Hi Raceman,

Like Jay, I am also new to the PogoPlug.

WD TV supports MKV files, which is a preferred method of storing H.264 video.

Please describe the best way to set up a network share to a PogoPlug drive (in Windows 7).

When using the WD TV, it readily finds the PogoPlug, but it is not a mapping or drive letter.

Hi Jay,

I have had the same problem ever since I plugged my drive into my PogoPlug and not directly into my computer.

I assume, you want access to them from your WDTV Live as well as from the internet... that's why I have it set up that way as well.

I can view and play all my DVD quality movies (AVIs, etc), but all my HD Quality Movies will not play. I can see the file names, but there is strangely no icon (I use the list view on the WDTV), and they are not playable.

Just like you, if I plug that same drive in through my computer, I have no trouble playing them, so I agree with you, it must be the PogoPlug. I have tried it both ways, through Network Shares as well as Media Server. I created a mapped drive on my computer, and could access the file lists, but still couldn't play the files. I don't want to have to have 2 copies of all my HD movies... that seems ridiculous.

Anyone find a workaround to this issue?

Did anyone resolves this issue?

Is there anyway to expose Pogoplug drives as network shared without putting Openpogo on the pogoplug?

I have WDlxTV on my WDTV Live & I want to mount the drive plugged into my Pogoplug. Unfortunately, pogoplug doesn't expose itself as a SMB share, so I can't see it. Does pogoplug expose itself in any way that can be mounted?

I just played around a bit and think I got it working. Install the Pogoplug Drive software and start it. It created a new drive on the system and had a folder within that containing the volume name of the attached drive. I right-clicked on that folder and set it to be shared as normal on a WinXP setup. I was able to see it on my WD Live TV under the Network Shares.

The WD Live TV also has a setting under Settings/Network Settings to allow the WDLIVETV contents to be shared, so it adds a share for drives plugged into the WD Live TV itself.

I was reading another post on transcoding problems with Media Sharing on the Pogoplug. I checked the Pogoplug to turn on the media sharing and unchecked the three other fields to do with transcoding, art etc. I accessed the WD Live TV Media Shares and played a .m4v file from the thumb drive attached to the Pogoplus. It was an episode of Too Smart Guys about hacking the WD Live TV.

See this URL on using the Pogoplug Drive software.

http://www.pogoplugged.com/article/14329/How-To-Assign-A-Fixed-Drive-Letter-t...

Hopefully this will help someone.

Did you guys try plugging your HD directly into the WDTV? If its playing AVI then its not a PP problem. If your trying wireless it wont work very good no matter what the container is. This is not a PP problem its your movies.

Why are you playong movies thru the WDTV to your computer? That makes no sense. Just play the file straight from the PP

Its not the movies...they play fine when I take the pogo plug out of the picture... Raceman please let us know your solution to our problem rather than flaming us fort being wrong.... We all are experiencing the same problem...do likely we are not all wrong...

The UPnP/DLNA served content of MKV files is the issue at hand, as they do not work on any of my devices when served via the CloudEngines software either:

Over 1 GbE wired lan:
- Seagate FreeAgent Theatre+ : failure
- LG BD390 blu-ray: failure
- LG BD570 blu-ray: failure
- Windows 7, Media Center : failure
- Windows 7, Windows Media Player: failure

All of these will play the file fine via local attachment or samba share.

WarheadsSE Dont know anything about Seagate FreeAgent Theatre. Windows 7 will not play mkv without downloading a mkv codec. Dont understand what mean about your 2 BD players

Itto93 HD to PP right? PP to router right? WDTV to Router right? WDTV output to tv right? How WDTV connected to TV ... HDMI?

Do you have a regular dvd you can rip with handbrake and try that? (rip it then encode with handbrake(free download on internet google search) to mkv high profile)Cant answer anything about downloaded material. No way to know how it was encoded. Or legal
Ac3 or dts wont play with the latest firmware, but you should still get video just no sound.

Do you have sharing turned on in the WDTV?

Raceman said: Itto93 HD to PP right? PP to router right? WDTV to Router right? WDTV output to tv right? How WDTV connected to TV ... HDMI?

Do you have sharing turned on in the WDTV?

HDMI right

I encode a bluray i have. i try it when it's finished.

sharing in wdtv is on.

Yea dts was broke in the latest firmware. Glad you got it working

There must be a work around for watching mkv files on the WD TV Live via a pogoplugged hard-drive. Anyone know if any hacked firmwares support this?