Problems with folder.jpg and TV series on new firmware

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live Streaming
1

So for some reason with the new firmware, with my setup, the SMP is no longer respecting the differnt folder.jpg files I have in each directory. For instance, I have

TV

  |_Castle

                |  folder.jpg  #1(#1 added for reference here only)

                |_Season 1

                                    |  folder.jpg #2(#2 added for reference)

                                    |_Castle.S01E01.mkv

                                    |_Castle.S01E01.jpg

When I view the TV series, it wants to use the folder,jpg #2 directory for EVERY occurence. So at the series list view it shows folder.jpg #2, at the season level it shows folder.jpg #2. Then, to top it off, when looking at the episode list, for episode #1, it always shows the folder.jpg #2 image, not the Castle.S01E01.jpg episode 1 image. It does show the correct Castle.S01E02.jpg image and so on for the rest of the episode, but not episode 1.

I thought when you are at the series list view, it should show folder.jpg #1 and when I the season view, it should show the folder.jpg #2 and when at the episode level it should show the individual episode jpgs.

I tried a few different skins and even the default mochi one but they all do the same thing., even after a full clear media library.

This is using the Media Library.

2

Try rolling back to the previous firmware version to see if that fixes the problem. 

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5860

3

If you’re using the “TV Show” filter, then that’s to be expected.

The TV Show filter (actually all filters) are expecting to be using .metathumb files, not .jpg files.

I suspect .jpg file support was left behind just for legacy purposes.

4

So then what should I put in each directory? Someone said to just rename your jpg to a .metathumb but do I put it as folder.metathumb?

5

No, if all of your file thumbs are metathumbs you will have to make your folder thumb the first thumb.

So you’ll have to use something like “1.metathumb”.