All - I know that we can’t create themes for the WD TV Live Plus… ut can we DVD thums, fanart, info, etc added so it will be recognized? Using things like Mojo/Thumbgen? If so… i still haven’t quite figured out how to work these processes.
I do know that we can add a folder.jpg file and get some basic folder images… but that is not the same thing.
I would appreicate any help!
Pete
Drive
Folder1
movie1.mkv
movie2.avi
movie3.iso
movie1.jpg
movie2.jpg
movie3.jpg
folder.jpg
Folder2
…
etc…
Folder.jpg will appear as the thumbnail for that folder.
For a movie thumbnail, the jpeg needs to be named identically, except for the file extension.
“1960 - Dr. No.mkv”
“1960 - Dr. No.jpg”
etc…
thanks… this makes sense. I had some luck doing it with one of my movie folders… but the WD Live plus interface is not veery good. the folder and movie thumbnail images show up on top of a big folder icon… .instead of just replacing the icon with the jpg…does that make sense? Example… when i flip to thumbview for Hulk… I’d like to see the Hulk jpg as the entire folder/movie icon… instead i see a large folder icon, with the Hulk as a smaller picture inset
Make sense? I appreciate the reply!
Which firmware are you running?
Because when I browse to “Video”, my .jpgs all show up as large images with a small icon in the bottom right corner, not vice versa, for both the folders and the media files themselves.
I just ran the latest update via network update… 1.06 maybe… .i am not home now so i don’t know for sure. Could the problem be the actual image I have?
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see the link here:
http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2969
My folder icons show up where the play button is… instead of being the main folder.
edit: basically the picture shows up but is so small it isnt really effective as a thumb…
Mine look more like this: Screenshot
If there isn’t a thumb, then I get the large “default” image.
It could be that either it’s not finding the .jpg files because they’re not named quite right, or they could be bad. What size are they? (both file size and dimensions?)
where do you get your thumbs? I assume that your folder structure on your external HD looks lsomething like this:
folder
movie.mkv
folder.jpg
movie.jpg
So we are talking apples to apples… i have a WD Live plus… no built in storage. I have 2.5 TB USB drive attached to my PC and i stream using shared media folders
I have WDTV Live, not Plus, but it should be functionally identical.
Here’s a sample from a drive attached directly to the WTDV:
Animated [folder]
folder.jpg [thumbnail for the “Animated” folder]
Ice Age [folder]
folder.jpg [thumbnail for the “Ice Age” subfolder]
2002 - Ice Age.jpg
2002 - Ice Age.mkv
2006 - Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown.jpg
2006 - Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown.mkv
2009 - Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs.jpg
2009 - Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs.mkv
folder.jpg
Shrek [folder]
folder.jpg [thumbnail for the “Shrek” subfolder]
2001 - Shrek.jpg
2001 - Shrek.mkv
2004 - Shrek 2.jpg
2004 - Shrek 2.mkv
2007 - Shrek The Third.jpg
2007 - Shrek The Third.mkv
2010 - Shrek Forever After.jpg
2010 - Shrek Forever After.mkv
1964 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.jpg
1964 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.mkv
etc…
Some of my folders have no further sub-folders, and are just a collection of media files and their thumbs.
My shared folders on the PC are identical in layout except I use a period to hide the thumbnail files:
Movies [folder]
.folder.jpg
Alien [folder]
.folder.jpg
.1979 - Alien - Director’s Cut.jpg
.1986 - Aliens - Special Edition.jpg
.1992 - Alien 3 - Special Edition.jpg
.1997 - Alien Resurrection - Special Edition.jpg
1979 - Alien - Director’s Cut.mkv
1986 - Aliens - Special Edition.mkv
1992 - Alien 3 - Special Edition.mkv
1997 - Alien Resurrection - Special Edition.mkv
etc…
My thumb files are 200x300 and usually generated with Thumbgen, but I’ve made some manually as well.
So adding a period before the folder.jpg files allows the to function as images but not show up as files when using as media share?
Yes. A period at the beginning of the filename turns it into a hidden file. The WDTV will not display the .jpg file in the file list. 
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