Topic: Popcorn Hour A-100

[CocoBoy]

Great. Is it confirm, got the DTS decoder already?

Will check it.  Baka sakali

[iiinas]

Some says this patch will enable DTS for A100.




 

i think its just for pass through, but the decoding capability is for a-110 only. 

[darrel]

may nabasa ako sa ibang sites you can even hook up an external bd drive through usb. has anyone tried this. na-eexcite na talaga ako bumili nito. iponipon mode.

astig talaga tong popcorn hour.

[popoyextreme]

D8890B Audio Decoder!!! P6,900.oo only!!!!

Works with Any Computer Speakers, uses 3 "Mini-jacks" as output. Front Rear and Sub/Center
Decodes DTS and Dolby.

   







Similar to Traditional AV Receivers, JUST TINY and COMPACT.
Ideal with Speakers without built in decoders or receivers.

Get ur DTS Sound!

D9980B (5.1CH Digital Audio Decoder) dream-like sound quality into your home entertainment. D9980B with DTS and Dolby Digital decoders, can the 5.1-channel audio decoding content, surround sound movie sound quality superb performance to the fullest. You can watch the DVD in films, listening to music and playing games and enjoy the voice of the incomparable fun. This highly fashionable flu decoders also for Dolby Pro Logic II, Arbitrary a double-track the simulated 5.1 surround sound field. As with rich audio input, the decoder with a large number of digital or analog entertainment equipment (DVD, CD, PS2, PS3,XboX, XboX360, computer sound card, POPCORN HOUR and any other MKV player with no DTS Decoding function, etc.) link. In addition, you can also listen to the different positions of the channel's output volume adjustments. 1, aluminum case, with real-5.1 decoding. Second, small size, full-function remote control, 5.1 can be used with the AV Power Amplifier Power Amplifier escalation, games, PC computer products three, non-power amplifier, four, decoder chip used by the U.S. Crystal (Crystal) in the top-decoder chip, /96KHZ 24-bit chip microcomputer class, five, a group of optical fiber, coaxial a group, a group of analog input, 5.1-channel output, the exchange of six 9V power supply, which is home touched independent delay adjustment, and memory function, night mode, High bass regulation, the regulation of individual channel volume, which can automatically identify AC-3 and dts digital signal, Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS, AC-3, analog, 4 DSP effects [product specifications -- sexual noise ratio 120db separation 80db (1KHZ) frequency response of 0 db/-2db (20HZ-20KHZ) output noise level 200uV simulation output level 2.2V Current voltage 2A/ flow 9V DC Input Interface way digital, fiber-optic signal input all the way coaxial digital input signal all the way 6. 3mm headphone analog signal inp
Inputs: Optical and SPDIF/Coaxial, Auxiliary 3.5mm for your Ipods and other tiny music players
Output 3 x 3.5mm Minijack(5.1)  Front, Center/Sub and Rear output.

Advantage:
2.1 and 5.1 speakers without built-in Decoders can now output 5.1 DTS and Dolby Signals.
Connects to Apple Ipod thru Auxiliary and can output into 5 surround sattelites if you have 5.1 speakers
Connects to all types of MKV Players like POPCORN HOUR A-100, A-110, Egreat M31A and B, NOvatron NTD38,TviX Dvico --- SOLVES the DTS no SOUND Problem.Connects to DVD players and CD players, converts XboX360 PS3 and lower models to 5.1 surround via High definiation OPtical or Coaxial for 5.1 experience
Tiny compact, lightweight and energy saver. 29watts
Similar to the very famous and phased out product, the Creative DDTS-100 decoder

Package:
Unit with BOx
Remote
110v Volts Power Adapter
3 cables x ( 3.5mm to Right and Left RCA)
manual missing, no need since its not in english. unit is very simple to operate.
Price: P6,900 nalang


Location: Philippines, Ortigas
Txt or call: 0916 423 3916
YM: Lexilicious2001
Condition: Like new. seldomly used coz i have the rarer creative DDTS-100
Convenience: test at my place side by side with the creative DDTS decoder
Availability: 1 unit only

[NikkoPH]

Hi Guys,

Need a lil help here, i just got oreoshakes PCH100 today, connected it to my LCDTV thru HDMI. i still dont have any HDD so i just tried the PCH webservices like youtube.. i cant get no sound from my TV, i already disabled HDMI audio from the settings to no avail. any hint guys? im using panny 32LX80 btw..

[msgt16]

Hi Guys,

Need a lil help here, i just got oreoshakes PCH100 today, connected it to my LCDTV thru HDMI. i still dont have any HDD so i just tried the PCH webservices like youtube.. i cant get no sound from my TV, i already disabled HDMI audio from the settings to no avail. any hint guys? im using panny 32LX80 btw..

Try nyo i-set yung AAC to PCM sa Audio/Video settings and enable HDMI audio.

[NikkoPH]

its working now.. restored to factory defaults then updated the FW. tested it on my internal speakers using HDMI 1080i 50Hz.. not sure why its not working the 1st time.. 

[NikkoPH]

guys any hints bakit walang audio ung isang movie na download ko? may audio naman sha pag play sa laptop.

thanks!

[oReOsHaKe]

guys any hints bakit walang audio ung isang movie na download ko? may audio naman sha pag play sa laptop.

thanks!

baka hindi supported ang audio format sa PCH.. Baka DTS ung movie..

[ert]

guys any hints bakit walang audio ung isang movie na download ko? may audio naman sha pag play sa laptop.

thanks!

hi! maybe the audio of the movies is in DTS..you need an amplifier/receiver to decode the DTS format..thanks!

[NikkoPH]

aw! salamat merry xmas and happy new year!

[CocoBoy]

My bittorrent client just stalled while I was downloading last week for unknown reasons.   Status is "starting" in the NMT Application and stays there forever.  Kahit pull the power plug and then re-start ganun pa rin.  I'm trying to find solutions sa NMT and MPC sites pero no ready solution.

There's a folder created for the downloads as I see it .."Downloads".  Even if I delete all the torrent files uploaded before and the unfinished downloads, bumabalik yung folders while the status of the bittorrent is on starting mode.

Anybody experience this ba?

[NikkoPH]

Bro try stopping then start the application again thru the network applications menu.

HTH 

[CocoBoy]

There is no option to stop since blocked out yung option n yun.  The stop optio can only be taken kung asa "running" mode yung bittorent, that's why i pull out the power cord and then re-start.

[Javoy]

There is no option to stop since blocked out yung option n yun.  The stop optio can only be taken kung asa "running" mode yung bittorent, that's why i pull out the power cord and then re-start.

Maybe you can try re-installing the NMT Applications.  That should  not take too much time.

[CocoBoy]

Tried that too bro. Reset to Factor settings then re-installedthe apps, la din. Experiment pa ako kun ano pa pwede gawin.

[gren]

hmm, worst case: nuke the partition then start fresh.  You'd  probably have to create  an NTFS partition via windows so your PCH redoes everything from ground up.  Unfortunately, your files will have to be backed up first.

Tried that too bro. Reset to Factor settings then re-installedthe apps, la din. Experiment pa ako kun ano pa pwede gawin.

[CocoBoy]

Am planning of doing that bro. Thanks

[CocoBoy]

hmm, worst case: nuke the partition then start fresh.  You'd  probably have to create  an NTFS partition via windows so your PCH redoes everything from ground up.  Unfortunately, your files will have to be backed up first.

Well this worked but I have to back up all my 500G files into another HD .  Great.  Tnx also for the suggestion bro.

[quatre09]

kamusta naman po yung download speed compare sa pc? baka kasi mas mabilis pa sa laptop (asus ee) asuming na 40-60watts na laptop. baka sa ratio let say 40kBps sa laptop and 20kBps naman sa pch(20watts). parehas lang rin sa power consumption yun at mas mabilis pa natapos yung sa laptop.

ask ko lang mga pch user kung ano average speed nyo sa pch pag nag download sa torrent

[CocoBoy]

D/L speeds I suppose are peer dependent sa torrents. I leave the PCH on 24/7, mga 25 4G downloads.  Kung sino mauna matapos, then that's the time we watch it, he he.

[quatre09]

thanks cocoy, excited na nga ako bumili ng pch. ang pinagiisapan ko nalang ngayon kung a110 or a100. yung home theater ko kasi coaxial lang meron kaya dapat mag a100 ako. pero sayang naman yung a110. may sata, hdmi 1.3 and usb slave.

meron ba nabibilhan dito na optical to coaxial converter?

[Weng!]

    Release Date     :     21 January 2009     
   Firmware Version    :    01-17-090116-15-POP-402-000    
   Release Note    :    
1. Requires NMT apps 00-17-090115-15-POP-402
2. Browser / System
  - Improvement on font engine character rendering (30% speed up)
  - faster navigation on local drives
    - Use numeric key to input item number to jump to the page where item is located
  - Improved fileplayer speed
  - Hebrew translation added
  - Fixed HDMI display output blackout issue for auto EDID
  - Discrete RC (Logitech) scancode fix
  - Updated network share and webservices language packs.
  - Removed EXT2 option for NMT installation
    - Note: due to long term reliability issue with EXT2 on device that is frequently turned off abruptly
  - Additional symbols can be input from "1" key
  - HTTP download manager (only works with links with special "download" attributes.
  - File player hide Recycle Bin folder
  - Fixed 'TV MODE' + '3' key handling bug
  - Fixed recovery kernel no red screen displayed
  - Browser image caching fix, should fix some YAMJ crashes or no image issue.
  - Fixed HDD spin-up during standby
  - Fixed slow loading of HTML pages
3. Web Services
  - New UI
    - customizable icon feature with browse image utility (need NMT apps)
    - bug fixes on customizable service icon with browse feature.
  - Web Services page modification
    - Fixed a "save/remove service" bug
    - Now able to customise JPG/BMP icon
  - Fixed slow IR response while playback Internet Radio
  - Immediate response to STOP during Internet video streaming
  - Fine-tune Web Service UI
4. Network
  - Improved SMB server startup time
  - Improved browsing time for SMB client
  - Atheros USB WiFi stability fixes
  - Fixed SMB client hostname resolution picked up wrong IP address from the IP list
  - Fixed file copy failed from HDD to SMB/NFS with names containing whitespace
  - Fixed UPnP AV server playall issue broken in previous release
  - Fixed Samba server halts after device name change
  - Torrent client is now by default Transmission (btpd removed)
  - Fixed torrent schedule page not working
  - Fixed occasionally newly created SMB/NFS shares doesn't show up in media source list
  - Atheros USB WiFi added support for TP-Link v2 stick
  - Fixed persistent private IP when DHCP server unavailable (e.g. cross-cable connection etc)
5. Playback
  - Bookmark/resume for single playback
    - 10 bookmarks available now
    - Press stop to bookmark the last video playback
    - Press enter / play with focus on bookmarked clip to resume
    - Press "0" to start from beginning of clip
  - Auto framerate synchronisation
    - Framerate sync function in ISO playback, only for 50,60Hz modes (PAL/NTSC)
    - switch to NTSC(60Hz) when selected mode not applicable.(previously, it will follow TV mode selected)
    - Use 59.94 for NTSC when matching content detected.
    - Fixed incorrect data shown on infobar.
    - Fixed after ISO playback, screen goes blank when framerate sync kicks in
  - Improved info display
    - Disable incorrect video MPEG1/2 VBR display.
    - Fixed incorrect framerate info for video playback (*.mov, *.mp4).
    - Fixed video bitrate calculation error (less 1 packet every second)
    - Modified infobar UI (height, spacing and text displayed)
    - Fixed info bar losing text after paused
    - Improved accuracy of mpeg1/2 bitrate information
  - Photo app
    - Fixed JPEG (PNG / TIFF transcode) from myiHome server cannot be displayed
    - Fade-In Fade-out effect added for photo transition
    - Enable large jpeg rotation. (downscale before rotate)
    - Fixed faded color for jpeg at 360-deg rotation
  - TV Type setting for DVD playback
    - the TV type setting is now working for DVD video playback (4:3 and 16:9 only, 16:10 will treat as 16:9)
  - DVD Menu
    - new popup menu if MENU key on PCH remote controller is pressed
    - user can select to jump to ROOT, TITLE, CHAPTER.... etc from the menu
  - Modified progressive zoom and pan in ISO/IFO playback
  - Removed up/down keys as prev/next track/td>
  - VCD *.DAT playback fixed using soft demux
  - Fixed "repeat" keypress in myiHome when playback audio caused picture playback to halt
  - Improved handling of MKV H.264 profile and vlevel.
  - Fixed cannot stream MPEG from UPnP AV server, liveTV
  - Fixed .pls file unable to start when playback locally (HDD/SMB/NFS)
  - Fixed TS with stream6 as teletext playback cause out of memory
  - Fixed MKV H264 L4.1 pixelated video issue
6. Subtitle
  - Fixed Hebrew SRT subtitle containing invalid character
  - Fixed subtitle parsing with BOM (UTF8 support only)
  - Thai subtitle support
  - Fixed wrong character rendered in Thai subtitle
  - Changed default subtitle font size to 28 and Y offset to 10
  - Exception handling in SSA subtitle parsing
  - Slight adjustment of subtitle position
   NMT Apps Version    :    00-17-090115-15-POP-402    
   Release Note    :    
1.Minimum firmware version to use this NMT App is 00-17-090116-15-POP-402-000
2. Improved on samba client browsing time and server boot up time
3. Fixed occasional slow samba response
4. Upgraded to nzbget 0.51
5. Upgraded to nzbgetweb 1.2 (Categories can be modifed in /mnt/syb8634/nzbgetweb/setting.php5)
6. Various Casgle fixes
7. Fixed FTP password saving
8. Improved Setup Page loading time
9. Remove btpd, using Transmission as default BT client
10. Fixed sometimes unable to access casgle web ui
11. Fixed HDD spin-up during standby
   Note    :    Unzip into the root of your USB thumbdrive. Browse to usbupdate.html to update.
   Please DO NOT power off the unit during firmware update, as it will render your unit inoperational.

update na

[iiinas]

   Release Date     :     21 January 2009     
   Firmware Version    :    01-17-090116-15-POP-402-000    
   Release Note    :    
1. Requires NMT apps 00-17-090115-15-POP-402
2. Browser / System
  - Improvement on font engine character rendering (30% speed up)
  - faster navigation on local drives
    - Use numeric key to input item number to jump to the page where item is located
  - Improved fileplayer speed
  - Hebrew translation added
  - Fixed HDMI display output blackout issue for auto EDID
  - Discrete RC (Logitech) scancode fix
  - Updated network share and webservices language packs.
  - Removed EXT2 option for NMT installation
    - Note: due to long term reliability issue with EXT2 on device that is frequently turned off abruptly
  - Additional symbols can be input from "1" key
  - HTTP download manager (only works with links with special "download" attributes.
  - File player hide Recycle Bin folder
  - Fixed 'TV MODE' + '3' key handling bug
  - Fixed recovery kernel no red screen displayed
  - Browser image caching fix, should fix some YAMJ crashes or no image issue.
  - Fixed HDD spin-up during standby
  - Fixed slow loading of HTML pages
3. Web Services
  - New UI
    - customizable icon feature with browse image utility (need NMT apps)
    - bug fixes on customizable service icon with browse feature.
  - Web Services page modification
    - Fixed a "save/remove service" bug
    - Now able to customise JPG/BMP icon
  - Fixed slow IR response while playback Internet Radio
  - Immediate response to STOP during Internet video streaming
  - Fine-tune Web Service UI
4. Network
  - Improved SMB server startup time
  - Improved browsing time for SMB client
  - Atheros USB WiFi stability fixes
  - Fixed SMB client hostname resolution picked up wrong IP address from the IP list
  - Fixed file copy failed from HDD to SMB/NFS with names containing whitespace
  - Fixed UPnP AV server playall issue broken in previous release
  - Fixed Samba server halts after device name change
  - Torrent client is now by default Transmission (btpd removed)
  - Fixed torrent schedule page not working
  - Fixed occasionally newly created SMB/NFS shares doesn't show up in media source list
  - Atheros USB WiFi added support for TP-Link v2 stick
  - Fixed persistent private IP when DHCP server unavailable (e.g. cross-cable connection etc)
5. Playback
  - Bookmark/resume for single playback
    - 10 bookmarks available now
    - Press stop to bookmark the last video playback
    - Press enter / play with focus on bookmarked clip to resume
    - Press "0" to start from beginning of clip
  - Auto framerate synchronisation
    - Framerate sync function in ISO playback, only for 50,60Hz modes (PAL/NTSC)
    - switch to NTSC(60Hz) when selected mode not applicable.(previously, it will follow TV mode selected)
    - Use 59.94 for NTSC when matching content detected.
    - Fixed incorrect data shown on infobar.
    - Fixed after ISO playback, screen goes blank when framerate sync kicks in
  - Improved info display
    - Disable incorrect video MPEG1/2 VBR display.
    - Fixed incorrect framerate info for video playback (*.mov, *.mp4).
    - Fixed video bitrate calculation error (less 1 packet every second)
    - Modified infobar UI (height, spacing and text displayed)
    - Fixed info bar losing text after paused
    - Improved accuracy of mpeg1/2 bitrate information
  - Photo app
    - Fixed JPEG (PNG / TIFF transcode) from myiHome server cannot be displayed
    - Fade-In Fade-out effect added for photo transition
    - Enable large jpeg rotation. (downscale before rotate)
    - Fixed faded color for jpeg at 360-deg rotation
  - TV Type setting for DVD playback
    - the TV type setting is now working for DVD video playback (4:3 and 16:9 only, 16:10 will treat as 16:9)
  - DVD Menu
    - new popup menu if MENU key on PCH remote controller is pressed
    - user can select to jump to ROOT, TITLE, CHAPTER.... etc from the menu
  - Modified progressive zoom and pan in ISO/IFO playback
  - Removed up/down keys as prev/next track/td>
  - VCD *.DAT playback fixed using soft demux
  - Fixed "repeat" keypress in myiHome when playback audio caused picture playback to halt
  - Improved handling of MKV H.264 profile and vlevel.
  - Fixed cannot stream MPEG from UPnP AV server, liveTV
  - Fixed .pls file unable to start when playback locally (HDD/SMB/NFS)
  - Fixed TS with stream6 as teletext playback cause out of memory
  - Fixed MKV H264 L4.1 pixelated video issue
6. Subtitle
  - Fixed Hebrew SRT subtitle containing invalid character
  - Fixed subtitle parsing with BOM (UTF8 support only)
  - Thai subtitle support
  - Fixed wrong character rendered in Thai subtitle
  - Changed default subtitle font size to 28 and Y offset to 10
  - Exception handling in SSA subtitle parsing
  - Slight adjustment of subtitle position
   NMT Apps Version    :    00-17-090115-15-POP-402    
   Release Note    :    
1.Minimum firmware version to use this NMT App is 00-17-090116-15-POP-402-000
2. Improved on samba client browsing time and server boot up time
3. Fixed occasional slow samba response
4. Upgraded to nzbget 0.51
5. Upgraded to nzbgetweb 1.2 (Categories can be modifed in /mnt/syb8634/nzbgetweb/setting.php5)
6. Various Casgle fixes
7. Fixed FTP password saving
8. Improved Setup Page loading time
9. Remove btpd, using Transmission as default BT client
10. Fixed sometimes unable to access casgle web ui
11. Fixed HDD spin-up during standby
   Note    :    Unzip into the root of your USB thumbdrive. Browse to usbupdate.html to update.
   Please DO NOT power off the unit during firmware update, as it will render your unit inoperational.

update na

wow! may resume and bookmark function na!

this is what i like with pch 100, una sa lahat ng firmware upgrade sa nmt! 

[CocoBoy]

Meron na???  Yehey!!!!

[iiinas]

very nice update.

1. the bookmark feature work pretty good.

2. my subtitles which did not work during the previous version now works! (and i thought i have the wrong subtitles)

3. the reading of the hdds upon turning on is very much faster now.

 

 

[anya618]

2. my subtitles which did not work during the previous version now works! (and i thought i have the wrong subtitles)

sana me ganito din sa A110

[iiinas]

sana me ganito din sa A110

just wait for around another 2 weeks, labas na yang sa 110. una lang lagi ang 100 kasi sya yung base firmware.

[anya618]

gaano katagal sir ung update ng firmware?

[iiinas]

gaano katagal sir ung update ng firmware?

ako kasi, walang internal hdd so i update using usb flash drive. download the new firmware from the net. then unzip to flash disc. then update the popcorn. mga 10-15 minutes, tops. this update is my third one since i bought my pch. 1st was jun 08 then oct 08 then now jan 09. for each update, the machine keeps getting better and better.

sulit and bilib na ako sa support ng syabas sa nmt nila.