Download Firmware Popcorn Hour A-110 01-17-101217-15-POP-403

Syabas Technology has released new firmware for the Popcorn Hour A-110. This so-called Networked Media Tank can play audio and video from the optional built-in hard disk. Even without a hard disk, the device can be used to stream content from a NAS or a computer. Updating the firmware can be done from Setup > Maintenance > Check for firmware update menu, but also manually updating is possible. Below is the changelog for this release:

Changes in firmware version 01-17-101217-15-POP-403-000

• Still together NMT apps 00-17-091216-15-POP-403
• NTFS driver update, now supporting NTFS write
• Added support for mkv prepend compression for h264 tracks
• Extended unicode string support for Hebrew Right-To-Left.
• Fixes for music Now Playing screen
  • Cover art image now is up to 2MB. Otherwise default image is shown
  • Fixed issue with image containing EXIF
  • Scale down large image when necessary for proper display.
• Fixed ID3 parser byte-skipping error that caused long delay when music playback.
• Added shuffle feature on music playback (all types of audio files).
  • Use Repeat key to toggle
  • only for music playback
  • does not work on UPnP or myiHome, works for SMB/NFS
• Fixed issue where Infobar is cleared when play next file in a playlist.
• Fix for WiFi issue: WPA-PSK / WPA2PSK[TKIP+AES] connection failure
• Reset subtitle settings when doing factory reset.
• Minor modification to IDX/SUB rendering
• Minor tweak for MKV DTS drop out issue.