Firmware - Western Digital - WD TV HD Media Player - Page 7

I have in .config
But as far as I can tell it was already there in the linuxjacques' config.
I just added CONFIG_USB_NET_MCS7830=m

You can build the modules once you have a .config in the linux source tree with
or just
If you want to build a single module.
Does anybody have any good idea to have some logfile of my custom firmware operations (maybe a dmesg and ifconfig output) into the removable drive?
Maybe I could put a long sleep to be sure that the usb device is mounted, test for some file existence and write into it if it is successful..

ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html

I have CONFIG_MII=y


I did this. But I must have changed something afterwards with menuconfig when I added the USB network adapter. (I was poking around. Couldn't help it. )

I usually shy away from hand editing the .config, but in this case, I guess I'll make an exception.

Thanks,
Bob

Can some1 make a firmware with madwifi atheros support?

we want to see cover arts in video files such as .avi. mpg or .mkv! Is it very difficult to program this?

Regards

y -> build into the vmlinuz image
m -> build as a module

Don't be shy most of the settings in the .config won't affect the usbnet modules at all.

Is it possible to modify the firmware, in order to fix problems add codecs etc? Is the firmware open source, so anybody can modify it? Thx

The os is open source but the drivers for the video processing are not. I don't see any changes to the video processing. What I'm hoping for is networking and the ability to play files from my server and my htpc. I think UI changes are possible in the future also.

Bob

I'm interested in simple UI changes, opening introduction screen, and schedualed play lists. Hoping to find someone who can change this unit into digital sign machine.

Any takers ?

Sorry for the delay.

Not sure if that ifconfig would work on a desktop linux box, I always specifiy the netmask:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
the utelnetd only needed -d parameter, it runs /bin/sh by default (or at least the wdtv's compiled one does)

(can't post urls until 3 posts - so see next post. Sorry)

I uploaded my vendors mcs7830 driver (source, and a minor patch) and the backported one here: http://tardfree.net/wdtv/ some of my notes are there too.

When you configure the kernel to compile the asix driver or pegasus driver as a module, the configure script will automatically add mii.ko as a module and compile it as well.


I also found a way to auto-configure the ethernet port when it comes online:

Add the following line to /etc/mdev.conf You don't have to put those sleep commands in there.

You don't need to wait or anything to start utelnetd either (it will bind to the 0.0.0.0 address to listen to every incoming telnet)

(My current build actually calls udhcpd when any ethernet device goes online--but udhcpd by default isn't provided in the firmware; I had to add it myself)

(my apologies for the double post...)

I have a pivot_root bootstrap working.

I've uploaded my wdtv.bin file and instructions to Mediafire.

This firmware file looks for another file in the same location named "root.bin" and mounts it read-write (loop mounted). This image can be of any size.

It also does't erase the on-board firmware file.

The filesystem in root.bin MUST have an empty /boot directory to work. This image can be cramfs, ext2, or ext3. (cramfs would be read-only, ext2 and ext3 will mount read-write).

It does leave the bootstrap mounted in /boot and the usb boot device mounted under /boot/mnt.

This does NOT skip the 32-bit md5sum stored in the header, so you cannot simply copy the original wdtv.bin file to root.bin.

You could use to make a sample root.bin though, for a quick test.

Ok, I managed to get some logging adding the following to my init script
Only lsmod and ifconfig actually print something though... No dmesg, any idea of the reason?
Ifconfig says the interface is up with the right IP (I tried with or without explicit netmask setting but as far as I know 255.255.255.0 is the default netmask anyway), modules get loaded correctly according to lsmod, but still cannot get any ping answer. Now I'm backporting mcs7830 from 2.6.27-rc5 where my device (sitecom LN-030) support has been added.. maybe the issue is on my modules.

Little update:
The ifconfig log actually shows some RX data (my pings) but no TX (no errors though).
Do I have to set anything other than ip and netmask? something in the routing table?

Little update 2:
Forget everything: I'm in! \\o/ ! it seems it was just a matter of waiting for the interface to come up.. at first it didn't respond but after a couple of minutes it did. Now I have telnet access I'll start with some hacking soon

Just in case WD will not be supporting DTS audio downmix to Stereo, I believe someone (experts) here in this forum would be able to make this happen.

The busybox that came in the firmware does not have dmesg built in. Did you provide one? I used the busybox binary from the popcorn a100 firmware. It also has some other usefull applets already built for me: df du zgip gunzip tar... among others.

That would be great! I can't watch half of my mkv collection because I don't own a DTS receiver. Everybody all over the internet is begging for this feature. I even wrote a blog post on it (hxxp://kaisersblog.com/2009/02/western-digital-wd-tv-hd-dts-downmixing/). Check it out, WD told me they can't make any promises.

hello guys, I'm also owner of this little black box, for now i don't have too much problems, few things should be added or replaced but my overall opinion about this box is positive.

one thing bother me, why manufacturers of different players add feature of zooming x2 x4, did anyone of you used this feature ever ? i cannot imagine the situation that i am watching some kind of HD material and want to zoom it 4 times to see pixels or smth, i don't mention about divx/xvids because zooming material with resolution 600x230 is really waste of eyes
So the conclusion : is there any chance that you guys can find this multiplier x2 x4 in software and replace it to let say x0.2 x0.5 ? this will be awesome feature

second thing is that I'm living in Poland and our subtitles are not supported by the wd player, but what the hell i will wait for that in official firmware

so I wish you luck with modifying firmware and waiting for stable version with wifi network support

Good luck
Best regards

miikew

So does this mean I should upgrade in steps; 1.01.01, then 1.01.02? The WD firmware instructions are to dl the latest firmware. How should I update to prevent me from webman06 situation?

I think the problem is that WD has to purchase a license to downmix DTS
Because all those media player have the same chip some can downmix while having exactly the same chip but do cost more and some can't having the same chip but cost less
I think it can do DTS downmix but it costs WDTV extra to implent it

For the people are interesting in photo's from inside the wd tv, I have made are few pictures.

hxxp://www.cydia-apps.com/?p=3

I hope that ScottWD is also reading this forum. If there are more (and more) of us begging for this feature, hopefully WD would listen (pay the license and) and implement it. Imagine how much more customer base would purchase this WDTV HD Media Player if this feature is available. Those who can't afford AV Receivers or HTIBs, who just want to watch HD movies that came with just DTS audio.

More unit sales should translate to more profits for WD (to be able to pay for the DTS license). As they might sell more of their WD Passports and other storage products as well. Personally, am not familiar with the cost of DTS license. They should be able to easily add incremental (DTS license) cost to the WDTV HD Media Players that they will be selling from here onwards. I doubt if it will be of significant cost per unit license. Early adopters like us should already benefit from this free DTS license. As we are promoting this great and affordable product in forums like this.

Imagine this:
Cost of LCD TV + WDTV HD Media Player + HTIB (or AV Receiver/Speakers) to play DTS audio
vs
Cost of LCD TV + other NMTs (can play DTS audio w/o need for HTIB or AV Receiver/Speakers)
Which do you think is a cheaper investment?

I bet that WDTV HD Media Player install base would be able to beat the other NMTs in multiple folds (in the years to come) should they implement this DTS downmix. The more they delay this, the prospective buyers would just turn away to other more expensive NMTs. That's sales lost to WD! They should hurry up, or else there will be new competitors in this price range and functionality very soon.

I definitely agree with you. Once they get this right and support all the popular formats and codecs, they can move onto bigger and better devices in the future with so much more confidence. This subforum is a testament to what people are hungry for, new-media from their couches with more options and less hassle.

I apologize for going off-topic. Although I am a technical person, I am not familiar (nor experience) in working with linux and firmware.

Going back to the topic. Since the /lib/firmware....mips.nodts.bin file was already identified, is it possible for the experts here to try/test activate the DTS audio downmix functionality by getting the ones (files) from NMTs like PCH A-110? As a lot of guys are begging for this feature which WD might not implement due to licensing issues.

I've just purchased my WD HD TV.
If you are still interested in the stock fw, I can extract it, but I need the wdtv.bin file patched for the extracting work, because I'm not able to build it at my own (I'm Windows user.....).

Is there a possibility to add the feature that the WD TV automatically starts to play a file from an external device after power up?

Like a digital signage solution - where there is only one file on a USB memory which should be played back in Loop. Without touching a button after power on / main supply.

best,

robert