Plugin: [SVN] Tools Menu

[recliq]

Note: This plugin is only available via SVN, meaning you have to download it in Plugins menu!

Tools Menu offers different little Tools to main menu:

Reboot
Change Sheet Mode
Change Background Image
Execute Shell Scripts

Background Images
...should be copied to .wdtvext-plugins/Tools/backgrounds. They should be 1280x720px and less than 500kB.
Note: You have to leave the main menu page once for the background image to change!

Scripts
You can use any shell script which complies to the following:
- script is executable and running in shell
- script filename must end with .script
- script must have a valid shebang

You can use any shell script (bash, perl, php, ...).
Only STDOUT of your script output will be visible in OSD, STDERR will be ignored.
Your script can contain meta-data, see examples. Future versions of Tools plugin may display this information.

[pennhaven]

recliq,

Thanks for coding the background change routine.

I'm having trouble getting the update though.

After selecting Update Plugins, the updating plugins obtained from SVN... indicator appears but it never clears. Seems it may not be connecting to, or downloading from, the server. There is never any time-out indication though... at least not so far...

[Edit] I finally got it sorted out, but it took a lot of effort. I re-downloaded Tools (vs. date 2010-10-05 had me a bit confused, since it's still only September), but for some reason Tools would not show up on the main menu, even though it was enabled. Tried deleting the entire plug-in folder, rebooting, recreating, and re-downloading, and Tools still would not show up. Finally I deleted it again, and re-flashed WDLXTV firmware, re-downloaded the plug-in and now it works. I guess somehow I had managed to corrupt something. [/Edit]

[urias78]

Cool!
Thank you reclig

The script tool is very useful and the background change without reboot is awesome

Thanks,
Uri

[alucard89]

Beyond awesome!
Does the "Change Sheet Mode' option still requires you to restart WDTV?

[recliq]

no and never did

[db2six9]

Appologies for the noob request, but could you break this down dummy style for me. How do I obtain this code or tool in order to load it? My WDTVLive does not have a plug in menu. Thanks for any assistance and or guidance.

[pennhaven]

Appologies for the noob request, but could you break this down dummy style for me. How do I obtain this code or tool in order to load it? My WDTVLive does not have a plug in menu. Thanks for any assistance and or guidance.

You need to create a folder named .wdtvext-plugins on an attached USB drive. Then reboot and you will see Plugins on the main menu.

[recliq]

If your WDTV doesn't have a Plugins menu, this plugin won't work!
You need WDLXTV 0.4.2.1 or higher for this to work.

[db2six9]

Apologies!!! It just took a bit for the options to load into the menu. Thank you for the assistance. Can I change the screen saver as easily as I can the background?

With the movie sheet edit under tools, do I still need to any of the files manually? I am having some difficulty getting the movie sheets to display correctly.

[Stealth3si]

Thanks for the plugin recliq!

The script tool is very useful and the background change without reboot is awesome

Me too, except I have to press the "Reboot Now" option for the change to take effect!