Can't get audio via WIDI - picture works fine. Everything works perfectly on my Netgear NTV200S - streaming video and audio from its many channels AND the video from my computer onto my HDTV via WIDI. But only about 1 tries out of 10 do I also get...
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not sure why it happens, but when the laptop connects to the NeoTV in the first successful connect.. audio is not there. If you do a disconnect of the WiDi connection from the WiDi control app on the laptop and then do a connect again through the WiDi control app audio gets transmitted to the TV
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I have used it with the geforce nvidia 9600gt and the sound does not come out because of the graphic card. It is not tha wireless responsible, it will not come out even if I connect the pc directly through hdmi with the TV. If your graphic card supports sound through HDMI then it will play with the kit. As I have used it is I use the pc speakers for sound and the HDMI wireless kit four video (which works seemlessly).I hope that helps you.
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Mine is sitting in the junk room. Most of the time the audio came through just fine for me. My issues was that sometimes the audio was so far out of sync it wasn't even watchable. It's a great concept, but a total POS in reality. Like Clayton said, try updating the drivers and see if that helps. I gave up on mine though. A 15' HDMI cable is cheaper and way more reliable.
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This is on thing I've been having trouble with myself. I have the receiver connected to my home theater system and wanted to play audio from my laptop. I can connect to the receiver with my laptop's Bluetooth, but I haven't been able to get Windows to play sound through It as it doesn't show in audio devices. . I'm using Windows 7 and haven't been able to find any software in the hour I spent searching about it.
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I'd say it's worth a try. It sends both audio and video for me. It does glitch sometimes, but I have a work-around. I use it to split the signal from a 3x1 HDMI switch (Sat Receiver, Blu-ray player, and Roku box) to send it to two Coby HDTVs. I have a Redmere HDMI cable in one of the runs. This setup works--it sends both Video and Audio quite well. However... Sometimes (but not always) I have to turn my source off and then back on to get a proper HDMI handshake. Sometimes the initial handshake sends video, but not audio. Sometimes it works perfectly on the first attempt. But the second attempt (when needed) always works. It's kind of weird... But there's a lot of hand-shaking in my setup, so...
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I tried the Belkin out using a new Dell XPS 13 laptop running Windows 8 Professional, and Intel's latest WIDI connection utility. Had no success after spending hours trying. I'd recommend waiting a couple of months until they work out the kinks in the firmware. Also, Win 8 has proven to be somewhat unstable with certain drivers - even apps like Microsoft's latest Office 2013 Pro Plus. The older Netgear WIDI adapter got pretty good reviews, but the newer replacement unit coincidentally has received horrible reviews. I'm waiting it out a few months personally. Good luck!
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Skipping back and forth doesn't work well over DLNA. My Blu-ray player supports that, but it takes longer to figure out the skip location and advance the video stream than the time of the skip. I'm happier with my WD without DLNA. I do wish it could skip 30 seconds, and I'm going to explore if that is possible with wdlxtv firmware.
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I can't get it to hook up to my wireless network because apparently the network is WEP secured. I can get my work laptop to hook up when I bring that home with no issue, so thought it was fine. NOPE! It won't work. When I did a search online I found that this is a common issue with others and there's nothing you can do about it. :-( I bought it so my son can play downloaded games and watch YouTube. Guess I wasted my money and got his hopes up for nothing.
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If you found something that did work, could you please tell me what it was? I'm looking for the same thing. I want to connect a Wii (RCA) to my monitor (VGA) since I don't have a TV. I already have the audio thing worked out, but I need a configuration that works for video. Thank you!!
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I was running firmware 1025 and decided to try my USB wifi adapter that I have for my rasbery pi and it worked. I even updated the firmware to 1032 and it still works. It's a cheap $15 or less wifi dual band adapter.Tenda W522U USB wifi A/B/G and N, I confirmed it does connect on N also.The only downside is the bluray firmware does not include the drivers for the 5Ghz so this only will connect on the 2.4ghz but it's still cheaper than the Samsung linkstick USB wifi adapter.
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okay, mine (sound) is working on WMP without downloaded anything...who knows? but not RP, i won't use it for these... thanks.
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Kenneth, did you ever find the answer to your first question "will this output two video signals simultaneously?" for I too have the same output need and would like to know the answer to your question as well. The old non network version of the WD Media player did not. I hope this new player will.
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Hmmm, I've not had this issue. Generally I use the usb plug on the unit and then can use its (somewhat primitive) menu via the tv/monitor. It works through all the channels for me. I suppose if you're looking for a 5.1 or 7.1 situation then it would depend on the audio file type. I hope this helps...
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Horribly, because it doesn't seem to stay on the network very well. I've had two now, the first sent back to ASUS because it wouldn't work, the second is now still not really working. The few times I did try to stream audio, it worked, somewhat but would stop playing at random. (or are you not asking how well, but 'what technique do you use?') To make it work, you use apple airplay as I recall, I didn't try it with a PC though. It just shows up on airplay if the settings are right in the web setup UI.
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Most of the audio issues arise from trying to play mkv's with AC3 audio. If you email NBoxPlayer@gmail.com, they'll hook you up with a patch that you can download and install. Works like a charm and they were really fast about it! Apparently the firmware update is under the "manufacturer's copyright protection" so they can't just release the link on the internet.
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Update: This thread got me wired just now...Wireless is in the works. [ndiswrapper isn't so friendly to this one for some reason - perhaps I nabbed the wrong wireless driver..]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7409939
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I understand that there is a firmware update that supposedly fixes this issue. Also, it is my understanding that TV must be hooked up to initially set up and play audio CDs and SACDs. As I'm only interested in audio playback, this is important to know. Can anyone confirm? Perhaps L.Go since you have the unit and have played the disks.