Exporting file for WDTV streamer

[Philip Howells]

I recently produced an hour's programme of various 1920x1080 clips intended to be shown on 1280x720 TV monitors known in the UK as "HD Ready". The file was played in from a HDD via USB into the WDTV streamer and from the streamer via HDMI. I selected HQ as the export format and ended up with a c40Gb .avi file which the streamer wouldn't recognise.

My previous programmes for this purpose were produced in Liquid and replay very well with remarkable sharpness.

Because time was short (5am on the morning of the wedding fair) I went to .mpg and got a very soft, unsatisfactory product which had the single merit - it played!

Does anyone with experience of this equipment or more knowledge than me have a suggestion? I'm sure the files should be .avi but what other settings?

[GrassValley_BH]

WDTV definitely doesn't support Canopus HQ, HQX, or Lossless codecs...

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/...-play-products

[Philip Howells]

Exporting file for WDTV streamer

I recently produced an hour's programme of various 1920x1080 clips intended to be shown on 1280x720 TV monitors known in the UK as "HD Ready". The file was played in from a HDD via USB into the WDTV streamer and from the streamer via HDMI. I selected HQ as the export format and ended up with a c40Gb .avi file which the streamer wouldn't recognise.

My previous programmes for this purpose were produced in Liquid and replay very well with remarkable sharpness.

Because time was short (5am on the morning of the wedding fair) I went to .mpg and got a very soft, unsatisfactory product which had the single merit - it played!

Does anyone with experience of this equipment or more knowledge than me have a suggestion? I'm sure the files should be .avi but what other settings?

Incidentally I apologise to everyone for inadvertently posting this in another thread. A GV colleague kindly replied there confirming that the settings I'd used were wrong but I wonder if someone could from their experience suggest the settings that give the best result?

[Khoi Pham]

Brandon point you to that website, there are tons of file that Edius will produced that will be compatible, probably the easier for you is MPEG2 HD, or if you want small file size then H.264 (MT2S) is the way to go.

[ChrisFar]

I tried a few different export options in Edius without much luck. Either it was incompatible with the WDTV or the quality was not good. Surprisingly, I have used the default 1080p settings from ProShow Producer with the WDTV and the footage is razor sharp!!! Hopefully Edius can come up with a solid 1080p mp4 export!!!!!

[Harro]

I have used T5 Mastering works to produce a blue Ray output to memory sticks or HD's used in my WD unit. Excellent picture quality.

[antonsvideo]

I recently produced an hour's programme of various 1920x1080 clips intended to be shown on 1280x720 TV monitors known in the UK as "HD Ready". The file was played in from a HDD via USB into the WDTV streamer and from the streamer via HDMI. I selected HQ as the export format and ended up with a c40Gb .avi file which the streamer wouldn't recognise.

My previous programmes for this purpose were produced in Liquid and replay very well with remarkable sharpness.

Because time was short (5am on the morning of the wedding fair) I went to .mpg and got a very soft, unsatisfactory product which had the single merit - it played!

Does anyone with experience of this equipment or more knowledge than me have a suggestion? I'm sure the files should be .avi but what other settings?

mpeg2 HD exported from EDIUS at 25 or 35mbits/sec should look perfect and look the same as the original

did you maybe export to mpeg SD?

[SoundFreak_HD]

mpeg2 HD exported from EDIUS at 25 or 35mbits/sec should look perfect and look the same as the original

Indeed 25mbits Mpeg2 looks perfect played from a WD media streaming device.

I'm using a couple of WDTVliveHub (since it's incarnation) with the build-in 1TB HDD and export from the Edius timeline a 1920x1080i file @25mb with superfine settings.
Even a 50mbits Mpeg2 file plays flawless but i have yet to find any improvement in the visual image, but, it works just the same.

[SoundFreak_HD]

Because time was short (5am on the morning of the wedding fair) I went to .mpg and got a very soft, unsatisfactory product which had the single merit - it played!

Not knowing the model you we're (are) using my Hub factory settings are 720p at the HDMI output.
If the Unit has been set to 1080i or 1080p it will 'hold' the settings even when put in standby mode.
If the unit loses power it will revert back to factory settings, not all settings are lost but it will go back to 720p.

This has been reported to WD but totally ignored for almost 3 years now.
Transfer speed of the Lan is slow, let me repeat, slow, it is spec'ed at gigabit but it performs like 10/100, the 100 that is :)
Normally I pull out the sata HDD and connect directly to workstation.

Audio out is Analog L+R or Optical S/PDIF.

Otherwise the unit performs fast & flawless, I would say it's a great media player that is reliable, very usable for trade shows (24hour looped playback) or presentation in clients office due to fast and easy setup.

[Philip Howells]

Many thanks to everyone for being so helpful especially as I'd not given much detail. My units are the first generation with external storage. I'll work through your suggestions and report back. I am very grateful.

Thanks also to the mods for sorting out my mis-posting.

[Philip Howells]

I have used T5 Mastering works to produce a blue Ray output to memory sticks or HD's used in my WD unit. Excellent picture quality.

I followed this suggestion (essentially the same as Anton's - thanks to you both) and found excellent results.

Philip