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CFULLHDMA: new feature for 1.15.11

new-features

new features in the setup of the CFULLHDMA: (Under Other Settings)

  • – Video Playing option: select subtitle language by default, Enable Video subtitle yes / no & Auto Sync Screen and for DVD playback you can also select the preferred audio ..
  • – For Images we have the Orientation Correction

No idea about the WAV issue yet, cause I was unable to test it on RAW mode today (moving offices) and here at home I only have great stereo sound ;-)

Firmware not released *yet* .. When? Mmmm .. soon I think ;_0

Preparing some FW (firmware) release

uptime-support

added uptime support, but … no support on shell level. Sorry.

lan-fixed

Lan settings fixed as well ..

More items? Probably .. xbox360 support, I can send e-mails …

For E-mail we have some neat things

Received: from 123.456.789 (HELO aroundmyroom.com) (123.456.789)

Ahhh… full domain offered so that it will be accepted by mailservers only accepting full qualified domainnames.

Subject: CH3SNAS_E-Mail_Alert
Message-ID: <20090221051536.GA1936@aroundmyroom.com>
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated

Ahh .. Auto-Submitted, again using RFC’s so that certain mailservers do not have to reply.

I’ll release the new firmware for the CH3SNAS asap ;-)

CFULLHDMA: Beta release 1.15.03

New beta release for CFULLHDMA & CFULLHDMAi users

The no rocket science fix

v01.15.03
– Fixed an NTPClient issue (could cause a device no react when no network)
– Fixed wrong MP3 ID3 tag issue (no ID3 tag displayed for MP3 files)

As we are still busy with making fixes around the new SDK more bugfixes are not yet released.

Known issue for example is that some AC3 files still do not play well, this has been fixed in our new codec engine. But that one is not implemented yet. Also some issues could occur with M2TS files. H.264->ts->H.264 ==> it can occur that it does not play in this version.

Beta testers are informed about this new firmware version

XP Home: cannot access network shares

Many users report issues with sharing folders under XP Home, after getting a machine with this issue we could do some testing today.

First: the issue is about: trying to access a XP Home machine, where you can ‘logon’ to the Machine, but accessing the actually shared folders will be denied.

Irritating if you want to access your downloaded prOn movies from your PC and play it on your TV through your MediaPlayer.

Under XP/Vista you can read: Not enough server storage is available to process this command ..

Under Linux with a CIFS mount you can read: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code -12

The errors refer to a memory issue. It was very hard to find the solution as the Help of Microsoft is a crime…  finally we found the reason: certain virus scanners like: NOD32, Norton Antivirus, IMB AntiVirus is causing you not to access network shares.

With a simple registryfix you can solve it.

CFULLHDMA: Fixing failed firmare upgrade

Sometimes it is possible that people brick their device and that it is not operational anymore.
The CFULLHDMA has a number of abilities to fix firmware version(s).

First:
with every boot the device is checking if the firmware file is valid. When it’s not valid you will see a blue screen with information to run the firmware upgrade again.

Second:
With latest firmware releases we have added a ‘fixed’ IP address when there is no network: 169.254.1.1 if you can ping this address after changing the IP of your Computer in the same range the kernel is still running and you still can fix your CFULLHDMA.

If you can ping it on it’s normal IP address (you might need an Angry IP Scanner tool) to determine it in your network, you can also use telnet

—- Only for kernel 2.6 Firmware Versions —


mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /usb/usb0
./ForceUpgrade_k26 upgrade.bin
sync

The upgrade.bin is the latest firmware version you can download from the Conceptronic website
the ForceUpgrade tool can be taken from here
I do not suggest anyone to use this unless you know what you are doing.

In any other situation it is NOT possible to fix the firmware file without using a Serial Console Port

console

Above image shows a serial console port you can put on the CFULLHDMA when you open it. (Tx,Rx,GND,V). With a console port you can get more information about the status of the device. When you use a Console Cable and you see a YAMON message things are not ok .. the kernel and firmware are not present anymore. You only see the bootloader, and only through a very extensive difficult upgrade procedure the firmware can be fixed.

TJBCNYRBV: CFULLHDMA 1.15.01 beta firmware

The Just Before Chinese New Year Released Beta Version

1.15.01

changed: adding [ ] around items in list screen to give better view
Added: NTPClient server (for use with CFULLHDMAi)
Fixed: AC3 audio hickup passthrough
Fixed: Screen Saver issue (due to NTP)
Fixed: Ogg 6 channel issue
Fixed: DVD subtitle looping issue
Fixed: hang issue when connecting USB HDD.
Fixed:HDMI auto-sync caused there is no sound in HDMI when playing some files

Beta firmware only available for Beta-Testers