1: Login to your WD TV via your favorite ftp client

2: Navigate to the OSD directory

3: Download the following xml files

• basic_browse_thumb_video.xml
• inc_video_thumb_browse.xml

4: Navagiate into the /OSD/IMAGE/ directory and download these following png files…

• video_thumb_frame_bg_f.png
• video_thumb_frame_bg_n.png
• video_thumb_frame_blister.png

**BACK UP ALL THESE FILES SOMEWHERE ON YOUR HDD**

5: Open the basic_browse_thumb_video.xml file in your favorite txt editor.

6: FIND…

<page background=”image/welcome_background_bg.jpg” numitems=”12″>

CHANGE TO…

<page background=”image/welcome_background_bg.jpg” numitems=”4″>

7: Sticking with the basic_browse_thumb_video.xml file…

FIND…

<listbox valkey=”browselist” autoenter=”1″ autoswitch=”0″ move=”row” cols=”6″ rows=”2″ lbmask=”HT” loop_scroll=”1″ turbo_trigger=”10″[/sourcecode] turbo_multi=”10″ />

CHANGE TO…

<listbox valkey=”browselist” autoenter=”1″ autoswitch=”0″ move=”row” cols=”4″ rows=”1″ lbmask=”HT” loop_scroll=”1″ turbo_trigger=”10″ turbo_multi=”10″ />

Now save this xml file and re-up it to the directory and overwrite.

**Note: cols=”4″ rows=”1″ this is where you can change the way the thumbs are displayed so you can play around with this just remember if you change the 4 here you need to change the 4 in the opening line of code on this xml file.

8: Open inc_video_thumb_browse.xml in your txt editor and edit the following:

Change the whole xml file to this:

<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<wrapper>
<text text=”@@pagecounter” x=”856″ y=”95″ h=”24″ w=”200″ fontsize=”24″ align=”right” textcolor=”0xe2e2e2″/>
<table x=”186″ y=”205″ w=”870″ h=”295″
cols=”4″ rows=”1″ colspacing=”2″ align=”hcenter”>
<image image=”@@thumb_active_0″/>
<image image=”@@thumb_active_1″/>
<image image=”@@thumb_active_2″/>
<image image=”@@thumb_active_3″/>
</table>
<table x=”186″ y=”205″ w=”870″ h=”288″
cols=”4″ rows=”1″ colspacing=”2″ align=”hcenter”>
<image image=”@@browse_0_icon”/>
<image image=”@@browse_1_icon”/>
<image image=”@@browse_2_icon”/>
<image image=”@@browse_3_icon”/>
</table>
<table x=”205″ y=”217″ w=”845″ h=”273″
cols=”4″ rows=”1″ colspacing=”27″ align=”hcenter” scale_type=”fixratio” scale=”100″>
<image name=”th0″ image=”@@browse_0_thumbnail” default_image=”@@browse_0_default_image” w=”178″ h=”267″/>
<image name=”th1″ image=”@@browse_1_thumbnail” default_image=”@@browse_1_default_image” w=”178″ h=”267″/>
<image name=”th2″ image=”@@browse_2_thumbnail” default_image=”@@browse_2_default_image” w=”178″ h=”267″/>
<image name=”th3″ image=”@@browse_3_thumbnail” default_image=”@@browse_3_default_image” w=”178″ h=”267″/>
</table>
<table x=”194″ y=”236″ w=”845″ h=”273″
cols=”4″ rows=”1″ colspacing=”27″ align=”right,bottom” scale=”50″>
<image image=”thumb_folder_icon://th0″ default_image=”@@thumb_folder_0_default_image”/>
<image image=”thumb_folder_icon://th1″ default_image=”@@thumb_folder_1_default_image”/>
<image image=”thumb_folder_icon://th2″ default_image=”@@thumb_folder_2_default_image”/>
<image image=”thumb_folder_icon://th3″ default_image=”@@thumb_folder_3_default_image”/>
</table>
<table x=”186″ y=”205″ w=”870″ h=”295″
cols=”4″ rows=”1″ colspacing=”2″ align=”hcenter”>
<image image=”@@browse_0_mask”/>
<image image=”@@browse_1_mask”/>
<image image=”@@browse_2_mask”/>
<image image=”@@browse_3_mask”/>
</table>
<image image=”image/photo_thumb_line_01.png” x=”371″ y=”584″ w=”555″ h=”5″ bg=”1″/>
<image image=”image/photo_thumb_line_01.png” x=”371″ y=”629″ w=”555″ h=”5″ bg=”1″/>
<text text=”@@file_info” selected=”@@file_info_selected” x=”171″ y=”596″ w=”940″ h=”28″ fontsize=”26″ textcolor=”0×07b5ff” selectedtextcolor=”0×07b5ff” align=”hcenter” speed=”1″ delay=”2″ auto_translate=”1″/>

<image x=”1083″ y=”143″ w=”38″ h=”27″ image=”@@moreprev”/>
<image x=”1083″ y=”522″ w=”38″ h=”27″ image=”@@morenext”/>
</wrapper>

**Take a look at this xml file and you soon will realize that you can pretty much try any size you want just remember you will have to re size the tables as well. Compare your original file with this one and you will understand.

9: Resize your png files,

• video_thumb_frame_bg_f.png
• video_thumb_frame_bg_n.png
• video_thumb_frame_blister.png

20px wider and 20px higher

10: Thats it! All done.

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 issue for some models.

2.Format the USB FLASH key to FAT16 or FAT32 filesystem don’t be lazzy and DON’T use NFTS for this case 1)
use USB FORMATER 2)or any others formatting tools.

3.Go to WDTV menu System→About there is version notice it you will need this number later.

4.Unpack firmware package to USB FLASH KEY to root directory there have to be 2 files WDTV.BIN and WDTV.VER.

5.Open with notepad or any textplain3) editor and change version in WDTV.VER to higher then you have in WDTV now if you dont change this new firmware will not detected as new one.Save the file.

6.De-attach all USB devices from WDTV unplug power supply wait 5-10sec plug-in USB prepared USB FLASH KEY and plug-in power supply.

7.Wait and dont reboot WDTV durring flashing process

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 version of the video you want to download.

Enter Youtube URL

Direct downloader, Its Simple
Whenever your watching a video on Youtube, just replace Youtube with KeepHD and it will automatically download the video!

For Example:
Just change http://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=wgS0KgT5APc
to
http://www.KeepHD.com/watch?v=wgS0KgT5APc

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 and clips of all the current and upcoming movies.

The application image can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=259619&package_id=320560&release_id=679574 (usually the appletrailerfs-0.1.1.1-alpha-wdtv.zip file is the correct one) or find it in our downloads section.

The application image can be used with either Zorander’s ext3-boot or B-RAD’s WDLXTV. Simply extract the file and copy the appletrailerfs.app.bin onto a USB stick that you use while booting the WDTV.
After a reboot, to view the movie trailers, just navigate to the “Video” menu and select “Folders”. Then go into the “Apple Trailers” directory and browse for a movie and trailer.

Successfully tested on

• ext3-boot 0.8.7.2
• ext3-boot 0.9.2
• WDLXTV 0.5.2

Some movie trailers won’t play because the trailers are no longer online, in the next releases there will be a filter mechanism.

You are welcome to report any bugs and feature requests either here, or, if you have a SourceForge account, at the Trac http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/appletrailerfs/ (you can login with your normal SourceForge credentials).

Homepage: http://appletrailerfs.elmarweber.org/
Documentation and other resources are underway.

Those who are interested in the source code can take a look at the appletrailerfs Subversion repository or the source packages at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=259619&package_id=318742. The filesystem also works on any other Linux if you want to use it there.

Wtorrent is an excellent webui for rtorrent and after this tutorial you’ll be able to manage rtorrent from the web… forward a port and you can even connect to your wdtv from the internet to queue up torrents!

In order to take advantage of this tutorial you must either be running WDLXTV or Zoranders ext3-boot firmware versions. You must also have B-rad.cc’s Optware for WDTV package installed.

Tutorial:

part 1 – rtorrent

part 2 – lighttpd

part 3 – wtorrent

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

1. download brad.cc’s WDLXTV firmware
2. download zorander’s experimental pack (wireless-mod.app.bin) with drivers for these adpters and basic tools (iw*, wpa*)
3. copy to root dir of pen/hdd with firmware.
4. edit net.config in your root dir of firmware pen/hdd

if u have open acces point add

ifconfig $MDEV up
iwconfig $MDEV essid your_ap_name

for wep:

ifconfig $MDEV up
iwconfig $MDEV essid your_ap_name key "s:yourasciipass"

“s:” is used for ascii pass, if u think in hex you don’t have to use it ;>

for wpa we need wpa_supplicant tool.

1) in the root dir of your firmware pen/hdd make a file wpa_supplicant.conf:

ctrl_interface=/tmp/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="your_ap_name"
# uncomment next line if your ap doesn't broadcast ssid
#scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="yourpass"
}

this is just a basic setup, if u want more then wpa-psk, want to force specific encryption algo, etc read very well commented config example here

2) add to net.config

ifconfig $MDEV up
wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -i$MDEV -c/boot/wpa_supplicant.conf

-Dwext should be fine for zydas, for my ralink i use -Dralink, for otus -Dotus should work.

other settings (dhcp, static ip) u can set like for wire usb lan.

after boot and some time u should have working wireless, if your chipset and vid/pid is supported.

Tutorial written by rezmus

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 off with the hardest first… Setting up an NFS Share.
Step 1:
Download Windows Services for Unix version 3.5 available at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d…displaylang=en

and then run it and extract it to a temporary location.
Step 2
Follow this guide for installation. READ NOTES below
NOTE: When selecting which components to install, make sure you select NFS server as well as client, and also make sure to select “Server for NFS Autthentication”
When you come to the part to add a passwd file and a group file. Use the attached files at the end of this post (remove the .txt extension)
Only follow this guide for installation.

Step 3
Configure NFS server. Go to start menu, and run the “Services for UNIX Administration” application from the Windows Services for UNIX folder

Follow this guide for configuring NFS
Farscape walks you through the rest of configuring.
NOTES: To see the NFS share tab, right click on folder you wish to share, and go to sharing. You should see a NFS Share tab.
If you are missing the NFS Share tab, try restarting your computer. I had to for it to show.
Right click on start menu, and go to explore.
Expand My Network Places
Expand Entire Network (you may need to refresh if you don’t see it. Hit F5 to do so)
Expand NFS Network
Expand Default Lan
You should now see your computer.. Expand it, and you should see your shared folders. Open it to see if you see your files.
If the folder is empty, and you cannot see any files you need to add a password to your account. (Go to control panel, User Accounts, Click on your account, change password). ALso, I am not sure, but an administrator account may be required.
I know this sucks if you do not wish to have a password, but I don’t know any other way around it.

You should now be able to see all your NFS shares.. If you can’t then I am not sure what went wrong. Make sure you followed both guides closely.
Also if you have a firewall running then you have to open ports

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farscape also you have to open these ports in your firewall (ICS for me) and for good measure change the scope to allow only your WDTV IP (in my case IP 192.168.1.10) Service or feature——Protocol—Port Portmapper————TCP, UDP—111 Status—————-TCP, UDP—1039 Nlockmgr————–TCP, UDP—1047 Mountd—————TCP, UDP—1048 NFS server————TCP, UDP—2049 and finally this is optional i guess. Did it for xp home but not for xp pro You must add the Mapsvc.exe program to the Windows Firewall exception list. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type firewall.cpl, and then click OK. 2. Click the Exceptions tab, and then click Add Program. 3. Click Browse, locate and then click Mapsvc.exe, and then click Open. Note By default, this file is located in the C:\SFU\Mapper folder.

Now we are going to install the firmware onto the USB key.

Step 4:
Download Zorander ext-boot from
http://root.unknown.sk/wdtv/wiki/dok…-boot-releases
I am currently using version 0.8.6

Step 5:
Unzip the download to a USB Key that is formatted FAT or FAT32. .

Step 6:
Modify the net.config file..
I do not use DHCP, but it should be fine.
This it my net.config file

HOST=wdtv
DHCP=no
IP=192.168.1.155
GW=192.168.1.1
NM=255.255.255.0
DNS1=192.168.1.1
I have the file attached, rename extension to .config

Step 7:
Modify the net.mounts folder.
Syntax is

xmount 192.168.0.44:/share ShareName nfs

Attached Files

	group.txt (9 Bytes, 26 views)
	passwd.txt (25 Bytes, 19 views)