I've just got a DSM-510 and have a few questions

I have a WD MyBook World Edition, the 510 finds it fine and I can get some things to play on it but not everything, and the things I do get to play don't seem to want to play full screen, what am I doing wrong?
Also is what is the best and easiest program to use to create/convert playable movie files?
And finally (at least for now

) I choose digital 1080p then the next time I turn on it defaults back to analog, so I have to plug my analog cable back in at change it back, what's wrong?
TIA