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#1 ·
Hi all,

I want open separate thread only about


+ open source firmware modifications

+ firmware compiling issues

+ unofficial firmware develepment talk


and all about unofficial firmware develepment


The Main thread is place where people talking cross over a lot of topics /upgrade issues/remuxing/etc...

this is the key reason why I want open this thread.



I hope this will help to people from WD/and another

open source firmware developers share own knowledge more efficient



If you need to know somethink about WDTV you should go to this thread New* Western Digital - WD TV HD Media Player


BUGS reports for official firmware

you can post here.... http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1100499



NEW WDTV Developers WIKI

old location not updated from 28.march 2009 is here and currently is down
 
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#2,105 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by juliojs /forum/post/16476288


Hi, I have made a small mod of the home and video menu. Into the home menu I have changed the original icons, the position and the size.

In the video menu now the thumbnails are bigger (162x230).






With this .zip you can use my mod with any firmware:


-Official: You don't need to use a pendrive.

-WDLXTV: You need to turn on with the osd.bin in a pendrive but later you can remove it. (Thank you b-rad)

-Ext3-boot: You must to keep the pendrive connected to WDTV always.


(see readme.txt)


Sorry for my english, as you can see in the home menu I'm Spanish.


w ww.megaupload.com/?d=VTFLWBTD

Will this automatically upsize the icons that I currently have (120x180)?? Looking very good btw, great work!
 
#2,106 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by bisha /forum/post/16488909


Will this automatically upsize the icons that I currently have (120x180)?? Looking very good btw, great work!

My all thumbnails, are the native size that i download in web, without any changings, and, this fw upsize with great resolution.


In exact 120x180 size, it will upsize, but i don´t know the aspect resolution, try and see.
 
#2,107 ·
I have updated my mod:

Quote:
- Based on 1.02.08


Home menu:

- Fixed "Config" and "Music" icons. (You could see the image behind the central circle).

- Fixed horizontal menu (Clicking left the image appeared suddenly).


Video menu:

- Cover size increased to 191x270.

- "Video" title removed to see more covers.

- Table focused on the screen. (The right margin was very small).

- The number of covers is changed to 5x2 in order to increase te size (Before it was 6x2).

- File title wallpaper set.

- The position and color of the "pagecounter" in now changed.

Video menu now:





3 versions (WDLXTV, ext3-boot, Based on official)---> http://www.mediafire.com/?zzyqwnye5jm

Only the based on official version---> http://www.mediafire.com/?zyyuohioym2
 
#2,111 ·
hi guys, i have a little problem with the wdlxtv 0.5.3.2.


I can play ONE 720p File nicely over my WDTV with an Apple Network Adapter over Hanewin NFS.


But after about half of an hour the Network connection seems to crash or something like that. I can still watch until the end of the started File but i cant watch any other file over my NFS-Share after that. Even if i Stop the File i watch at first, I wont be able to return to it.


I already have seen this problem appearing to other people in this thread, but unfortunately couldn't find the post or rather the response to it any more.


Can anyone please help me with that.



Sorry for the english


EDIT:


I tried Ext3-boot 0.9.2 and it seems working for me now.
 
#2,112 ·
I have two WDTV's. One I've kept on WDLXTV 0.4.3.2 and this works very well for me. This is what I call my stable player.


I've been running 0.5.2 on my other (experimental) WDTV for the last few weeks and it's been nothing but trouble - audio continues playing after returning to menu, poor response from remote and in menu's, unable to play files after watching an hour or so. The list goes on...


I've just updated from 0.5.2 to 0.5.3.2 to see if that's any better, but I'm finding the fonts in the list view to be too big. I have enabled "config_tool -c LISTNUM=8" jut in case mine wasn't defaulting to 8, but it was. Setting LISTNUM=4 is just crazy, the text is MASSIVE! Who on earth wants the text that big



How can I get normal size fonts (as WD defaults) in 0.5.3.2?


Thanks,


Rob.
 
#2,113 ·
Can someone help me out with wireless connection with wdtv and wdlxtv. I just bought my linksys wusb600n a few days ago and tried to figure it out to get wireless network going but it doesn't seem to work (no ip at About page) and no network harddisk share although I shared one hd in the network. Should I change anything else on the wusb600n usb via a pc? How does the Linksys wusb600n know that my sony usb stick has the network key? Or does wdxltv looks for that automaticly?


I have used wdtv101 settings from a wdtvforum topic (not allowed to link a.t.m.) and read these instructions wiki wdtv org usb_wireless_dongles


I use 1.02.07_B-RAD.CC_WDLXTV-0.5.2 firmware that works fine.

I have a Copperjet 1616 modem connected with my Linksys (Cisco) WRT160N router and works like a charm for months.


I have tried to use the linksys wusb600n (ralink rt2870) on USB-2 on WDTV connected so with the included cable because it's too wide to put it in directly at USB-2 at the back of WDTV (I also tired with USB-1 but then no light was glowing the whole time). With USB-2 the connection light is almost the whole time green glowing on the wusb600n.

My other usb 16GB Sony stick (FAT) is connected to USB-1 with in the root of that stick:


RT2870STA.dat

net.config

and also wireless-mod-wdlxtv.app.bin


Screenshot of setting + About screen in WDLXTV:




My RT2870STA.dat file:
Quote:
#The word of "Default" must not be removed

Default

CountryRegion=5

CountryRegionABand=7

CountryCode=

ChannelGeography=1

SSID=MyWirelessRouterSSIDname

NetworkType=Infra

WirelessMode=8

Channel=0

BeaconPeriod=100

TxPower=100

BGProtection=0

TxPreamble=0

RTSThreshold=2347

FragThreshold=2346

TxBurst=1

PktAggregate=0

WmmCapable=1

AckPolicy=0;0;0;0

AuthMode=WPA2PSK

EncrypType=AES

WPAPSK=MyWirelessRouterNetworkKey

PSMode=CAM

AutoRoaming=0

RoamThreshold=70

APSDCapable=0

APSDAC=0;0;0;0

HT_RDG=1

HT_EXTCHA=0

HT_OpMode=1

HT_MpduDensity=4

HT_BW=1

HT_BADecline=0

HT_AutoBA=1

HT_BADecline=0

HT_AMSDU=0

HT_BAWinSize=64

HT_GI=1

HT_MCS=33

HT_MIMOPSMode=3

HT_DisallowTKIP=1

IEEE80211H=0

TGnWifiTest=0

WirelessEvent=0

CarrierDetect=0

AntDiversity=0

BeaconLostTime=4
net.config file
Quote:
#

# Network configuration file


#You can override the hostname here:


HOST=wdtv


# if you do not set a hostname,a random one is assigned.


# attempt to set jumbo frames

MTU=9000


#

# Dynamic IP Configuration:


DHCP=yes


#

# Static IP Configuration: (only if not DHCP)


#DHCP=no

#IP=192.168.0.10

#GW=192.168.0.1

#NM=255.255.255.0

#DNS1=192.168.0.1

#DNS2=205.171.3.65


#

# Optional:


#specify time server host

#NTP=pool.ntp.org


#specify timezone

#TZ=PST8EDT



[ -e $AROOT/RT2870STA.dat ] && cp $AROOT/RT2870STA.dat /tmp

insmod $APATH/lib/modules/2.6.15-TvDock/rt2870sta.ko

ifconfig rausb0 up

udhcpc -H wdtv -i rausb0
 
#2,114 ·
I received the solution via the wdtvforum to get an ip address:


to change rausb0 to ra0 this worked for me!!

I now have an ip.


I then received the message at my pc (where the shared disk is) to share with media player the folder on the external harddisk. However on the wdtv it still keeps searching for it.. I only see in the video map folder USB1. I suppose I should see also there that network disk at my pc? Any idea how to do that?
 
#2,116 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by arielp /forum/post/16496767


Crazy..!!!

SUPERB WORK mate..



could i suggest to use a 'darker' wallpaper or at least come up with a version of that ('dark version')

sorry if i requesting to much



THANKS a lot



Ehy can somebody help me to install this Feature/Firmware made ?


I have the 1.02.08 firmware installed(the pre-released) on my WDTVHD but i can't find the way to install this new firmware made by juliojs.


When i download the file from the link,i have a Zip file.I unzip it..and i have 2 files,like always.


I put those two file on my WD My Book, but nothing happen when i connect it on my WDTVHD.


Somebody help..plz.
 
#2,117 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by e-xTreem /forum/post/16497680


Ehy can somebody help me to install this Feature/Firmware made ?


I have the 1.02.08 firmware installed(the pre-released) on my WDTVHD but i can't find the way to install this new firmware made by juliojs.


When i download the file from the link,i have a Zip file.I unzip it..and i have 2 files,like always.


I put those two file on my WD My Book, but nothing happen when i connect it on my WDTVHD.


Somebody help..plz.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zyyuohioym2


Extract the .bin and .ver, to a Pendrive, them open the .ver file with notepad, and change the 1.02.08 to 1.03.08. save.

them go to wdtv and install.


enjoy this great fw.


.
 
#2,118 ·
Fixed some issues:

Quote:
osdMod v0.21


Video menu:


- Cover borders incrased and color changed to white. (Before the cover borders wasn't aprecciate well because seems to wallpaper colour).

- Table fitted in order to the new cover borders.



****************

IMPORTANT: The cover's size is 191x270 on the screen, but if you put a cover with this resolution WDTV's pixelize it. At the moment, I recommend to put the covers at 162x230 resolution until finds better option. (Thanks to kmika7e).

****************


- Added covers to organise the folders by theme. (Thanks to kmika7e).
http://www.mediafire.com/?yduj0zzjhma





Sorry for my english!
 
#2,119 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by juliojs /forum/post/16498196


Fixed some issues:



http://www.mediafire.com/?yduj0zzjhma





Sorry for my english!

Please



In Portuguese WDcomunity, We just wanted the thunbnails oficial .08 like in your .07,....why did you change, it was perfect.


2 coluns x6, in 162x230


Please just more this work to you, please.


Quote of ppl:

".....mas desinstalei logo porque as Thumbs ficam demasiadamente grandes....."


Um saluto
 
#2,121 ·
Hi Everybody!



I need strong support on the wlan business.. I got a D-Link DWL G122 Rev. C1 (Vid/Pid 07d1:3c03) with a Rt73 chipset... On paper it should work with Zorander's mod..


My italian fellow was able to connect the same dongle to an encrypted wlan (wpa) without much effort with pseudo-standard net.config and wpa_supplicant.conf files.. The problem is that this dongle doesn't seem to work with open wlan, which is what I really need..


Anybody here that can explain why wpa works and open wlan won't?



I 'd really really really really appreciate your help.. You will be graciously rewarded in an Heaven of your choice.


Kudos to Zorander if he comes here from time to time.


Saludos.
 
#2,122 ·
Julio,


Thank you for your contribution. Any chance you can put together your fine modded FW based on the 1.02.07 official firmware? 1.02.08 is actually pre-release and no longer permits USB hub attached drive connections. I'd love to use your firmware, but do not want to use 1.02.08 at this point.


Muchas Gracias!!!
 
#2,123 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by ripper2860 /forum/post/16500152


Julio,


Thank you for your contribution. Any chance you can put together your fine modded FW based on the 1.02.07 official firmware? 1.02.08 is actually pre-release and no longer permits USB hub attached drive connections. I'd love to use your firmware, but do not want to use 1.02.08 at this point.


Muchas Gracias!!!


Oooops. Just realized that your 1st post and link was for a 1.02.07 version.



Muchisimas Gracias!!! (Soy de madre y padre Cubano, pero mi espanol es muy malo)
 
#2,124 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by pack21 /forum/post/16498643


Please



In Portuguese WDcomunity, We just wanted the thunbnails oficial .08 like in your .07,....why did you change, it was perfect.


2 coluns x6, in 162x230


Please just more this work to you, please.


Quote of ppl:

".....mas desinstalei logo porque as Thumbs ficam demasiadamente grandes....."


Um saluto

quote!
 
#2,126 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by blackie84 /forum/post/16501785

Quote:
Originally Posted by pack21 /forum/post/16498643


please



in portuguese wdcomunity, we just wanted the thunbnails oficial .08 like in your .07,....why did you change, it was perfect.


2 coluns x6, in 162x230


please just more this work to you, please.


Quote of ppl:

".....mas desinstalei logo porque as thumbs ficam demasiadamente grandes....."


um saluto

quote!

Ok, here you have it:



osdMod-6x2

- 6x2 covers at 162x230 like in v0.1.

- Include rezmus subs font size patch. Thanks to rezmus!

http://www.mediafire.com/?zdqyimhmyml


---------------------------


osdMod-or

- Original WD interface with 6x2 covers at 162x230 on the video menu.

http://www.mediafire.com/?5mw3idfnnwm



Don't ask me to do new sub-versions because I'm not going to do them.



Regards!
 
#2,127 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by juliojs /forum/post/16502523


Ok, here you have it:



osdMod-6x2

- 6x2 covers at 162x230 like in v0.1.

- Include rezmus subs font size patch. Thanks to rezmus!

http://www.mediafire.com/?fzlfzthyymm


---------------------------


osdMod-or

- Original WD interface with 6x2 covers at 162x230 on the video menu.

http://www.mediafire.com/?5mw3idfnnwm



Don't ask me to do new sub-versions because I'm not going to do them.



Regards!
Gracias Juliojs


The Portuguese WD comunity loves your nice and friendly FW.


A VERY BIG THANKS
 
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