Download Firmware Popcorn Hour A-200 02-02-100428-19-POP-411

The developers of Syabas Technology released new firmware for the Popcorn Hour A-200 on Friday. This so-called Networked Media Tank can play audio and video from an optional hard drive, from a NAS system or from a computer. Updating the firmware can be done by extracting the zip file to the root of a USB memory stick and then browsing to the file ‘usbupdate.html’ from the menu. The list of changes for this update is as follows:

Firmware Version 02-02-100428-19-POP-411-000

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 switching 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 over HDMI audio loss after DVD playback (Bug #5000272)
• Optimize 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 inconsistency 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
• 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)

Video and Audio playback

• Fixed HDMI audio cannot recover after turning TV off and on again (Bug #500032)
• 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 1920×1080 resolution for subtitle rendering
• Marquee window for BGM displaying letter ID3 info
• Fixed crash if MKV chapter name is too long
• Fixed stuttering in certain MP4 (Bug #5000456)
• Fixed font size in certain SSA subtitles
• 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 or 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
• Fixed black screen display when playback ended during playlist navigator mode

photo app

• Fixed player freezed upon playing certain corrupted image (Bug #5000424)
• Pressing Power key will stop slideshow and goto ‘standby’

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
• SATA Hot Plug Support

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
• Hot plug USB HDD OSD message fix
• SATA Disk volume label if applicable.

Torrent

• Fixed scheduler UI refresh issue
• Torrent setting page UI misalignment fix (Bug #5000462)

PHF (ROBIG)

• Fixed flash app 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 (eg 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
• Fixed scheduler UI refresh issue

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

• BitTorrent
  • Torrent page sometimes displays a duplicate entry for the last torrent in the list.
  • Don’t show torrent page when torrent not started
• 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.