Current file transfer speeds are poor. If the lack of the cpu resources is the issue here, is it possible to add ability to boot into new mode dedicated ONLY for transferring files, e.g. "file transfer mode". In this mode we could use ALL cpu and hardware resources only for file transfers. All we need here is SAMBA share without any overhead like media streaming, GUI etc.

Please consider this idea! I believe ALL users would be thrilled with improved transfer speeds.

The ability to use a  folder.png as a folder image, transparency  , much like the "video_browse_gallery_thumbnail_folder_f.png"

Properly display png's...stop changing them to jpg

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Among the popular DVD / BD audio formats, the Live Hub supports:

• Dolby Digital
• DD TrueHD
• DTS (and the DTS 'core' of a DTS-HD track)

Conspicuous by its absence is DTS-HD MA, which is currently the most popular HD audio format (more BDs have DTS-HD than DDTrueHD).

This was a long-standing request for the Live / Live Plus.

However, there's no idea specific for the Hub requesting this.

Please vote for DTD-HD MA Pass-Through support on the Hub and perhaps prove to WD that it's not just a minority of users who want this.

There is no shortage of competing media streamers that are capable of DTS-HD bitstreaming:

• Netgear NeoTV 550
• Boxee Box (and Iomega TV?)
• Popcorn Hour (A-200, A-210, C-200)
• Xtreamer (Pro, DVD, iXtreamer, Prodigy)
• A.C.Ryan Fluxx

It would be nice to be able to have a trickle style view like this. 

UPDATE:  Even though WD says that this is not possible, you can check this out HERE.   This is a work around, but gives you almost the same effect as the 1st view.  Now if WD would just allow pngs for the Cover Art, to display correctly (right now you have to save pngs, then manually change the extension of the png to jpg for it to show the transparency correctly (?????) I don't understand why this is, and pngs will not show up for "@@poster".  And allow pngs to be displayed as folder icons (with transparency), since right now folder icons will not display transparencies correctly no matter what and pngs will not display as folder icons.

NOW INTRODUCING THE ANODIZED TRICKLE THEME.  Get your Trickle on.

And if WD would change the way the gallery scrolls, from Linear to centered continous scrolling.

or this

Would love the IMDB movie rating to show along with the movie info. Like how many stars or the score from 1 to 10 the movie has gotten from viewers.

I would like to see a full broswer with support for Flash and HTML5 we can browse to any site hosting videos and view them.

Dear WD Devs,

Would you consider adding visualizations while music playback?

Regards,

Any Opera like browser will really lift this device to the next level. Imagine If I don't have to turn on my notebook or iPad and just use my TV to browse through stuff or check my email.

It would be grand if we can add custom internet radio URLs, so everyone of us can listen our favourite radios on WDHub.

Other NAS / Media Centers offer a built in BitTorrent client...why doesn't, arguably the best one, do so?

Hi again,

Most movies belong to several genres at the same time, because they can not be categorized by only one unique genre.

Let's consider the following example:

The 'Dead Man' by Jim Jarmush (http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/922) is determined as Action, Drama, Fantasy, Indie and Western. You may find this movie in TMDb by selecting any of these genres.

This information is also acquired by HUB and kept in the corresponding xml file in several <genre> tags.

Now, the problem is that when you filter movies by genre, the HUB reads only the first <genre> tag from the xml, so the 'Dead Man' is only shown when Action is selected, otherwise the movie does not appear. Moreover, you never get the rest genres in filter list, if they don't come as first tags in other xml files. This is not convenient at all!

To conclude:

Please, review the genre filtering logics; make it possible for the HUB to filter out the movie by any genre it might belong to according to its dedicated xml, thus, read all the <genre> tags, included in that xml.

I hope, the idea is clear.

I saw a request for bluetooth headphones. I'd like to be able to use a bluetooth keyboard (apple) so I don't have to use one of the USB ports. If the next generation hub had full connectivity for all bluetooth devices that would be nice.

The combination NAS/Media Streamer is great, I'd go for it if I could get the files to it through Bittorrent and FTP.

I think should be nice to have:

• the possibility to use also the chat feature on facebook
• a torrent client
• some other video streaming services (vimeo for example - or (with parental control) youporn)
• a simple web browser

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The recent Hub update brought a welcome change to how it handles AAC 5.1; if your amp supports AAC, the Hub bitstreams; if your amp doesn't support AAC, it converts to stereo PCM.

Previously, it bitstreamed regardless and most people heard silence.

However, it is well within the capabilities of the unit to convert AAC 5.1 to PCM 5.1 on-the-fly.

Please consider adding the option to convert multichannel AAC to multichannel PCM, thereby negating the need to re-encode media distributed with that audio format.

It would be nice to have a Theme Simulator that could be run from a PC to make development and testing themes easier.

Instead of having to make changes to the theme and then go back and forth from a PC to the HUB, you could just make changes then run the theme in the simulator.

At the moment the audio cover art thumbnails are made in the size 240 x 240 pixels.

An increase in size would let me appreciate the beautiful covers of all those albums much much more!

I have a theme working that shows LARGE COVER ART images streamed with songs from another server!

Technical considerations:

As the WD TV Live Hub has a built in 1 TB hard drive, and the fact that cover art images even at a size of eg. 600 x 600 are a lot smaller than the audio files the represent, I don't see the need for small size thumbnails, storage wise.

The limiting factor would rather be the speed with which these images can be streamed over the network, to client players.

I have an iPad, and the cover art I can see on it using a server delivering BIG images, is trulu amazing.

The small (and grainy!) thumbnails the Hub delivers just look hidious in comparison :-(

BTW I believe this is easy to fix, as the thumbnail size seems to be configurated in the Config.in file I found in the GPL package:

config JPEG_THUMBNAIL_MAX_W
            int "Maximum width of thumbnail"
            default 240
        config JPEG_THUMBNAIL_MAX_H
            int "Maximum height of thumbnail"
            default 240
        config MAX_SUPPORTED_PROGRESSIVE_JPEG_SIZE
            int "Maximum supported progressive jpeg size for thumbnail. (default :720x480)"
            default 345600
        config MAX_SUPPORTED_THUMBNAIL_PNG_SIZE
            int "Maximum supported png size for thumbnail. (default :720x480)"
            default 921600 if PRODUCT_EXT_WDTV_HUT || PRODUCT_EXT_WDTV_VILLA || PRODUCT_EXT_WDTV_RV || PLATFORM_X86
            default 345600
        config MAX_SUPPORTED_THUMBNAIL_GIF_SIZE
            int "Maximum supported gif size for thumbnail. (default :720x480)"
            default 345600

When I want to see my new shots from Digital Camera, in fulscreen mode or slideshow, if there is picture taken in portrait mode I need to press remote button 4 times: options/navigate_to_rotate_option/click_it/click_rotate_90_deg

Life would be much easier if we have a shortcut for this for example by pressing UP/DOWN navigation buttons.

For example press UP (rotate right) and DOWN (rotate left).

How about WD posts at the top of this New Idea Exchange all the upcoming features they are working on currently, considering, or rejected - to summarise.

eg: Inbuilt BitTorrent client - rejected, will not be added (even though a huge portion of existing customers want it added, and a huge portion of prospective customers researching their options opt to purchase the Buffalo Media NAS with inbuilt torrent client instead).

eg: Volume Control on WD Remote - even more people are demanding this as a necessity than the torrent client, but as far as I can see their is no official response on this. It is believed to be a relatively simple firmware upgrade, using the up and down button which doesn't do anything when just playing music / video.

WD: Instead of answering every one of the many posts on this (or just ignoring them all), please post a sticky and answer whether: "volume control other than mute is rejected, we're not working on this" / "we did not include it originally because Line Out volume should always be maximised otherwise you degrade the sound quality. eg. Think of your Foxtel remote, so many people turn down the volume on their Foxtel remote, then pick up their TV remote and turn up the volume. Repeat a few times. The audio quality deteriorates dramatically because the Line Out is reduced to a low amplitude, and then magnified. To put it into perspective, take a 10 MB 3840x2160 photograph, reduce it down to 100kb 160x120 to send it by email, then the recipient displays it on their 65" 1920x1080 TV. It will be massively pixellated and the viewer says 'this photo is terrible quality, the camera must be so cheap and nasty'. That is exactly what you're doing when you reduce the Line Out and turn up the volume on the receiver. HOWEVER we acknowledge that many people are not able to remotely control their volume, and so we have timelined volume control to be worked on 3 firmwares from now, likely as an optional activation through the setup menu, requiring the user the read and acknowledge a warning advising them they should keep the Line Out volume as high as possible, minimising the receiver volume" / "we are right on top of this, it is expected to be ready to roll out with the next firmware update".

etc. For the rest of the feature requests, in particular those most "up-arrowed" or "liked" or whatever term you want to use indicating it is a popular request or popular query.

Second to this, it would be brilliant if you could also just have in this sticky or as a second sticky:

An overall future firmware task list.

As in : "WD is currently working on the following features for the next firmware update:

1) Troubleshooting why the supposed Gigabit ethernet controller only communicates at less than 100Mbit speeds;

2) Negotiating with NetFlix to allow Australian Netflix subscribers to use this service;

3) Working on a Refresh option in the Option menu (can be user selectable on a colour button also)

etc.

Thanks!