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Important
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Initial prepackaged firmware version (v1.0) is due for release late October 2010 and will be made available via http://openwdtv.org.  Development package is stable enough to be forked at your own discretion by clicking the FORK button on this page or can simply be downloaded here --> http://github.com/drewzh/openwdtv/archives/master.

Summary
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OpenWDTV is a feature rich custom firmware for the Western Digital TV Live.  It's primary focus is to provide a fully customized firmware that rivals other custom firmwares available but also to provide a development package for others to develop their own firmware.  I hope that other developers will fork this project onto their own github account and provide enhancements or even new packages to add to the project.

Disclaimer
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I am in no way responsible for turning your WDTVLive into a toaster or burning down your house, flashing your device is your choice and should always be done with caution!

Developer package should only be used by experienced developers and is provided with limited support; before using you should have a solid understanding of the Linux operating system.  Unfortunately I don't have the time to discuss basic usage with new users, please consult the README files before use.

Developers
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Interactive build scripts automate the process of downloading new firmware releases from Western Digital, unpacking the firmware and applying dozens of feature updates and other modifications from a library of addon packages, then repacking the customized firmware into a signed binary that the user can then flash.  The whole process is seamless and doesn't require any previous programming knowledge, every step of the repackaging procedure is checked for faults and test procedures are run regularly to ensure the packaging procedure will produce a valid firmware.

Addon packages include custom OSD's that change the look and feel of the on-screen interface, plugins that enable various new features and services that enable things like automated TV show downloading, an apache web server or even a http media streamer to stream your music collection over the internet.  The collection of addons will be updated regularly.

Support
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Support will be offered on a limited basis through the official distribution channels, I have very limited time and can only help in certain circumstances, if there's something you'd like to discuss outside of these channels, please direct your question/comment to support@openwdtv.org.  Other documentation will be offered through the wiki (http://github.com/drewzh/openwdtv/wiki) for general help when things go wrong.

OpenWDTV v1.0 Roadmap
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 - Latest firmware from Western Digital
 - Fully customisable via Web GUI (configure services, add new features, update plugins etc)
 - Picto III OSD by Lilibabe
 - Latest BusyBox build with various services configurable (telnet, cron, ftp etc)
 - OpenSSH
 - Apache with various modules (PHP etc)
 - WDTVExt with many plugins preinstalled
 - UMSP Media Server
 - EIRI Extended IR Interface
 - Subsonic Media Streamer
 - Deluge torrent downloader
 - Sabnzbd news group downloader
 - Sickbeard automatic TV show downloader
 - Glype HTTP Proxy
 
Plus many more enhancements!