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Update: I found another eHow page, this time more promising, on How to Stream Netflix With Windows Media Player on XP. But that doesn't help me, because step #4 instructs to "Click on "Movies" and then the "Watch Instantly Netflix" link" and there is no "Movies" on my WMP11. Is this article bogus (like the comment at the bottom of the articles says)?
There is not a way to use Windows Media Player to directly play Netflix streams. Netflix uses custom DRM, which WMP is not able to understand. The "Watch Instantly Netflix" option just uses Internet Explorer running embedded in Windows Media Player.
That said, the likely reason for Windows Media Player to succed where other media players fail is that WMP will use hardware accelleration to reduce CPU use. Making sure you have up to date video card drivers, up to date Internet Explorer or other browser and an up to date copy of Flash and Silverlight will ensure you have the best chance of taking advantage of hardware accelleration.
Windows Media Player is a media player that comes with Windows OS, used for playing audio and video, and viewing pictures on the computer. Any video copied from a disc or downloaded from the website can be played on the Windows Media Player. Then is possible to watch videos downloaded from the streaming service Netflix? Here you will find the answer.
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TunePat will download movies and TV shows from the Netflix website, so you need to sign in Netflix account on TunePat. Run TunePat, and input any word into the search box for searching, the program will ask you to sign in to Netflix as below.
Open Windows Media Player and click "Library" > "Videos", then open the folder where you saved the downloaded video files, drag and drop Netflix videos to Windows Media Player. Now you can play the downloaded Netflix movies and TV shows on Windows Media Player.
Netflix movies and TV shows cannot be downloaded and played on Windows Media Player directly, so many there are many solutions in the market. But when it comes to the best practical and effective one, the way to download Netflix Videos with TunePat Netflix Video Downloader is second to none, which will help you get high-quality videos from Netflix. So please download the program and have a try.
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I am unable to play videos without having a choppy/stuttering like effect when video pans left or right. This is for all video, i.e. streaming netflix/stan (via web browser) or just watching a local video file (windows media player or VLC media player), the playback is very choppy.
The video is being played on my tv which i have hooked up via HDMI cable to the TV. I have tried updating to windows 10, installing many video drivers, resetting the system back to windows 8.1 and using the latest drivers from the HP support drivers page. But am having no luck. I hope this system spec is good enough to play videos.
- I updated internet explorer to use software rendering, however i don't use internet explorer, i use firefox. Additionally if the problem is with local media files and with streaming files, would enabling software rendering in IE make sense (maybe i have missed something with the logic in this step)?
Thanks for the reply, recommend you to check chrome and also update flash on the computer. If the issue persists, as you have already performed a clean install of Window 8.1 as you mentioned. Recommend you to contact our phone support for the service options.
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.