[Feature] Release Date for the New UI

[chris57]

There's no hopefully about the next release as the next beta is in testing now.

[werner]

the porting won't be that hard, for sure it will need some time, but the important stuff is already inside the C200 beta, we are working since 200 series on the flash api, the main reason for this step was to give companies and users a api to develop apps for it, this wouldn't be possible without the api because sigma doesn't allow that, on 100er series it was easier because they had a sdk leak and some other security shit , 200er and 300er series it would be very hard to develop something which can access the playback stuff, so you wouldn't see projects like Eversion to name one of the popular ones, the flash api is the important thing which takes the most time and it is still in development.
The current C200 beta will be the last release with the old ui, so even if users don't like the new UI, they have always the option to flash back to this build.

Regards,
Werner

[Cherek]

(03-15-2012 05:45 PM)werner Wrote:  The current C200 beta will be the last release with the old ui, so even if users don't like the new UI, they have always the option to flash back to this build.

Regards,
Werner

Does the same thing go for the A200?

[werner]

sure as always there will be first the c200 build, when this is public we will port it to A2xx, same is with the new UI.

Regards,
Werner

[daniel_owen_uk]

Good news and great to see comments by representatives of the company.

Thanks for the update Werner.

[tazmania91]

Thanks Werner for the answer. So we can expect a release date by the end of the year ?

[galileox]

I am quite disappointed to see that the current beta does not address the problem that many of us are experiencing with all TV series showing generic thumbnails in wall mode, although the correct thumbnail is shown in the details page. The similar problem happens with many movies.

Some weeks ago they told me that they were working on it:

Quote:Our database engineer has figured out the cause of the issue and is working with our firmware development team to resolve the issue in a future update.
By Popcorn Hour Support on February 09, 2012 03:46 PM

[chris57]

Can you really see them putting effort into NMJv1 when the firmware after next will remove it and replace it with NMJv2.

[galileox]

(03-26-2012 08:34 PM)chris57 Wrote:  Can you really see them putting effort into NMJv1 when the firmware after next will remove it and replace it with NMJv2.

chris57, I am just quoting what they said to me. If they don't plan to fix it, why did they say that?

[accident]

because there aren't 2 nmjs.. theres version 1 which is now obsolete, and there is version 2.. The bug is being fixed in version 2 and in a future firmware update you'll get the latest version of nmj including the bugfix.

[chris57]

Exactly, just wait for the firmware release after next. I just did not want you to have any expectation that it would be fixed before the port of NMJv2/300UI.

Sometimes the PCH Support give answers that are not shall we say 100% correct. There is a genuine language issue as well with it being based in Malaysia and media players/bugs are complex and quite specialised. So unless the support person is a fan of media players themselves they may not understadn your query even if they do understand the language. Its a bit of a thankless task which most support/customer service jobs are these days.

[galileox]

OK then I really look forward to seeing NMJ2 in my A200 with that bug fixed... I hope that the port does not take too much time. It feels like ages...

Thanks for the clarification.

PS: BTW can you believe that I received a warning from Kir (moderator) because of 'creating an offtopic discussion' in this thread? I hope I don't get a second warning (or ban) for this response!

[moddigi]

...so we can revert back to old f/w if we don't like NMJ2.., 'cos I was under the impression NMJ2 was 'stepstone' thus once it's flashed we'd be stuck with it?

[accident]

you know, that's an excellent question. I would say no at the moment because it hasn't been said and the last stepstone is the current public firmware. but the reason for hte last stepstone was bluray certificates and it's getting close to needing them updated again so I really have no clue. I would think no, but it's a guess.

[jasch]

I am so depressed with all this. I agree that Syabas was not what is was before. Development and bug fixing has come to a crawl. I still have bugs on my A300 that have been reported since november, and 4 months later are still unfixed.

Even after a Syabas developer (kjeldoren) confirmed on December one bug concerting IDX subtitled it had been fixed (it hasn't), but he stopped replying to private messages, so I don't know what's happening.

Now since the latest A300 firmware, 1 out of every 2 times I delete files, the unit hangs. I have to go back to sources.

(sigh). Sorry for venting, just depressed on the current state of development and support.