Difference between revisions of "Appz"

Revision as of 15:22, 24 October 2010

INFO on making an app.bin: creating an app.bin

Mirror of WDTV files by Blow

Currently available

• in the firmware, check Changelog_WDLXTV_Live

 * Unrar, bittorrent ratio proxy, Web enabled "File Manager, telnet client" : Webfrontend by Mr_Miyagi
 * resolution / bitrate / filesize info during video playback by rezmus
 * UMSP Media Server (Shoutcast, Apple-Trailers, Local sort&shuffle) internal UPNP server by zoster
 * updated ntfs-3g-2010.1.16
 * libfuse2-2.8.1-1.1 included
 * strace-4.5.19-1 included
 * gettext-0.17-8 included for custom translations
 * lighttpd-1.4.25 webserver w/gd included (default enabled)
 * Deluge-1.2.0-rc4 Bittorrent client included (w/ webui) (default disabled)
 * (Default usernames)
 * nzbget-0.7-r357 & nzbgetweb-0.1.4-t5 include (default disabled)
 * hellanzb-0.13 included (default disabled)
 * pure-ftpd-1.0.24 w/TLS included (default enabled)
 * perl-5.10.1 included
 * python-2.5.4 included
 * php-cgi-5.2.11-2 included
 * screen-4.00.03jw4 included
 * unrar-free-0.0.1 included
 * par2-0.4 included
 * wakeonlan-0.41-10 included
 * bash-4.0-4 included
 * sshfs-2.2-1 included
 * unionfs-0.23.hg.20090611-1 included
 * curlftpfs-0.9.2-1 included
 * external dvd drive capability with cd-manager-0.7
 * Web Server
 * Python, Perl, and PHP
 * Deluge Bittorrent client w/ web interface
 * nzbget NZB downloader w/ web interface
 * SSH server
 * Telnet server
 * FTP server
 * NFS share mounting in local folders and Network Shares
 * sshfs for mounting a remote server as a local directory
 * curlftpfs for mounting remote FTP server as a local directory
 * unionfs for consolidation of multiple directories/locations/servers/etc as one entity
 * patched samba configuration for better detection of Windows shares
 * user customizable background & screen saver images (3 backgrounds to choose from)
 * extra subtitle size options of 44, 48, 50, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, & 80
 * selectable 4/8/10/12/21 video thumb view (see Changelog)
 * selectable 4/6/8 file list view (see Changelog)
 * selectable 10/15 photo/music thumb view (see Changelog)
 * ext2 & ext3 filesystem support ** (un)officially supported now **
 * device hotplugging
 * all media (including network shares & optical devices) can be viewed in ‘All Videos’
 * USB Hub support
 * mounting of app bin packs (if available) at boot, for plugNplay additional functionality
 * mounting of OSD overlay (if available) at boot, for full theming
 * user customizable init.d scripts for full os customization
 * emergency flash recovery

• As External app.bin files

* OSD-MOD's
* Control and see the screen of Your WDTV from your PC and take screenshots (by Pibos)
* Control WDTV from your PC (Sending IR commands from a Webinterface) (by rezmus)
* Control WDTV from your PC (Sending IR commands via a PC application) (by calimero100582)
* Control WDTV from your PC (Sending IR commands from a telnet/SSH session) (by rezmus) 
* UPNP fun to control the box via UPNP
* Transmission Torrent client by playdude
* Dokuwiki, kind of Wiki deamon to be run on WDTVby egony
* pwreset to reset the password stored in the WDTV by brad
* Wake-on-lan a PC after booting
* usb2serial driver to control Serial devices via USB-Serial converter by vladojko
* tcpdump to sniff IP packets by zoster
* Slimrat Linux Rapidshare downloader by sailort 
* rarfs & owfs by brad
* NFS server by Taganaka
* DownloadDaemon with WebUI for OneClick Hoster (e.g. Rapidshare) by derlinuxer
* Polipo proxy server by Martor
* WDTVEXT by Pibos
* Apache2 WebServer by awx
* Midnight Commander by awx
* TwonkeyMedia Server by awx
* Asterisk by recliq
* Truecrypt by recliq
* Bmon (bandwidth monitoring tool) by Jacket
* iftop (bandwidth monitoring tool) by Jacket
* bwm-ng (bandwidth monitoring tool) by Jacket
* rrdtool (time-series data storage and display) by Jacket
* ddclient (access your WDTV from the internet) by Chameleon Skin
* VIM 7.2 (VIM text editor) by Chameleon Skin
* Ruby 1.8.7 + Rails 2.3.5 (programming language) by Chameleon Skin
* Streamripper 1.64.6 (save internet radio streams as mp3 files) by Chameleon Skin
* Squid Web Proxy 2.7 (access blocked websites)  by Chameleon Skin
* WDLXTV Monitoring tool - WDLxTV Monitoring tool lets you view and store graphs showing various hardware aspects of your WDTV Live
* Very interesting app for WDTV ThumbGen - Generate thumbnails for WD TV Media Players
* WDTVhack - Password recovery tool by Jaromil

• No-ip is a dynamic dns provider (ddns)
• Unavailable:

* Ipkg Optware feed (Some forum guys are working on it)
* Other OSD's (Lilibabe, LaurentG...)
* Webserver
* Most of the applications under (irset, ...)

• Some Tips for newbies

* Telnet to the IP of the box with root and no password
* Change Password with passwd
* =>now you can use SSH, FTP, ... with root and the password
* To reboot the box, either unplug power cord, or from telnet/SSH type reboot -f
* It's easy to use a FAT formatted USB key to upgrade, install applications, ... => Keep plugged, it's so much easier
* To access a shared USB drive (windows \\IP, the box must be on (not in standby)
* You don't need to flash the firmware, if you use the Ext3 Firmware (.bin on USB stick)
* => Using the ext3 firmware you can modify files easily, as they are not in ROM Flash (e.g.), but you need to have already a customerbrew firmware flashed first