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There's a lot of these out there in various shapes and forms. Nearly all of them aren't even possible since they lack certain fundamental basics that XBMC needs on any platform, such as OpenGL support.
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...and that's the end of that chapter.
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I have 1 WDTV & 1 WDTV LIVE in my house and I had a WDTV MINI.
I am 100% done with WDTV.
Their product support is poor. They stop releasing firmware and bug fixes a few months after a new product releases.
Their answer to product requests is to make NEW HARDWARE you have to buy instead of modifying the existing firmware.
I got tired of always upgrading and paying for features they could have added.
Now i built a HTPC running XBMC and will never look back. (Thanks ESKRO!)
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Can I stream from XBMC to WD media live hub??
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...lol, I have about five of these things floating around my home including the HUB mentioned by the poster. I'm glad someone finally opened a thread addressing these machines and XBMC as i was curious myself. I cant say that I'm too disappointed with them except for the fact that the GUI on all versions is quite boring and you have to rely on Firmware updates from WD for any feature enhancements. If your looking for an inexpensive way to stream media in every room of your house(obviously you wont have a HTPC build in each room) and want a reliable player that can play anything you throw at it then I would consider them as an alternative. I run a 9TB unRAID server on my home network and SMB allows these boxes to communicate very well with each other.
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Thanks.
I am not a computer expert.I want live tv channels via internet.I bought wd streming media plaer g3 but it does not have XBMC player to watch the tv stuff i need.My friend's, Apple tv with XBMC is working perfect with all overseas channels too.But ATV 2 is expensive.Rasberry pi need keyboard,adapter,sd card,skills etc.I donot need it.
Kindly let me know any cheaper (under 100 dollars) media player which can work with XBMC using wireless internet.
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(2012-07-18, 04:53)mdmm Wrote: Thanks.
I am not a computer expert.I want live tv channels via internet.I bought wd streming media plaer g3 but it does not have XBMC player to watch the tv stuff i need.My friend's, Apple tv with XBMC is working perfect with all overseas channels too.But ATV 2 is expensive.Rasberry pi need keyboard,adapter,sd card,skills etc.I donot need it.
Kindly let me know any cheaper (under 100 dollars) media player which can work with XBMC using wireless internet.
It's far (a few months at the least. Maybe a year from now will be stable?) from being consumer ready, but keep an eye on the XBMC for Android development. This open tons of sub-$100 options.