Ny beta firmware til TVIX 6600A/N

DviCo has released another update just before Christmas sets in. The following two weeks should be quite good for brands to release updates as people actually have time to test these now, especially if the come with a long change list... so here goes the changes that apply with this update...

Download:
http://demod.dvico.com/Pr...00_1.9.3B4_PreRelease.zip

Release Notes for Rev 1.9.3 since Rev 1.9.1 (last beta release).

[Changes]
[ Multimedia Player/ System]
1.

Supports cover-art user-interface
- To enable cover-art mode, press SETUP -> ¡°System¡± -> ¡°File List Type¡± -> ¡°Cover Art¡±
- To select device in the cover-art mode, press ¡°GOTO¡± button on remote.
- You should create ¡°VIDEO¡± (or ¡°Movie¡±) or ¡°AUDIO¡± folder on the root folder to enable cover-art mode properly

[Making Cover-art Folders]
- Cover-art mode will use each folder¡¯s ¡°folder.jpg¡± file to display the cover-art.
- Movie folder for Cover-art : The name of the folder should be ¡°MOVIE¡±, ¡°movie¡±, ¡°Movie¡±, ¡°VIDEO¡±, ¡°video¡± or ¡°Video¡±.
- Movie cover-art will output on 3 rows and 8 columns, and best fit JPG size is 138x186
- Music folder for Cover-art: The name of the folder should be ¡°MUSIC¡±, ¡°music¡±, ¡°Music¡±, ¡°AUDIO¡±, ¡°audio¡± or ¡°Audio¡±.
- Music cover-art will output on 3 rows and 6 columns, and best fit JPG size is 186x186
- Photo folder for Cover-art: The name of the folder should be ¡°PHOTO¡±, ¡°photo¡± or ¡°Photo¡±.
- Photo cover-art will output on 3 rows and 6 columns, and best fit JPG size is 186x186.
- We encourage you to use the ¡°TVIXIE¡± for creation of cover-art and synopsis. And here¡¯s the link for TVIXIE usage.
- ftp://ftp.dvico.com/Manua...TViXiE/TViXiE_English.pdf

2.

Enhances Universal Jukebox playback
- Fixes VC-1/H264 mosaic problem when FF/ REW.
- Improves compatibility problem after editing some navigation features.
- Improves remote reaction while FF/REW.

3.

Supports external TTF font loading for subtitle
- Select .TTF extension font file, then the subtitle will output with that font
- To go back to default font, select .TTF font again and select ¡°default¡±. If you erase the loaded external font, the default font always comes up.
- Setup and menu font will not be changed. Only subtitle font will be changed.

4.

Supports file browsing while playback music.
- Press ¡°GOTO¡± button to browse files, and then select the other file.
- Press ¡°GOTO¡± button again to go back to normal playback mode.

5.

Improves file/folder management feature a lot
- You can enter file/folder management mode by ¡°FUNC¡± button at file browser.
- You can select files/ folders by pressing ¡°OK¡± button and check box will appear.
- If you press ¡°RIGHT¡± arrow button on remote, menu bar will come-up, then you can copy/ cut/ paste/ rename/ make new folder.
- Supports copying the folder including sub-directories
- Do not support deletion of the folder including sub-directories for safety.

6.

Adds ¡°device selection pop-up¡± window
- Press left arrow button or ¡°GOTO¡± button to pop-up this window.

7.

Fix the video resetting problem on some TVs or HDMI switchers
- Some TV or switcher send wrong EDID HDMI information, then TVIX will be reset to 480p mode before. This problem is fixed.

8.

Adds adjustment of screen saver timer by 1 minute basis
9. Adds slide-show transition timing window at SETUP
10. Adds adjustment of SKIP duration time
-

If you press UP/DOWN button when playback, default ¡°15 sec¡± OSD will pop-up, while that OSD poping-up, you can adjust SKIP duration by LEFT/RIGHT button.
- This value will be retained after reboot.
- This value will be also applied on time-shifting.
11.

Improves info window of image display
12. Fixes MKV chapter instability problem.
13. Fixes minor bugs and improves overall speed and reliabilities.

[PVR PART]
14.

Adds IceEPG for Australia
- You can use IceEPG configuration window if you select ¡°Australia¡± as DTV country.
- You can still use native EPG from DTV by selecting ¡°Normal EPG¡± at IceEPG configuration window.
- ¡°IceLink Interactive¡± function is not available yet, we¡¯ll support it shortly.

15.

Adds recording-time padding function.
- You can pad more recording time with designated on the setup.
- If you select ¡°300 seconds¡±, the 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after duration will be added on designated schedule-to-record

16.

Adds DTV time-sync function by channel
-

You can enable this function by SETUP -> HDTV -> DATE/TIME -> via TV
- Please select one of the DTV channel to set the time/date automatically.
17.

Fixes channel switching problem/ recording problem of French HDTV stations.
18. Fixes channel switching problem of New Zealand.
19. Fixes wrong file name creation problem when schedule-to-record

[ Network/ UPnP]
20.

Enables You-tube again
21. Improves the 11n speed and performance

[Known Issues]
[Limitations & Known issues of current firmware Rev 1.8.5]
[Player part]

[PVR part]
- Dual recording will stop on ATSC if recording time is more than 2 hours each. (DVB-T is O.K.)

[Network part]
- The weather IMS is disabled since Yahoo blocked out the weather information for embedded device except PC.
- The PPS, ThunderVOD, GouGou (IMS) in China is not supported yet properly
- If you have problem to get the I.P. address of wireless AP, please use WEP 64bit mode or WPA mode.

Here¡¯s the summary of current firmware status.

[Comparison with 6500]
[New features over 6500]
- New design with aluminum top, minimal look.
- Dual tuner H264 HD PVR (both DVB-T/ATSC) with time-shifting/ dual RF recording/ watching one channel + recording the other
(T341 is dual DVB-T tuner/ T321 is dual ATSC tuner)
- New ergonomic HDD exchange, very cool & quiet unit with utilizing premium grade FAN.
(Never been easier to exchange the HDD)
- 802.11N embedded model (6600N) with NFS, SAMBA SERVER/CLIENT protocol support
- Supports uPnP natively. This will ease much of the network configuration headache.
- Supports IMS (Internet Media Service) functions. - You can enjoy YOU-TUBE, PICASA, etc.
- Supports RMVB-HD, .FLV video format
- Booting time is much faster than 6500 (less than 30 seconds)
- Upgrading firmware is much faster than 6500. (less than 1 minute)
- Supports OGG/ FLAC audio tracks in MKV
- Supports PREVIEW/ THUMBNAIL/ LIST mode (by setup)
- Supports JPEG/ BMP/ TIFF/ GIF/ PNG image format
- Supports 9 different transition effects of slideshow.
- Supports ISO type UNIVERSAL JUKEBOX over NFS.

[Same features as 6500]
- Supports universal jukebox
- Supports thumbnail view for photo supported (by pressing ¡°FUNC¡± button)
- Supports music play list creation function.
- Supports MKV chapters/ embedded subtitles.
- Supports setting each audio type of RAW/PCM output selection.
- Supports Cover-art
- Supports TTF font loading

[Still not supported compared to 6500]
- Not support APE music format yet.
- Not support NATIVE RESOLUTION yet