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Glad to hear you're branching out! Keep the project alive!
Also, I think community members that want to see this going further could consider sending a donation your way so you can get a device for testing...

Also, KAD, I think you should ask b-rad for some storage on the svn server to keep your repos, so that you can benefit from versioning.

There's a cool little *glitch* with the VideoScreenSaver which i reported to KAD ... but could'nt reproduce it ... until today

While the VideoScreenSaver is playing ... press the "Option" button on the Remote Control (Pan & Zoom will appear) ... then "Tap" the Blue "Home" button on the Remote Control very quickly.

It will take you back to the Main Menu ... but,if your VideoScreenSaver has an Audio Track ... you will still hear it playing

Go to "Gallery View" and the VideoScreenSaver will be playing in the Background



Here's a 30mb video sample

@JoeySmyth, thanks for the info

I'll give it a try, although, I suspect this is likely a bug in official firmware
dmaosd (closed source binary) controls what is displayed on screen and any interaction with the gui

videoscreensaver uses UPNP to play the video
so WD thinks the video is coming from a media server, like serviio, twonky, etc ...

an interesting test, I wonder if the same thing is possible with a regular media server

well that's my initial thought, we'll see what I can reproduce

I've confirmed the videoscreensaver bug discussed above, is in fact a official bug effecting any application that uses video_ex_playing.xml , any playback started by an external source uses this xml file.

so going to media servers - serviio - file , this will not present the issue as navigation via gui will use video_run.xml

but you can take a tablet or smart phone, choose your favorite upnp control point
using the tablet or phone start playback on the WD
once started, press option, then press home button
you'll be taken to home screen and video will still be playing in background

I used an asus TF300 and UPNP Monkey for testing

I just tested this UPnP bug on my WDTV Live Hub Firmware 2.07.17 which was released 02-08-2011
and yes, the bug "works"

3 Years on and WD still did'nt fix it

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With a username and password that short, there's little point in trying to anonymize them
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