Thanks for the information - a very knowledgable reply 
I think that WD REALLY ought to take note of this and add additional sources for future releases bearing in mind that most of us that do use xml’s and thumbgens do realise that sometimes you have to manually add a dot or remove some txt in order to find the files … always have to that that with thetvdb.
Also - most of us would have (or rather should have) updated firmware as and when it it is available - so shred xml’s “should” work for most of us. It would be interesting to see if someone does actually share their “little secrets” whether the bulk of us could use them - bearing in mind that most of us ONLY want (for TV) a thumbgen - an xml containing the descrition of the episode and date shown etc.
The default one WD has been seriously “broken” since the beginning of time with the numbering past multiples of 10 where they all become jumbled in blocks of 10 - ridiculous ! - so how much worse COULD some other examples from other users be … LOL - so, still looking forward to the day that someone DOES share some metasources …
