[sufreak]

I just purchased a WDTV Live+ as a light weight way to watch movies/TV in a bedroom. I know other people have both XBMC and WDTV Live, so I am just wondering how you automate/manage both devices?

I have Sickbeard for downloading my TV shows, and currently use XBMC live lookup for TV metadata and I am running Ember Media Manager to get all my movie info.

[fishypops]

Sufreak,
Iam looking at one of these for technophob (no technical ability and they live 5 hours drive away) friends. But I can't see ANY information about the interface. What is your experience with it ?

Thanks.

[sufreak]

So far, I've observed the following with the stock firmware:

1. If the media is on a network drive, every time you want to view it, you have to browse to the network drive and browse through the folders. I'd love it if you could map a media share folder to a specific function, (videos, music, pictures, etc).

I don't see that so far, so I have to investigate the custom firmware. Also, I had to use Ember Media manager to adjust my metadata. I've used the folder.jpg features. Not nearly as pretty as XBMC.

Overall, stock firmware is a let down. But, if I have time this week, I'll flash it with the new one and see what happens.

[fishypops]

So does the WDTV Live have any kind of graphical fanart folder art views to select movies.

What about TV shows ? Is there any kind of useful interface for managing TV shows ?

Thanks.

[Starstream]

You can use hacked firmwares along with cover/fan art generators like Thumbgen to get something going.