Western Digital heeft nieuwe firmware uitgebracht voor zijn WD TV Live-mediaspeler. De firmware heeft rugnummer 1.12.14 meegekregen en is 147MB groot. Op het GoT-forum loopt een topic over deze mediaspeler en kunnen onder andere gebruikerservaringen worden uitgewisseld. In deze release is onder meer ondersteuning voor Windows 8 toegevoegd, gaat het scannen van media op een externe usb-harde schijf sneller en zijn weer enkele problemen verholpen. De volledige lijst met verbeteringen staat hieronder.
Release 1.12.14
- Supports 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.