Does it connect to a WD book live cloud server in home and stream videos to the TV from the server with no issues, basically can I watch MKV and AVI
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Basically you can't stream any videos except, YouTube, Netflix Hulu, crackle and some news apps.
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Yes, just keep in mind that you will not be able to access network services through the HDMI port, but it will play movies from your local drive just fine. File size doesn't matter. I play 4-6 gb full 1080p MKV files all the time. I highly recommend the MKV container (with H.264 encoding) as you can also use Dolby digital 5.1. It is one of the few formats that works well.
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Yes it works like a file server or can be used to stream music and video to devices in your home or to your wireless devices. I used to have a Windows NT server for shared file access. Now I just have this unit for file storage, file backup, cloud access, etc.
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I was able to stream to my Asus I play player and smart tv. The device was slow because the media scanner was constantly running and taking 90% of the resources. I recommend buying a synology nas instead for media and everything else. The OS is much better an the apps to stream to smart TVs and iPad/android are better. WD is not fully baked.
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I have had no problem with this unit at all. It is on my home network (wired and wireless). The performance is very good so far. I plan to put my streaming video on the drive in a couple months so will see how that works. For now, great purchase
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You can view the video over your local area network (thru a computer on your LAN) but if you were hoping to plug a VGA or HDMI cable into the box, it will not display the video feed. Also, if you get this device, make sure to look on ubiquiti's website and learn how to update the software. It's easy, you just need to SSH into the box and run some commands.
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Hi, I purchased used one but returned as it was in the conditions as mentioned. So I don't know it stream video or not.Chandra
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A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or you will have multiple files for each recording.(unless that is what you want) A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or... » Read More A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or you will have multiple files for each recording.(unless that is what you want) « Show Less
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Yes. The drive works with TV, but will loose signal from file at random intervals while watching a video. This happened to me every time I tried watching a video.
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I was able to set up streaming using Windows Media Player 12 as the media server. In Home Link servers list, the WMP 12 server icon shows up. I can see almost all of my video files using this method. However, because WMP12 does not list MKV files under the Video section in WMP12, I do not have access to my MKV files.A straight DLNA connection would allow me to see all of my files (in a Windows Explorer type format, as it does on my Vista x64 machine). Others are experiencing this same problem. See this thread for more info: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1229543 I was able to set up streaming using Windows Media Player 12 as the media server. In Home Link servers list, the WMP 12 server icon shows up. I can see almost all of my video files using this method. However, because WMP12 does not list MKV files under the Video section in WMP12, I do not have access to my MKV files.A straight DLNA connection would allow me to see all of my files (in a Windows Explorer type format, as it does on my Vista x64 machine). Others are experiencing this same problem. See this thread for more info:... » Read More I was able to set up streaming using Windows Media Player 12 as the media server. In Home Link servers list, the WMP 12 server icon shows up. I can see almost all of my video files using this method. However, because WMP12 does not list MKV files under the Video section in WMP12, I do not have access to my MKV files.A straight DLNA connection would allow me to see all of my files (in a Windows Explorer type format, as it does on my Vista x64 machine). Others are experiencing this same problem. See this thread for more info: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1229543 « Show Less
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It can play MKV files of any size (supports FAT32 & NTFS). Don't think it's region free...
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You can play videos (plays MP4 and AVI only), but only from a card or USB stick attached directly to the frame. No video over the cloud.
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If you're using the WDMyCloud from Western Digital, yes. I have that serving media to all te LGs in my house. I've also played quite a bit of digital content off a USB stick.
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Received mine recently -- also sans any manual. Fortunately, you can download it readily from wdc.com at http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?wdc_lang=en&fid;=wdsfWDTV_Live. Unfortunately, it is less than 'comprehensive' re: setup for MediaShares/etc. to utilize files/photos/videos/etc. from a NAS-server or networked computer. I found many forum and user tips with a simple Google-search, however. It's a jiffy little unit, nonetheless...especially since the lastest firmware-update.
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It has an older version of XMBC on it, so you can launch that - you'll have to navigate the file sources from inside the menu to find the mkv file, but generally yes. There may be issues with accelerated decoding, HD video from a usb thumb drive may be choppy.I would heartily recommend you install the latest version of XBMC, it was recently renamed to Kodi http://kodi.tv/download/
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Yes, the server can act as a dlna media server and stream to other devices. I stream from mine to a dlna blu ray player.
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My subjective experience says yes. I gave the WD TV a try to compare it to the multiple WD TV Lives my family has solely for the purpose of playing content from directly attached USB drives. My experience thus far has been completely hassle free which is a vast improvement over the WD TV Live. I was worried when I attached the second USB drive to the WD TV and it didn't appear to be scanning for the content on the drive; I went to Videos just to see what was there and the content was already displayed (note that this drive had already been connected to a WD TV Live previously but it seemed to simply 'work' when I plugged it into the WD TV). My subjective experience says yes. I gave the WD TV a try to compare it to the multiple WD TV Lives my family has solely for the purpose of playing content from directly attached USB drives. My experience thus far has been completely hassle free which is a vast improvement over the WD TV Live. I was worried when I attached the second USB drive to the WD TV and it didn't appear to be scanning for the content on the drive; I went to Videos just to see what was there and the content was already displayed (note that this drive had already been connected to a WD TV Live previously but it seemed... » Read More My subjective experience says yes. I gave the WD TV a try to compare it to the multiple WD TV Lives my family has solely for the purpose of playing content from directly attached USB drives. My experience thus far has been completely hassle free which is a vast improvement over the WD TV Live. I was worried when I attached the second USB drive to the WD TV and it didn't appear to be scanning for the content on the drive; I went to Videos just to see what was there and the content was already displayed (note that this drive had already been connected to a WD TV Live previously but it seemed to simply 'work' when I plugged it into the WD TV). « Show Less