Hello Playon!HD Mini2 owners!

We are happy to announce our new Official firmware v9.5.5.r7317!
Below you will find links to download this new firmware together with the change log and instructions on how to install this firmware.

Update - 07-02-2012: We have replaced this firmware v9.5.5.r7317 with a new revision that fixes the Thumbnail view (distorted image) issue, so you can view your folders with 'Thumbnail view'. If you with your remote control go to 'Setup > Misc > Version info' and check the 'Compiled at' date. If it does not say: Feb 07 - 2012 - you will not have the updated version. Simply re-download and flash this firmware again to have this fixed.

Thanks to our development team for this quick fix!

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Firmware download:
Click here to download the new firmware.


The flashing Procedures: We have 2x separate ways to flash your firmware. We strongly recommend you to use the ‘Safe-Mode method’ when it’s the first time you install this new firmware.

Safe-Mode method (*recommended!):
1. Download and extract the .zip file into the root folder of a USB-stick. Make sure the USB-stick is formatted to FAT32.
2. Insert the USB-stick to your player.
3. Shutdown the player.
4. Press and hold down the power button in front of the player for 15 seconds.
5. Your player will restart and install the new firmware.

System update method:
1. Download and extract the .zip file into the root folder of a USB-stick. Make sure the USB-stick is formatted to FAT32.
2. Insert the USB-stick to your player.
3. Go to Setup>Misc>USB Upgrade and press 'Enter' on your remote control to confirm.
4. Your player will restart and install the new firmware.

!!DO NOT POWER OFF THE UNIT WHILE FLASHING! THIS MIGHT CAUSE DAMAGE AND RESULT IN DEFECT HARDWARE!

Change log:
Downloadable .pdf


Model: AC Ryan ACR-PV73800 Playon!HD Mini2
Version: v9.5.5.r7317
Release: 2012-01-31
New Features / Improvements / Bug Fixes
Version v9.5.5.r7317
what’s new in this release
1. Improved Goto function, now able to directly input numeric on the entry fields
2. Improved various menu language translations and OSD errors
3. Improved audio playing indicator bar to match with the current progress of playback
4. Improved sync with various .txt subtitle formats
5. Improved subtitles handling
(a) Multiple SRT subtitles for a video, naming the desired subtitle file the same as the video name will make it the default subtitle during playback
Example;
If you have 'Avatar.mkv' video and 'Avatar.srt', 'Avatar.dutch.srt', 'Avatar.german.srt', etc
Avatar.srt will be the default subtitle
If you prefer to have other subtitle as the default subtitle, just rename that to 'Avatar.srt'
(b) Only subtitles that are relevant to the video being played will be displayed and selectable
Example;
If you have 'Avatar.mkv' and 'Iron Man.mkv' together with 'Avatar.srt' and 'Iron Man.srt' subtitles in a single folder. When playing 'Avatar.mkv' and pressing the subtitle button will only display and let you select 'Avatar.srt'. 'Iron Man.srt' will not be seen as a selectable subtitle
6. Added audio setting that can be directly accessed when pressing the MENU button during audio/video playback
7. Added 'Show all files' option in SETUP - SYSTEM menu to provide users the flexibility of manipulating files
that are otherwise filtered out by the system as non-media types
8. Added Thai and Hebrew virtual keyboard layout and input method
9. Added support for PGS subtitles in MKV container
10. Fixed error message 'Unable to service request' from appearing when setting a username/password for FTP
11. Fixed the limit of maximum 15 subtitles placed in a single folder
12. Fixed missing audio channels when playing back video with multi-channel AAC audio via an external amplifier
13. Fixed constant rebooting problem caused by the index file being corrupted after scanning any MP3 files with
an ID3 tag that contains a large file size embedded image
14. Fixed system reboot when loading a Jukebox created with AC Ryan YAMJ Installer v2.0
15. Fixed random system freeze when exiting or stopping from playing a movie in Movie Jukebox
16. Fixed unable to display YAMJ generated TV Series and Boxsets in Movie Jukebox
17. Fixed broken service to NBC TODAY SHOW in Video Podcast
18. Fixed no audio bug when using certain services in Internet Media if you are using SPDIF/OPTICAL connection to an external amplifier
19. Fixed during audio playback, ID3 details does not appear after returning from screensaver, MENU options or SETUP
20. Fixed unable to load subtitles when default subtitle option in Setup > Misc > Subtitle is turned off
21. Fixed during a paused video playback and screen saver appears with option set to Photo Album or Flickr, will cause the system to reboot
Note: Due to a Realtek SDK limitation, only the default screen saver image will appear during a paused video playback
22. Fixed unable to create new folder on network when copying/moving files
23. Fixed unable to access a password protected network location that has been added to the Shortcuts menu
24. Fixed unable to load .m3u playlist over network
25. Moved Shortcuts menu to the first listed menu on the Home Screen
26. Moved "Stretch" option as the first selection when pressing the Zoom button during video playback

Note: If you have downloaded this firmware before 13CET today from our official support site, you will not have telnet access. If this is something you require, please re-download the firmware for a fix.


Bug-tracking with: bugtracker@acryan.com

You can help us with findings issues/bugs by sending an email directly to our testing team. Use this email address, and with the help of the details you find below, fill in the steps or details needed to reproduce a certain occurrence that you think can be solved with a firmware update. When our testing team receives this, they will try to reproduce the issue you submitted in order to confirm the issue, so our development team can solve them.
Please use this email carefully and only send Bug-related emails. If you need technical support or have any other questions please still use the forum, or our email phone/support. You have details for this here: http://www.acryan.com/web/support/

The email address for sending in bugs is: bugtracker@acryan.com

To make it easier for us to pinpoint your issue, please provide us with the details below when submitting to us:

1. Player model: e.g. ACR-PV73200 for the Playon!HD.
2. Firmware version: e.g. r7317 for the current Playon!HD firmware.
3. Reproducibility: always / sometimes / random etc
4. Setup: how are you connected? Via AV Receiver / TV / Router / Switch / Wireless / Wired etc.
5. Operating System (optional): Windows 7 / XP / 2000, Linux (distro)
6. Description of problem: please write an understandable description of the problem so that we can reproduce / confirm this.


Best regards,

I just installed the new firmware ! I Use the Mini2
Connected with HDMI to LED TV

Firmware Improvements for me ? NO ! Same Problems since I have thos Box (03/2011)

I use to watch videos and photos from my windows7 PC via LAN Network !

After I wateched a file and then did nothing, see the screensaver, my windows PC fell to sleep.
At this Moment the Mini2 is not reacting anymore. I cannot go to Home, Menu ... nothing
I have to shutdown, disconnect the Power cable !

After watching a few different files, photos and videos, the sound disappears !
I can't watch any video file with sound. I have to restart or to go to the Audio menu and switch from LPCM to passthrough or vice versa !

To jump from an Network Directory to the Home Menu still needs up to 7 seconds !
Menu is still slow ! Why the hell is this Unit so slow ? My old PlayonHD and my Egreat are so fast ?

Mini2 don't see my windows7 PC, have to restart 2 or 3 times !
Thought my kind of using is nothing special and should work.
There are so many improvements for things I'll never hear again in my hole life, strange for me !
Have a nice day

and this Problem with the squeezed or how should i call it background while zapping pictures or dirwectories with pictures still occurs:

viewtopic.php?p=118076#p118076

I hope this is NOT true then this firmware is an epic fail!

Damm you are right the issue is still there. How can you guys release a firmware like this, it is unbelievable!!

These comments are concerning the Jukebox implementation on the new firmware release.

Firstly, all I can say is very poor quality control on the implementation. NOTHING has been fixed since r6629 and I have seen innumerable comments on this forum pointing out the deficiencies.

Let me say that I have a fully functioning jukebox and have checked the YAMJ xml output to see if the correct data is held and IT IS!!!.

1. Main index page: Truncation of title. This becomes highly evident with titles such as "Lord if the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" when there is more than sufficient space for the title to display in the middle bar.

2. Detail page: Again my comment on the truncation of the title when the title is truncated way too short.

3. Detail Page: Calculation on the stars is incorrect. They are always rounded down. Wrong!!! A decimal fraction of >,5 should always be rounded up, a decimal fraction of <.5 should always be rounded down. The convention I have always used for decimal fractions =.5 is that if the integer is odd, round down, if integer is even, round up.

Picky picky, I know but let's get it right.

The "Director" field is spaced too far right from the heading eg should be "Director: Terry Gillam" (one space between) not "Director: Terry Gillam" (about 4-5 spaces)

Both the Director and stars fields should line up, eg

Director:_Terry Gillam
Stars: ___Bruce Willis,Madeleine Stowe,etc,etc

Not
Director:_____Terry Gillam
Stars: _______,Bruce Willis,Madeleine Stowe,etc,etc

The "Stars" field is always populated with an comma (,) before the first stars name. This is incorrect parsing/ buildup of the XML by the firmware as I have double checked the XML and there are no commas, just the stars names in individual fields.

I can forgive the incorrectness of not having a space after the separating commas to save on display width.

The audio codec display is incorrect. It is displaying the video codec instead eg XVid instead of AC3. Again the data is held correctly in the XML.

I have yet to see a file encoded with an XVid audio codec after 10 years of encoding. .

As an aside, the correct audio codec is displayed if the info button is pressed during playback.

As a general comment on the firmware, there is still too much Dutchglish/inconsistent English in the interface and I will document these separately at a later date.

As I said above, very poor QA of the Jukebox interface and I am very disappointed in this poor implementation.

GB....

CONGRATULATIONS

The Mini 2 is now one year old and it's still nowhere near working properly!

My main issue is with the subtitles and I have reported these problems at least 3 times in that year but still they are not working as they should.

* Every media player I have ever come across checks both the current directory and ./subtitles for subtitles - but not the Mini2.

* Every media player I have ever come across can display colour codes in .srt files - but not the Mini2.

* Subtitle automatic selection still doesn't work properly (.mkv file with .srt subs merged into it)

Not only that but it still:

* Shows the network speed (why???)

* Puts those solid black bars across the screen when you press a key

Each time you release a new version of the software I try it hoping you've fixed these problems, and each time I am disappointed and hate you people even more.

I'm not expecting anything complex, just asking for this device to finally come out of beta testing and start working as it should, but I'm beginning to think that is never going to happen.

Come on, for goodness sake. Pull your fingers out and fix all these bugs!!!

I have the menu on Dutch.
When the BD-Lite menu is on then no subs are choosen automaticaly.
When the BD-Lite menu is off the first subtitle is choosen automaticaly and not specific the Dutch.

I have all my movies in avchd and in subfolders by name of the movie. With Tumbgen I have 0001.jpg about the movie, when I look the the thumgen moviepicture and browse, I can't push OK or Play, I must left the picture and then automaticaly return to the subdir where I start the browsing.

Thanks for improving the firmware and better luck next time.

Thank you for your information, we already reported this YamJ bug to be fix on the next firmware release.

@ tywebb and vicsmurf

We acknowledge this bug before and now that is why you don't see anything regarding a fix for this issue on our latest firmware change log. Sorry for any inconvenience.