WD tvie live hub 1Tb questions

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Heya all just got a few question about this item befoer i buy it.

firstly i am buying cause i cannot get smooth streaming to my ps3 even via ethernet

ok so here goes

  1. Can video output be set to Hdmi but audio to optical

  2. how do you find playback for 1080p mkv smmoth or stuttery

  3. is it easy to copyfiles to the internal drive ?

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  1. Yes
  2. Smooth when hard wired. Limitations of bit rate when using wireless.
  3. Easy but slow.
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Have you bought the player? I hope not. Until you KNOW what it can and cannot do.

To answer your questions:

I want to elaborate on the other poster’s Yes to the First point.  

  1. Video will be through HDMI, yes, and you can send Audio to it. But, you will not be able to do HDMI Video+2Ch Audio WITH 5.1 on Optical. Only 1 Digital Audio output stream can be used. 

You can do this.

  1. HDMI to TV (Stereo Audio) Optical Audio will be in Stereo only. 
  2. HDMI to Audio Video Receiver. HDMI Out from AVR to TV. This way you get 5.1 Audio.

The WDTV will not Simultaneously put out 2Channel Audio on HDMI and 5.1 on Optical. This is a limitation of this device for which we are Awaiting a fix. It is possible but WD has probably not enabled it because they don’t want customer support calls as to why Audio keeps coming out of their TV when they have a Home Theater. We can atleast try to request this as an advanced feature if we contact WD and tell them we want this feature.

  1. 1080p MKV Playback depends on your Video File. MKV is just a container. Please learn more about Formats, and Level Profiles, Frame Rates, etc. If your 1080p follows Spec, it will play. If its some absurd rip you pirated, chances are it will not play unless it follows spec.

  2. Yes. It is easy. For Me.

You need to read more about how these things work. Your questions are very simplistic, and I am trying to help you understand that your questions are very Simple, and therefore you got a Simple reply from the above poster. Ask the right question, and you can only do that once you are more aware of how these things work. I suggest you READ LOTS before buying.