Development resumed on wdtvext - 1.05.04 supported !!!!!

[pibos]

Hi all

I've resumed work on wdtvext and planning on releasing a new version for FW 1.05.04.

At the moment I am doing lots of mips asm related work and mapping the required apis.
As soon as I get my hand on a wdtv live hardware I will be able to start testing on it.

If any issues have emerged for the old version, in the time I've been out of loop,
please describe them here, with as much details as possible so I can reproduce and fix them.

If there are feature requests, I will require someone else to manage them and tell me what is to be done for the new version.
@b-rad, can you suggest someone??


I'll keep you up to date with the progress
pibos out



Progress

Status update 20 Apr 2012
at this date the following are in the workings, in various stages of completion

• migrating to spidermonkey 1.8.5 for json
• adding remote js debugger support - windows only application
• native settings page support
• native message box page support
• Custom page support

Status update 3 Apr 2012
Fixed name empty on Page.selectedMedia
Added additional info on Page.selectedMedia:

• Page.selectedMedia.info1
• Page.selectedMedia.info2
• Page.selectedMedia.info3

string objects being used differently by different content providers (e.g. youtube, )

FW 1.05.04 - Preview 3Apr2012

3Apr2012-WDTVExt.app.rar

FW 1.05.04 - Preview 3Apr2012

(409.39 KiB) Downloaded 421 times

Status update 2 Apr 2012
... and we are alive on fw 1.05.04!!!!!
(not tested yet with existing plugins, started on ext3 boot ver 0.5.1.1)
FW 1.05.04 - Preview 2Apr2012

WDTVExt.app.rar

FW 1.05.04 - Preview 2Apr2012

(409.25 KiB) Downloaded 109 times

Status update 27 Mar 2012

• 95% done - recreated the dev environment and successfully compiled a version of ext, not tested on hardware yet
• 100% done - Sourced the proper hardware, should be in my hands in a couple of days
• 0% done Waiting for @b-rad so send me some stuff some of you may know
• 40% done mapping dmaosd asm code
• 0% done bug fixing for reported bugs
• 0% done development of requested features
• 0% done testing the new version with all existing plugins

Thank you all for your donations, without them probably for sure I would not have try this port.

[recliq]

Hey pibos,

great to see you back here
I just sent you 40€ for a new Live, I haven't had more in my paypal account just now, so I hope some more peoeple join is so you can get a new device asap.

Furthermore I will start with some bugs/flaws in the latest version which would be nice to get fixed:

• getParam()/setParam() don't work in onPageEnter() and onPageCreated()
• JavaScript timers don't work (setTimeout()/setInterval())
• Intercept keys - For most keys it's possible to suppress the execution of the original dmaosd function of that key when you do a return true from onPageKey(), but it's not working for all keys. I have to (re-)evaluate which keys work/don't work in particular pages (will update this post)

Feature requests:
I guess I can speak for all the plugin developers that the most interesting feature would be custum page support.
Maybe JS sqlite support would be quite nice...

Greetz,
recliq

PS: I can try to manage feature requests.

[KAD]

this is great news

donation sent

and I encourage others to do the same

only item I know of that recliq has not mentioned

an updated js engine, the current does not support JSON object

It seems you have to use eval since the javascript engine in WDTVExt doesn't support the JSON object
It's supported in JavaScript-C 1.8.1 and higher but WDTVExt is based on JavaScript-C 1.8.0.

KAD

[RavRob]

Wow this is great news. Welcome back pibos and good luck with a new WDTVExt.

Donation sent.

[mad_ady]

Donated as well (<inside joke>Famelie mare, renumerație mică, după buget</inside joke>)

Thanks for taking the time to help us!
Let us know if we can help you get set up.

[dzebrys]

great news! +10€ donated

[BonzenPaule]

Great news! WDExt for 1.05.04 would be so nice. Thank you so much for the effort you are investing or planning to invest into that project
I send a donation as well.
Happy engineering =)

[RMerlin]

Glad to see you back on board!

Just so you know, WD has been promising a final firmware release for the Live and Live Plus. Initially scheduled for January, then February, and now March, they keep delaying it due to "unforseen issues".

So, you might have to redo some of the 1.05.04-based work in a few months. Thankfully it shouldn't be as radical as when they went from nanoX to directfb.

[RMerlin]

BTW, good luck on getting a new Live. The device has been replaced by the Live Streaming, which is not hackable as WD are now encrypting parts of the firmware. Just be careful which model # you end up purchasing.

[recliq]

Live is still available on amazon for example over here