[A-200] Firmware 02-03-100918-21-POP-411 (02-03-100427-21-POP-411 Apps) (23.09.2010)

[werner]

Dear customers,

Please be informed that Popcorn Hour A-200 firmware release:
02-03-100918-21-POP-411-000
and NMT apps:
02-03-100427-21-POP-411
is available for update.

for offline update and release notes, download from:

http://www.popcornhour.com/download/A200...-A200.html

please download this package and follow then the instructions inside the zip file!!!!

RELEASENOTES FIRMWARE

Code:

Release date : 23 September 2010
Firmware version : 02-03-100918-21-POP-411-000

1. Minimum NMT apps 02-03-100427-21-POP-411
2. BD/AVCHD/DVD/CDDA
    - BD playback - Load subtitle index.srt (case sensitive) in BDMV folder by default
    - Now allow both *.ISO and *.iso to be detected for external SRT subtitles
    - SimpleBD fast rewind
        - currently it does not span over if the video consists of multiple TS.
        - fast forward beyond 4x still under development
3. Video and Audio playback
    - HD audio passthrough support for file playback
    - Fixed certain Arabic subtitle failed to display
    - Fixed failure to playback some AVI which contain ID3 (aoe-cop.avi)
    - Fixed frequent press of Enter key at start of audio file playback occasional cause system failure
    - MKV file playback with new audio/subtitle/chapter navigator ala SimpleBD menu style
        - Press Title key
    - Fixed some MKV (created with makemkv) freeze on time seek
    - Fixed MKV with 5.1 FLAC audio cannot playback
    - Fixed subtitle not displayed after 64 subs (Sigma bugId 11560)
    - external IDX/SUB (D1 resolution only) support for MKV
    - Fixed m4a with unsupported genre metadata crashing the player (Bug #5000716)
    - Fixed incorrect playback timer for MPEG after trickmode (Bug #5000072)
    - Changed DTS default setting to PCM in setup
    - Improve pre-buffering for H.264 streaming
    - TrueAudio (.tta) audio file playback support
    - Fixed background image conflicting with the listing page after pressing stop button
      at exact end of the music file (Bug #5001072)
    - Fixed missing subtitle "track" submenu during first playback after system reboot (Bug #5001116)
    - MP3 handling for certain bad unconventional v2.4 ID3 tag
    - Fixed playback issue with some mp3 files with multiple ID3 tag
    - Fixed certain IDX/SUB cannot display (IDX that contains only selected non-zero substream index)
    - Fixed audio mute/unmute issue at the beginning of file playback
    - Fixed a mp3 with embedded cover art cause crash (Bug #t0000391)
    - Fixed DTS-HD changed to PCM after Dolby Digital Analog/PCM selection is changed (Bug #t0000384)
    - Fixed DTS audio loss after playback files with DTS-MA
    - Better rendering for subtitle
    - subtitle improvement
        - added "auto" in Color to apply native styles in SSA ("white/red" option is removed).
        - note that when subtitle Color set to "auto", other settings becomes inaccesible
        - hide "Color", "Size" and "Position" when they are not applicable (e.g. IDX/SUB)
    - Fixed wrong audio format info displayed on Info bar
    - Fixed FF (mkv, avi) broken in previous release
    - disable SSA subtitle animation
    - Fixed +-30sec skip (RIGHT/LEFT key) not working properly during certain M2TS
      playback (Bug #5001535 = #0000246)
    - Fixed HDMI audio mute broken
    - Workaround for MKV with "header removal compression"
    - Fixed proper display of audio info on Info bar
    - Fixed volume control sluggishness during Internet radio
    - Fixed sound burst when certain WAV playback starts.
    - Fixed issue with MP4 file > 2GB playback through HTTP
    - Fixed incorrect volume level during certain DVD playback
    - Fixed SimpleBD DTS-HD audio incorrectly switched to DTS after seek operation (Bug #5001602)
    - Fixed certain small video files causing incorrect "buffering" display and hang up after playback
    - Fixed audio volume level and mute inconsistency after seek operation
    - Fixed wrong fps info on certain TS and MKV files
    - Improved ASS/SSA subtitle engine (Anime correct tag, color, etc...)
    - SSA/ASS subtitle rendering patches (.ASS extension supported now)
    - Improved bookmark handling for all fileplayer playback.
    - Initial pause for 3 seconds when framerate sync activates at start of playback.
    - Fixed DTS-HD switched to DTS after seek/trick mode issue.
    - Fixed audio downmixing for fileplayer playback.
        - modified related options in setup page
    - text subtitle font size fixes (Bug #0000139)
    - Fixed missing center channel when directly connect to HDMI TV in Dolby Digital
      passthrough mode
    - Reverted some bookmark handling due to stability issue.
4. Photo app
    - Fixed slideshow failed via Picasa if the album has more than 700 photos (Bug #5000535)
    - Fixed incorrect photo played randomly when play a single photo (pressing Enter) via myiHome (Bug #5000535)
    - Fixed photo playback crash due to photo EXIF parsing
5. System/Network
    - Fixed "purple splash" during system bootup
    - When Ethernet speed set to 10/100, TCP Receive Window will be disabled
    - Set TCP Receive Window to 0 for "Auto" trying to find best value.
      Manually change this value if it works better on your Gigabit network.
    - Fixed failure to go to enter Media Source screen after setting TCP Receive Window to "auto"
    - new Ralink RT2880 MII Wifi card driver
    - Modified Hungarian text
    - Workaround for occasional HDMI blackout when AVR/TV on/off or hotplug
    - Added "open source license" page
    - update on Traditional Chinese language pack
    - Added patch for GPT USB (Drobo)
    - minor French translation fixes
    - Fixed HDMI CEC regression (Bug #5001609/#0000144)
       - memory leak fix
    - Fixed soft-reboot failure with certain boards
    - Some fixes for HDMI output issue, other reported issues still attempting
      to reproduce and trace.
6. Browser
    - Fixed file rename issue with character '$'
7. UPnP AV
    - Fixed remote renderer (EyeCon etc) cannot set pause, mute, volume up/down
    - Fixed discovered devices disappear when certain UPnP device is attached to network
    - Swisscenter Simple Media Server (SIME); reduce waiting time of change track.
    - PlayOn UPnP server; fix streaming issue.
8. Web Services
    - Fixed minor pop-up message word-wrap issue (Bug #0000250)
9. AppCenter (PHF / ROBIG)
    - Latest modified app, with fixes and new YouTube (Bug #t0000367, #t0000369, #t0000382)
    - Fixed old shoutcast menu could not pop up
    - "Standby" by pressing Power key
    - Fixed Return key not working
    - new revision3, shoutcast, weatherbug PHF
    - Channels.com (removed from latest release due some changes on
      partner's server API, currently under QA)
    - KiniTV
      - fixed broken playback issue
      - fixed screensaver activated during playback
    - Next New Network
      - Fixed Cocktails channel url issue
      - Fixed unable to exit issue
      - Reposition exit button
      - Removed Indy_mogul - The Best Short Films in the World (due to no
        feeds available)
      - Refine error message
      - fixed screensaver activated during playback
    - Photobucket, fixed crash issue for Interestingness page and limit to 16 items
    - Revision 3
      - Fixed navigation issue after playback
      - Disable screensaver during playback
      - Refine error message
    - Shoutcast Radio
      - Refine the playback handling
      - Fix navigation issue with Menu being blocked after performing Search.
    - Weatherbug
      - Fixed navigation issue, description being truncated and html syntax issue
      - Fixed tracking station list format issue
      - Fixed lost focus issue after changing tracking station
      - Fixed setting issues
      - Fixed revert to local info after 30s issue
      - Support 3 digit display for Celsius setting
      - Fixed bird animation (wing , eye flip) issue
    - New apps
      - BlipTV
      - Livestation
      - MotorzTv
      - Picasa Web Album  
      - Twitter
      - Youtube (is back!)
10. NMT Apps
    - Fixed NMT Setup unable to perform fresh setup on new harddisk with no partition
    - Fixed NZBGet causes harddisk spindown issue
11. Known issues
    - Does not output or downmix Dolby Digital core from Dolby TrueHD for file playback
      and SimpleBD
    - video blackout for a few seconds while framerate sync is performed
    - WMAPro RAW output cause hang-up; forced to PCM (downmix) as workaround

RELEASENOTES NMT Apps

Code:

NMT Apps Version : 02-03-100427-21-POP-411

Release Notes :
1. Minimum firmware version to use this NMT App is 02-03-100918-21-POP-411-000
2. Version stepping, practically same as 02-02-100318-19-POP-411
2. BitTorrent
    - Torrent page sometimes displays a duplicate entry for the last torrent in the list.
    - Don't show torrent page when torrent not started
3. NMT apps run from USB device support. Separate NMT apps from Media partition.
   For example, to allow NMT apps running on USB stick, and Media on removable HDD.

[Snick66]

this "new" buggy firmware? or it has some fixes from new BETA ?

[salami]

(09-23-2010 12:05 PM)werner Wrote:  - Workaround for MKV with "header removal compression"

Why is this only declared a "Workaround" and not really fixed? Will we still see problems with files using compression?

[alexou]

Hmmm,

I prefer to say: "THANK YOU for the update"

Alex

[elfeneco]

Thx...
Test and feedback tonight

[direktor]

Finally!

Does youtube work ok?

[Haaibaai]

Thanks. I will test it tonight. Also, doesn't it seem odd that the nmt apps are april's version?

[werner]

nmt apps are build with beta1 (C200), after that there was no update for the apps and because the Firmware Release takes that long this time , thats the reason it looks so old

(09-23-2010 12:37 PM)Haaibaai Wrote:  Thanks. I will test it tonight. Also, doesn't it seem odd that the nmt apps are april's version?

[nilis]

Thanks for the update!

I quickly compared the Release notes from the C200 fw with this A200 fw. I found the following improvements:

Code:

1. Minimum NMT apps 02-03-100427-21-POP-411
2. BD/AVCHD/DVD/CDDA

3. Video and Audio playback
    - SSA/ASS subtitle rendering patches (.ASS extension supported now)
    - Improved bookmark handling for all fileplayer playback.
    - Initial pause for 3 seconds when framerate sync activates at start of playback.
    - Fixed DTS-HD switched to DTS after seek/trick mode issue.
    - Fixed audio downmixing for fileplayer playback.
        - modified related options in setup page
    - text subtitle font size fixes (Bug #0000139)
    - Fixed missing center channel when directly connect to HDMI TV in Dolby Digital
      passthrough mode
    - Reverted some bookmark handling due to stability issue.
4. Photo app

5. System/Network
    - memory leak fix
    - Fixed soft-reboot failure with certain boards
    - Some fixes for HDMI output issue, other reported issues still attempting
      to reproduce and trace.
6. Browser
7. UPnP AV    
8. Web Services
9. AppCenter (PHF / ROBIG)
    
    - KiniTV
        - fixed screensaver activated during playback
    - Next New Network
        - fixed screensaver activated during playback
    - Shoutcast Radio
      - Fix navigation issue with Menu being blocked after performing Search.
10. NMT Apps
11. Known issues

[werner]

A bugfix release for C200 is already in the pipe, this will include the same fixes as this build.

(09-23-2010 12:56 PM)nilis Wrote:  Thanks for the update!

I quickly compared the Release notes from the C200 fw with this A200 fw. I found the following improvements:

[flyingkarpet]

Thanks for the update and to all the people who were testing it. Installed fine and installed the apps without any problems.

[MrScary]

Thank you all guys for the update!upgrading this evening...

[Esc]

(09-23-2010 12:36 PM)direktor Wrote:  Finally!

Does youtube work ok?

Just tried to play a video from youtube. Couldn't pause or stop it. I guess, it works too good now.

[sugatam]

When will you fix the issue with not outputting DD core from TrueHD tracks? After waiting for 2 years for you guys to implement this on the A1xx series, I buy a A200 to find the same thing!

[Nexer]

Thanks for the effort!