I’d also like to send a huge thanks out to anyone who has donated. Your support means a tremendous amount and helps keep my motivation up. Cheers!!!

0.3.2
* fixed group/shadow/passwd to enable lighttpd
* fixed /etc/init.d/S96deluge to enable deluge
* fixed /etc/init.d/S96nzbget to enable nzbget
* fixed deluge config persistence
* unrar-nonfree-3.8.5-1 included
* actually included par2-0.4
* lighttpd can be disabled (config_tool -c LIGHTTPD=OFF)
* deluge webui can be disabled (config_tool -c DELUGEWEBUI=OFF)
* Merry Christmas!!!

I hope everyone enjoys this and is having a great time over the holidays!!! I won’t be back home until Jan 08, so this’ll have to hold everyone off (sans other serious bugs) until then

*** WDLXTV_LIVE-0.3.2 *** — WDLXTV-LIVE-0.3.X Forum Suport Thread

Be sure to visit the WDLXTV_LIVE-0.3.0 page to find out how to enable deluge & nzbget.

I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time hacking the WD TV firmware[s], so if you appreciate my efforts please donate a little something using the link above : ) Thanks & enjoy.

So now…

• Ever want to run bittorrent on your WD TV Live and manage it through an easy web interface? Check.

• Ever desire NZB (newsgroup/usenet) downloading & postprocessing, with a nice web interface? Check
• Ever Desire a web configuration menu so you don’t have to go to the console ever again to change all the mysterious hidden settings I have peppered everywhere? Almost check, webserver is there and config is under works.

Now I know I say this with every version I produce, but please–please–if you enjoy my produce then consider donating as much (or little) as you see fit. I put in around 200hrs of dev time into this release, and I think it shows.

The Changelog is huge, I’ve gone ahead and bolded all the parts you should smile about

Consider this my early Crimbo present to everyone

0.3.0
* lighttpd-1.4.25 webserver w/gd included (default enabled)
* Deluge-1.2.0-rc4 Bittorrent client included (w/ webui) (default disabled)
* nzbget-0.7-r357 & nzbgetweb-0.1.4-t5 include (default disabled)
* hellanzb-0.13 included (default disabled)
* pure-ftpd-1.0.24 w/TLS included (default enabled)
* perl-5.10.1 included
* python-2.5.4 included
* php-cgi-5.2.11-2 included
* screen-4.00.03jw4 included
* unrar-free-0.0.1 included
* par2-0.4 included
* wakeonlan-0.41-10 included
* Rezmus USB-power-on-suspend patch
* fixed video_resume_points_table typo, should be video_resume_point_table
* cifs-interceptor entries now have optional 3rd field for mount options
* /conf/hosts for custom host definitions & fixed resolver for hostname lookup
* possible NTFS hub fix
* Day's S90net.mounts fix
* NTP fix for DHCP users
* 3 background options, look in S00custom-options for details
* crazymount & plug.watch utilize mdev
* working ldconfig & ldd + chsh & showmount included
* all init.d's are disabled during upgrade
* debian-wdlxtv upgraded to Squeeze
* live filesystem booting now working : D !!!!!!! (root filesystem must be in .rootFS to pivot)
* disabled online update procedure
* bash-4.0-4 included
* sshfs-2.2-1 included
* unionfs-0.23.hg.20090611-1 included


Now some things you probably want to know.

How do I enable Deluge Bittorrent?

• Refer to S00custom-options, included in the release’s zipfile.

• Open S00custom-options in a text editor
• Browse to this line #config_tool -c DELUGE=ON
• Delete the hash (#) config_tool -c DELUGE=ON
• Save S00custom-options
• Place S00custom-options in the root of a flash device or hard drive.
• Power cycle your WDTV Live
• Browse in your web browser to http://your-wdtv-live-ip
• Click on the Deluge link
• Password is deluge
• Go into settings and configure download locations / etc
• deluge will not work without you configuring at least download locations first
• deluge webui will ONLY work with Firefox

How do I enable NZBget usenet client?

• Refer to S00custom-options, included in the release’s zipfile.

• Open S00custom-options in a text editor
• Browse to this line #config_tool -c NZBGET=ON
• Delete the hash (#) config_tool -c NZBGET=ON
• Save S00custom-options
• Place S00custom-options in the root of a flash device or hard drive.
• Power cycle your WDTV Live
• Browse in your web browser to http://your-wdtv-live-ip
• Click on the nzbget link
• User is wdlxtv
• Password is nzbget
• Go into settings and configure download locations / etc
• in the nzbgetwebui config, make sure NzbDir in WEBINTERFACE->Options is the same as NzbDir in NZBGET-SERVER->PATHS.
• nzbget will not work without you configuring at least download locations first

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

NOTE: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MESSING UP YOUR WDTV.
YOU ARE FLASHING A REMIX OF THE OFFICIAL FIRMWARE THAT
ADDS A LOT OF EXTRA FUNCTIONALITY — IT SHOULD NOT GO WRONG,
BUT IF IT DOES I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
[well I really do, I'm just not responsible ; )]

Now you might be saying GIMME THE DAMN FIRMWARE ALREADY
So OK, here it is:

Make sure the only two wdtvlive files on the device you’ll be upgrading with are wdtvlive.bin and wdtvlive.ver before installing WDLXTV-LIVE. Downgrade instructions, like always, are detailed in the README contained in every releases zip file.

I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time hacking the WD TV firmware[s], so if you appreciate my efforts please donate a little something using the link above : ) Thanks & enjoy.

I started out by debbootstrap’ing a mounted ext2 root.bin to Lenny, then copied in every file that makes up wdlxtv–so that, you know, in addition to just running Debian we can also view videos and stuff Once I had the root.bin produced it took a bit of debugging and a couple small tweaks to get everything working, but its pretty stable now. The root.bin is 1GB, so be prepared when unzipping it. This firmware does not flash itself, instead it runs ‘live’.

NOTE: If you aren’t already stoked from what I’ve said so far then this is probably not for you. This is a full fledged Debian Lenny system and will require actual Linux knowledge to get anything done. The sky is the limit though

DEBIAN_WDLXTV_LIVE-0.2.2.1

debian-wdlxtv-live is based on WDLXTV-LIVE-0.2.2.1, in the future I will release an update script so you can update debian-wdlxtv core files without having to use an entirely new bin file.

root password is wdtvlive.

TO INSTALL:
Similar to ext3-boot-live (development version of wdlxtv-live) the root.bin must be located on the device which your WDTV Live detects as /dev/sda1. So if root.bin exists on /dev/sda1, then debian-wdlxtv-live will be loaded evidenced by:

cat /conf_src/version
1.01.11-DEBIAN-WDLXTV-LIVE-0.2.2.1

This means instant access to everything Debian offers, like rtorrent, nzbget, lighttpd, python, gcc, etc.

Big thanks to Debian for making an extremely diverse operating system!!!

I’m working on live filesystem booting, to get away from the root.bin, but there are a few issues I still need to work through with that–therefore it doesn’t work yet. Soon.

Coming soon, wdlxtv.com

I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time hacking the WD TV firmware[s], so if you appreciate my efforts please donate a little something using the link below : ) Thanks & enjoy.

This is a momentous occasion and a great feature that I am happy to finally be able to offer.

Now this trick requires a bit of a workaround. Heres how it works in a nutshell:

• You create on your NFS a samba/cifs share; any location, any password, any username

• The WD TV Live detects the CIFS share and shows it under ‘Network Shares’
• You click on the entry and enter ok for the login info (if auto-login is not enabled)
• I intercept the login and parse a file for shares to mount instead
• You are then displayed your NFS shares!!!

Ok, so now full details and a walk through.

Step 1
Set up a CIFS/Samba share on your NFS device. The share can be anything really, all its used for is a placeholder so that our desired shares can be mounted.

Step 2
Verify that the CIFS/Samba share you set up is being detected by the WD TV Live. If it is detected, move on to step 3, otherwise go back to step 1 get it set up correctly.

Step 3
ssh into your WD TV Live and execute the following:

config_tool -c CIFSINTERCEPTOR=ON

This turns the cifs-interceptor on.

Step 4
Now for the config file, which is a text file (with no extension) called: cifs-interceptor

cifs-interceptor is of the following format:

//cifs-server/share-name|NFS01 NFS01-label|NFS02 NFS02-label|...|

cifs-server is the ip of the server where you set up the share in step 1.
share-name is the name of the exposed share you set up in step 1.
NFS01 is the full address of the first NFS
NFS01-label is what you’d like the NFS01 to be mounted as
NFS02 is the full address of the second NFS
NFS02-label is what you’d like the NFS02 to be mounted as
continue on for as many NFS as you desire to be mounted.

Here is my example /conf/cifs-interceptor

//192.168.0.104/b-rad|192.168.0.104:/media/disk slug|

This says that the share I’ll be intercepting is //192.168.0.104/b-rad and instead of mounting it I’ll be mounting 192.168.0.104:/media/disk as slug. Now note I could easily have had multiple more NFS’s listed, each must just be seperated by a pipe ‘|’

Note the ending pipe, it is very important. Be sure to end each cifs-interceptor line with one.

cifs-interceptor needs to be uploaded by /conf, so either edit it via telnet/SSH OR ftp in and upload it directory to /conf.

When you have /conf/cifs-interceptor in place you’re ready to go.

Step 5
With CIFSINTERCEPTOR=ON and /conf/cifs-interceptor configured we can go and select the server from step 1 and *hopefully* our desired NFS shares show up instead.

NOTE:
This will ONLY intercept shares you have listed in /conf/cifs-interceptor, if its not listed in that file it will be mounted like normal. This means you can have normal CIFS/Samba shares mounted, and then a special one which will be intercepted and used to mount your selected shares under.

TIP:
I don’t like having to select ok every time when it asks me for username & password … since that information is irrelevant and I’d prefer it autolog me in. So to turn autologin on, telnet/SSH in and execute the following:

config_tool -c ENABLE_AUTO_LOGIN='1'

With that set any time you select the server it will automagically mount and display your NFS shares

TIP 2:
The shares we are mounting instead of the intercepted CIFS do not necessarily have to be NFS, they could just as easily be CIFS or anything else.

I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time hacking the WD TV firmware[s], so if you appreciate my efforts please donate a little something using the link below : ) Thanks & enjoy.

This is a maintenance release. I had a typo that prevented S00custom-options from working, so patched that. I also messed up on the file name for the persistent video resuming, so check the Changelog (below) for details. If you weren’t affected by either of these bugs, then no real big deal to upgrade.

If you enjoy my work please make a donation. My time is thin and donations help focus me on producing new & better versions. Thanks.

0.5.8.1
* fixed typo preventing S00custom-options from executing
* persistent video resume filename correction: video_resume_points_table
* dos2unix /conf/net.mounts & /conf/net.config to fix windows editing


Importantly: It seems as if I *might’ve* finally found & fixed the sluggish remote / unresponsive video issue that popped up for a small minority of people a long time back. It turns out that dmaosd doesn’t like a lot of stuff happening while it is loading, and especially does not like NTP changing the system clock during init. So, if you have been/are affected by this bug you need to do the following from telnet/ssh/S00custom-options:

config_tool -c NTP=OFF

if you’d like to see if you can get NTP to coexist you can try the following instead:

config_tool -c NTP_DELAY=20

Note this delays the NTP sync, hopefully letting dmaosd initialize before it grabs time. You might need to change this to suit…and it might not even work The bug doesn’t affect me so what does / doesn’t work I don’t know, you’ll find out.

You may find the latest release at the WDLXTV page.

If you feel you have something you’d like to contribute or would like to submit a patch, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Post any bugs you come across at wdtvforum in the WDLXTV-0.5.X thread. Don’t forget to check out the WDTV HD player unofficial firmware wiki.

I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time hacking the WDTV firmware, so if you appreciate my efforts please donate a little something using the link below : ) Thanks & enjoy.

I’ve finally found the time time make a new WDLXTV release, now based on WD TV firwmare 1.03.01. There have bee a lot of changes since the last published release, mostly background tweaks/bugfixes/enhancements.

If you enjoy my work please make a donation. My time is thin and donations help focus me on producing new & better versions. Thanks.

0.5.8
* now based on firmware 1.03.01!!!
* persistent video resuming enabled if empty file called: video_resume_table exists at root of device at boot
* WDLXTV can disable all 'WDLXTV' features (config_tool -c WDLXTV=OFF)
* crazymount can be disabled (config_tool -c CRAZYMOUNT=OFF)
* crazymount can be set to load apps ONLY (config_tool -c CRAZYMOUNT=APPSONLY)
* Optical drivers can be disabled (config_tool -c DISABLEOPTICAL=YES)
* rc startup scripts can be disabled (config_tool -c RC=OFF)
* list.watch can be disabled (config_tool -c LISTWATCH=OFF)
* mount.watch can be disabled (config_tool -c MOUNTWATCH=OFF)
* plug.watch can be disabled (config_tool -c PLUGWATCH=OFF)
* NTP can be delayed (for possible NTP+remote fix] (config_tool -c NTP_DELAY=10)
* net.mounts execution can be delayed [possible sluggish remote fix] (config_tool -c NET_MOUNTS_DELAY=10)
* all this disabling is untested & experimental!!!!!!!!

0.5.7.2
* disable NTP to fix (maybe) sluggish remote & video resume issues (from ssh/telnet console: config_tool -c NTP=OFF)

0.5.7.1
* re-enabled screen_saver.png
* added missing icons & xml from official FW1.02.11
* rewrote mount.watch
**** removed active device polling/activity -- no disk activity
**** redesigned .addMounts background implementation
**** accomodate devices with no UUID better
* disable .addMounts for a directory (for app.bins) by non-destructively adding entry to /conf/config:IGNORE_SCANDIR
* list.watch monitors /conf/config for changes before acting
* small patches to xmount, crazymount, & plug.watch
* /conf/fstab now available, by UUID only
* crazyboot & plug.watch respect fstab
* users are enabled (experimental)


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Importantly: It seems as if I *might've* finally found & fixed the sluggish remote / unresponsive video issue that popped up for a small minority of people a long time back. It turns out that dmaosd doesn't like a lot of stuff happening while it is loading, and especially does not like NTP changing the system clock during init. So, if you have been/are affected by this bug you need to do the following from telnet/ssh/S00custom-options:

config_tool -c NTP=OFF

if you'd like to see if you can get NTP to coexist you can try the following instead:

config_tool -c NTP_DELAY=20

Note this delays the NTP sync, hopefully letting dmaosd initialize before it grabs time. You might need to change this to suit...and it might not even work The bug doesn't affect me so what does / doesn't work I don't know, you'll find out.

Also, I have enabled the ability to disable almost every part of WDLXTV...essentially making it possible to turn WDLXTV as close to stock as possible. To have WDLXTV run as stock, with no extra functionality:

config_tool -c WDLXTV=OFF

To run WDLXTV as DVDMOD, where only Optical drivers and additional list views are enabled:

config_tool -c WDLXTV=OFF
config_tool -c DISABLEOPTICAL=OFF
config_tool -c LISTWATCH=ON

Note that you'll have to enable Media Library to use Optical Drives this way.

There are obviously many combinations you can make enabling/disabling the internal parts to get various combinations of functionality.

NOTE: if you disable WDLXTV (config_tool -c WDLXTV=OFF), the only way you'll be able to reenable it is by using the factory reset in system options

You may find the latest release at the WDLXTV page.

You may download this release here.

If you feel you have something you'd like to contribute or would like to submit a patch, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Post any bugs you come across at wdtvforum in the WDLXTV-0.5.X thread. Don't forget to check out the WDTV HD player unofficial firmware wiki.

I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time hacking the WDTV firmware, so if you appreciate my efforts please donate a little something using the link below : ) Thanks & enjoy.

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