[Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2
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xor
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 Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 kraakie wrote: I really have to inter fear now
I removed all off topic messages in this thread.
This topic is about the functionality bugs and other problems of this firmware version.
So please keep this thread clean and on topic otherwise this thread is unreadable. Good idea, thanks! But could you maybe open an "Unofficial" thread for the v9.5.5.r2988 firmware in this forum so the discussion can the place in the right thread? Cheers, Olaf
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kinematic
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 yellowdog22 wrote: i'd love to see the code for this to see how well its been written, at the end of the day, its doesn't seem to me to be such a complicated piece of gui software. What is it written in? I wouldn't normally make comments like these as I don't believe in criticising a fellow developer or his code but there are those who write good code and those who don't much like traditional writing, the difference can be a reduction of 80% in code which generally means faster apps and less bugs, my comments are solely towards playon. Speaking as a software developer myself I'd love to see the code as well, especially if there's only one engineer working on it. At RedHat me and my colleagues regularly review what the other has written. This keeps us on our toes and also keeps us from getting complacent. And to be completely honest, looking at the GUI and the responsiveness, having another pair of eyes go over it wouldn't be a bad idea.
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Sambuccashake
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 ^ From the Mini 2 manual: Quote: This product contains free software which is licensed under the GNU General Public
License. After you purchase this product, you may procure, modify or distribute the
source code of the GPL/LGPL software that is used in this product.
To obtain a copy of our open source software, please contact our support center
and we will provide you with a CD-ROM of the source code that is used, charging
only the actual expense involved. However, please be noted that we cannot provide
guarantee with the source code, and there is also no technical support for the source
code from us
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| Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:15 pm |
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kinematic
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 That's not what I'm interested in. It's the closed parts I'd like to see 
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Moloko
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 just tried to upgrade, it failed. badly.  that's what happened: I copied the install.img file on the usb stick, then I followed the "easy" guide to upgrade. the HD mini 2 rebooted and started the upgrade: a big old style upgrade screen show up with a huge green progress bar. Then at around 1/3 of the process, BAZINGA, some random error text "please reboot" (sorry but i didn't realize it could be important). Starting to freak out i rebooted and, confirming my fears, now the system is stuck in the "playon! engage your senses" start up screen. i followed the procedure carefully and, obviously, i didn't power off it during the upgrade. what can i da now? please please help me i'm desperate
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| Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:17 pm |
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xor
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 Moloko wrote: just tried to upgrade, it failed. badly. that's what happened: I copied the install.img file on the usb stick, then I followed the "easy" guide to upgrade. the HD mini 2 rebooted and started the upgrade: a big old style upgrade screen show up with a huge green progress bar. Then at around 1/3 of the process, BAZINGA, some random error text "please reboot" (sorry but i didn't realize it could be important). Starting to freak out i rebooted and, confirming my fears, now the system is stuck in the "playon! engage your senses" start up screen. i followed the procedure carefully and, obviously, i didn't power off it during the upgrade. what can i da now? please please help me i'm desperate Try to update in safe mode: 1. Copy install.img to the root directory of a USB flash drive and connect it to any USB host port of the unit. 2. Switch off the main power to the unit. 3. Press and hold on to the power button on the front panel of the unit. 4. Switch on the main power. 5. Release the power button when the firmware update starts flashing on your display in a moment and will automatically reboot when update is completed. **Do not power off the unit during the flashing process!**
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AC Ryan ACR-PV73800 Playon!HD Mini2 running firmware v9.5.5.r2988 release 2011-04-18
Media served over a 100MBit network by
- Globalscale Guruplug Server running Debian Linux 2.6.32 / Samba / Twonky 6.0.30
- ASRock ION 330-BD Intel Atom PC running Windows 7
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| Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:32 pm |
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mensch
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 Sambuccashake wrote: ^ From the Mini 2 manual: Quote: This product contains free software which is licensed under the GNU General Public
License. After you purchase this product, you may procure, modify or distribute the
source code of the GPL/LGPL software that is used in this product.
To obtain a copy of our open source software, please contact our support center
and we will provide you with a CD-ROM of the source code that is used, charging
only the actual expense involved. However, please be noted that we cannot provide
guarantee with the source code, and there is also no technical support for the source
code from us You can download the source code from the AC Ryan website as well. It's mostly the Realtek base stuff (audio codecs, hardware drivers, the base OS, etc.) the actual implementation of the GUI is done by AC Ryan and therefore closed source. They're not obliged to include it in the source package. It's a shame because that's the big part where a lot of the problems are, not just technical bugs, but a whole lot of usability bugs.
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yellowdog22
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 I concur with kinematic and mensch, I was also talking about the GUI implementation.
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| Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:35 pm |
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Sambuccashake
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 Ah ok, my bad.
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attiba
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Re: [Official] Firmware Release PV73800 v9.5.5.r2073 Mini2 Hello Everybody!
I have a question about the new firmware, which contains the BD Lite menu.
How does it work? Because I tried it some BD film (ISO and also Blu ray structures) and it didn't work.
Is it a basic profile, like the DVD menu?
I tried the ISO Tangled, and the BD struc A-ha The Final Concert and it is failed. It play's only the main film.
So what did I wrong?
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