Firmware Update: Popcorn Hour C-200 02-02-100214-19-POP-408-000

The developers of Syabas Technology prepared new firmware for the Popcorn Hour C-200. This so-called Networked Media Tank can play audio and video from the optional hard disk. But the device can also be used without a hard disk, because content can then be streamed from a NAS system or 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 NMT apps with version number 02-01-100119-19-POP-408 are unchanged. The list of changes for this update is as follows:

BD/AVCHD/DVD/CDDA

• SimpleBD
  • Fixed SimpleBD audio/subtitle persistency issue
  • Fixed incorrect icon displayed when doing scene selection using menu
• Fixed scaling/zoom/pan OSD menu unintended pop-up when playback near end of file
• Added ANGLE switching OSD display for DVD/ISO/VIDEO_TS/BluRay Disc playback.
• Added option in SETUP page to enable or disable BD PiP
• Fixed AVCHD disc intermittent “could not play” issue.
• Fixed slight audio mute issue when resume from bookmark for DVD disc/ISO/VIDEO_TS playback (Bug #5000380)
• Fixed DVD initial audio/subtitle language settings
• For CD-DA/DVD/AVCHD: +-30sec skip using key RIGHT/LEFT
• external SRT subtitle support for BD playback
  • name the SRT file same as BD folder/ISO name, in the same directory

Video and Audio playback

• Fixed Colorspace for file playback only
• workaround for MKV audio lip sync issue
• Fixed scaling/zoom/pan OSD menu unintended pop-up when playback near end of file
• Fixed STOP key cannot save bookmark file to flash setting when scaling/zoom/pan menu is ON.
• Fixed playlist sometimes does not start from correct file
• Improved SRT subtitle parsing
• Display language code of MKV embedded subtitles
• Fixed m4a song info and album art display
• Fixed incomplete FLAC metadata retrieval
• Fixed specific ASF cannot fast forward
• Fixed subtitle CP1258 detection
• Fixed audio track persistency issue in mkv and avi playback
• Disable subpicture for .VOB file play
• Fixed WAV detection that crashes with MPEG1/2
• Fixed subtitle switching issue with MPEG; previously broken external subtitle on/off function
• Exception handling for ID3 genre index out-of-range
• Enable 7.1 support for flac, vorbis and also mkv-flac mkv-vorbis
• Fixed error in MKV embedded subtitle long code display
• caused disappearing menu
• Fixed MKV aspect ratio error
• Fixed some internet radio links cannot stream with MMS protocol.
• Added manual audio sync support to compensate HDMI audio sync issue (press SETUP during video playback)
• PGS subtitle support for MKV
  • May have time offset issue depending on muxer software.
• Workaround to overcome some m2ts stream with incorrect PTS causing subtitle to show up for 1~100ms then dissapear (Bug #5000395)
• Workaround to output Dolby Digital core from M2TS TrueHD track where applicable
• Fixed certain TS/MKV video clips cannot resume from bookmark.
• Fixed TS video clips will show first few frames before resuming to bookmark.
• Fixed info bar showing incorrect icon when paused.
• Changed audio sync adjustment; now 50msec per step within
• 2sec ~ +2sec range
• Fixed issue where pressing DIM button on front panel causing “!” to be displayed on screen

photo app

• Fixed audio photo sync issue (SwissCenter).

System/Network

• Minor update to language pack
• Added USB keyboard hot plug handling
• minor graphical changes for Info bar
• Show decimal fraction for disk info (Bug #5000392)
• Fixed password entry being displayed on screen (Bug #5000399)
• Add kernel support for GPT partition.

Browser

• Fixed HTTP mime type overwritten issue
• Fixed could not open certain phf files
• File copy retry in normal mode when high speed read fails on certain cases

WiFi

• Fixed issue where empty entry is displayed in the SSID dropdown list (Bug #5000341)
• Added support for extended printable ASCII characters for SSID/security code input (Bug #5000345)
• Fixed soft reboot not able to reboot machine, after connection to network with wifi device (Bug #5000340)
• Check on WPA state and continue with configuration when state is WPA_COMPLETED
• Fixed imcorrect word displayed at the wifi connection column when not able to establish connection (Bug #5000342)
• Improved IP address acquisition when using DHCP (Bug #5000339, #5000344)
• Added link quality indicator on network setup page.

Torrent

• Fixed scheduler UI refresh issue

PHF (ROBIG)

• Overall performance impact, fixes for multi-language support
• Fixed PHF launch without special HTML attributes
• Enable system font
• New Revision3 app
• Handle volume up/down
• Shoutcast app reenabled
• Fixed flash app missing images
• Added new PHF apps: channelcom, nextnewnetwork