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f2000sa
- Ancient Member
posted: Mar. 4, 2009 @ 7:33p 
can you share the unofficial firmware, Hope it support real media video. |
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mj1108
- Member
posted: Mar. 4, 2009 @ 10:25p
breaux124 said:For those interested, there are a bunch of people over at AVS forum creating hacked firmware to support network sharing with a USB-network dongle.
http://root.unknown.sk/wdtv/wiki/doku.php
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AVS forum Link Whoa. I didn't realize they had it out. Well, there's my weekend project.  |
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Wineaux
- Senior Member - 3K
posted: Mar. 4, 2009 @ 10:56p
zots said:If you are a victim of Dell Customer Service...read on...
<SNIP>
And this is why outsourcing CS is BAD... Your best bet is to call during the day, and start escalating to Tier 2 support, which is almost always in the US. You can also call Dell's main corporate number in Austin, TX and ask to speak to the office of the President. 99.99% of the time you won't get the President on the line, but you will get their Personal Assistant. The PA can move mountains. Trust me! Be nice. Be courteous. Go over everything you told us here. You probably will end up emailing the PA copies of your support calls. I'd even mention that you posted the issue on the Dell support board and that it was deleted. Especially emphasize the AMEX angle, because I am certain that some poo is being flung already by AMEX towards Dell about this issue already. The only question is how far up the food chain it has propagated. By jumping all the way to the top, you may get to the folks who really need to know about this issue before the issue reaches them, or conversely you may find that they already know ALL about you and your problem. Personally, I'd be expecting Dell to kick in more than just giving you the deal you expected to get. If it was me, they'd be tossing in a Dell gift card for me to use at a later time on top of just honoring your AMEX gift card, as they should have done in the first place. Good luck and keep us updated. |
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UtahUtes
- Addicted Member
posted: Mar. 17, 2009 @ 6:37p
In for 1. Thanks OP! *Got it from Newegg with the free shipping, got to my house in 1 day. Works great. |
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neworder
- Member
posted: Mar. 20, 2009 @ 12:50p
great stuff, the hacked dvd support firmware work great, I burn mkv to dvd, slim usb looks nice right next to it. |
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AbbaZabba
- Addicted Member
posted: Mar. 20, 2009 @ 11:41p
The lack of instructions seriously frustrated me. It took me a few hours but I got network support working. Most of this stuff can be found by reading through the hundreds of pages on AVSfourm 1. buy a usb nic - I got the Trendnet TU2-ET100 it's 24.99 and should be available at most all radioshacks. bit cheaper on Newegg/Amazon.
2. follow the instructions on loading the ext3-boot firmware onto flash drive (formatted with fat32). Note the flash drive must stay plugged in indefinitely (at least that is my understanding) once you get this setup.
3. setup your windows pc(s) to share the folders you want (using windows file sharing)
4. boot up your wdtv with the firmware. It should auto detect the nic. It will display it's ip address (or you can look on your router page for connected clients).
5. ssh using putty or another ssh client using the address of the wdtv. login is "root" leave password blank and hit enter
6. type command "vi conf/net.mounts" and hit enter(then hit the i key to get into insert mode - google vi if you need more info on using vi)
7. Under these two lines
"# if your "guest" account is disabled, you must supply username and password
# xmount //192.168.0.34/ShareName ShareName cifs user=username,pass=password" type your own command.
it should be in this format (change the stuff in ())
xmount //(network ip of your computer sharing the files)/(shared folder name) /tmp/media/usb/USB1/(name you want the folder to display as on the wdtv) cifs user=(login username of the computer sharing the files), pass=(password for the login)
if your account doesn't have a password leave off the ", pass= ()" part. You can add as many of these as you want.
hit the esc key to exit insert mode
type ":wq" (it will show up on the last line) and hit enter. (this does write/quit if you screwed up and don't want to save type  !)
8. type "reboot" and hit enter. the wdtv will reboot and the putty session will terminate.
9. give it a couple minutes and then reconnect.
10. type cd /tmp/media/usb/USB1 hit enter then type "ls" and hit enter. You should see the directories you added in the net.mounts file.
11. type cd and then then name of a directory and hit enter. Then type ls and hit enter. You should be able to see the files/directories on the other computer if everything is working correctly.
12. on your wdtv go under setting and turn off auto-search.
13. when you select a category (videos) you should see the folders that you added. I think this is everything, if I left anything out please let me know. |
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AbbaZabba
- Addicted Member
posted: Mar. 20, 2009 @ 11:51p
and fyi this is 97.99 at Amazon now |
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