Topic: Popcorn Hour A-200! Jukebox, Apps Market, Torrent Downloader,3D,Facebook

[anchit]

medyo mahirap samen ang ganyan, kahit anong sara ang gawin ko, laging napapsok ng alikabok ang bahay.

[Clondalkin]

medyo mahirap samen ang ganyan, kahit anong sara ang gawin ko, laging napapsok ng alikabok ang bahay.

Alikabok is more hazardous to your health than a hermetically sealed HDD Anchit.  hehehe.  The areas exposed to the environment have no moving parts.  Naturally ventilated pa siya so it does not suck air in any specific direction and would not heat up as much as an HDD enclosed by something.  We use the same in Pasig and ubod ng OC Mrs. ko sa kaka-dust all the time.

[keeper]

Hi Clondalkin,
Are you using this kind of adapter :



What speed are you getting when transferring files?

I tried this bracket on my old pc but the speed was almost the same as usb 2

saw this bracket at TPC. now am really tempted to buy it. at least now may info na ako dat the bracket works, medyo apprehensive kc at first.hehe

on another note, ung Dell PC ko sa office may esata port. used it to transfer a 40gb bdrip from my external HDD to the PC, took about 12-14mins. i think thats fast...

[jamesbong]

Mga master baka naman pwede patulong pagset-up ng mnt apps. first time user ng mnt. salamat

[scifi-fan]

New firmware!!!!

Download na!

[Clondalkin]

New firmware!!!!

Download na!

Please try and let us know the flavor.  Hehehe.

[wacksy1021]

Has anybody tried the new firm ware?

[scifi-fan]

I've installed it.

- NMT Apps via USB works
- Subtitle settings now saved (persistent)
- Persistent volume labels on USB also works
- TCP Rwin also available.

For A200, the biggest change is the new file view for SimpleBD.

Sometimes BDMV structures just don't work well sa SimpleBD so the new firmware allows you to manually go through a BDMV structure to find the m2ts file to play.

The weird thing I noticed that I have a BDMV of Dances with Wolves. It's an old rip and on simple BD I can get Dolby TrueHD to be recognized (not just core audio).

[keeper]

I've installed it.

- NMT Apps via USB works
- Subtitle settings now saved (persistent)
- Persistent volume labels on USB also works
- TCP Rwin also available.

good pm sir scifi-fan,

ano po ibig nyo sabihin dun sa "persistent" 

[scifi-fan]

Before this firmware, if I changed the settings, size, position of the subtitle (subtitle key on remote) it wouldn't be remembered after a reboot. Now changes are saved to memory.

[anya618]

nice, lagi ko kasi inaadjust ung position ng subtitles 

[gaol]

I've installed it.

- NMT Apps via USB works
- Subtitle settings now saved (persistent)
- Persistent volume labels on USB also works
- TCP Rwin also available.

For A200, the biggest change is the new file view for SimpleBD.

Sometimes BDMV structures just don't work well sa SimpleBD so the new firmware allows you to manually go through a BDMV structure to find the m2ts file to play.

The weird thing I noticed that I have a BDMV of Dances with Wolves. It's an old rip and on simple BD I can get Dolby TrueHD to be recognized (not just core audio).

File View and the persistent subtitle settings are very much welcome improvements! 

[wacksy1021]

Based on your reviews the update is really good and helpful. thanks guys for the assist. will install mine later.

[Clondalkin]

Gumanda na ba yung quality ng font for MKV? 

Kapag pure BD rip laging maganda ang font.

I haven't actually come across a pure BD rip that required me to select a specific m2ts file (usually the biggest one for non-seamless branching type, playlist based for seamless branching ones) for playback via the A200 - hence this player is a notch above the Mede8er IMO.   Anyhow it's a convenient update.

[ert]

Added info

Release date : 14 May 2010
Firmware version : 02-02-100428-19-POP-411-000

1. Minimum NMT apps 02-02-100318-19-POP-411
2. BD/AVCHD/DVD/CDDA
    - external SRT subtitle support for BD
        - Put SRT file (same name as BD title folder name/ISO name) at same directory level
        - Start main movie playback, then use SUBTITLE key to toggle embedded/external SRT subtitle.
    - Fixed some DVD disc playback on NTSC & PAL mode, cannot restore composite output after playback (Bug #5000407)
    - Fix volume up/down, audio muted (Bug #5000401)
    - Added handling for BD initial audio/subtitle language settings according to setup
    - Save/resume bookmark support - currently not persistent (only saved to volatile memory)
    - Disabled non-functional ZOOM/PAN key BD-J playback.
    - Fixed playback via SMB crash with certain file (Bug #5000457)
    - Fixed audio track swicthing failure on first keypress of Audio key (Bug #5000464)
    - Fixed initial language/subtitle setup doesnt work with BD disc (Bug #5000492)
    - Fixes for BD/DVD parental control function 
    - Fixed for external SRT subtitle font size during BD playback (Bug #5000489)
    - Fixed certain BD subtitle cannot display
    - Fixed PCM via HDMI audio loss after DVD playback (Bug #5000272)
    - Optimise external SRT support (word-wrap etc)
    - Fixed for audio out-of-sync for BD playback after adjust audio offset
    - Persistent bookmark/resume for BD on harddisk
    - Fixed SimpleBD time seek inconsistentcy in certain cases
    - Fixed external SRT cannot display Hebrew properly, broken in previous RC1
    - BD navigation method now selectable (Setup -> BD/DVD/Audio CD: BD Navigation)
        - File View: basic file browsing
        - Simple BD: simplified BD navigation
        - AVCHD + SimpleBD: AVCHD and simplified BD navigation
        - Full Navigation: Full BD navigation (this feature not available on A-200)
    - Fixed certain titles show wrong elapsed time in SimpleBD mode
    - Fixed select different audio track at SimpleBD Menu will cause playback to wrongly skip ahead by > 1 hour (Bug #5000460)
    - Fixed shuffle icon not displayed on front panel when in Audio CD shuffle playback (Bug #5000540)
3. Video and Audio playback
    - Fixed HDMI audio cannot recover after turning TV off and on again (Bug #5000032)
    - Changes for MP4 HTTP streaming, for better key responsiveness and buffering.
    - Fixed Dolby Digital DRC setting not applied properly
    - Fixed audio stuttering in certain MP4 clips (Bug #5000377)
    - Fixed certain TS file cannot get width/height and aspect ratio when resume from bookmark.
    - use 1920x1080 resolution for subtitle rendering
    - Marquee window for BGM displaying brief ID3 info
    - Fixed crash if MKV chapter name is too long
    - Fixed stuttering in certain MP4 (Bug #5000456)
    - Fixed font size in certain SSA subtitle
    - Subtitle pos Y adjustment; Added timeout (20sec) to clear OSD menu after idling
    - myihome and WMP11 streaming failure; broken in previous release
    - Fix for TV recorded TS stream
    - Changed audio sync adjustment; now 10 msec per step with -2sec ~ +2sec range
    - Fixed FLAC (96kHz/24bit) playback have no audio output on certain HDMI TV (Bug #5000434)
    - Fix for TV recorded TS stream with PMT > 0 could not playback
    - Save on-the-fly "audio sync" setting persistently
    - Fix for standby mode during video/music playback (Bug #5000458)
    - Fixed incorrect TV mode display on infobar when set to HDMI/Component 576p (Bug #5000461)
    - Fixed no subtitle display with certain MKV (Bug #5000409)
    - Fixes for certain mkv and mp4 playback stuttering or audio loss
    - Fix MIB clip freeze and audio jitter for TrueHD core
    - Fixed Scaling/Zooming/Panning issue when in SD TV mode
    - FIxed certain SSA not displayed with user-selected ANSI codepage
    - Removed non-functional Hue setting from Video-Setup menu
    - Fixed external .srt and internal PGS subtitle for M2TS format overlapped (Bug #5000503)
    - Fine-tuning of mp4 playback performance
    - Fixed volume setting always reset to 0 after rebooting (Bug #5000406)
    - Patch for certain MOV file recorded by Canon EOS1D Mark IV DSLR cannot playback
    - Playlist navigator for music playback (first phase)
        - press Green button during music playback (not available for BGM)
        - only simple navigation (up/down, Enter keys) now, press Green to close or timeout after 20sec
        - not applicable with UPnP or HTTP-based server
    - Fixed music playlist navigator cannot display after BD playback
    - Fixed subtitle menu inconsistency when subtitle if set off by default
    - Fixed Arabic Tashkeel shaping error in subtitle (Bug #0000272 part1)
    - Fixed displaying of "0.wav" on front panel bug of previous RC2
    - minor graphical changes and new image for music and playlist screen
    - Fixed black screen display when playback ended during playlist navigator mode
4. Photo app
    - Fixed player freezed upon playing certain corrupted image (Bug #5000424)
    - Pressing Power key will stop slideshow and goto 'standby'
5. System/Network
    - Corrected Dolby disclaimer
    - Unique USB device names for repeated names
    - Setup
        - Adjustment for page layout in SD mode
        - Fix for BD PiP and parental control level settings saving issue
        - Fixed DVD setup page settings cannot update if parental password wrong or canceled
        - minor modification of layout and translation
        - Fixed BD PiP and BD Navigation does not restore when default factory setting selected
    - Network listing navigation page up/down using front panel key
    - Added TCP receive window size adjustment (in Setup -> Network)
        - value between 1500 and 32000 bytes
    - Persistent saving of subtitle color, fontsize and pos setting
6. Browser
    - Fixed File copy issue with certain USB device
    - Delete one file should show 1/1 on osd instead of 0/0
    - Fixed rename folder fail and cannot see original name on popup
    - Fixed file operation problem with '?' or '$' in filename
    - Language pack translation and pop-up message word wrap fix
    - Hotplug USB-HDD OSD message fix
    - SATA Disk volume label if applicable.
7. Torrent
    - Fixed scheduler UI refresh issue
    - Torrent setting page UI misalignment fix (Bug #5000462)
8. PHF (ROBIG)
    - Fixed flashapp missing images
    - Added new PHF apps: channelcom, nextnewnetwork, malaysiakiniTV
    - Fixed volume control jump two steps
    - Fixed mp3 sound issue where it stops after 2 sec
    - Improved font display (e.g. some characters truncated)
    - Pressing Power key will stop PHF and goto 'standby'
    - Fixed when PHF with music is playing in the background, start an music playback will cause crash or vice-versa
    - Fixed some characters truncated vertically
    - Fixed an issue related to Photobucket where one GIF crash upon decoding
9. NMT Apps
    - NMT apps install to USB device. Separate NMT apps installation from Media partition.
    - Fixed various issues after new NMT installation introduced in previous release

NMT Apps Version : 02-02-100318-19-POP-411

Release Notes :
1. Minimum firmware version to use this NMT App is 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.

[Clondalkin]

Puede bang FW lang i-update and dont touch the NMT apps?

Thanks

[ert]

Puede bang FW lang i-update and dont touch the NMT apps?

Thanks

pwde naman as long as you don't use the NMT Apps

[anya618]

pwde naman as long as you don't use the NMT Apps

paano sir if sa susunod na update gusto na gamitin ung nmt apps? kelangan ba iupdate sa old firmware or pde diretso na sa bagong update?

[scifi-fan]

Every firmware update includes a file to install NMT Apps.

If you don't install it now, just keep the file around kung gusto mo na i-install.

[wacksy1021]

kailangan ba talaga sirs to install ulit ang YAMJ every time there is a firmware update. kasi nag update ako when i finished updating ayaw ng ng YAMJ ko to play the movies pag enter ko pero yung mismong jukebox GUI nandun pa din. Thanks.

[keeper]

Before this firmware, if I changed the settings, size, position of the subtitle (subtitle key on remote) it wouldn't be remembered after a reboot. Now changes are saved to memory.

great!  

this is one of the things am waiting for.  thanks sir scifi-fan. 

[scifi-fan]

kailangan ba talaga sirs to install ulit ang YAMJ every time there is a firmware update. kasi nag update ako when i finished updating ayaw ng ng YAMJ ko to play the movies pag enter ko pero yung mismong jukebox GUI nandun pa din. Thanks.

I had the problem before....

I solved that by changing the playerpath in library.xml to a network share instead of a symbolic link.

Ok... medyo nosebleed...

Since I have both A200 and C200, the problem for me was how to generate 1 jukebox (in the C200) and allow that same jukebox to work if I access it using the A200 in another room.

The trick is NETWORK SHARES.

Network shares allow you to set a NAME;

Ex:

In the C200, the drive holding content is formatted via NTFS and has the volume label "MOVIES"

Go to the carousel menu (root) and go to Network Browser.

Find the share and "add" it.

When adding it, I choose a share name of "MOVIES"

And on the machine where YAMJ resides, here's my library.xml

Code: [Select]

<libraries>
    <library>
        <path>/Volumes/MOVIES</path>
        <playerpath>file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/MOVIES</playerpath>
        <exclude name="sample,tmp/,temp/,RECYCLE.BIN/,user_font/"/>
        <description></description>
        <prebuf></prebuf>
        <scrapeLibrary>true</scrapeLibrary>
    </library>
</libraries>

Take note of the change from /SATA_DISK to /NETWORK_SHARE

If you generate a jukebox using the share name instead of the physical mount point, you can access it across any PCH device in a LAN as long as you define the same share name in other devices.

On the A200, I then add the same share using network browser (MOVIES).

Maski palitan pa firmware pa-ulit ulit, I can still use the same generated jukebox because I define the share name for YAMJ to use.

Sorry kung medyo mahirap intindihin but I also took time to research it and get it working. Theoretically, I can take my YAMJ jukeboxes to other people's PCH units and with a few simple setups can get it to play movies without regenerating it.

[Beefy]

kailangan ba talaga sirs to install ulit ang YAMJ every time there is a firmware update. kasi nag update ako when i finished updating ayaw ng ng YAMJ ko to play the movies pag enter ko pero yung mismong jukebox GUI nandun pa din. Thanks.

Updating firmware shouldn't affect yamj. Are you using an external drive? Are you plugging in more than 1drive via usb? If yes, your nmt might have assigned a different drive letter to the external drive that's why it won't play. Try placing the drives on the usb location you usually insert it to. Also, avoid connecting more than 1 external drive via usb so as not to change the assigned drive letter.


If above fails, take note of the drive assigned, run yamj gui, select corresponding directories and drive from the drop down menu and run yamj again

[wacksy1021]

Ok na sir sci-fi and sir beefy maraming salamat. hay kinabahan ako dun... hehe

[scifi-fan]

Check out this piece of news I think you'll like;

Popbox and Popcorn Hour to Receive RealD 3D Playback



POPBOX™ LEVERAGES REALD TECHNOLOGY TO BRING 3D CINEMA EXPERIENCE TO HDTVs

PopBox now accepting pre-orders via Amazon

Fremont, CA (May 21, 2010)-PopBox™ today announced that in tandem with RealD Inc., a leading 3D technology provider for cinema, home and professional applications, it will equip all PopBox devices with the ability to display high-definition 3D content. PopBox is the first over-the-top set-top box to support the stereoscopic RealD Format for the delivery and display of high-quality 3D content. PopBox will ship 3D-ready at launch, so consumers can enjoy 3D content on all 3D-ready HDTVs.

PopBox makes it simple and affordable to play all the movies, music, home videos, and photos from your home PC and network-connected devices, and content streamed from the Internet, on your HDTV. PopBox will be available soon, and is currently available to pre-order at Amazon.com. PopBox retails for $129.99, and PopBox Wireless for $149.99.

PopBox builds on the success of Syabas’ award-winning Popcorn Hour lineup of Network Media Tanks, the Popcorn Hour A-200 and C-200. All Popcorn Hour A and C series devices will also have access to the RealD Format to enable 3D viewing.

“We’re thrilled that PopBox has licensed the RealD Format to enable its community to enjoy high-definition 3D content,” said Steve Shannon, EVP of Consumer Electronics at RealD.

The RealD Format is a patented side-by-side method of delivering 3D video. The RealD Format combines left eye and right eye 3D image streams into a single channel for delivery of high-definition progressive or interlaced 3D video using today’s Internet or broadcast infrastructure, including existing PCs, HD set-top boxes and DVRs, to any 3D-enabled display type.

“This is an excellent opportunity for PopBox and Popcorn Hour to bring our community an amazing experience, and spectacular 3D content in the home,” said Alex Limberis, COO, PopBox. “Content created in 3D should be enjoyed in 3D. Leveraging the RealD Format gives our community a new dimension of HDTV entertainment right out of the gate.”

The PopBox platform will be 3D-ready beginning at launch. As new 3D content is available, consumers can enjoy the 3D experience in the home, on their 3D-ready HDTVs. The Popcorn Hour A-200 and C-200 will be field-upgradeable to enable 3D playback.

[Clondalkin]

No plans of buying a 3D plasma for at least 2 years pa.  

Pero dapat pahinugin muna nila yung most important and useful features for mainstream users before thinking of cool stuff.

[odyopayl]

No plans of buying a 3D plasma for at least 2 years pa.  

Pero dapat pahinugin muna nila yung most important and useful features for mainstream users before thinking of cool stuff.

In my understanding the 3D processors can be done on your display (TV) alone or thru Player. Provided your TV is compatible with the 3D system.

[hokage]

Hi sirs,

I would just like to know.
Is there really an over heating with issue with the A-200?
Has it been fixed?

Thanks!

[Verbl Kint]

How much does the A-200 retail these days?

[Clondalkin]

Is there really an over heating with issue with the A-200?
Has it been fixed?

What overheating issue?

Nakakatulugan or naiiwan naming powered lagi ang A200 and it just stays warm - but I dont install HDD internally.  Meron bang HDD player na hindi umiinit?  It's like a CPU+VGA card so it has to get very warm.