WD HD Media Player (with HDMI out etc.)

Greg Harris · January 5th, 2009, 11:04 AM

I ordered mine last night and started ripping all my dvd's onto my external HD. Has anyone played a movie they purchased in Itunes on this thing? I'm wondering if it would work.

Greg Harris · January 5th, 2009, 07:52 PM

Also, for some reason when I'm ripping some DVD's it's ripping to about 85% and it says "there is not enough disk space" but I have 200gig free. I tried putting it on my C drive and copying it over to my external HD and it still is saying this. this has happened with a few DVDs.

Marty Hudzik · January 5th, 2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg Harris

Also, for some reason when I'm ripping some DVD's it's ripping to about 85% and it says "there is not enough disk space" but I have 200gig free. I tried putting it on my C drive and copying it over to my external HD and it still is saying this. this has happened with a few DVDs.

I'm just guessing but check to be certain that your external drive is not format FAT32 as it has a 4gb file size limit. This may be required for the WD HD player but I read somewhere that it will read NTFS, it is just slower? That doesn't make sense but at least check.

Marty Hudzik · January 5th, 2009, 09:05 PM

Can someone explain in detail how to get a blu-ray disk to play. Yes, I have a blu-ray burner/reader, yes I have AnyDVD-HD and yes I have all the files from the disk on my hard drive. I can play them using PowerDVD. But once I copy these large set of files how do I start the blu-ray movie from the WD-Media Player?

Thanks!

Greg Harris · January 5th, 2009, 09:16 PM

That does make sense, I think it's been stopping just at or around 4gig. How do I change this so I can get the entire disk on my harddrive?

Thanks

Marty Hudzik · January 5th, 2009, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg Harris

That does make sense, I think it's been stopping just at or around 4gig. How do I change this so I can get the entire disk on my harddrive?

Thanks

Hopfully this is a new disk with very little on it. You are going to need to format it, which will destroy all data on it. If it is new, and you have little on it just yet, you can copy it to another drive. Of course if you have a ton of data on it you can still copy it, it will just take a while. In windows, right click on the drive in my computer and click format. Then choose NTFS and accept default cluster sizes. Then let us know if this works with the WD media player for sure.

Good Luck.

Greg Harris · January 5th, 2009, 09:50 PM

It is set on NTFS and under "allocation unit size" is says "Default allocation size". Under "format Options" is has check boxes that says "quick format" and "emable compression". Do i click any of those?

Marty Hudzik · January 5th, 2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg Harris

It is set on NTFS and under "allocation unit size" is says "Default allocation size". Under "format Options" is has check boxes that says "quick format" and "emable compression". Do i click any of those?

Are you saying it is already NTFS? Or did you change it and you are just asking which settings to use now? If so, use default allocation unit size and quick format can be checked. I would not check the enable compression option. You shouldn't need it and it will likely confuse the WD device.

If it is already NTFS, I would not bother formatting it obviously.

Greg Harris · January 7th, 2009, 08:00 AM

Does anyone know if any music,movies orTV shows purchased in itunes can be played though this unit?

Sean Woods · January 7th, 2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg Harris

Does anyone know if any music,movies orTV shows purchased in itunes can be played though this unit?

I think it says specifically on the box that it can't play any of those.

Dave Campbell · January 7th, 2009, 02:35 PM

It does not look like this device plays ISO files. This is why I just ordered the popcornhour device. Hope to have it this week to try out.

Dave

Greg Harris · January 7th, 2009, 05:01 PM

I just received mine and it's pretty cool All the DVD's i ripped onto my HD look great!!! Now I just need to find out how I can get high def movies on to my harddrive to watch.

any suggestions?

Greg Harris · January 7th, 2009, 07:08 PM

So i guess the next step is does anyone know any software that would convert my itunes movies / shows so i can watch them on this thing?

Greg Harris · January 13th, 2009, 06:21 PM

Ok so I've had a week to play with it. I have ripped all my dvd's onto my harddrive and they play GREAT. The only issue i have is that I can't play AVI files unless i use the software given on a CD to convert it. I'm not really understanding why it wont play AVI from the start. That's a very common file type for footage you capture from a camera.

Graham Hickling · January 13th, 2009, 07:26 PM

Greg, avi is a 'container' that can support footage compressed using a wide variety of compression formats. The player has to have the appropriate algorithms to decode each type of compressed footage - for example mjpeg (motion-jpeg), DV, Divx, and so on...

So the CD software you have is using a codec supported by your player, whereas your other avis' codec isn't supported.

There a freeware utility called GSpot that can determine the codec for an avi: Super Quick Start

January 5th, 2009, 11:04 AM	#31
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	I ordered mine last night and started ripping all my dvd's onto my external HD. Has anyone played a movie they purchased in Itunes on this thing? I'm wondering if it would work.

January 5th, 2009, 07:52 PM	#32
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	Also, for some reason when I'm ripping some DVD's it's ripping to about 85% and it says "there is not enough disk space" but I have 200gig free. I tried putting it on my C drive and copying it over to my external HD and it still is saying this. this has happened with a few DVDs.

January 5th, 2009, 09:05 PM	#34
Marty Hudzik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 1,771	Can someone explain in detail how to get a blu-ray disk to play. Yes, I have a blu-ray burner/reader, yes I have AnyDVD-HD and yes I have all the files from the disk on my hard drive. I can play them using PowerDVD. But once I copy these large set of files how do I start the blu-ray movie from the WD-Media Player? Thanks!

January 5th, 2009, 09:16 PM	#35
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	That does make sense, I think it's been stopping just at or around 4gig. How do I change this so I can get the entire disk on my harddrive? Thanks

January 5th, 2009, 09:50 PM	#37
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	It is set on NTFS and under "allocation unit size" is says "Default allocation size". Under "format Options" is has check boxes that says "quick format" and "emable compression". Do i click any of those?

January 7th, 2009, 08:00 AM	#39
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	Does anyone know if any music,movies orTV shows purchased in itunes can be played though this unit?

January 7th, 2009, 02:35 PM	#41
Dave Campbell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 568	It does not look like this device plays ISO files. This is why I just ordered the popcornhour device. Hope to have it this week to try out. Dave

January 7th, 2009, 05:01 PM	#42
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	I just received mine and it's pretty cool All the DVD's i ripped onto my HD look great!!! Now I just need to find out how I can get high def movies on to my harddrive to watch. any suggestions?

January 7th, 2009, 07:08 PM	#43
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	So i guess the next step is does anyone know any software that would convert my itunes movies / shows so i can watch them on this thing?

January 13th, 2009, 06:21 PM	#44
Greg Harris Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 356	Ok so I've had a week to play with it. I have ripped all my dvd's onto my harddrive and they play GREAT. The only issue i have is that I can't play AVI files unless i use the software given on a CD to convert it. I'm not really understanding why it wont play AVI from the start. That's a very common file type for footage you capture from a camera.

January 13th, 2009, 07:26 PM	#45
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Greg, avi is a 'container' that can support footage compressed using a wide variety of compression formats. The player has to have the appropriate algorithms to decode each type of compressed footage - for example mjpeg (motion-jpeg), DV, Divx, and so on... So the CD software you have is using a codec supported by your player, whereas your other avis' codec isn't supported. There a freeware utility called GSpot that can determine the codec for an avi: Super Quick Start