I have been trying unsuccessfully to install movie sheets on my new WD HUB…
I have been reading all the tutorials and viewing the youtube videos as well…
Using the thumbgen pgm to create the thumbs and the sheets dummy files still no success…
Could it be because I am placing all the movies and files onto my network share drive instead of the WD HUB internal drive? Also are there themes that can not utilize movie sheets?
On my network share drive I have the following folder structure
Avatar <----------------------------folder
Avatar.mp4<-------------------movie
Avatar.jpg<---------------------cover box
Avatar.xml<---------------------xml file
Avatar.mp4_sheet.jpg<-----?
Avatar.mp4_sheet,mp4<----?
I get the cover box and and the movie info to show, I also get the movie sheet as a thumbnail next to the cover box…
Which theme are you using? Some themes implement moviesheets differently than others. Depending on the theme you will have to set up everthing differently.
And yes, some themes are not setup to use moviesheets. Although all themes have the capability of displaying moviesheets, only some are specifically designed to use moviesheets. And as I said, it is dependent on the theme as to how you will have to setup Thumbgen.
Well, first the Anodized theme is not specifically designed for moviesheets. This theme was designed by PsychoTHC and modified by me to use the trickle effect, however, it has not been updated for the latest firmware (which by the way is what you need to use moviesheets).
The only one that you are using that is specificallly designed for moviesheets is MOJO. And for that you need to use THIS version and download and read the tutorial.
Well, your first problem is that you are generating the wrong moviesheet. You HAVE to use the moviesheets that are specifially created for a theme, using other moviesheet templates will NOT work because the way the HUB displays the moviesheets it does not allow for that.
If you using my Mojo theme, then you have to use the moviesheet templates that I have provided HERE.
Well, basically none. At least none that use the current way of displaying moviesheets. As I said, moviesheets for the HUB are desgned specifically for the theme that they are being used for.
The moviesheet that you want to use was designed for the Live and Live Plus that runs on custom firmware that can use moviesheets natively. The HUB is not designed that way (and there is no custom firmware for it). Athough you can display moviesheets on the HUB, it uses a Photo slideshow method pulling the moviesheet from an image stored locally. Unlike the Live and Live Plus running custom firmware that assigns the moviesheet to the video and displays it.
Ok…now that explains it…thansk so much…any ideas why i cant get rid of that pesky icon…Ive cleard the meadia several tims and it wont go away…tried searching for it with no success…wierd???
Yeah, I have recently been made aware that the pic for Input/Output naming is wrong, the written directions are correct however. But you need set it up like this:
Well there are 2 things you can do. You can, as many of us do, set it up to be a semi-static image, which is to:
To make the moviesheet semi-static. On the HUB, select Setup, then select Photo Settings. In the Photo Settings menu, select “Slideshow Transition” and set it to “Fade”, then select “Slideshow Interval Time” and set it for “5 minutes”.
Or you can make several sheets. Thumbgen allows you to make up to 3, however, since the “Spare” sheet for Mojo is used to make the thumbnail, you can only make 2 at one time. To make a second sheet, just select the box to generate the “Extra moviesheet”, then in the Input/Output naming set up the naming for the extra moviesheet near the same as it is for the Main moviesheet. If you have it like I have it in my pic, where it’s “$M$N$E_sheet” then that will work or you can use something like “$M$N_sheet2”.
If you want more moviesheets, then you will need to make a new profile and set it up to just generate the main, extra and spare moviesheets, then change the naming to something different than what you have for your other sheets. Then generate the sheets for the movie… Doing this though, you will have to manually edit the xml file to include the new sheets.
ok going for the second option for a second sheet (I called it “$M$N_sheet2”)
I cant seem to add the second photo into the extra sheet…everytime I try to add, it also changes the main sheet to whats in the extra and vice versa…any suggestions
