Download Firmware Western Digital WD TV Live 1.12.14

Western Digital has released new firmware for its WD TV Live media player. The firmware has been given jersey number 1.12.14 and is 147MB in size. There is a topic about this media player on the GoT forum and user experiences can be exchanged, among other things. In this release, support for Windows 8 has been added, scanning media on an external USB hard drive is faster and some problems have been solved. The full list of improvements is below.

Release 1.12.14

• Support Windows 8.
• Supports JSTV (Europe only.)
• Supports Hauppauge in select countries. WinTV tuner required. Compatible tuner listed in Knowledge Base Article 5688.
• Supports Slingbox 350 and Slingbox 500.
• Updated media library scanning performance for USB HDD.
• Resolved message “Unable to connect to the selected source” when accessing a NAS that was previously playing a video.
• Resolved issue pressing power button for more than 3 seconds breaks CEC.
• Resolved system freezes in network setup with NFS share added to the My Media Library.
• Resolved skip to desired time is not available for certain video containers.
• Resolved CinemaNow issue NAS share loses connection after standby and resume.
• Resolved BILD.de: Headlines on Start page are rendering incorrectly.
• Resolved get content info for TV shows does not include backdrop images.
• Resolved hiding Slingplayer in Parental Controls also hides Flingo Launchpad.
• Resolved Accuweather only displays the weekend forecast when language is set to English.
• Resolved playing AVI video files from PC share drops sound when played wirelessly.
• Resolved VOB video files with DTS audio will not play sound when audio is set to Stereo.
• Resolved playback issue DTS 96 Khz/24 bits audio will not play with audio settings set to “Digital Pass-Through via HDMI only”.
• Resolved several translation and user interface issues.
• Resolved no audio output if MPG video contains PCM audio codec.
• Resolved missing Repeat One icon in UI in music and video options menu.
• Resolved theme issue video_run.xml replaced by video_run_buf.xml.