concern for firing up WDTVLive again (I finally bought a Rii8+ keyboard). Not sure if I will keep NetFlix.
I too am now having a problem with my WD Live unit since my desktop computer updated to MS Windows 10 Fall Creators. I have tried everything to have my WD unit see my external drives with no success. It does see my computer and the files on it when I go to video media servers, however when I go to video network shares nothing happens.
After trying endless ways around the windows 10 update problem when trying to see network shares on my WD Live, I just reverted back to an earlier windows 10 build. The WD now works as it should. I also stopped Windows 10 from updating itself until I hear and see on an update that repairs the WD issue.
In a nutshell, unless you are running Windows 10 Pro, you already have SMB v1 installed, and the wind is blowing NNE, installing the Fall upgrade, you run the risk of SMB v1 turned off/not installed/uninstalled after a time of unuse (flip a coin and pick a consequence).
Can you avoid this calamity. Well, if you have Windows 10 Pro, you can go into the bowels of the OS and turn on a setting that postpones the Fall update for a while, but eventually that will bite you in the ass. And for that duration, you accept that your computer will be at risk.
Sorry, I got lost in all the details of this last post. Nonetheless, I have Win 10 Creator, and rhe install crashed my laptop in such a way that I was locked out of using my password to get in. On quite a few hour long plus occasions I had three different levels of support people from MS helping to remotely fix my laptop. After about 12 total hours during the week it finally was fixed, and as it turned out the fix was a rather simple one. So, I too am mighty ticked off at MS over this update as well. But, this is not the point of this post.
Hi, I have a dual OS installation, having at least one common share.
One OS is Windows 10 Pro Fall Creators Update, other is Linux.
While under Linux, WD TV box accesses fine the shares. Under Windows I have two scenarios:
WD support suggested that I should feel free to do my own tests, which I have. The results of the tests suggest that the WD TV Live does not support SMB2 or 3 and therefore will no longer be able to access shares on a device without SMB1. For those faint of heart you can avoid my explanation and wait for the movie to come out. Others may persevere and stumble on tools and ideas that will shed light on other WD TV Live connectivity problems they may have.
My LAN environment consists of two Windows 10 Pro desktops, a test pc that is also an audio media server, and a home production pc that is also a video media server. Both are are up 24/7. I also have a Windows 7 laptop that is turned on occasionaly. Any of these devices, when turned on, could potentially become the SMB1 master browser, keep track of the devices on the network and provide the WD TV with the device name and address. In the SMB1 network, in simple terms, when a device is turned on, the device announces its existence by broadcasting its name and address across the LAN. A pre-existing active Master Browser (say another Windows PC) will pickup and retain that information and make it available to the WD TV when you ask for source from a network share. To complicate things, if there are multiple Windows pcs on a network, they will negotiate periodically to determine which of the Windows pcs will take on the master browser function. If a master browser pc is shutdown, the responsibility is picked up by another Windows pc. To complicate things further, the WD TV Live can act as the master browser. (I understand some routers can also as master browser.)
Now that I have demonstrated my understanding of how the SMB1 browser function works (and I welcome correction of any misunderstanding), I can explain my tests and what I think the results mean with respect to WD TV Live SMB1,2,3 support or lack thereof.
mike27oct:
Sorry about detail. Congratulations if you have gotten this far. You indicated having WD TV access to a drive connected to a Windows USB port. If I am right that the media player only supports SMB1, that would suggest SMB1 was not removed during the update, because the share process is similar for a USB attached device. Also, if I am right, that the effect of removing SMB1 from Windows is not restricted just to the WD media but could potentially impact their NAS product line, you might want to explore other forum members experience.
As I mentioned, nothing has changed for me, I can still watch movies streamed from my WD My Cloud NAS on my WDTV/TV. It very well could be because none of my PCs are the master browser. My Asus router is the master browser
Many routers have a setting for making the router the MB. Surprisingly, the Asus does not have this feature, but when I was doing the setup of a drive connected to the USB port of router, it magically made the router the MB, permanently. If anyone has an Asus and wants to know the settings that made this happen, just ask me and I can add the info here.
Here's a little problem that drove me crazy: How do you determine the Master Browser in a Windows Workgroup? First of all, lemme explain a bit about how a workgroup works. When you have a LAN set up running Windows machines, each machine can see all...
Yes, a thumb drive might do the trick, as it is the router, not the drive that sets up the MB. There was NO need to get into the registry and possibly screw things up. I set all this up using a Win 7 and since then have added two newer PCs that were Win 8, but now running current Win 10. In no case did the additional PCs take over as MB, like I said, the router is the permanent MB.
This looks fantastic! I was pretty bummed when I found out the native app was going away but I think this will be be a lot better! Search has always been so cumbersome, I love the idea of being able to use my phone! Already donated, thanks again!
Shut up and take my money!! ? I was more than a little upset when I got the message that Netflix was abandoning WMC. After mine stopped working, as they said it would, I waiting about a week and then used some Google-fu to see if anyone had come up with a solution. Imagine my surprise when I found not only a way to restore the old Netflix app, but an app for Amazon Prime video AND a plan to make an even better Netflix app.
Awesome! I just donated for your effort alone. I plan to donate more if the app actually comes to fruition.
I also do some development, so I would be happy to contribute or do testing if needed.
Thanks again!