Access USB drive on O!Play from a Windows 7 PC? O!Play or BriteView? Aside from native youtube and pandora support in the WD TV Live, what are the differences between these two devices?
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On issue #1, I don't know about O-Play and Brite Tube (am interested in knowing the answer myself); but I can confirm that WD-TV Live does indeed expose any connected USB disks as a nas drive for computers on your network.
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No special software needed. Plays back and videos can be edited on most available desktop players, ie Windows, RealPlayer, etc.
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It does not show up in my file explorer as a drive. It shows up as exactly what it is, Sansa View, with an icon that resembles a generic mp3 player with headphones. There is no (*:\) anything tagged on at all.Looking into the system settings I see nothing that allows me to change any USB options. In fact, there are absolutely no options for changing the way the device interfaces with a computer.Hope this helps.~BS~
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It plays media, but has no onboard storage. So, it can play online streaming media (Hulu, Netflix, a bunch of other services), it can stream media from a network share so you can watch stuff stored on other computers on your network, and can also play media directly from a drive you plug into one of the USB ports.
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My Coby TF-DVD7377 reads and plays USB flash sticks with no problem. The ones I'm using are an 8-gig Lexar (for video) and a 4-gig Dane-Elec (for MP3 music). I do not currently own one of the newer USB-powered external hard drives, so I cannot comment on that. However, this Coby player is able to read and play files from my five-year-old Western Digital 80-gig hard drive (the WD drive is powered by an AC adapter).
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For free, the Daum "PotPlayer" works well for computer BD "playback". Odd name but a good program. If you are willing to pay for a program for that, or to burn blu rays, go to CNET and they have lots of them to choose from - both free and paid versions, and CNET rates them by users and Editors ratings to weed out the bad programs. I prefer free. PotPlayer does Win 7, 64 bit, too.
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I haven't hit a loser with either ASUS player while WDs aren't so friendly. I haven't used it for music yet, so I don't know if it reads the playlists straight up. I haven't tried .isos as others have recommended, but it plays mkv and the variety of avis just fine. I have the WD Live and Mini, too, and I think I'm growing to like the ASUS products for the ease of use, variety of file formats, and more visible fonts (I even set up the R1 for my 82-year old father, and plug in soccer games for him when I get them). Thx for the google suggestion.
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I was shocked to discover that the BD370 USA model doesn't play movies from a USB drive period. Something about the software/firmware only allows access to photos/music. I read many reviews claiming support but just now realized that these reviews were coming from Europe, where the firmware differs slightly. From what I've read the BD390 can play all movies, even MKV files. I think I'm going to return my BD370 for a BD390, and now I understand why the BD390 is almost double the price.
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Works fine on Windows7. Sansa/Sandisk description is not complete. I just purchased A Clip Sport. I like it much better.
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Currently the Live connects only to Pandora. I'd want Blip.fm included because I'm tired of Pandora's limited rotation and repetitive selections. Maybe in a future release if users make enough noise to WD.
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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).
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You can attach a flash drive or anything with a USB plug, however I am not sure if the player will read all types of media. I have not tried to play anything a USB.
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Yes I have mx player installed. You should be able to install WD cloud, I use Google drive which is a cloud service. You may want to use mediafires cloud, it's price is great and your can use it on all platforms. Pc, mac, android, etc. Google your Netflix question, there are work arounds out there that people have done. Good luck! Ho, don't forget to install Showbox, it's free! Google that app!
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its on 2 disks....you have to store the installation disk (disk 1) completely on the Hard Drive to play (you need atleast 5-7 GB of space). I would not recommend a flash drive.
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The usb port is just a port. Not a driver. It can play videos though your computer, DVD player, etc. It will not play directly from a thumb drive.
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I simply connect it to my PC via the USB cable, and it appears as a drive in Windows Explorer. You can drag and drop .MP3's to the device in this manner. I agree with ChefBum, the interface on this unit is clunky, but I love what it's capable of. I may have to check out the GB-10 myself!
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I am not a tech guy, but I have been unable to play 4k content using USB. Toshiba said that the USB drive can only recognize flash (Fat32) and that only holds up to 4 gigs. A 30 second clip is about 4 gigs. I believe you can loop it though.