Was there ever any luck with anyone making third party firmware for this unit?

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live Streaming
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There’s “custom” Firmware for the WDTV Live Streaming

http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=8707&start=0

and also for the WDTV Personal Edition

http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8974&start=0

But both are based on “Official Firmware” …

(i don’t believe it’s possible to build a Firmware from “Scratch” as i’m pretty sure there’s WD Proprietary code that can’t be altered)