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Updated MoreAdorned template for Movie Sheet Generator

A nice soul has converted rodfeli’s MoreAdorned Tvixie template for use with Movie Sheet Generator.
I have tweaked the template further and I am pretty happy with the results

Changes compared to the original

Removed effects from cover and added static cover backgroup
Changed fonts
Added support for media flags – only two since it looks nicer

Download the updated template

Idaho680 TViXiE/Movie Sheet Generator Templates

If you frequent the WDTV community you may know of some pretty fantastic templates for TViXiE and Movie Sheet Generator by Idaho680.
Idaho680 is also responsible for a couple of nice OSD mods for WTDV.
For reasons not known to the wider public (me included) Idaho680 one day simply announced that he had had enough, deleted most [...]

b-rad releases WDLXTV 0.5.8.1

This is more or less a bugfux release for 0.5.8.1

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

The 0.5.8.x series also seem to finally do away with the remote controller sluggishness that have plagued us for a long time

Importantly: It seems as if [...]

b-rad releases WDLXTV 0.5.8

WDLXTV is a souped up unofficial firmware for the Western Digital WDTV. It is based off the 1.03.01 firmware, but with many extra features. Similar to my dvdmod firmware, this is a permanent flash, just like an official upgrade. There is no Linux knowledge required to use WDLXTV.
I’ve finally found the time time make a [...]

Building a cheap HD media player with WD TV

Introduction, description and background
A couple of months ago I was looking for a media player for the bedroom. I already had a TViX running in the living room.
I had a few criteria

“Cheap” (cheaper than TViX at least)
Able to play HD content on both HD TV (through HDMI) and my old 32″ Sony Trinitron
Able to [...]

Updated “Cold 720p” template for TViXie and WDTV

TViXiE is a GUI builder for TViX, NMT (Popcorn Hour, etc…) and Western Digital WD TV HD Player media players.
TViXiE automatically downloads movie/music information and covers and builds a graphical browsing experience for the TViX/NMT media player.
A user (Dolu) has created a template called Cold 720p which I find very pleasant to view (colors and [...]

WDTV: Make video resume boot persistent

Note: This feature has now been incorporated into WDLXTV 0.5.8. Yay.
Just a quick fix to make the video resume feature boot persistent (I use b-rad’s firmware, I’m not sure how this can be done with ext3-boot, specifically the part concerning mount points may differ.
This can either be done on a computer (with the USB stick/disk [...]