Nonni. Nyt lähti tilaukseen DUNE HD Base 3.0. Vaikuttaa siltä, että tässä kaikki toimii niin kuin pitääkin, eikä tule mitään outouksia vastaan. Yhden harjoituskierroksen ehdinkin jo tehdä. Tarkoitus oli siis laittaa "perus" mediatoistin mutta Blu-Ray levyjen siirto kovalevylle alkoi yhtäkkiä tuntumaan loistavalta idealta. Varmaan sitten loppuviikosta kysellään taas jotain vinkkiä :hitme:
Toimitus oli hitaahko kun on tottunut yhden tai kahden päivän toimituksiin. 7 työpäivää siinä meni, UPS otti yhden päivän omaan piikkiinsä. Mutta tuli perille kumminkin HDI Base 3.0 siis pixmanian kautta tuli tilattua. Toimituksessa oli mukana ihka ensimmäinen firmis, kaikki tarvittava (valikot, linkit) alkoi löytymään kun päivitin uusimpaan firmikseen ja otin system storegen käyttöön. Zappiti ei suostu Win7 32-bit koneella toimimaan. Ensimmäisellä kerralla ohjelma aukesi mutta meni tilttiin ekan valikon aukaisun jälkeen. Nyt on kokeiltu poistaa ja asentaa uudelleen, putsata rekisteriä, palauttaa Windows ja etsiä jotain splachscreen tms. tiedostoa MPCClub:in ohjeen mukaan. Eipä vaan fudaa :OI Aina sama lopputulos, tehtävien hallinnassa näkyy ohjelma ja prosesseissa myös zappiti. Jos käynnistää ohjelmaa monta kertaa niin yhtä monta kertaa tuo on tehtävien hallinnassa. Huomasin, että minulla on .NET 4.0. Vaatimuksissa mainitaan .NET 3.5. Toimiiko zappiti jollain .NET 4.0:n kanssa? En vielä lähtenyt päivittämään alaspäin kun en tiedä mitkä kaikki lopettaa sitten toimintansa. Yadis jukebox toimii ja sillä tein elokuvista tietokannan, ei vaikuta yadis yhtä monipuoliselta kuin zappiti. TV sarjoissa ei taida olla kaikkia ameriikan herkkuja kun valittava elokuvatietokanta kattaa vain Cine passionin. Dune Base 3.0 itse toimii hienosti. Nyt kuuluu myös DTS MA ääniraidat verkkotoistimella. Pieni kauneusvirhe on YLE tekstien puuttuminen mutta aina ei voi saada kaikkea.
No sitte onkin tosi jännää. Mikä versio sulla on käytössä? Edit: Kaivoin kaapista vanhan läppärin jossa Win XP. Asensin Zappitin ja .NET 3.5:n. Hyvin toimii. Jotain mystistä tuossa tapahtui Win 7:n kanssa. Foorumeilla tuosta on ollut juttua, että joskus ei vaan toimi. Uusille asentajille vinkki. Zappiti tai yadis tiedostot (jukebox tiedostot) laitetaan johonkin kansioon johon Dunella on pääsy. Tuo kansio kannattaa luoda Windowsin omassa tiedostonhallinnassa etukäteen. Yadis meni jumiin kun koitin luoda kansiota suoraan ohjelmassa ja zappiti ei ole vieläkään toipunut (tuosta se oikuttelu alkoi). Nyt on kaikki tarvittavat toiminnot ja linkit tehty. Hienosäätö kysymys. Tein zappitille kotivalikkoon pikakuvakkeen. Se näkyy muodossa "_Zappiti" saako tuota muokattua jotenkin? Vai voiko linkin tehdä jotenkin muuten? Ei ole vakavaa mutta säädetään nyt loppuun asti.
Minulla on muuten Win 7 64bit, jos vaikka sillä olisi asiassa jotain merkitystä. Zappitista on käytössä betaversio 2.0.7.2679. Aiemmat ongelmani korjautuivat Nas-purkkini käyttöoikeuksien säätämisellä.
Uusi stabiili firmispäivitys on tullut, versionumero 110225_1222. Erot edelliseen betaan ovat melko vähäiset, mutta mielenkiintoisemmalta kuulostaa seuraavaan betaan suunnitellut ominaisuudet (a new graphical interface, built-in SHOUTCast and RadioTime Internet radio services, support for CUE sheets, support for chapters in MKV files, an improved version of DVD playback engine, additional settings, etc).
Taidan tällä kertaa jättää päivityksen tekemättä, koska kaikki pelaa parhaillaan (edellisellä betaversiolla) niin kuin haluan. Älä korjaa jos se ei ole rikki on tällaiselle arjen pikku säätäjälle erittäin tärkeä ohjenuora. Olen sitä monta kertaa rikkonut ja melkein yhtä monta kertaa kärsinyt.
Tänään tupsahti uusi firmis, poikkeuksellisesti jopa etuajassa luvattuun nähden. Mukana on kaikki nuo uudistukset ja vähän enemmänkin. Kivalta vaikuttaa, tosin turhat animoinnit kannattaa kytkeä heti pois päältä tahmaamasta. Muutokset aiempaan: Spoiler * Completely new graphical interface. - New background image, new icons, more advanced graphics for all GUI elements (glasses, dialogs, controls, OSD, etc). - Animation effects. - NOTE: it is recomended to use 50/60Hz video mode as the default video mode in order to ensure smooth animation. - NOTE: animation effects can be disabled in Setup / Appearance. - Improved text look. - The space between characters and the width of whitespace character optimized. - Ability to create and install custom GUI skins. - More information: http://dune-hd.com/support/skins - Ability to switch GUI skins on-the-fly. - GUI skins can be switched via the setting "Setup / Appearance / Skin", or via "B" RC button on the main screen (and also via "ZOOM" RC button on any screen). - Several GUI skins are included into the firmware. * New tab-based main menu interface. - All items from the main menu are now grouped into the following top-level folders: - "Sources": locally attached storage devices, configured network folders, and "Network Browser" function. - "TV": TV services (when available). - "Favorites": shortcuts to favorite items (previously known as "items added to main screen"). - "Applications": all other applications and services. - "Setup": player settings. - By default, all top-level folders are now represented as "tabs" at the top of the screen. - In Setup / Appearance, the user can switch between the following styles of the main menu: - "Tabs": the new default menu style ("tabs" at the top of the screen). - "Fodlers": show all top-level folders as regular folders in the main area. - "Plain": do not group main screen items into folders (the same behavior as in previous firmware versions). * Added widget for showing weather and current date/time information. - The widget is shown at the top right corner of the screen (in the main menu only, not during playback). - The widget can be configured or disabled via "Setup / Applications / Widget". - NOTE: When no information is available (e.g. when Internet connection is not available), the widget shows Dune HD logo. * Various other user interface improvements. - Added more predefined icon-based view modes for folders: 3x2, 3x3, 4x2, view modes with right panel. - "Extended list" view mode is renamed to "List with right panel". - Added the ability to quickly switch between view modes by pressing "A" RC button. - Debug dump function (which was previously available via triple press of "A" RC button) is now available via tripple press of "PAUSE" RC button. - "Add to favorites" function can be quickly called by "D" RC button. - "Copy" and "Paste" functions can be quickly called by "B" and "C" RC buttons. - The help line at the bottom of the screen indicates currently available shortcut RC buttons ("A", "B", "C", "D", "POP UP") and their functions. - When launching the playback, "ENTER" RC button now works as "PLAY" by default, i.e. builds a playlist consisting of all items in the current folder and starts the playback of the currently selected item. Usually, this improves the conveniency when the folder contains multiple items (e.g. photos, music files, series, links to Internet radio stations, links to TV channels, etc). The old behavior (do not build the playlist, play just the selected item) can be restored via settings (see "Setup / Advanced / File Browser"). - The current folder path at the top of the screen is now always shown as just single line (with scrolling when the path is too long). - Bugfix: "TOP MENU" RC button did not work in some Setup screens. - Added support for CUE-sheet playlist files. - When playing an audio file, is there is an associated CUE-sheet file (should have the same filename as the audio file, but with ".cue" extension), the CUE-sheet file is automatically used. - "PREV"/"NEXT" RC buttons allow to switch between tracks. - The OSD menu ("POP UP MENU" RC button) allows to see the list of tracks and switch to the desired track. - When the playlist contains multiple audio files, CUE-sheet files are also detected and used for each audio file (the detection is performed when an audio file starts to play for the first time). The OSD menu groups all tracks by the corresponding files. - Also added support for built-in CUE-sheets in FLAC, APE and WavPack files. * Added support for chapters in MKV files. - "PREV"/"NEXT" RC buttons allow to switch between chapters. - The OSD menu ("POP UP MENU" RC button) allows to see the list of chapters and switch to the desired chapter. - When the playlist contains multiple MKV files, chapters are also detected and used for each MKV file (the detection is performed when a MKV file starts to play for the first time). The OSD menu groups all chapters by the corresponding files. * New version of DVD engine. - The new version of the DVD engine adds the support for multiangle feature and improves the support for DVD-Video discs with advanced DVD-menu and interactive features. - If needed, the old version of the DVD engine may be chosen via Setup / Miscellaneous / System / DVD engine. * Added settings for preferred languages of disc menu, audio track, subtitles. - See "Setup / Playback / Language". - Supported for BD/DVD-Video discs/images and files. - NOTE: The default value of these language settings is "English". So, if there are several audio or subtitles tracks and the "English" one is not the first one, it will be automatically chosen (instead of choosing the first track, as it took place previously). - Also added a new setting (see "Setup / Playback / Subtitles") which allows to enable subtitles by default not only for files, but also for DVD-Video discs/images. * Various playback improvements. - General improvements for playback of HTTP audio streams (such as Internet radio stations). - CD audio playback improvements: faster startup and gapless playback. - Improvement: for autoframerate function, non-standard framerates between 23.976Hz and 24Hz are now treated as 23.976Hz (rather than 24hz). - Bugfix: Viewing photos from a UPnP source did not work (the problem introduced in previous firmware versions). - Bugfix: Unsupported REW (fast rewind) command for TS files was wrongly handled as fast forward rather than ignored. - Bugfix: Playlist shuffle function could use an already previously used random sequence in some cases. - Bugfix: MP3 files with very large embedded covers could not be played. - Bugfix: MP3 files with specific ID3 tags could not be played. - Bugfix: ".mts" files were wrongly handled as audio files. - Bugfix: Pausing M4A files could cause playback stop in some cases. - Bugfix: .M3U/.PLS playlist files with "UTF8 BOM" header could not be played. - Bugfix: specific TS files (such as specific broadcast recordings) could be played wrongly or with pause/seek not working. - Bugfix: specific MKV files could not be played. * Improved handling of RC buttons during playback. - "PREV" RC button now navigates through the history of the previously played playlist items only in the shuffle playback mode and only after normal transitions (selecting an item in the playlist and manually jumping to it resets the history). - "TOP MENU" RC button now allows to go to the main screen also from file playback mode. * Added new audio output configuration possibilites. - The setting "Setup / Audio / Audio decoding mode" allows to specify the number of channels (stereo, 5.1, 7.1), which should be output to analog audio outputs and HDMI output. * Improved output of DTS-CD audio streams. - Removed 14-bit to 16-bit conversion, which is undesired in some cases. - Added the new setting "Setup / Audio / DTS CD audio conversion", which allows to revert back the old behavior (enable 14-bit to 16-bit conversion) when needed. * DVB-T related improvements. - Usability improvement: when watching DVB-T channels, "ENTER" RC button opens the list of DVB-T channels (as "POP UP MENU" RC button). - Bugfix: DVB-T playback did not work in some cases. * Added "SHOUTCast" and "RadioTime" applications (free access to thousands of local and world-side Internet radio stations). * Added "Russia.ru" application (free access to "Russia.ru" Internet video service). * Minor improvements for "IVI.ru" application. - Added showing some information about listed movies in the right panel. * A lot of new features and improvements for "Kartina.TV" application. - Integrated the new "Videoteka" function based on the new "Dune VOD" mechanism (planned to be used for other VOD services as well). - Movies can be filtered by categories (including filtering by multiple categories). - Movies can be searched by title (with on-screen virtual keyboard). - When browsing the list of movies, different view modes can be switched. - Detailed movie information can be shown. - Movies with series are supported (including series selection before and durign movie playback). - "Dune TV" mechanism improvements: - Added the possibility to switch different view modes when browsing the list of TV channels. - Added hints about the possibilities to use "B", "C", "D" RC buttons to manage favorite TV channels. - Added automatic resuming of TV playback after power-off/power-on. - Added remembering the last played TV channel. When resuming TV playback (automatically after power-off/power-on, or when entering the application via "PLAY" RC button), the remembered TV channel is restored. - Added showing not only date, but also week day in the EPG menu. - Increased the font size in the EPG menu; added a new setting allowing to change the font size in the EPG menu. - Added support for "Low Bitrate" channels. - Improved handling of "Time Shift" function in some cases. - Added "0.5 seconds" buffering option (for people with very good Internet connection). - Improved the stability and performance of the communication with servers. - Added waiting for the IP address when attempting to start the application when the IP address is not assigned yet. * Added new possibilities for UI customization and authors of applications based on "dune_folder.txt" mechanism. - Added new dune_folder.txt parameters: - Animation: - animation_enabled = yes|no (default is yes) - Overall item layout: - item_layout = center|left|right (default is center) - Badge-based icons: - paint_icon_badge_box = yes|no - icon_badge_box_dx = N - icon_badge_box_dy = N - icon_badge_box_height = N - icon_badge_box_width = N - Selection frame visualization: - icon_selection_box_dx = N - icon_selection_box_dy = N - icon_selection_box_height = N - icon_selection_box_width = N - Icon visualization: - icon_margin_bottom = N - icon_margin_left = N - icon_margin_right = N - icon_margin_top = N - icon_sel_margin_bottom = N - icon_sel_margin_left = N - icon_sel_margin_right = N - icon_sel_margin_top = N - Caption visualization: - item_caption_dy = N - item_caption_sel_dy = N - item_caption_width = N - item_caption_wrap_enabled = yes|no (default is no) - Item details visualization (in the right panel): - zoom_detailed_icon = yes|no (default is no) - paint_item_info_in_details = yes|no (default is yes) - item_detailed_info = TEXT - item_detailed_info_font_size = normal|small (default is normal) - item_detailed_info_rel_y = N - Marks visualization: - mark_scale_factor = N.N - Small icon type (for list view): - folder_small_icon_name = {small_icon_name} - item_small_icon_name = {small_icon_name} - Here, {small_icon_name} can be: - video_file|audio_file|image_file|folder|disc_folder - Added a new kind of media_url: "http://audio_stream://...". Enables a special handling of the HTTP URLs, which is often useful when playing audio streams (such as Internet radio streams). - Bugfix: relative paths did not work properly when used with virtual items in dune_folder.txt. - When the player communicates with an external application via "dune_http://" protocol, the application now can determine various information about the player (product id, firmware version, serial number, current interface language) using "X-Dune-..." headers in HTTP requests. Also, a specific "User-Agent" is now used in HTTP requests. * Added new possibilities for authors of FlashLite applications. - New operations added to Dune FlashLite API: - requestFilePlayerOnExitWithReturn() - requestWebBrowserOnExitWithReturn() - getFirmwareVersion() - getProductId() - Some other minor fixes/improvements. * Network setup improvements. - Usability improvement: when submitting network settings, "Waiting for IP address" popup window is shown and the system waits for the IP address to be assigned. - Bugfix: "Auto + manual DNS" network configuration mode could not work properly in some cases. - Added the possibility to use empty password for PPPoE network connections. * Added support for controlling most player functions via USB keyboard and USB mouse. - Various keyboard buttons (such as LEFT, RIGH, UP, DOWN, ENTER, BACK, PageUp, PageDown, etc) are handled the same way as the corresponding RC buttons. - Mouse movements are handled as LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN actions. - Mouse left button presses are handled as ENTER. - Mouse right button presses are handled as RETURN. - NOTE: Text input using a keyboard in text fields in setup and file browser is not supported yet. - Added support for "Dune HD Qwerty" device (compact wireless keyboard + touchpad + remote with a RF USB dongle). - NOTE: The support is preliminay, although most functions work, some potential functions do not work yet. * Improved handling of remote controls and IR signals. - All IR codes expect codes from Dune HD remotes should be ignored now in all cases (so, pressing any button on 3-party remote control should not interrupt the screensaver) (except when 3-party remotes use the same the same IR codes as Dune HD remotes). - Added a Setup option to disable the compatibility with old kinds of Dune HD remotes (Setup / Miscellaneous / Advanced / Old remote support). (May be helpful if some 3-party remotes use the same IR codes as old kinds of Dune HD remotes). - Some other improvements in IR signal decoding and handling. * Improved output to the front panel display. - Improvement: when playing content having no known duration (such as Internet radio stream), the title of the played item is shown instead of meaningless playback counter. - Added support for displaying characters from some european languages. * Added support for working with favorites without system storage. - When the system storage is not attached, the list of favorites is stored (without associated icons) in the internal flash memory (the same memory as used for storing all player settings). - NOTE: If some favorites are added when the system storage is not attached, and after that the system storage is attached, the internal flash memory still will be used to store the list of favorites. * Improved web browser performance. - Increased the amount of memory available for the web browser (and other applications as well). This leads to increased web browser performance and ability to work with more complex web sites. * Various other improvements. - Bugfix: adding shortcut (favorite) did not work when the filename contained a specific character. - Some previously missing characters added to fonts. - Some interface languages added/updated. - Some other improvements/fixes.
Olen tässä hankkimassa uutta mediatoistinta ja lueskellut paljon juttuja. Dune HD base tai Dune HD Smart D1 kuulostaisi juuri sopivalta vaihtoehdolta. Kuitenkin mpc clubin forumilla on mainiuttu mkv audio sync -bugista, joka on vaivannut ainakin viimeisimmissä firmiksissä. Tässä uusimassa betajulkaiussakin se on todettu olevan. Elikkäs onko täällä havantoa tuosta bugista mkv-tiedostojen kanssa?
Kyllähän se löytyy kaikista Sigma-pohjaisista toistimista, osassa se on tosin korjattu valmistajan omassa firmiksessä. Dunenkin pitäisi kohtapuoliin siirtyä uuteen Sigman SDK:hon, jossa toivottavasti tuo bugi olisi korjattu. Käytännössä tuo vaatii siis aina muutaman näppäimen painalluksen aina aloittaessa mkv-filen toistoa, eli viive asetetaan käsin -0,22 sekuntiin, jolloin synkka on kohdillaan. Pieni ikävyys muuten loistavasti toimivassa laitteessa.
Joo näin lueskelin myös netistä. Muuten kyllä vaikuttaa erittäin buenolta laitteelta ja jos tuon saavat korjattua niin tiedän minkä tilaan. Niin kuin sanoit, sama vaivaa myös PCH:n A-200 sarjaa, joten pitää vielä sitkutella A-110:llä.
Olisi tarvetta päivittää nykyinen Dvico 4100 boxi uudempaan. Dvico oli alkuun aika ongelmallinen laite striimauksen suhteen. Pystyykö tällä vehkeellä kuuntelemaan Shoutcast nettiradiota? Onko mahdollista kuunnella musiikkia kotiverkosta striimaten tai kovalevyltä kytkemättä tvtä päälle? Onko näitä enää saatavilla muuten kuin käytettynä?
Dunen seuraavan sukupolven laite esittelyssä ensi kuun Cediassa. Hintaa tulee olemaan varmaankin ihan perkeleesti. Dune HD Pro (Hi-End model, ultimate top level solution, on Sigma Designs 8910, with Blu-ray 3D, HDMI 1.4, VXP video processing, 2 hot-swap 3.5" HDD, 7" LCD touch-screen display, Hi-End casing, Hi-End power supply and DAC on Burr-Brown (7.1 and 2.0), extension slots for DVB-T2/T/C/S/S2 options)
Onko kokemuksia NAS käytöstä tällä laitteella? Eli jos kovalevy tässä laitteessa ja toisto toisella mediatoistimella, onko suorituskyky ongelmia? Toimiiko niin, että Dune toistaisi omalta levyltä tiedostoa ja toinen mediatoistin samaan aikaan jotain toista tiedostoa, pätkiikö? Ongelma minulla (ei tosin tule usein vastaan). Leffat (BD kansiorakenne) ulkoisella NAS:lla Q-Nap TS-209. Jos kahdella mediatoistimella (toinen Dune) katsotaan BD leffaa niin NAS:in suorituskyky ei riitä. Useimmin tulee vastaan että digiboksi tallentaa ja BD katselu samaan aikaan, NASse hyytyy. Raid 1 käytöstä joutuisi luopumaan jos levy suoraan Dune:ssa mutta millaisia käyttökokemuksia?
Uusi firmis julkaistu jokunen päivä takaperin. Ei mitään maatamullistavaa, vaikka muutoslista onkin erittäin pitkä, lähinnä pientä viilailua. Näppärä uutuus on BD-Lite-toisto, jonka myötä BD-rakennetta ei ole ihan pakko muksata m2ts:ksi (tai vastaavaksi) käyttömukavuuden vuoksi. http://dune-hd.com/firmware/ Spoiler * Playback improvements: - Bugfix: POWER RC button did not work correctly during Blu-ray Lite playback. - Bugfix: time-seeks in AVI files muxed with OpenDML structure were very slow when playing from network. * Various fixes and improvements. - A new boot splash picture. - Minor improvements and fixes for Kartina.TV and Tvigle applications. - Minor improvements and fixes for GUI skins handling. - Minor fixes for some recently introduced features and changes in dune_folder.txt mechanism and related functionality. - DHCP support improvement: "client id" sent by the player to DHCP server is reverted back from a non-standard value (introduced in the previous firmware version) to the standard value (0x01 followed by MAC-address). - Bugfix: WiFi scan produced no results in some cases. Also, added a button allowing to easily restart WiFi scan. - Some menu languages updated/improved. - Some other minor fixes. * Added emergency settings reset function. In order to use it: put "dune_boot_reset_settings.flag" file into the root of the only USB flash drive connected to the player, then the player will reset settings during boot. * IP Control API extensions. - Protocol version changed to 2. - Improved reporting of current state during playback of IPTV streams. - Added information about available audiotracks during playback. - Added the possibility to configure the following playback parameters (via "set_playback_state"): - video_enabled - video_zoom - video_fullscreen - video_x - video_y - video_width - video_height - volume - mute * Additional features and API changes in the mechanism for the integration of IPTV/VOD services. * Added Blu-ray Lite playback function: - Supports both ISO images and BMDV folders. - Supports BD images with complex file structure. - Ensures the minimal gap when transitioning between M2TS files. - Allows to choose the version of the movie, bonus materials, etc -- both when starting the playback, and during the playback. - Allows to switch audiotracks and subtitles. - Allows to navigate across chapters. - Supports various functions available in the file playback mode (such as zoom, subtitles shift, convenient time seek, etc). * Playback improvements: - Added "Auto" setting for preferred language for audio, subtitles and disc menu. This automatically chooses the language based on the chosen interface language. "Auto" is used by default now. - "Save zoom settings" option is now enabled by default (affects the player after settings reset to factory defaults). - "BOB" deinterlacing mode is now used by default in file/TV playback mode. (The reason for the change is that "adaptive" deinterlacing mode currently produces worse results than "BOB" for some kinds of files/streams). - When playback starts, the information about the used and available subtitles and audiotracks is not shown any more. - REW button during playback of MPEG-TS/PS files now triggers time-seek function instead of ignoring. - Improved startup speed of MPEG2-TS files when playing them from network. - Bugfix: FF->seek->FF caused wrong speed of fast forward. - Bugfix: wrong audio channels configuration on HDMI output could take place in some cases during file playback. - Bugfix: specific DVD-Video discs could not be played correctly. - Bugfix: specific MPEG2-TS files with DTS streams could not be played correctly. - Bugfix: bitstream setting was not affecting S/PDIF for file playback. - Bugfix: in some cases, audiotracks in specific MPEG2-TS were not detected. - Bugfix: video from a Samsung phone could not be played. - Bugfix: MKV files with specific PCM audio tracks could not be played correctly. - Bugfix: Switching between MPEG2-video and H.264 streams (e.g. IPTV channels) could not work in some cases because of video memory fragmentation. Related massive reorganizations of the playback engine (a new video memory management architecture). - Bugfix: autochoice of audio and subtitles was not working in some cases for MKV. - Bugfix: some OGG files were stuttering when playing from SMB share. * Multicast IPTV playback improvements: - Improved support for playback of very high bitrate IPTV streams. - IMGP v2 is now used by default (instead of IGMP v3) for better compatibility with different networks. - Faster buffering of multicast streams. Also a new setting (in Setup / Applications / IPTV) allows to manually adjust the buffering period for multicast streams. - Faster switching between multicast IPTV channels. - Added showing of some information (moving across the screen) for IPTV streams playback (similarly to how it is done for music playback). - Added support for VC1 video in multicast IPTV streams. - Added support for EAC3 in private type 6 streams (like those found in French DVB-T) in multicast IPTV streams. - Added support for AAC LATM in multicast IPTV streams. - Bugfix: on some IPTV channels extra non-working BDLPCM and DTS HD MA audio channels were offered. - Various other improvements for playback of IPTV multicast streams. * Various improvements for working with HDDs: - Improved handling of GPT-formatted HDDs (so handling of 3TB+ HDDs is more reliable now). - Added a possibility to format huge HDDs (3TB+) on Dune. For HDDs greater than 2TB, GPT partition table is created now. For smaller HDDs, MBR partition table is used as before. - Added built-in function of formatting into EXT3 file system. - Added built-in function of formatting into NTFS file system. - Improved support for formatting of "Advanced Format" HDDs (using 4KB physical sector size). Partitions created by Dune are now always aligned to the boundary of 1MB. - When creating partitions, convenient labels are assigned to them now: "data" for user data partitions, and "dune_system_storage" for system storage partitions. * Improved support for Dune HD Qwerty and USB keyboards. - Support for entering text not only in web browser, but also in text fields in the main and setup menus. - Improved and more complete key mapping (both in the web browser and in the menu). - Support for entering non-English characters (both in the web browser and in the menu). - Use ALTGR (RIGHT ALT) key to enter characters from "US International" keyboard layout. - Use LANG (LEFT ALT) key to switch input langauges (currently only switching to Russian input language is supported). * dune_folder.txt improvements and new features: - Added support for configuring the content of the right panel not only in List View mode, but also in Icon View mode. The following parameters are now supported in Icon View mode: - paint_item_info_in_details - item_detailed_info - item_detailed_info_font - item_detailed_info_rel_y - Added support for so called "sandwich" images (icon painted on top of some base image, cut by some mask, and then some cover image added). Parameters and example values: - paint_sandwich = true - sandwich_base = gui_skin://special_icons/sandwich_base.aai - sandwich_mask = cut_icon://{name=sandwich_mask} - sandwich_cover = cut_icon://{name=sandwich_cover} - sandwich_width = 245 - sandwich_height = 140 - sandwich_icon_upscale_enabled = true - sandwich_icon_keep_aspect_ratio = false - Added support for http://mp4:// media_url syntax which enables certain optimizations helpful for MP4 over HTTP VOD (moov atom prefetch, improved prebuffering, etc). - Bugfix: dune_folder.txt: caption_font_size=small usage was broken. * RC handling changes during playback (needed mostly to support the new small Dune HD RC): - "ENTER" RC button in file playback can now be used to show the playlist menu instead of "POP UP MENU" RC button. To hide the playlist menu, press "RETURN" RC button. - "POP UP MENU" RC button in file/DVD playback now shows a new OSD menu which provides access to the following functions (the new small Dune HD RC does not have some of the corresponding RC buttons): - Playlist menu (instead of "POP UP MENU" RC button). - DVD menu (instead of "POP UP MENU" RC button). - Audio track selection (as by "AUDIO" RC button). - Subtitle selection and settings (as by "SUBTITLE" RC button). - Time search (as by "SEARCH" RC button). - Zoom (as by "ZOOM" RC button). - Picture adjustement (as by "SETUP" RC button). - Deinterlacing mode selection (as by "MODE" RC button). - DVD angle switching (as by "ANGLE" RC button). - Audio sync correction (as by "A" RC button). - PAL sound speed correction (as by "B" RC button). - NOTE: some of the above functions show their own submenu. Use "POP UP MENU" to switch from the submenu back to the main functions menu. - "SELECT" RC button in file/DVD playback can now be used to switch between different settings in the following functions (the new small Dune HD RC does not have the RC buttons which were previously used for this switching): - Zoom (as by "ZOOM" RC button). - Deinterlacing mode selection (as by "MODE" RC button). - DVD angle switching (as by "ANGLE" RC button). - PAL sound speed correction (as by "B" RC button). - "LEFT" and "RIGHT" RC buttons during playback can now be used also to control the volume in addition to "V-" and "V+" RC buttons. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "V-" and "V+" buttons. The time-seek function is available for these RC buttons as well: time-seek and volume control functions can be easily switched by pressing "SELECT" RC button (the last chosen function is remembered and is used automatically in future). The default function is volume control on player models which are shipped with the new small Dune HD RC by default (such as Dune HD TV-101), and time-seek (as before) on other player models. - "LEFT" and "RIGHT" RC buttons can be used to trigger time-seek function instead of volume control function also in TV/VOD playback mode (such as Kartina.TV), in addition to "REW" and "FWD" RC buttons. - "UP" and "DOWN" RC buttons during playback can now be used also to switch between TV-channels/radiostations and other non-seekable media streams in addition to "P-" and "P+" buttons. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "P-" and "P+" buttons. - "PREV" and "NEXT" RC buttons can now be used in addition to "P-" and "P+" buttons to perform the same function in many cases (e.g. scrolling in lists). This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "P-" and "P+" buttons. In some cases, when "PREV" and "NEXT" RC buttons are already used for other function (e.g. in EPG menu), "REW" and "FWD" RC buttons can be used instead. - "FWD" and "REW" RC buttons can now be used to adjust the "shift" parameter for custom zoom in addition to "V-" and "V+" buttons. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "V-" and "V+" buttons. - "FWD" RC button can now be used to toggle not only fast-forward trick modes, but also through slow-forward trick modes. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have separate "SLOW" RC button. - "PLAY" RC button is now handled as PLAY/PAUSE (rather than just PLAY) not only during file playback mode, but also during DVD and Blu-ray playback (and also in TV/VOD playback). This is needed for overall consistency, and also because the new small Dune HD RC does not have dedicated "PAUSE" button (only combined "PLAY/PAUSE" button). - "CLEAR"-then-"PLAY" RC button combination can now be used as "quick play" function (i.e. quickly go directly to the main video, skipping DVD menus etc) during DVD playback in addition to "SEARCH"-then-"PLAY". This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "SEARCH" button. - "B" RC button in DVD playback can now be used to toggle DVD-menu-navigation and time-seek mode instead of "SELECT" RC button. - "SELECT" RC button can now be used to toggle showing of advanced technical information in addition to the basic information block (shown by "INFO" RC button) in TV/VOD playback modes (such as "Kartina.TV") in addition to "MODE" RC button. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "MODE" button. * RC handling changes in the main menu (needed mostly to support the new small Dune HD RC): - "A" RC button can now be used to toggle the input language in text fields in addition to "AUDIO" RC button. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "AUDIO" RC button. - The web browser item in the main menu now shows the dialog allowing to enter the URL of the web site. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "URL" RC button which could be previously used to show this dialog. - "REW" RC button can now be used to generate debug dump in addition to "PAUSE" button. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have dedicated "PAUSE" button (only combined "PLAY/PAUSE" button). - "REC" RC button can now be used to toggle "safe video mode" function in addition to "MODE" button. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "MODE" button. - "POWER" RC button can now be used to generate screenshots (when the corresponding setting is enabled in Setup / Misc / Advanced) in addition to "EJECT" RC button. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "EJECT" button. - Pop up menus in file browser now always include "Refresh" item. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "ANGLE/ROTATE" RC button which could be previously used to request the refresh). - Pop up menus in the root screens of the main menu now include "Setup" item. This is needed because the new small Dune HD RC does not have "SETUP" RC button, and in some GUI settings there is no other way to get into setup menu. - "STOP" RC button in most dialogs is handled as "RETURN". This in particular helps to ensure the ability to trigger "safe video mode" function when there is no picture on TV in any player state: turn the player off/on, wait for the player to boot, press "STOP" RC button to ensure the player exits playback mode or possibly shown "Waiting for ..." dialog, and finally press "REC" RC button to enter "safe video mode" function. * Web browser improvements: - Improved highlighting of the focused element. - Improved handling of authorization dialogs. - Web browser can now use the flash memory storage instead of the system storage for storing some important data and settings. * Integrated "Tvigle.ru" Internet Video service. - (Russian language only.) * Kartina.TV application changes and improvements: - The password is hidden now. - The max.number of favorite movies is increased from 20 to 100. - Improved handling of channels/groups lists (fixed ordering etc). - Added Sleep Timer function (by default is set to 2 hours). - Improved handling of interruption of VOD streams. * Added a mechanism for the integration of IPTV/VOD services. If you are an IPTV operator or are willing to implement the integration with a 3-party TV/VOD service (and have all the needed information and abilities to do it) and are interested in getting the SDK for the integration, please send a request to iptv_integration (at) dune-hd.com, and describe: what exactly TV/VOD service you want to integrate and what access/control you have on that service. * DHCP support improvements: - Added sending of the following identification information to DHCP server: - Host name: "DUNE". - Vendor class identifier: "DUNEHD". - Added a possibility to configure time settings via DHCP: - NTP time server (standard DHCP parameter). In order to use this feature, time server in player's settings should be set to "Auto", and DHCP server should be configured to provide this parameter. - Time zone (vendor specific DHCP parameter, code "4"). In order to use this feature, time zone in player's settings should be set to "Auto", and DHCP server should be configured to provide this parameter. * Other fixes and improvements: - Improvements for setup screens (added previously missed animation, some other minor improvements). - More robust handling of GUI skins. - Main menu: the text with details in the right panel has bigger contrast now in order to better support various backgrounds. - WiFi: Both "WEP Open" and "WEP Shared" are supported now. - Bugfix: online firmware upgrade could fail to download firmware image in some cases. - Bugfix: firmware upgrade could not start in some cases. - Bugfix: during firmware upgrade, timezone was not taken into account and wrong time was shown on the screen. - Bugfix: GUI crash could occur in some cases after using "Clear flash memory storage" functions. - Bugfix: on saving some player settings, writing to flash memory was not properly flushed in some rare cases (could cause settings loss or corruption if the player was unexpectedly powered down at this point). - Robustness improvement: added automatic recovery for flash memory partition storing player settings (it is now automatically reformatted on player boot if the settings partition is found to be damaged because of some previous unexpected player power down). - Bugfix: minor fixes in DVB-T scanning function.