Comments on: WDLXTV – enhanced WDTV firmware 0.5.6.1

By: Flynn

Flynn — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:14:01 +0000

Any luck with hacking the wdtv mini firmware yet?

<<< edit: mini is not currently hackable, I tried but the entire device and firmware format is unlike any of the other wdtv’s and the chipset isn’t the same either. –b-rad >>>

By: Pieter

Pieter — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:19:56 +0000

I see that some ppl are interested in custom firmware for the WDTV Mini. I can’t say it has the same hardware as the Live… More info here: http://blog.dev-pv.com/?p=1

By: dav

dav — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:10:51 +0000

Pardon me asking a noob question…
i understand that codec doesn’t support rmvb. But any possibility to load a software media player to play rmvb(ie. decode via software say via debian?) while the rest of video format leave to to chip to decode?

<<< edit: you wouldn’t be playing it through the chipset that route. –b-rad >>>

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:43:34 +0000

Hey B-rad… love your stuff.
am trying to share the USB HDD, attached to the wdtv, gen1, to my iMac. I have set up an /exports file as per your instructions on this site. I have copied the nfsappbin pack to the root of the drive. I have started the nfsd, and I can verify it’s running… but no matter what I do, my iMac doesnt see the share. I can telnet in fine, and I can share from the iMac to the wdlxtv, but not form the wdlxtv back to the imac… aka I want to nfs mount the usb drive, which is attached to the wdtv, on my imac. I have entered the unique device USB device ID for my hDD… etc… not wokring. any tips? does a certain user have to exist on the imac for it to work? I am thinking it’s got something to do with user accounts… any tips welcomed

<<< edit: You’ll need to setup /etc/exports & /etc/hosts.allow –b-rad >>>

By: Polyb

Polyb — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:55:03 +0000

This is awsome work!

One question though, concerning startup time.

Is there a way of speeding the startup time up when you have alot of networked folders?

I have at least 12 vista shared folders that are being loaded (when my PC is turned on). But even when it’s not turned on it seems to take forever to start WDXTV.

The net.mount file is on root level at the bootup device (usb hd) together with a lillibabe.osd.

Thanks for any pointers on this matter.

<<< edit: place an ampersand at the end of each xmount line, that will execute it in the background. –b-rad >>>

By: Tom M

Tom M — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:13:06 +0000

Excellent work! Any way to make this thing decode DTS and pass audio through HDMI? It would be awesome.

<<< edit: not a chance. –b-rad >>>

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:47:27 +0000

SOrry, how long does this upgrade take. The power light is on steady, and the screen shows rectangle blue WD. been a good 10 minutes so far.

By: Doru T.

Doru T. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:17 +0000

Hi b-rad,
Posted here earlier but it seems to be gone, sorry if I messed up somehow – finally got around to installing 0.5.7, but only for the thumbnail support, and that’s where I hope you can help out.
I didn’t really need to try it out, as the official 1.02.11 fixed all my mkv audio sync problems, and I only use a 1TB drive hooked to the WDTV so I’ve no need for all the LAN stuff, but this caught my eye:

* ability to relocate/have persistent (+++fast) thumbnail database on a device
*** requires directory named .thumbDB on root of attached device ***

and I thought, hey, I could _really_ use that, I hate how slow the thumbnails are. Installed with no problems, all seem fine, so first of all thanks for all your work.

BUT.

1. I can’t seem to create a directory named .thumbDB on the root of my HDD. WinXP tells me to stop mucking around and remove that dot from in front of the name, it won’t let me create any folder named .thumbDB, but rather thumbDB without that dot. Not good.
2. I also tried creating a Thumbs.db file and put it in the root directory, and am about to plug the drive back into the WDTV, but get this feeling it won’t work either.

Would it be terribly stupid to ask how to make this work? All I want is faster loading times, and faster (+++fast would be even nicer) thumbnail loading times.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.
D

<<< edit: Sounds like you’ll need to telnet in and make the directory, dunno why windows has to be so lame as not not allow dotted directories. –b-rad >>>

By: larbsarb

larbsarb — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:10:35 +0000

Sorry for being such a noob. Can you please tell me why rmvb cannot be support by WDTV Live at all? Is it because of hardware issue?

<<< edit: Because a codec does not come with it. –b-rad >>>

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:55:46 +0000

xmount 10.0.0.41:/Testmuziek MuziekLeo nfs (net.mounts) is working for nfs. The xp-folder is visual on de wdtv in the folderview but not the files. Do you now what’s up?