Moviesheet vs linksheet vs whatever

Can someone point me to the difference between all these types of themes?

I searched but couldn’t find anything that helped a novice.

Thanks!

moviesheets -

official support

uses xml files

slow

has a photoslide show effect, which many do not like

moviesheets are stored in same directory as movies

does not support moviesheets for folders

linksheets

does not use xml files

does not have official wd support

linksheets go inside the theme’s root folder (SMP is limited to 30MB without custom firmware)

fast

images are static

requires renaming files after they are created

supports linksheets for folders

Thanks.  But what is a moviesheet? Are they created automatically?

Moviesheet is a backdrop image, usually showing an image and/or metadata.

There is no difference in “Moviesheets” and “Linksheets” other then the way they are implemented.

No, you have to use an external program like Thumbgen:  http://thumbgen.org/

I’ve used Thumbgen to create some movie sheets, but I can’t get them to show?

you need to use the appropriate moviesheet with the appropriate theme. Most themes come with their own template. and usually they each have different instructions on setup within thumbgen

Hello, my first post here.

I recently purchased a WDTV Live SMP (WDBHG70000NBK) and I have a few questions.

First, @KAD79 :

You mentioned the following about linksheets.

linksheets go inside the theme’s root folder (SMP is limited to 30MB without custom firmware)

Is this still true if my movies are on an external 2TB HDD attached by USB?

In other words can I install the theme (and the linksheets) on the external HDD and circumvent the 30MB limit?

Secondly, I have a lot of movies on the external HDD each in its own folder, structured as follows:

Drive:\Movie A\Movie A.avi

Drive:\Movie B\Movie B.avi

etc.

I want to create a folder sheer for the entire Drive and still be able to have some movie information on there.

Would that be possible with link sheets?

And finally I I read on this forum about genre folders.

Is there a way to “shortcut” the movies into genre folders.

That way I can keep my file structure in tact, but still use genre folders.

My first question arose while reading the explanation about linksheets here, the rest might be a bit off topic.

I apologize in advance.

E=mc^2

Eequalsmcsquare wrote:

Hello, my first post here.

 

I recently purchased a WDTV Live SMP (WDBHG70000NBK) and I have a few questions.

 

First, @KAD79 :

You mentioned the following about linksheets.

linksheets go inside the theme’s root folder (SMP is limited to 30MB without custom firmware)

 

Is this still true if my movies are on an external 2TB HDD attached by USB?

In other words can I install the theme (and the linksheets) on the external HDD and circumvent the 30MB limit?

 

this is still true

the problem is official firmware only allows theme’s to be uploaded to internal NAND storage

limit is 30MB for the entire theme, regardless of where your movies are

WDLXTV allows storing the theme on any external drive you want

ie you’re only limited by the size of the hdd you use

but a word of caution, while I’m a big supporter of custom firmware

WDLXTV for the SMP is very early alpha

it’s stable but has many known bugs