Can WD HDTV play stand alone subs files? I tride to turn subs on which I had in the same folder as the movie ,but all I got was NO SUBTITLES.Any idea?or it doesnt support it yet,besides hardcoded or mkv files... Can WD HDTV play stand alone subs files? I tride to turn subs on which I had in the same folder as the movie ,but all I got was NO SUBTITLES.Any idea?or it doesnt support it yet,besides hardcoded... » Read More Can WD HDTV play stand alone subs files? I tride to turn subs on which I had in the same folder as the movie ,but all I got was NO SUBTITLES.Any idea?or it doesnt support it yet,besides hardcoded or mkv files... « Show Less
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Did anyone succeeded to use English subtitles of foreign movies using the WD HD TV with VOB files?
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I posted nothing objectionable but my message was still rejected as ** Your message will not be posted. Please see our Guidelines regarding objectionable content. Is this an accessible forum?
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yes,I tried .sub ,but no go.Also I converted it to .srt but was getting out of sync ,so I gave up after trying get it to work.Too bad some realeses have subtitles with .sub. somehow only reads .srt only even after new firmware.No idea why. And yes they both match (movie and sub's)
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it supposed to play sub files ,but mine even after new firmware says NO SUBTITLES
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I am sorry that you are having such problems with subtitles. There is a beta firmware in the works at Western Digital and it is out for prerelease. Some really good updates are covered in this, including additional subtitle languages and decoding support. Maybe installing the most recent version, 1.02.07 (updated 04/22/2009) would help if you haven't already? http://www.wdc.com/wdtvprerelease/The only thing that I can think of if that doesn't work is download the subtitle separately from: http://www.opensubtitles.org/Hope this helps!
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Yes the WD TV will play subs. Two things to make sure of are: 1- The subtitle file must be a .SRT, .SMI, .SUB, .A SS (no space Amazon didn't like that word.) or .SSA. 2- The file name of the subtitle file must match the file name of the movie exactly.You don't have to click anything to turn on the subtitle, just play the movie and it will show up.
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@ZGASPAR,Amazon rejected your msg probably because it contained the word .AS S (no space), the subtitle format. Amazon's language filters are pretty bad sometimes. I have Chinese, Korean, and Japanese subtitles on some of my movies as external .SRT and they all work fine. They have to be UTF-8.
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Any idea if it can play DivX files with .srt subtitles? The lack of this feature is a real limitation with the xBox 360...
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Update: Watched a dvd last night (the same dvd I first tried) and the picture was perfect - even using HDMI 1080p setting! This time I chose "Anynet HDMI DVD" from the source list on my tv settings, which I don't remember being an option before. I previously chose "DVI". I wonder if that made the difference. Hmm. Anyway....glad my dvd's now look just as great as the HD channels. Thank you for responding C.Woodruff. :)LadyR
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Hi, Because this is a disc drive, and not a standalone player, it all depends on your software, I believe. If you have the right software to play multi-region discs, you should be able to pop in your disc and the drive should be able to read it and play it on screen. And, of course, Amazon has a wonderful return policy so you're not left with something that doesn't work for you.
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I guess my question is: will this blue-ray player, play regular dvds, as well as others? I'm not that big into the movie scene, but it would be nice to watch my reuglar dvds, in HD quality. I do have an 1080p HDTV with all the works if that helps...please...I don't need a top of the line, just a decent blue-ray player..thanks! Note: I don't do streaming & special downlaods for movies, I just need something simple to use, yet that is good quality. I'm not a techno-person!
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One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV. One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in... » Read More One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV. « Show Less
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It is not designed as an HDTV player, but if you are playing .avi files you should be able to view them as good as your set can be!
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Yes this is possible. I have connected my hard drive to wd router and is able to play the movies from my sony blu ray player and logitech revue. This is not certified dlna but it supports upnp which is the actual protocal behind DLNA. Please also remember that the files will play only if your tv/player supports the codecs
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Hmm, no answer to this....? I'm pretty curious myself, as I'm an avid anime watcher and have some on my computer (as well as few J-Horror movies) that I have some SRT subbing done in & while I can play the videos I can't seem to make the subbing pop up. I'm wondering if I'm gonna have to run some sort of media server application--like I used to w/ my PS3 (PS3 Media Server)--that while help me transcode the vids w/ subtitles... Be nice to know if anyone else came up w/ a workaround/answer for this.
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I stream mkvs from a NAS all the time. It can access PC file systems too. The best part is that it will automatically retrieve movie info for those mkvs.I have no personal experience with HD audio. You can check the A-400 forum for that.
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So far , my own mkv files will not play smoothly at all. Tried them from both USB stick and discs and from different sources and can;t get anything other than a highly pixelated picture. These are HD files so maybe that is the problem?So far this is the ONLY trouble I have had with the machine.
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Hello Valobal, I am not sure if can do it through a DNLA server, I have mine configure over a normal LAN configuration and it works very good, plays MKV MP4, etc wiht the subs without any problem, hope this helps you and if you find a place where I can get a new one with good price let me know :) a need another for my bedroom :)
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Friend, could you tell me if it offers CAPTIONS when downloading like a Netflix movie?? My son can do this and I can't, and I'm very hard of hearing so cannot understand anything without the CAPTIONS!! (I also have an older Sony Blu-Ray)! (My tv does support it)
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It does not which is disappointing, but it is still worth it, and it supports all the other services. Hulu Netflix, Vudu ect. I don't why Amazon won't work with WD to get on these devices. It can't be a lack of DRM, all the other services work, AND it can play from SMB (Windows Shares), NFS shares, plays the vast majority of media files and formats. It is easy to use, that it makes the cable company's cable box seem complicated.
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Like most HD televisions the tv does not decode the captions for HD cable programs etc. You need to use the cable remote to turn on the captions via the cable box, and they should work. Expect a lot of caption errors especially with the local stations since many do not carry the digital HD captions. I would also google the internet for captions and HD tvs/cable and you'll see that it is really a mess.
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I have 8 3TB WD-Red Sata drives in my QNAP NAS and store 500+ movies as VOB files and also converted to MP4...I have roughly 18 TB of space and it is around half full. The VOB files play on computers with PowerDVD, while I can use DNLA to watch the MP4's which I send to my PS3 and HDMI to my TV. Yes, you can do it, it's how you do it that counts. My smart TV's don't play MP4's or VOB's by themselves. Media Player will also stream video, but I don't use it.
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I download movies on-line and convert them to mpeg. if necessary. I then put them on flash drive\thump drive and play them through my blu-ray player. Only thing I miss is closed captioning.