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I’ve never had problems with that laptop and other implementations of Twonky so that’s a bit of a puzzler. The issues I did encounter were with the Windows Media Player (LAV filters) and Twonky server streaming to 32-bit Windows 7, which stuttered continually even when I lowered the resolution to 720p. Streaming 2160p files (4K UHD) didn’t work, but that's no surprise: Streaming those files over most ethernet connections can be iffy besides, there’s not a lot of 2160p content out there.
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In all cases (Android, iOS, OS X, Windows 10, Windows 7, and Windows Phone) I was eventually able to stream 1080p video, though in some cases it required switching apps on the client devices and/or switching between Plex and Twonky. This wasn’t the Wireless Pro’s fault, but the uneven implementation of streaming protocols across platforms.
Streaming was a mixed bag of easy and not so easy. If you're planning to use the drive with a Mac, on the other hand, you'll want to leave the drive formatted as exFAT: Macs can read NTFS-formatted drives, but they can't write to them. That said, exFAT formatting can’t explain the slow reading of the 20GB batch of files and folders, where exFAT and NTFS generally perform the same. Small-file write performance improved significantly after I re-formatted the drive from exFAT to the NTFS files system that the other drives in the chart used. The 20GB file and folder write performance will increase significantly if you re-format the drive from exFAT to NTFS.
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The My Passport Wireless Pro performs well as a USB 3.0 hard drive. Our 20GB large-file copy tests came up with almost exactly the same rates however, speeds dropped significantly with our 20GB batch of smaller files and folders: to 75MBps reading and 55MBps writing. AS SSD rated the drive as reading 10GB sequentially at 120MBps, and writing it at 113MBps. Used as a direct-attached USB hard drive, performance was a slightly below average. If you don't need to stream on battery power, that kind of juice can go a long way to charging other USB devices. And that was with the drive in performance mode there’s also a battery-save mode that squeezes out about an extra half hour to forty-five minutes. The My Passport Wireless Pro more than doubles its predecessor’s four-hour run time, delivering 9 hours and 10 minutes in our test. Battery life and performanceĪs to those extra four ounces of battery. The addition of the Plex media server lets the My Passport Wireless Pro support more devices, more easily than the Twonky DLNA server, which is still included as well. Twonky does not, and it does a pretty decent job streaming movies and audio to client devices. Note that Plex requires signing up for a free account.
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But Plex has a slicker interface, offers a choice of proprietary or DLNA serving, and it provides clients for nearly every operating system (but not the 32-bit Windows 7 on my older Acer laptop. Plex is optional, as the Twonky DLNA server is already included. Good job WD.Īdditionally, you’re asked if you want to download the Plex media server in order to stream media files from the My Passport Wireless Pro. It also walked me through the process of connecting the parent network to pass through the Internet connection. The browser headed directly for the setup routine without my having to type in the URL for its configuration page.
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With my iPad, all I had to do was select the My Passport network, join using the password prominently displayed on a sticker on the front of the unit, and then open Safari. The new Passport Wireless Pro is even easier to set up that its predecessor. The Wireless Pro’s two USB 3.0 ports and SD card slot are visible in this side shot. You can push a button if you don’t.) The new model weighs in at nearly a pound-that's four ounces heavier than the original-and we're pretty sure it's attributable to the 6400 mAh battery.
Except that this enclosure sports a micro-USB 3.0 connector, a USB 2.0 Type A port (for charging other devices from the drive’s battery), and an SD memory-card slot (for transferring files-automatically on insert, if you so choose.
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Unlike its very thick predecessor, the My Passport Wireless Pro could easily be mistaken for a portable optical drive (you remember those, right?).