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Before you start this tutorial, it is very important that you backup OSD folder first before proceeding to upload changed files. You will read how to in this tutorial. This is because the WD won’t boot if there’s an error in one of the xml files in the OSD directory. If so, just restore backup [...]

Reverting/Downgrading Firmware

Sometimes the latest Firmware (Official or Beta) isn’t working right for us. so here’s a step-by-step instruction on how to Revert back from the previous Firmware that you had…
1.Use USB FLASH KEY from 64mb upto 2GB. I recommend upto 2GB but you could also use bigger ones but they using different adressing model
this could be [...]

Background and screensaver changing with WDLxTV 0.5.*

Download original images
Edit images with photoshop or any other software and save. (try not to increase file size)
Copy both welcome_background_bg.jpg and screen_saver.png to an USB drive
Start WD TV with WDLxTV firmware 0.5.2 or above with USB drive connected

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HD video download off youtube

KeepHD is a sweet tool that lets you download HD videos off Youtube! Not only can you download HD copies of your movies, you can also download the mobile 3GP version for your mobile devices plus the standard MP4 and FLV format. Just enter your Youtube video URL below, and KeepHD will automatically grab each [...]

Apple Trailers plugin installation

Plugin and installation notes made by Elmar Weber
Here is the first release of the appletrailerfs for the WD TV. It allows you to view the movie trailers from the Apple Trailer page on the WD TV. In case you don’t know the Apple Trailer page I highly recommend it, you get up to 1080p trailers [...]

Firmware Installation guide

Firmware installation is the same for both official and unofficial (WDLxTV) firmware updates. Just follow these easy steps and you will be updated no-time.

How to update your WD TV HD Media Player

1. DOWNLOAD
Download the firmware update.
2. COPY
Open the .ZIP file and extract the two files (.BIN and .VER) to your USB drive’s main directory.
3. CONNECT
Connect [...]

Torrent (Rtorrent) and wtorrent installation on WD TV HD

Wow, it really seems b-rad.cc is going faster than lightning! He sure is doing a lot of great work for the WD TV community! Today he wrote the third article in a three part tutorial on how to setup rtorrent + wtorrent on your WD TV HD mediaplayer. If you enjoy the work he does, [...]

Wifi usb adapter configuration with WD TV

This is a short tutorial on how to setup your WD TV HD to use with a wifi usb adapter. If u want wifi to start on boot, get a wifi usb adapter based on the following chipsets:

Zydas 1201 (11b)
Zydas 1211/1211b
RaLink 2870
RaLink rt73
Atheros Otus

download brad.cc’s WDLXTV firmware
download zorander’s experimental pack [...]

NFS sharing on windows XP

What you need:

USB Key formatted FAT or FAT32. The windows utility formats it fine
WDTV device (obviously)
A USB->Ethernet Adapter. For a list of compatible ones go here http://root.unknown.sk/wdtv/wiki/dok…ed_usb_devices I am using the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter which I bought from the Apple Store. Was easiest and quickest one for me to get.

Thanks to:
We will start [...]