Turn OFF metathumbs

How do you turn off metathumbs on video display?

If you don’t want “metathumbs”

1. Delete them

2. Don’t ever use the Hubs Internal Scraper,  because that “Generates” them

3. Rollback Firmware  (Firmware 2.07.17 does not Generate this “.metathumbs” non-sense. It Generates a Standard “.jpg” file which you can replace without having to clear your cache and media library. ie. replacing it results in an instant change of the picture.  “folder.jpg” are different … you do still need to clear cache for these.)

JoeySmyth wrote:

If you don’t want “metathumbs”

 

1. Delete them

 

2. Don’t ever use the Hubs Internal Scraper,  because that “Generates” them

 

3. Rollback Firmware  (Firmware 2.07.17 does not Generate this “.metathumbs” non-sense. It Generates a Standard “.jpg” file which you can replace without having to clear your cache and media library. ie. replacing it results in an instant change of the picture.  “folder.jpg” are different … you do still need to clear cache for these.)

Im having to rollback to 3_0_28 to get rid of my component problems. So I will kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Trouble is just put the USB drive in and the WD L hub is scanning libraries Grrrr for about 45mins…

Rollback is not working - This WD live hub is hard work at times.

Where do you “clear the cash”

Metathumbs are very annoying. I want to stop this nonsense as well.

@Stephen_H

Where do you “clear the cash”

A Casino will happily clear out your cash for you :wink:

If you want to clear your cache, via the network connection from your Hub to PC …

delete the .miocrawler_cache and the thumb folder (located in the .wd_tv folder)

Then “Power Cycle” the Hub (ie. Switch Off the Hub via the Remote Control then Unplug it from the Power … wait 10 seconds then Plug back in.)

In regards to “Rolling Back Firmware” … i have done it many-many times via USB without any problems.

Couple of “Hints”

* Use a small reliable, freshly formatted, empty Flash Drive (2 or 4 Gig)  … after unzipping Rollback Firmware to the Root of the Drive … Safely Remove It  (Dont just unplug it from your PC)

* Disconnect Online/Network ie. Unplug the Ethernet Cable or any Wi-Fi Dongles

* Disconnect all USB Drives you may have plugged in.

* Disable “Sync From USB Storage”  (Setup > Operation)

* When you Plug your Flash Drive into the Hub and start the Rollback Procedure … Walk Away

Do something else (grab a coffee) as the Procedure may take about 10mins

(Which seems forever if you sit there and watch)

* Once Rollback is Complete … go to Setup > System > Device Reset   and reset all settings back to Factory Default.

JoeySmyth wrote:

@Stephen_H

Where do you “clear the cash”

 

A Casino will happily clear out your cash for you :wink:

 

 

If you want to clear your cache, via the network connection from your Hub to PC …

delete the .miocrawler_cache and the thumb folder (located in the .wd_tv folder)

 

Then “Power Cycle” the Hub (ie. Switch Off the Hub via the Remote Control then Unplug it from the Power … wait 10 seconds then Plug back in.)

 

In regards to “Rolling Back Firmware” … i have done it many-many times via USB without any problems.

 

Couple of “Hints”

* Use a small reliable, freshly formatted, empty Flash Drive (2 or 4 Gig)  … after unzipping Rollback Firmware to the Root of the Drive … Safely Remove It  (Dont just unplug it from your PC)

* Disconnect Online/Network ie. Unplug the Ethernet Cable or any Wi-Fi Dongles

* Disconnect all USB Drives you may have plugged in.

* Disable “Sync From USB Storage”  (Setup > Operation)

* When you Plug your Flash Drive into the Hub and start the Rollback Procedure … Walk Away

Do something else (grab a coffee) as the Procedure may take about 10mins

(Which seems forever if you sit there and watch)

* Once Rollback is Complete … go to Setup > System > Device Reset   and reset all settings back to Factory Default.

Thanks for that 

Only got a 32GB flash drive?

But got the rest.

Yeah, a 32gig  Drive should / will be OK …

just Format it, and Unzip the Rollback Firmware Files on it (only the Firmware Rollback files … nothing else)

JoeySmyth wrote:

Yeah, a 32gig  Drive should / will be OK …

 

just Format it, and Unzip the Rollback Firmware Files on it (only the Firmware Rollback files … nothing else)

All done! Cheers - but what a rigmarole. 

Last time I update the firmware on this puppy.