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I have it connected to my home wired network and am streaming movies from a Microsoft file server.

I am streaming the following files with PERFECT results:

1080p – MP4 with DTS in MKV container (PERFECT!)
720p – MP4 with DTS in MKV container (PERFECT!)
1080p – MP4 with AC3 in MKV container (PERFECT!)
720p – MP4 with AC3 in MKV container (PERFECT!)

1080p – XVID with AC3 in AVI container (PERFECT!)
720p – XVID with AC3 in AVI container (PERFECT!)
480p – XVID with DTS in AVI container (PERFECT!)
480p – XVID with AC3 in AVI container (PERFECT!)

I had many issues streaming initially using Window Media Player then TVersity to an Xbox. HD videos kept stalling with either solution. Also the fact that the Xbox could not stream my HD MKV movies it was annoying! Using TVersity to decode and re-encode MKV to the Xbox requires a fast computer and not the cleanest way of watching MKV files. Also, response to remote control works nice a fast!! Much faster than Xbox. Boot up time is almost instant!!!!

For some reason setting the video color to 12bits in the HDMI setting causes issues where the movies will stall. Also manually setting the HDMI video to the resolution and refresh rate of your TV seems to help. For example mine is set to 1080p with 60hz.

WD Live is so good I bought 2 more (one for sister and another for my mother).

The only improvement I would like is the ability to set a Favorites/Bookmark Folder so that it’s quicker to navigate to my movies located in my server. Right now I need to dig down several layers down to access my movies.
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