WDTV Firmware update 1.03

I haven't visited Western Digital's website for so long that I've missed this WDTV firmware upgrade for such a long long time. But note that now there are 2 generation of the device, so choose your version carefully.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/wdtv/

What's New?
Release 1.03 (11/9/2009) (includes all previously released updates)

Added video playlist support
Added support for the drive lock function on the new My Passport and My Book external storage devices
Improved metadata support for music. For example, browsing by genre is broken down into artists, then albums, then tracks
Enhanced cover art, album art, and thumbnail support for media files and folders
Fixed bugs reported by the WD TV user community

For those of you who are brave and adventurous, here is the link to the custom firmware. It's enhanced and interesting... it is now called : WDLXTV. It is based off of the 1.03.01 firmware, but with many extra features.

http://b-rad.cc/wdlxtv/

Features included in WDLXTV:
external dvd drive capability with cd-manager-0.7 **fixed**
ext2 & ext3 filesystem support ** (un)officially supported now **
ext2 & ext3 hotplugging
all media (including network shares & optical devices) can be viewed in ‘All Videos’
USB Hub support
mounting of WDTV Optware package (if available) at boot, for access to ~1300 additional programs
mounting of app bin packs (if available) at boot, for plugNplay addtional functionality
mounting of OSD overlay (if available) at boot, for full theming (sample)
limited USB Ethernet support
IP via DHCP (by default, configurable)
Samba/CIFS support aka windows share mounting (requires Samba app pack)
Experimental wireless adapter support (thx to Zorander) (requires wireless-mod-wdlxtv app pack)
Ximeta NDAS device support (requires ndas app pack)
Telnet server
pure-ftp server (requires pure-ftpd app pack)
configurable to automount NFS shares (requires nfs app pack)
user customizable background & screen saver images ** new **
selectable 4/8/10/12/21 video thumb view (see Changelog)
selectable 4/6/8 file list view (see Changelog)
sleectable 10/15 photo/music thumb view (see Changelog)
user customizable init.d scripts for full os customization ** new **
emergency flash recovery


And for the EXTREME upgraders : WDLXTV-Live http://b-rad.cc/wdlxtv-live/
This is based on earlier WD firmware

Features included in WDLXTV-Live:
Movie Sheets
external dvd drive capability with cd-manager-0.7
Web Server
Python, Perl, and PHP
Deluge Bittorrent client w/ web interface
nzbget NZB downloader w/ web interface
SSH server
Telnet server
FTP server
NFS share mounting in local folders and Network Shares
sshfs for mounting a remote server as a local directory
curlftpfs for mounting remote FTP server as a local directory
unionfs for consolidation of multiple directories/locations/servers/etc as one entity
patched samba configuration for better detection of Windows shares
user customizable background & screen saver images (3 backgrounds to choose from)
extra subtitle size options of 44, 48, 50, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, & 80
selectable 4/8/10/12/21 video thumb view (see Changelog)
selectable 4/6/8 file list view (see Changelog)
sleectable 10/15 photo/music thumb view (see Changelog)
ext2 & ext3 filesystem support ** (un)officially supported now **
device hotplugging
all media (including network shares & optical devices) can be viewed in ‘All Videos’
USB Hub support
mounting of app bin packs (if available) at boot, for plugNplay addtional functionality
mounting of OSD overlay (if available) at boot, for full theming
user customizable init.d scripts for full os customization
emergency flash recovery