View Full Version : Beta update HDI introduces new style...(110511_2107_beta)
HDI_fw_dev
14-05-11, 23:26
HI-Jack --> HDI Dune has released a new firmware update which brings a lot of improvements and new functions to all models of Dune HD media players. The most visual improvement will be a completely refreshed interface. Honestly, opinions will vary on the new interface as things have become a bit less modern (more retro) and looks and feels quite "Chinese" compared to the earlier interface, hence where the "skins" come in handy. Kudos for the animation effects though, things run a little smoother now. Things have become easier to access but HDI may have some work cut out for them to further improve... Take your vote rather you like this new interface more than the older variant. Luckily, the interface is not the only enhancement to show off...
Official HDI message:
The firmware update has version number 110511_2107_beta and beta status. As always, this firmware update is provided for all generations of Dune HD media players, including both all new models and all outdated/discontinued models (14 different models based on 3 different platforms: Sigma Designs 863x, 864x, and 865x):
- Dune HD Ultra
- Dune HD Mini
- Dune BD Prime
- Dune HD Center
- Dune HD Base
- Dune HD Base 2.0
- Dune BD Prime 3.0
- Dune HD Base 3.0
- Dune HD Max
- Dune HD Smart H1
- Dune HD Smart D1
- Dune HD Smart B1
- Dune HD Duo
- Dune HD Lite 53D
The new firmware version includes a completely new graphical interface (with more advanced graphics, animation effects, support for skins, new main menu style, weather widget, many other user interface improvements), support for CUE-sheets, support for MKV-chapters, new improved version of DVD engine, SHOUTCast and RadioTime services (thousands of free Internet radio stations), and many other new features and improvements.
For Dune HD models based on the Sigma Designs 864x and 865x platforms, the new firmware version also includes extended support for controlling the player via USB mouse and keyboard, support for Dune HD Qwerty RF remote, and some other features and improvements.
The firmware update can be downloaded and installed via either the built-in online firmware upgrade function of Dune HD media players, or using the official Dune HD firmware web site:
http://dune-hd.com/firmware
HDI Dune is also working on other new features and improvements which will be included into next firmware versions. The features which most probably will come with the nearest firmware updates include: “lite” Blu-ray playback mode for BDMV folders and BD ISO files (with full support for Blu-ray playlists, playlist choosing, audiotrack choosing, subtitles choosing, chapters navigation, bookmarks, zoom and other possibilities), FlashLite applications support and web browser also for Dune HD Lite 53D model, additional options for working with HDDs (support for 3TB+ HDDs, GPT, “advanced format”, EXT3/NTFS formatting, updated NTFS driver, etc), migration to the newest Sigma SDK, improved audio player, better integration of FlashLite applications, better integration of the web browser, extended DVB functionality (with EPG and other features), management of bookmarks and “recently played” movies, new Internet video/music services (and also an SDK for the addition of other Internet video/music services and IPTV/VOD applications).
The complete list of new functions and improvements in the new firmware version:
* 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.
- Bugfix: BD-R/DVD-R discs could play with problems in some cases.
* 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_folde r
- 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.
Thanks for all your hard work! I can't wait to try out all the new features.
Thank you, HDI_fw_dev, let´s take a look :D
just installed it, very nice.
Just a custom background and its everything i want in combination with yadis.
What is the zipfile for the custom backgrounds?
Where can i find it?
Theres something by the themes in the new firmware.
Nice job guys :D
Jack.Bauer
15-05-11, 03:39
I'm getting a read failed (1601) error when trying to update my Dune 3.0 Prime.
It just happened at 21% - has happened so far 4 times I think. (I didn't catch the other 3 percentages to know if it is happening at the same place each time)
It doesn't seem to be getting hung up, just slowly downloading, then the above "crash"
Its always good news when a new firmware emerges.
But... Its sad to see that still there is no way to select a subtitle file with a different file name "on the fly". This was the most useful subtitle feature my old Tvix 6500A offered, a feature which existed from the very first time I used it (The 6500A), almost three years ago. And my super-duper Dune hd max still lacks.
I see in the list of upcoming features a lot of wonderful functionality. I would like to request one additional feature not listed. Native video output. For those of us that use external scalers this is a key feature and something that causes a loss of video quality in the current offering.
My Dune connects to an Edge Duo which is at the heart of my A/V system. Every component goes through the Edge where the video is scaled before being passed to my Pioneer Pro-150FD. Currently there is no way that I can find to disable the scaler on the Dune itself so video is being processed twice with sometimes bad effects.
Wow! That's a nice FW. New tab look is convenient. However, it also brought several more keypresses I need perform to start watching. Is that possible to start with favorites tab (say, sort tabs to place favorites in front)? Can I disable TV tab somehow, as I do not have DVB-T dongle? TV on main screen option is disabled, but does not affect tabs.
Tried adding a Custom Skin to no avail. Using Win Zip to creat a folder titled dune_skin with a aai image in it titled Custom.
Dune unpacks it and says new skin installed but only shows the Custom 'Default' Skin
Anyone sorted this out yet. I am itching to get fiddling!
I'm getting a read failed (1601) error when trying to update my Dune 3.0 Prime.
It just happened at 21% - has happened so far 4 times I think. (I didn't catch the other 3 percentages to know if it is happening at the same place each time)
It doesn't seem to be getting hung up, just slowly downloading, then the above "crash"
Download it from http://dune-hd.com/firmware/
Dont download it from the internet using the player live update feature where it can easily get corrupted in transit.
The best way is to download the .zip file, unpack it to a share and just browse to it and click on the file with the dune.
Just installed and played with it ...
My compliments to Dune development, this FW looks very nice! The interface is not so cluttered anymore and looks much better. I settled for the mountain skin.
I do have one little complaint; where has the default yellow folder pic gone? I use cover pics but films without a cover pic, show an empty spot (just text)
Hi cant fid the firmware for the D1 its not on the hdi site any help thanks
darkness_nightfall
15-05-11, 12:00
Very happy with it.
(Dune smart d1)
One thing I noticed , is that I need to use "refresh" (from pop menu) a lot to actually get the internet radio lists to show.
Hi cant fid the firmware for the D1 its not on the hdi site any help thanks
This latest beta firmware for Smart D1 is located at...
http://dune-hd.com/firmware/hdsmart_d1/
...click on "dune_firmware_hdsmart_d1_110511_2007_beta.dff (ZIP)"
If still can't find it, directly download it from here...
http://files.dune-hd.com/firmware/hdsmart_d1/dune_firmware_hdsmart_d1_110511_2007_beta.dff
NEW ADDITION
Received your thanks.
Don't want to add another comment just to say...
No problem, you are welcome.
Thanks james hd couldnt find it anywhere
thankyou once again
Well done, I like the new interface.
I see in the list of upcoming features a lot of wonderful functionality. I would like to request one additional feature not listed. Native video output. For those of us that use external scalers this is a key feature and something that causes a loss of video quality in the current offering.
My Dune connects to an Edge Duo which is at the heart of my A/V system. Every component goes through the Edge where the video is scaled before being passed to my Pioneer Pro-150FD. Currently there is no way that I can find to disable the scaler on the Dune itself so video is being processed twice with sometimes bad effects.
+1 - I have a DVDO DUO ;)
My initial impressions, overall great GUI improvement. I suspect this beta is based on the new Sigma SDK 4. Have they used it already in the previous stable version? I am not sure.
The application "radiotime" is useful, allowing me to "easily" browse and play selected internet radios. I like the way the local weather, temperature, date and time is shown on the top right of the main screen, all in one place.
I haven't had time to fully test this latest firmware but here are a few screenshots of this 110511_2107_beta GUI...
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7624/dunesmartd1screenshot01.jpg
Look at the bottom left of the above screenshot. You can use your remote, press the "red" button to change the view styles of the displayed items OR use the "green" button to change the skins of the GUI. All this done on the fly.
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7376/dunesmartd1screenshot02.jpg
Empty so at the present moment this "TV" function is pretty much useless for me as I don't have any add-in boards or USB dongle.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4503/dunesmartd1screenshot03.jpg
I went to the "Radiotime" application, chosen some stations and created shortcuts. These shortcuts appear in this dedicated area.
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5452/dunesmartd1screenshot04.jpg
The internet radio stations listed in Radiotime and Shoutcast makes it easier find the stations. I "think" the station list is realtime that is constantly updated but it could also be "predefined templates".
Not surprised when some stations I selected returned with "server not found". What caught me by surprise when my Smart D1 spoke back to me with a male voice !!! No text error message, a human voice that says ... "This stream is not compatible with this player!" ... when I tried to play a few of the stations. I wonder whose voice is that?
http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/1243/dunesmartd1screenshot05.jpg
On the surface I don't see much "difference" here compared to the previous GUI. But there are subtle differences beneath each icon.
Let's have a look at the "Appearance" section as shown at the screenshot below...
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3357/dunesmartd1skin01.jpg
This is the place where you can change the GUI Themes, a new feature for this new beta firmware. There are already a few templates that you can choose such as "Green", "Mountain", and so forth. However, I noticed that there is a "Custom" template which obviously allows us (the users) to import our own personal customised templates. It is great to allow us to change the GUI background wallpaper, however, we are required to "install" this custom skin first as shown at the below screenshot...
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/407/dunesmartd1skin02.jpg
At this present time of typing my comments here, instructions for creating the zip file for your customised skin is still not yet ready at HDI Dune site.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2355/dunesmartd1dvdengine.jpg
I noticed a new "DVD Engine" choice here. Could anyone enlighten me what "Type 1" and "Type 2" means? Mmm... does it refer to my D1 remote, black or silver type ? It could not be DVD Region as there are no type 3 to 7 to select, only Type 1 and 2 choices. I couldn't find any explanation or may have missed it but I hope HDI can explain its use.
EDIT : Me bad ! Thanks to kiskis who informed me. I did not read the firmware info carefully as these are two types of decoding engine for DVD interactive features. HDI did explain in their firmware info.
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/8088/dunesmartd1savedscreens.jpg
Whenever I use the "Eject" button on my D1 remote to capture a screenshot, it is saved to any random disk location at "screenshot" folder. Let me explain. I have a 8GB SDCARD inserted in the front port of D1, an external harddisk plugged to a USB port and another external harddisk to the eSATA port. Well... hit capture once, screenshot saved to SDCARD. Remove the sdcard, capture again is now saved to "USB" harddisk. Fine...no problem. When sdcard is reinserted, capture don't save back to this sdcard location.
I hope that there is an option to allow us to select and choose a fixed default location to save the screenshots. When that "fixed" location is no longer available, it should display an error message such as "Location Not Available, Please Reconnect The Attached Storage"
Anyway, this screenshot capture feature is not important for me. Maybe I have been nickpicking here.
16-06-2011 More Additional Screenshots Below...
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4469/dunesmartd1skinchoices0.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4469/dunesmartd1skinchoices0.jpg
7 Preset Skins (Default & Glass almost the same skin) and 1 Custom Skin
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9942/dunesmartd1applications.jpg
All the applications available in this firmware as shown in the above screenshot. (Screenshot re-edited to show all apps).
For Widgets, this defines what is to be displayed at the top right screen. 3 available here for...
(1) Temperature
(2) City
(3) Country
I think (2) and (3) displays the weather. Display of Date & Time is not set in Widget app. Please correct me if I am wrong here.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/620/dunesmartd1dtscdaudio.jpg
DTS CD audio conversion can now be disabled, "passthrough" without decoding. Audio decode mode have 2 choices... (1) 5.1 and (2) 7.1
That's All Folks, For Now.
James Lee
* Don't know how long my uploaded screenshot images to "imageshack" will last.
Very nice, thx. Together with the new yadis this could eventually get me back to purchase some Dune units (too bad the base is OOP though). ;-)
Jack.Bauer
15-05-11, 15:34
Download it from http://dune-hd.com/firmware/
Dont download it from the internet using the player live update feature where it can easily get corrupted in transit.
The best way is to download the .zip file, unpack it to a share and just browse to it and click on the file with the dune.
Thanks.
Unfortunately I can't even download it that way right now. I got to 17% downloading it using firefox, and then pause, followed by download "crash".
I'm in the US.
I'm guessing the server just has a heavy load right now.
Unfortunately I can't even download it that way right now.
Same here - I just get 'this webpage cannot be displayed' message. So the download doesn't even start.
I'm in the US.
UK and have been trying for a couple of hours both on the PC & Prime with no luck.
I'm guessing the server just has a heavy load right now.
Yeh that was my guess as well.
Mark.
Hi,
I also had read failed but the second attempt worked.
This list is very impressive and hopefully correct. Finally mkv chapter, multi angle and default language.
Ralf
vandermerwe
15-05-11, 17:27
Style improvement yes.
The first feature I wanted corrected was the lack of rewind support for ts and m2ts files. Still doesn't work! They've removed the annoying FFWD that happens when you push rewind with these files, however the persistent absence of rewind is annoying. Other media players seem to do it.
What's wrong with dune?
Local Date Posted : 15 May 2011
My Uploaded File Estimated Removal Date : ~ 30 May 2011
I am just a Smart D1 user and don't work for HDI Dune.
As a kind gesture to fellow mediaplayer enthusiasts who are having problems with downloading from the firmware page of Dune, I have uploaded the same firmware file to Rapidshare...
https://rapidshare.com/files/3247669730/Dune_Firmware_HDSmart_D1_110511_2007_Beta.dff.zip
* Only for Dune Smart D1. Exactly the same file which I have downloaded from the site with no alterations whatsoever to the contents of the zip file. Sorry I will not be able to do the same for B1, H1, etc.
I have set to trafficshare download for free rapidshare users so no waiting time at full speed.
Note: I am using retail licensed Trend Micro Titanium Security which is up-to-date to ensure my PC is virus free. Having said that, please also recheck with your antivirus after downloading the file. I shall not be held responsible for any infection because of this. AFAIK, I have rechecked my downloaded file and confirmed no infection.
If you are having problems with rapidshare link encryption, then change the link from "https://..." to "http://..." without the "s"
I hope I am not illegally distributing here copyrighted firmware from HDI Dune so I will immediately delete it if HDI Dune or MPCclub complains. Hehe... I did not request their permission. Because of this, please don't redistribute this link to other places. I am only trying to help people here as I don't make money from rapidshare or from any methods.
Anyway, I will definitely remove it in about a few weeks once its not needed anymore.
Regards.
SORRY FOR THIS NEW OFF-TOPIC ADDITION
To Jack.Bauer... are you Kiefer Sutherland in person, the actor who played "Jack Bauer" of the US TV Series "24" ? Or alias namesake only ? Hehe.
the new dvd engine worked well.Some dvd rips/iso that didn't play well now worl flawlessly!
Hi,
Looks pretty good and runs smoothly.....however I still have problems with the DVB-T functions.
- Still can't recorde from DVB-T.
- Still missing subtitles on some channels (DR HD and TV2 (Denmark))
- Channels are studdering - you can't hear it, but when e.g. a
"breaking-news"-line is running over the screen you can clearly see it.
and
- Still no subtitle support for .ts format (e.g. recordings from Dreambox).
Hope HDi will correct this soon.
Br
DaneDK
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2355/dunesmartd1dvdengine.jpg
I noticed a new "DVD Engine" choice here. Could anyone enlighten me what "Type 1" and "Type 2" means? Mmm... does it refer to my D1 remote, black or silver type ? It could not be DVD Region as there are no type 3 to 7 to select, only Type 1 and 2 choices. I couldn't find any explanation or may have missed it but I hope HDI can explain its use.
[/I]
HDI allready explained about DVD engine..
* 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.
HDI allready explained about DVD engine..
As I have said... "I couldn't find any explanation or may have missed it but I hope HDI can explain its use"... my eyes are bad as I really did missed it.
Thanks.
Excellent firmware update! Well done HDI!!!
PS. Does anyone know if it is possible to keep the repeat option always on when viewing for example DVB-T channels?
a5ian300zx
15-05-11, 20:07
Hi,
thanks for the new beta update finally im loving the dune, I would like some other widgets and also a Youtube app would be great.
a5ian300zx
Despite "... Various playback improvements ..." the .TS file described below still stutters and loose frames from time to time on this FW. And still no support for subtitles with .TS files. And again: Where is the support to external, non-matching filename, and selectable on-the-fly subtitles? Tvix and PCH had this 3 years ago.
General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : 1987.Radio.Days.DVB.HDTV.1080i.MGMHDUK.[satnews].ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 8.28 GiB
Duration : 1h 24mn
Overall bit rate : 14.0 Mbps
Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1h 24mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 12.7 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 40.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.245
Stream size : 7.53 GiB (91%)
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177
I love this new firmware, especially the new DVD engine.
All the problems I had with some DVD's are gone, No more stuttering during playback and no more skipping chapters.
It's possible to select a default language/subtitle. etc.
I haven't encountered any new problems yet.
Are the audiosync problems with some MKV's finally solved?
Ghostdivision
16-05-11, 02:14
Im really loving the new firmware.
My only remaining complaints are i would still like to see better music interface, juke box support, i dont know if dune has taken a look at musicnizer, something like that with album art and gui would be nice.
And of course source direct output! I think everyone wants that.
Ghostdivision
16-05-11, 02:28
Two other things.
WIth animation enabled on 1080p/24 the gui is extremely slow, i had to turn animation off and its lightening quick, this is just when im outputting 1080/24, maybe it can be fixed.
And i also would like to see ycbcr 4:2:2 output for blu ray, have not checked but im guessing its still 4:4:4.
astropolak
16-05-11, 04:21
Hey, I almost have the "dream mediaplayer" I've paid for.
Where in hell is a Thumb View in Photo albums, even the cheapest devices do it now days..., my TV's do it..., but not Dune.
I love this new firmware, especially the new DVD engine.
All the problems I had with some DVD's are gone, No more stuttering during playback and no more skipping chapters.
It's possible to select a default language/subtitle. etc.
I haven't encountered any new problems yet.
Lucky you! None of my playback problems were solved. Still stuttering some .TS files, Rewind still not working on .TS and DVD playback. Still having artifacts and glitches on mkv files and DVD images, randomly. Sometimes, these glitches are not random at mkv files, and I know these are encoding problems at the file, but the very same files, when played at my Tvix 6500A with 1.5.19 FW, only shows the glitch at the very same problem point, but after that the Tvix keeps playing it, while my Dune HD max freezes image, or stop playing the file completely.
I hoped this new FW to fix this, but not. Why a three year old player deals better with some encoding problems than the ultimate Dune product?
Still dreaming about external non same filename selectable on-the-fly subtitles, and also still dreaming about a configuration option to set the default value of the deinterlacer.
I like the new GUI, but radio time says "Error: can not reach WEB-service." Not sure why Dune D1 and I have access to the web just fine. Shoutcast works!
WIth animation enabled on 1080p/24 the gui is extremely slow, i had to turn animation off and its lightening quick, this is just when im outputting 1080/24, maybe it can be fixed.
Well, if you read about new features, described by developer...
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.
a5ian300zx
16-05-11, 09:50
Are the audiosync problems with some MKV's finally solved?
I had this issue, seems to be working fine now i have mine set on 1080p/60p with 24/50/60 on.
a5ian300zx
liked the new FW, but it doesn't play my mpg files anymore.... so i'm back to last stable release! Anyone else have this mpg problem?
What's the right way to report my problem with the latest beta fw @ HDI?
Tried adding a Custom Skin to no avail. Using Win Zip to creat a folder titled dune_skin with a aai image in it titled Custom.
Dune unpacks it and says new skin installed but only shows the Custom 'Default' Skin
Anyone sorted this out yet. I am itching to get fiddling!
Dont works for me 2
The Skinpage from Dune not open yet for further infos :oops:
HDI devs:
Where i can read the infos for the new dunefolder.txt Functions ?
i will make my own dunefolder.txt within some Inqfos for the current IP and the Firmware i have installed yet
But i dont have any special Infos how i can create this with special lines in the dunefolder.txt
Are the audiosync problems with some MKV's finally solved?No fix for my audio sync problems, still have to manually add -0,22s delay for every file type other than ts. Hopefully the next update with new Sigma SDK will finally get rid of this problem.
Otherwise, I simply love the new GUI. Love it. Though had to turn off the animation and change the tab look navigation to old plain type. Nice to see that while they introduce new features, it's also possible to use the old options. The GUI seems to be also a little faster than previously, anybody else noticed this or is it only in my head?
A little suggestion: it would be nice to choose the icon/list type options in the setup menu for which the A button changes the view type. If you want to mainly switch between two view types, now you have to scroll through all the view types.
I also tried the CD player function, which is reportedly improved. And it clearly is, much faster. However the front display shows the total play time of the CD, not the play time of current track or the track number, both of which are more important information. Not that I use CDs anymore...
Two thumbs up HDI, very nicely done.
Just being paranoid I suppose, but what are the chances that the new DVD engine includes Cinavia protection? The studios have been pushing manufacturers to include it lately...
Has anyone tested an DVD rip from a Cinavia protected disc?
I`ve installed this firmware on my dune hd center.
I can only choose the default skin (nothing else to choose), does anyone else with a dune hd center have the same problem?
I must say that i don`t really like the default metallic skin.
Looks a bit cheap, like a chinese build realtek based mediaplayer.
I hope the other skins a better.
Overall handling of the player isn`t getting faster with this firmware.
Just being paranoid I suppose, but what are the chances that the new DVD engine includes Cinavia protection? The studios have been pushing manufacturers to include it lately...
Has anyone tested an DVD rip from a Cinavia protected disc?
Sorry ddoming73... maybe I did not catch the full picture, but why should we ask HDI to put effort in implementing a thing that would reduce the capability of the DUNE in terms of overall compatibility ? If the DUNE does not intercept the signal in CINAVIA protection it will never block any playback of title. That's exactly what we'd love from our DUNE module. A CINAVIA suport would reduce that flexibility. Unless I did not understand well what a CNAVIA protection is.. I'd say that should that support be put in place I would jump to the previous firmware :)
Still no "Browse" option for external subtitles for disc (DVD/BD/BD-ISO). :(
Just got home from a long weekend and booted up the dune.
Saw a FW update, heck let's install.
I'm flabbergasted here, but finally after more than a year of complaining we have gapless CD playback.
Finally, may 14th, the day that the Dune players became REAL multimedia players.
Haven't done a lot of testing so far, but gapless cd playback was a real showstopper for me.
I see in the list of upcoming features a lot of wonderful functionality. I would like to request one additional feature not listed. Native video output. For those of us that use external scalers this is a key feature and something that causes a loss of video quality in the current offering.
My Dune connects to an Edge Duo which is at the heart of my A/V system. Every component goes through the Edge where the video is scaled before being passed to my Pioneer Pro-150FD. Currently there is no way that I can find to disable the scaler on the Dune itself so video is being processed twice with sometimes bad effects.
Hello,
I agree with you,this is something that i don't like in my Dune Base 3.0.
It is so hard to implement this features?(NATIVE VIDEO OUTPUT)
Thanks
Sorry ddoming73... maybe I did not catch the full picture, but why should we ask HDI to put effort in implementing a thing that would reduce the capability of the DUNE in terms of overall compatibility ? If the DUNE does not intercept the signal in CINAVIA protection it will never block any playback of title. That's exactly what we'd love from our DUNE module. A CINAVIA suport would reduce that flexibility. Unless I did not understand well what a CNAVIA protection is.. I'd say that should that support be put in place I would jump to the previous firmware :)
Well, to be sure I'm not the one pushing for it. The movie studios are...
My meaning was that it would be a BAD thing for it (Cinevia) to be included, as it would mean problems for those of us who rip their DVDs to watch them...
Hello,
I agree with you,this is something that i don't like in my Dune Base 3.0.
It is so hard to implement this features?(NATIVE VIDEO OUTPUT)
Thanks
YES YES YES !!!!
This would be a fantastic option :eek::eek::eek:
Bye
Miki
Nice improvements. Many thanks to the developers.
Anyhow still a few wishes:
Gapless playback of video files. Have a couple of recordings split at 2 GB boundaries and always have this 15 second black screen between the parts. Now that we have gapless playback of audio files why can't we have the same with video files?
Sending a WOL (Wake on LAN) packet when Dune tries to connect to a network share but the server is down. Ideally Dune should check availability (probably sending a ping) and if the server doesn't respond, send WOL and wait for the server to appear, then connect to the server. This would be especially useful for NFS shares. Currently the Dune freezes (needs a forced reboot), when the NFS server is down.
Adjustable buffering for live streams. I can play TV live streams from a server with DVB receivers over my LAN. It works via an m3u playlist, containing the URLs for the TV stations. With VLC on the PC it takes about 3 seconds to start the playback. On the Dune it takes about 15 seconds. I assume the Dune is playing save and buffers a lot of content before it starts the playback. This is fine for playing a video file, but it is inappropriate for zapping between live streams. I'd prefer to have an occasional dropped frame at the beginning of a live stream, if it would start playing after 3 seconds instead of 15 s.
Hmmm, can anyone tell me, how to change the order of network share icons in the sources list? They always appear in the order they were created.
Well I could delete them all and recreate them in the order I want, but that would be a pain in the ass. There must be an easier way.
theman7979
16-05-11, 16:13
Can anyone tell me if they have added a way to boot to a directory, instead of the default home screen?
What I want is of course to boot directly to my yadis movie wall.
Beside new graphical interface, I like new function in HDI Firmware Update (110511_2007_beta):
1. Add widget with weather, temperature, date, time
2. Add to favorites" function can be quickly called by "D" on remote
3. When playing an pack audio file, is there is an associated CUE-sheet file, the CUE-sheet file is automatically used.
If this firmware has the join picture function for 3D film (SBS or under/over 3D film) as Popcorn C200, I think it's the best HD player.
a5ian300zx
16-05-11, 17:42
YES YES YES !!!!
This would be a fantastic option :eek::eek::eek:
Bye
Miki
+1 mine goes through my Lumagen and i think this is what caused the audio display at 24hz 1080p setting.
with this option i can use reprocessing feature on the Luimagen which is the same as pref on the DVDO products.
anyone else noticed an audio/volume decrease in movies?
a5ian300zx
anyone else noticed an audio/volume decrease in movies?
a5ian300zx
I think that I have to adjust my volume a bit more after new FW update. Tried a DVD yesterday........ I thougt it was just me :o
a5ian300zx
16-05-11, 18:39
I think that I have to adjust my volume a bit more after new FW update. Tried a DVD yesterday........ I thougt it was just me :o
I tried a bluray yesterday even with DTS MA i had the amp way above average just to hear the dialogue and sound FX.
in regards to audio delay guys try the following setting and see if it helps.
1080p60 with 24/50/60 (switching on) this has helped my delay issue.
a5ian300zx
I`ve installed this firmware on my dune hd center.
I can only choose the default skin (nothing else to choose), does anyone else with a dune hd center have the same problem?
I must say that i don`t really like the default metallic skin.
Looks a bit cheap, like a chinese build realtek based mediaplayer.
I hope the other skins a better.
Overall handling of the player isn`t getting faster with this firmware.
I also have a Dune HD Center and only have the default skin, too. Doesn't make sense in my opinion unless the other skins came with massive animation effects that the old CPU couldn't handle, but I don't think that's the case.
I like the skin, though, since I compare it against the old graphics. Would love to try a few other skins, but I guess I'll have to wait.
Other than that, I only noticed that the action associated with ENTER changed to "create playlist" while I had it set to "play file" only before.
Need to do some testing whether Bluray playback improved and try out whether it can cope with multi-angle DVDs now (which is used on a Top Gear DVD I recently purchased, in case you're wondering :).
duncanvdlinden
16-05-11, 23:20
Very nice firmware and interface! Sadly it won't fix my handshake issue's with mine Rotel RSX 1550 receiver. When i start an blu-ray the screen goes most of the time to black. I need to switch sources or turn on OSD to get the video back! This is also the only reason i'm thinking to sell my Dune. Rotel says it's an Dune problem, Dune says it is an Rotel problem. The problem is I like both!
It is an fact that the Rotel is very picky with HDMI sources. The problem is when you start an blu-ray the player switch for an short time the HDMI interface off and on. By that way the Rotel lost it's sync.
My Sony blu-ray player does not have this issue.
HeadBanger
16-05-11, 23:31
Another thumbs up from me I really like the change - very slick. Are Dune going to release iplayer functionality (UK)?
I'm in business trip so I can't test this.
I've been begging HDI to move the OSD into a 2.35:1 area range for more than a year, seems I have to disappoint again as I can't find anything mentioned in the Change Log that it said about the OSD position.
Can ny users using anamorphic lens and 2.35:1 screen out there tell me I'm wrong? I'm more than happy to be wrong.
First annoying thing i've found.
Who in their right mind came up with the idea of making the Enter button act the same as the play button ?
Is there no way now to play a single file in a directory ?
I always used the enter for this, but so far i haven't found a way to do so with the new FW.
First annoying thing i've found.
Who in their right mind came up with the idea of making the Enter button act the same as the play button ?
Is there no way now to play a single file in a directory ?
I always used the enter for this, but so far i haven't found a way to do so with the new FW.
You can restore the old behaviour. See release notes (first post in this topic).
Ghostdivision
17-05-11, 08:02
Hello,
I agree with you,this is something that i don't like in my Dune Base 3.0.
It is so hard to implement this features?(NATIVE VIDEO OUTPUT)
Thanks
I requested this on the previous page but referred to it as source direct, thats what its called on oppo and pioneer players.
On dune voting page it is among the highest of requested features. I know many people who have not switched to a media streamer since nobody offers this option. I also have an external scaler.
The company that adds this feature will gain alot of new buyers in the audio video world.
I can't find the new beta firmware (110511_2007_beta) for the BD Prime 3.0 on the hdi site, any help, thanks!
liked the new FW, but it doesn't play my mpg files anymore.... so i'm back to last stable release! Anyone else have this mpg problem?
Yep, same problem here.
But i keep on using this release, because of gapless audio....finally!!!
but still no gapless audio on mp3's/flac.
You must combine it with photo viewing which is annoying (for music playback,no info ,no filenames etc)
spinningmaster
17-05-11, 10:54
First annoying thing i've found.
Who in their right mind came up with the idea of making the Enter button act the same as the play button ?
Is there no way now to play a single file in a directory ?
I always used the enter for this, but so far i haven't found a way to do so with the new FW.
Yes there is.
- 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").
I can't find the new beta firmware (110511_2007_beta) for the BD Prime 3.0 on the hdi site, any help, thanks!
Here's the page with the link...
http://dune-hd.com/firmware/bdprime3/
... and click on "dune_firmware_bdprime3_110511_2007_beta.dff" or "(ZIP)"
If still can't find it, then use these direct links from there...
Firmware file : http://files.dune-hd.com/firmware/bdprime3/dune_firmware_bdprime3_110511_2007_beta.dff
Or Zip file : http://files.dune-hd.com/firmware/bdprime3/dune_firmware_bdprime3_110511_2007_beta.dff.zip
Dear All,
beside the all issues explained or are mentioned on the forum until now, I still have the following problem.
Every time I tried to watch a movie on a direct stream (m2ts files) and not as a blu ray disk, the audio (the HD formats are not working from start) is not working from start. I have to reset the stream, by re-starting it from the pop up menu, in order to work the audio. Did any body else had the same problem?
Please let me know if there is a solution for the above.
thank & regards
Dear All,
beside the all issues explained or are mentioned on the forum until now, I still have the following problem.
Every time I tried to watch a movie on a direct stream (m2ts files) and not as a blu ray disk, the audio (the HD formats are not working from start) is not working from start. I have to reset the stream, by re-starting it from the pop up menu, in order to work the audio. Did any body else had the same problem?
Please let me know if there is a solution for the above.
thank & regards
May I suggest that you start a new thread requesting help on your problem so that more users can answer instead of posting in this firmware updates section which I think is for firmware feedback and requests.
Please post here...
http://www.mpcclub.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=145
Thanks.
I requested this on the previous page but referred to it as source direct, thats what its called on oppo and pioneer players.
On dune voting page it is among the highest of requested features. I know many people who have not switched to a media streamer since nobody offers this option. I also have an external scaler.
The company that adds this feature will gain alot of new buyers in the audio video world.
Hello,
I also pushed for this features for almoast a year now,(ycbcr 4:2:2 output,sorce direct,native video output),or whatever they want to call it.
Why is so hard to implement this feature,i am sure that Sigma Design processor is capable for this features.
PLEASE HDI DUNE if it is possible to resolve this issues.
Thanks
KillroyWasHere
17-05-11, 16:08
Maybe, just maybe, this is something that the Sigma is NOT capable of doing. Are there any other Sigma based players that already has this capability?
Maybe, just maybe, this is something that the Sigma is NOT capable of doing. Are there any other Sigma based players that already has this capability?
Hello,
Yes i know that some of blu-ray players using Sigma design chips are all capable of such features.It is advertised on their main pages.
Here's the page with the link...
http://dune-hd.com/firmware/bdprime3/
... and click on "dune_firmware_bdprime3_110511_2007_beta.dff" or "(ZIP)"
If still can't find it, then use these direct links from there...
Firmware file : http://files.dune-hd.com/firmware/bdprime3/dune_firmware_bdprime3_110511_2007_beta.dff
Or Zip file : http://files.dune-hd.com/firmware/bdprime3/dune_firmware_bdprime3_110511_2007_beta.dff.zip
@james... or push the refresh button of your browser after accessing the HDI firmare page. in my case the cache was still displaying the old content. A click after (refresh) and the new firmware appeared. bye
First annoying thing i've found.
Who in their right mind came up with the idea of making the Enter button act the same as the play button ?
Is there no way now to play a single file in a directory ?
I always used the enter for this, but so far i haven't found a way to do so with the new FW.
did you try with the PLAY button ? On my BASE3 is working.
KillroyWasHere
17-05-11, 18:30
Hello,
Yes i know that some of blu-ray players using Sigma design chips are all capable of such features.It is advertised on their main pages.
Are you talking about full blown commercial Blu-ray players (major brands) or "media players" that have Blu-ray ROMs built-in? I have yet to see a single media player that has this feature.
Maybe there is a limitation in the chipset that does not allow this on "media players" but allows it on Blu-ray players with no file playback capabilities.
@james... or push the refresh button of your browser after accessing the HDI firmare page. in my case the cache was still displaying the old content. A click after (refresh) and the new firmware appeared. bye
Edwin Lau posted here requesting help in finding the firmware page so I only gave the location to help him. Yea, I knew about the cache but forgot to mention this to him.
I appreciate that you wanted to help Edwin too so thank you for your additional help. :)
Are you talking about full blown commercial Blu-ray players (major brands) or "media players" that have Blu-ray ROMs built-in? I have yet to see a single media player that has this feature.
Maybe there is a limitation in the chipset that does not allow this on "media players" but allows it on Blu-ray players with no file playback capabilities.
Hello,
I was talking about full blu-ray players,and i firmly believe it is possible also in premium media players like Dune.
As i understand Realtek chips don't have this problems,and i think and many believes is an inferior chip compared with Sigma Design.
Syabas is working on a source-direct option for the 200 series, so it should be possible with this chipset...
KillroyWasHere
17-05-11, 21:28
Syabas is working on a source-direct option for the 200 series, so it should be possible with this chipset...
Working on and actually doing it are two different things. I don't trust anything that Syabas says until I actually see it on a firmware release.
Very true. Remains to be seen if they will be successful, but at least they seem to be working on it, which is a step in the right direction.
I'm going by the blog post here, btw: http://www.syabas.com/news/?p=32
Important thing is to know if direct source mode is possible with sigma chipset 864x.
We need the white paper to know that :)
I tried a bluray yesterday even with DTS MA i had the amp way above average just to hear the dialogue and sound FX.
in regards to audio delay guys try the following setting and see if it helps.
1080p60 with 24/50/60 (switching on) this has helped my delay issue.
a5ian300zx
Same here with DTS MA audio volume - very much quieter than it was. Other than that, it's a nice firmware upgrade.
Ghostdivision
18-05-11, 00:45
One little trick I learned for native blu ray output anyway.
Set the player to 1080i, then enable auto framerate 1080p/24/50/60.
This will send native blu rays that are 1080i (some are) it will output 1080i for them, and 1080/24 for the rest of blu ray movies.
Since I dont watch dvd i guess that is all i needed for source direct. Now 1080i blu rays can be passed on to my scaler for deinterlacing.
They still really need to correct the ycbcr 4:4:4 output though, it really bothers me its outputting the incorrect color space, ycbcr 4:2:2 is proper. This is embarrassing it has not been fixed, makes me wonder how much they know about blu ray output.
Hi james-hd & garmill,
Thank you very much for your help, I updated my Prime 3.0 and it seems to work fine so far.
Edwin
Just got home from a long weekend and booted up the dune.
Saw a FW update, heck let's install.
I'm flabbergasted here, but finally after more than a year of complaining we have gapless CD playback.
Finally, may 14th, the day that the Dune players became REAL multimedia players.
Haven't done a lot of testing so far, but gapless cd playback was a real showstopper for me.
At the moment i'm not able to test it myself but gapless CD playback is great. How about gapless playback for MP3/FLAC files? Is it also fixed?
Hi all,
i can`t find the new FW for the Base 3.0 at the Dune side.
Any hint would be welcome.
Tregobad
Hi all,
i can`t find the new FW for the Base 3.0 at the Dune side.
Any hint would be welcome.
Tregobad
It's here: http://files.dune-hd.com/firmware/hdbase3/dune_firmware_hdbase3_110511_2007_beta.dff
Hi,
first - i like the new style. Its a step in the right direction. Some people will say, i want morge technical stuff but for me - i am a "eye human" - i think a good gui belongs to a good mediaplayer.
Sometimes i wish, HDI would make it easier to share the knowledge of making own backgrounds or own icons and all that stuff so good skinners (they are not always technicfreaks) can make good skins for the dune.
On some mediaplayers you only have to throw a jpg of a cover to an folder and it will be shown. No need to edit a folder.txt oder just adding an URL for an radio station.... thats much easier than to edit .txt. files ;)
But anyway - i am looking forward to the design an skin page. Maybe there will be all informations and some other new skins will follow.
Have a nice day
Andreas
Hi,
I got it, many thanks
Tregobad
How about gapless playback for MP3/FLAC files? Is it also fixed? Nope! still does not work with mp3.... how hard can that be?
Still no source direct mode or 4:2:2 colorspace option. Thanks for the Shoutcast though Dune. I do appreciate that as I never understood the internet radio function but I use Shoutcast all the time.
Nope! still does not work with mp3.... how hard can that be?
It's impossible (by the specs of mp3) to get mp3 playback really gapless.
And don't say that winamp does it...
Listen very carefully and you'll hear that it's not gapless...
For real gapless playback switch to par example flac, ogg-vorbis.
I also have a Dune HD Center and only have the default skin, too. Doesn't make sense in my opinion unless the other skins came with massive animation effects that the old CPU couldn't handle, but I don't think that's the case.
I like the skin, though, since I compare it against the old graphics. Would love to try a few other skins, but I guess I'll have to wait.
Other than that, I only noticed that the action associated with ENTER changed to "create playlist" while I had it set to "play file" only before.
Need to do some testing whether Bluray playback improved and try out whether it can cope with multi-angle DVDs now (which is used on a Top Gear DVD I recently purchased, in case you're wondering :).
+1 on having default skin only on the HD center. Other than that this firmware seems to be working OK for me so far.
I'm quite impressed that Dune produce a firmware package to update all their players, Recent firmware updates have given a new lease of life to my HD Center. This continued after sales support means that Dune will be at the top of my list for the next media player I buy (probably to replace my TViX 6500).
As a lot of home cinema receivers have their own scalers, a "raw output" - or whatever it will be called, is really essential.
Summary of NATIVE VIDEO OUTPUT votes:
I see in the list of upcoming features a lot of wonderful functionality. I would like to request one additional feature not listed. Native video output. For those of us that use external scalers this is a key feature and something that causes a loss of video quality in the current offering.
My Dune connects to an Edge Duo which is at the heart of my A/V system. Every component goes through the Edge where the video is scaled before being passed to my Pioneer Pro-150FD. Currently there is no way that I can find to disable the scaler on the Dune itself so video is being processed twice with sometimes bad effects.
+1 - I have a DVDO DUO ;)
Hello,
I agree with you,this is something that i don't like in my Dune Base 3.0.
It is so hard to implement this features?(NATIVE VIDEO OUTPUT)
Thanks
YES YES YES !!!!
This would be a fantastic option :eek::eek::eek:
Bye
Miki
+1 mine goes through my Lumagen and i think this is what caused the audio display at 24hz 1080p setting.
with this option i can use reprocessing feature on the Luimagen which is the same as pref on the DVDO products.
anyone else noticed an audio/volume decrease in movies?
a5ian300zx
I requested this on the previous page but referred to it as source direct, thats what its called on oppo and pioneer players.
On dune voting page it is among the highest of requested features. I know many people who have not switched to a media streamer since nobody offers this option. I also have an external scaler.
The company that adds this feature will gain alot of new buyers in the audio video world.
Hello,
I also pushed for this features for almoast a year now,(ycbcr 4:2:2 output,sorce direct,native video output),or whatever they want to call it.
Why is so hard to implement this feature,i am sure that Sigma Design processor is capable for this features.
PLEASE HDI DUNE if it is possible to resolve this issues.
Thanks
Still no source direct mode or 4:2:2 colorspace option. Thanks for the Shoutcast though Dune. I do appreciate that as I never understood the internet radio function but I use Shoutcast all the time.
As a lot of home cinema receivers have their own scalers, a "raw output" - or whatever it will be called, is really essential.
Yeah, thank you guys! Finally some activity on this specific topic. I voted for that a long time ago. Let's hope they read this :)
It's impossible (by the specs of mp3) to get mp3 playback really gapless.
And don't say that winamp does it...
Listen very carefully and you'll hear that it's not gapless...
For real gapless playback switch to par example flac, ogg-vorbis.
I did (4TB of FLAC files), but thats not gapless too
It's impossible (by the specs of mp3) to get mp3 playback really gapless.
And don't say that winamp does it...
Listen very carefully and you'll hear that it's not gapless...
For real gapless playback switch to par example flac, ogg-vorbis.
How about XBMC then???? Never heard any gap when i listen to my mp3's.
Home menu with Custom Background
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/810/screenshot21q.png/
Found out you can not just upload an image to replace the background, all 350+ home menu items must be included for proper background change.
Thanks to 'Koti' for the link in the Budapest forums
With this firmware, I still can't play BD/J structure folders.
Tried with Green day last concert and no success, anybody else having same troubles?
Home menu with Custom Background
We read in the version notes that the firmware already contains some other sskins than the standard one, but in my Base 2.0 seems not available nothing ("please unpack dune_skin[...].zip" (or similar) message is shown.
Where can I found these custom skin files?
kuskokusko
19-05-11, 16:58
hi, all
@hidalgo
Could you post the link to the budapest forum please.
siamsquare
19-05-11, 18:38
Yo,
I'm still using TViXie as I prefer to have my movie data inside the movie folder of one movie.
In icon mode I have a problem when I enter the folder Dune wants to play everything that's inside the folder: jpg,mkv's... Is there a way to let play the movie straight away?
This doesn't happen with Bluray iso's or BDMV structures, only MKV!
gr33tz
After using the new firmware some more, I haven't found any serious issues, but one thing annoys me.
When the player (HD Center) has freshly started (power on/off via the button on the front), then it is possible to create favorites, but once it was in standby, it no longer works and it doesn't even show the ones I had created before.
Full reboot and they show up again and I can create additional ones.
System storage is connected, albeit through a powered USB hub.
Ik heb een bug gevonden in de nieuwe beta firmware.
Als je een pal dvd afspeeld dan geeft de player aan bij de optie info dat het een ntsc dvd is.
Als je een ntsc dvd afspeeld dan staat bij de info dat het een pal dvd is .
Dus het staat verkeerd om.
I found a bug in the new beta firmware.
If you catch a DVD is played then the player with the option information that it is a NTSC DVD.
If you are an NTSC DVD is played or the info is on the DVD is a pal.
So it is wrong.
Hi!
I'm Koti from Budapest :)
I would like to apologize all of yours, becouse i wasn't post it here too.
But i'm correcting now.
First, my custom skin :)
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/110517/screenshot2_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.png
Next, the custom skins (6 skin) what i made. One of the skins is necessary to make your custom background.
LINK (http://data.hu/get/3839045/pack.zip)
The method:
0, download my pack
1, unpack it
2, "run" any of the zips, and the skin is changed automatically after some confirmation
(run = browse it on dune, and hit enter)
if you unpack one of the skins (e.g dune_skin_familyguy.zip), and change the images/bg.jpg, you can create your own skin.
ps: i hope i'm understandable, and sorry for my bad english, i can't explain better :)
Koti from Budapest
hi, all
@hidalgo
Could you post the link to the budapest forum please.
hi, what do you mean? which link? budapest forum?
thanks
Can you edit the icons I would really like the glass theme but with my own custom background
The infamous audio sync problem for some MKV's is still there. Why don't they fix this!
The infamous audio sync problem for some MKV's is still there. Why don't they fix this!I've read that this is a problem within the Sigma SDK. The next fw is based on a new SDK so there's hope that the problem will be fixed then.
Yo,
I'm still using TViXie as I prefer to have my movie data inside the movie folder of one movie.
In icon mode I have a problem when I enter the folder Dune wants to play everything that's inside the folder: jpg,mkv's... Is there a way to let play the movie straight away?
This doesn't happen with Bluray iso's or BDMV structures, only MKV!
gr33tz
I guess that's the new behaviour of the enter button, which now acts like the play button and creates a playlist of the folder instead of opening/playing just the selected item. However you can restore the old behaviour in the setup menu. That's described in the release notes.
Hi!
I'm Koti from Budapest :)
I would like to apologize all of yours, becouse i wasn't post it here too.
But i'm correcting now.
First, my custom skin :)
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/110517/screenshot2_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.png
Next, the custom skins (6 skin) what i made. One of the skins is necessary to make your custom background.
LINK (http://data.hu/get/3839045/pack.zip)
The method:
0, download my pack
1, unpack it
2, "run" any of the zips, and the skin is changed automatically after some confirmation
(run = browse it on dune, and hit enter)
if you unpack one of the skins (e.g dune_skin_familyguy.zip), and change the images/bg.jpg, you can create your own skin.
ps: i hope i'm understandable, and sorry for my bad english, i can't explain better :)
Koti from Budapest
Thank you for your custom skin.Now i'm able to use my family pictures for my background pics.:D.
Is there any way we can install multiple custom skin?I'm trying to install 2nd custom skin but the system not accept it unless i must restart the dune.
After that i can install another,but my previous custom skin gone.So i must restart dune every time i want install different skin.:roll:
siamsquare
20-05-11, 10:28
I guess that's the new behaviour of the enter button, which now acts like the play button and creates a playlist of the folder instead of opening/playing just the selected item. However you can restore the old behaviour in the setup menu. That's described in the release notes.
Thanks, missed that and it works now...
But for some reason some MKV's won't play, my D1 and Base 3.0 says there is nothing to play in the folder. I have plenty of MKV that won't play anymore...strange!
gr33tz
Anybody else having issues playing BD/J folders?
I tried another test with Platoon 25th Anniversary, does not work neither...
this is really annoying since the dune base 3.0 HD media player cannot play BR structure folders!
Anybody else having issues playing BD/J folders?
I tried another test with Platoon 25th Anniversary, does not work neither...
this is really annoying since the dune base 3.0 HD media player cannot play BR structure folders!
Mmmhhh. I tried to play the Sorcerer BR (26GB) and it worked perfectly with my Base 3.0
Are you sure that all the protections have been properly removed while creating you rip ?
I've read that this is a problem within the Sigma SDK. The next fw is based on a new SDK so there's hope that the problem will be fixed then.
@JaniH: where did you read about the new Sigma SDK ? It would be really strange.. HDI has just changed the SDK really for this latest firmware. I'd find strange that in scuh a short time another SDK has already been made available.
Unless... maybe the SDK used for 2107 FW was not so new.. but just HDI that never used that SDK itself..
Hi Koti,
Thnx for your custom skins.
They look very nice.
With your zip files it is very easy to create new custom background files.
Borry
@JaniH: where did you read about the new Sigma SDK ? It would be really strange.. HDI has just changed the SDK really for this latest firmware. I'd find strange that in scuh a short time another SDK has already been made available.
Unless... maybe the SDK used for 2107 FW was not so new.. but just HDI that never used that SDK itself..Where does it say that this firmware has new SDK? From the first post in this thread:
"The features which most probably will come with the nearest firmware updates include: .....migration to the newest Sigma SDK"
THANK you Koti for the Skins 8)
They are cool. Are there other pages out there, where there are skins ?
Thank you !
Great work
Onload
a5ian300zx
20-05-11, 17:08
Hi Koti,
thanks for the skins will try them out later.
I got to say i like your website
www.dunebaseprime.hu (http://www.mpcclub.com/forum/www.dunebaseprime.hu)
if only it was in english :) i like the radio station, flash games, etc you have for download any chance you can upload the links here with description and guide please.
a5ian300zx
sbalchiero
20-05-11, 22:17
For me is very betiful this version but is another version without sleep time for internal HDD. Why HDI not insert this function?
Hi
siamsquare
20-05-11, 22:44
Thanks, missed that and it works now...
But for some reason some MKV's won't play, my D1 and Base 3.0 says there is nothing to play in the folder. I have plenty of MKV that won't play anymore...strange!
gr33tz
Seems, after some testing it has something to do with the list place of a movie in the folder. If it's after another file, dune tries to play the first file available, even if it can't play it 'ex.*.aai') Thus Dune says it can't play any file and the playlist is empty. The only way around this is to press play so it generates a playlist and choose SKIP File from the menu!
Is there a way so the Dune starts with the movie right away?
gr33tz
I've read that this is a problem within the Sigma SDK. The next fw is based on a new SDK so there's hope that the problem will be fixed then.Thanks. Hope that will fix it, since this is really unacceptable.
chrismilne
21-05-11, 07:27
I've read that this is a problem within the Sigma SDK. The next fw is based on a new SDK so there's hope that the problem will be fixed then.
They can at least allow a default delay to be stored so you don't have to do it everytime...i haven't installed yet, did they add anything like that?
Hi!
I'm Koti from Budapest :)
I would like to apologize all of yours, becouse i wasn't post it here too.
But i'm correcting now.
The method:
0, download my pack
1, unpack it
2, "run" any of the zips, and the skin is changed automatically after some confirmation
(run = browse it on dune, and hit enter)
if you unpack one of the skins (e.g dune_skin_familyguy.zip), and change the images/bg.jpg, you can create your own skin.
ps: i hope i'm understandable, and sorry for my bad english, i can't explain better :)
Koti from Budapest
Hello and Thanks for your work ;)
I try to make my own background, I zip the file but when i install it on my Dune the backgroud is the same as default, not my own background !!
I try Winrar, Winzip and Windows seven zip ! I make a bacground whit paint, photofiltre ... with the same caracteristics that your background ...
If I try your zip file it's well, I don't understand what is the problem. Thanks a lot for your explanation.
ATCHOUMSEB
21-05-11, 12:30
Hello and Thanks for your work ;)
I try to make my own background, I zip the file but when i install it on my Dune the backgroud is the same as default, not my own background !!
I try Winrar, Winzip and Windows seven zip ! I make a bacground whit paint, photofiltre ... with the same caracteristics that your background ...
If I try your zip file it's well, I don't understand what is the problem. Thanks a lot for your explanation.
It was same for me but i found how to do ; it's only one idea but it works for me
Make your picture on good format (1920 x 1080) with good name (bg.jpg)
Copy this file / Open the original zip of Koti and paste the picture in the good folder
I don't understand why it don't works when i create a new zip file but it's ok if i modify the original zip so, it's good
If someone has a better idea, thanks to give here
And really thanks to Koti for custom skin, more fast than HDI :-)
s.h.a.i.t.a.n
21-05-11, 13:05
I try to make my own background, I zip the file but when i install it on my Dune the backgroud is the same as default, not my own background !!
is there an additional folder with your theme name in your zip-file?
or just the sub-folders?
Koti, thanks very much for the great skins.
It would be very nice if you could remove the url from the background picture bg.jpg. The pictures are nice, but the url's are very distracting.
Thanks
Hello and Thanks for your work ;)
I try to make my own background, I zip the file but when i install it on my Dune the backgroud is the same as default, not my own background !!
I try Winrar, Winzip and Windows seven zip ! I make a bacground whit paint, photofiltre ... with the same caracteristics that your background ...
If I try your zip file it's well, I don't understand what is the problem. Thanks a lot for your explanation.
Had the same problem.
If you extract the folder you get a folder for example dune_skin_darthvader
After replacing the bg.jpg and repacking it with winrar (zip mode) the zip was unusable to my dune hd center.
If i double click on the zip file in windows you see the dune_skin_darthvader folder.
With the original zip file of koti you see the folders within the dune_skin_darthvader folder.
So how to solve this....
Replace the bg.jpg in an unpacked dune_skin_darthvader folder
Open the dune_skin_darthvader folder (for example) in winrar.
select all the folders in that folder and zip it
(I used --> zip -->save only no compression in winrar).
Worked 4 me.
Koti's skin works well Thanks again....
Change image (bd.jpg) can be done while open .zip for viewing (without having to unzip it out first)
............
Wishlist for next one
Integrated Media Library Management (Movie/CD/TV Serie) into the system so we can just add file(s) to attached HDD and ask Dune to get cover & synopsis from web and update our library. Hence, eliminate the need to complete these tasks on PC/Mac(USB/eSATA attached HDD)before HDD is usable on Dune (since not everyone has network attached-HDD)
HI-Jack --> HDI Dune has released a new firmware update which brings a lot of improvements and new functions to all models of Dune HD media players. The most visual improvement will be a completely refreshed interface. Honestly, opinions will vary on the new interface as things have become a bit less modern (more retro) and looks and feels quite "Chinese" compared to the earlier interface, hence where the "skins" come in handy. Kudos for the animation effects though, things run a little smoother now. Things have become easier to access but HDI may have some work cut out for them to further improve... Take your vote rather you like this new interface more than the older variant. Luckily, the interface is not the only enhancement to show off...
Official HDI message:
The firmware update has version number 110511_2107_beta and beta status. As always, this firmware update is provided for all generations of Dune HD media players, including both all new models and all outdated/discontinued models (14 different models based on 3 different platforms: Sigma Designs 863x, 864x, and 865x):
- Dune HD Ultra
- Dune HD Mini
- Dune BD Prime
- Dune HD Center
- Dune HD Base
- Dune HD Base 2.0
- Dune BD Prime 3.0
- Dune HD Base 3.0
- Dune HD Max
- Dune HD Smart H1
- Dune HD Smart D1
- Dune HD Smart B1
- Dune HD Duo
- Dune HD Lite 53D
The new firmware version includes a completely new graphical interface (with more advanced graphics, animation effects, support for skins, new main menu style, weather widget, many other user interface improvements), support for CUE-sheets, support for MKV-chapters, new improved version of DVD engine, SHOUTCast and RadioTime services (thousands of free Internet radio stations), and many other new features and improvements.
For Dune HD models based on the Sigma Designs 864x and 865x platforms, the new firmware version also includes extended support for controlling the player via USB mouse and keyboard, support for Dune HD Qwerty RF remote, and some other features and improvements.
The firmware update can be downloaded and installed via either the built-in online firmware upgrade function of Dune HD media players, or using the official Dune HD firmware web site:
http://dune-hd.com/firmware
HDI Dune is also working on other new features and improvements which will be included into next firmware versions. The features which most probably will come with the nearest firmware updates include: “lite” Blu-ray playback mode for BDMV folders and BD ISO files (with full support for Blu-ray playlists, playlist choosing, audiotrack choosing, subtitles choosing, chapters navigation, bookmarks, zoom and other possibilities), FlashLite applications support and web browser also for Dune HD Lite 53D model, additional options for working with HDDs (support for 3TB+ HDDs, GPT, “advanced format”, EXT3/NTFS formatting, updated NTFS driver, etc), migration to the newest Sigma SDK, improved audio player, better integration of FlashLite applications, better integration of the web browser, extended DVB functionality (with EPG and other features), management of bookmarks and “recently played” movies, new Internet video/music services (and also an SDK for the addition of other Internet video/music services and IPTV/VOD applications).
The complete list of new functions and improvements in the new firmware version:
If someone successfully succeeded to update the DUNE_FOLDER.TXT file to the new interface of the Dune, please be kind and upload it.
Thank you,
Flavius
Its always good news when a new firmware emerges.
But... Its sad to see that still there is no way to select a subtitle file with a different file name "on the fly". This was the most useful subtitle feature my old Tvix 6500A offered, a feature which existed from the very first time I used it (The 6500A), almost three years ago. And my super-duper Dune hd max still lacks.
It seems that the external subtitle can be achieved only with bluray "lite". The bad news is bluray lite has no fancy menu for bluray, like it was for 6500.
"HDI Dune is also working on other new features and improvements which will be included into next firmware versions. The features which most probably will come with the nearest firmware updates include: “lite” Blu-ray playback mode for BDMV folders and BD ISO files (with full support for Blu-ray playlists, playlist choosing, audiotrack choosing, subtitles choosing, chapters navigation, bookmarks, zoom and other possibilities)"
It was same for me but i found how to do ; it's only one idea but it works for me
Make your picture on good format (1920 x 1080) with good name (bg.jpg)
Copy this file / Open the original zip of Koti and paste the picture in the good folder
I don't understand why it don't works when i create a new zip file but it's ok if i modify the original zip so, it's good
If someone has a better idea, thanks to give here
And really thanks to Koti for custom skin, more fast than HDI :-)
Yes the same thing for me, I modify the original zip with Winrar and it work !
Koti thanks for the skins! :)
Can you make one with tansparent icons?
It would be great if we could have one place to upload our custom themes, backgrounds, icons etc. for everyone to see and download if they wish (in HDI Artwork maybe?)!
Am I doing something wrong or there's no more original icon labels when creating shortcut (eg. Zappiti)?
As I can see shortcuts are now in favorites tab and the only option is "Add to favorites".
Still no audio if connected the HD DUO / previously Prime 1.0 using component for video and HDMI for audio...for other format other than iso files i.e. mkv, avi, mpg etc
using either bitstrem or decode by the Dune....audio from bd.iso plays fine
what could be the problem...also, it cannot play my Avatar.iso (HK version) which is playble using my Prime BD 1.0....
A dedicated thread to Dune skinning:
http://www.mpcclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26999
I've got playback issues with WVC1 files on this new firmware.
Mediainfo for the file's give's me an overall bitrate of 6mb for these files.
But when playing back on the Dune with the latest FW the bitrate goes through the roof.
Around 24mbps with spike's of over 40mbps.
This results in stutter for me during playback.
The first sturrer is noticable about 6 minutes into the file.
And after playing 10 minutes it's just to horrible to watch.
Stopping the player and restarting the file fixes the problem for a few minutes but then it starts again.
Playback of these WMV files goes flawless on other devices, and it goes flawless on the previous FW's as well.
Playing back the same file's with x264 encoding works flawless.
Anybody else having issues with WVC1 (WMV-HD) files ?
I have an issue where a lot of files but also dvd's now have a yellow vertical line to the left of the screen, looks like the first row of pixels is yellow.
a5ian300zx
23-05-11, 10:03
I've got playback issues with WVC1 files on this new firmware.
Mediainfo for the file's give's me an overall bitrate of 6mb for these files.
But when playing back on the Dune with the latest FW the bitrate goes through the roof.
Around 24mbps with spike's of over 40mbps.
This results in stutter for me during playback.
The first sturrer is noticable about 6 minutes into the file.
And after playing 10 minutes it's just to horrible to watch.
Stopping the player and restarting the file fixes the problem for a few minutes but then it starts again.
Playback of these WMV files goes flawless on other devices, and it goes flawless on the previous FW's as well.
Playing back the same file's with x264 encoding works flawless.
Anybody else having issues with WVC1 (WMV-HD) files ?
hi,
any chance you can upload the file or even a long enough sample and i can test it for you on mine to see if the results are the same or different.
I have tested high bitrate files which work fine 40+ Mbit/s.
a5ian300zx
Anybody else having issues playing BD/J folders?
I tried another test with Platoon 25th Anniversary, does not work neither...
this is really annoying since the dune base 3.0 HD media player cannot play BR structure folders!
Mmmhhh. I tried to play the Sorcerer BR (26GB) and it worked perfectly with my Base 3.0
Are you sure that all the protections have been properly removed while creating you rip ?
Ok, I have done some further testing.
I copied both BR structure folders (Green day and Platoon) from the HFS external hard drive to an NTFS external hard drive, and they both started to play fine...
Why do the files play with a windows HDD and not on a mac os x HDD?
Is it because the Dune cannot write on the HFS drives?
Interesting isnt it :-)
Ghostdivision
23-05-11, 12:26
Koti Skins are great, the only thing im not crazy about is the advertising of the site at the bottom of the backgrounds, the backgrounds are really nice, but it looks tacky with the advertising of a website on the bottom.
a5ian300zx
23-05-11, 12:48
Koti Skins are great, the only thing im not crazy about is the advertising of the site at the bottom of the backgrounds, the backgrounds are really nice, but it looks tacky with the advertising of a website on the bottom.
just remove it, I did - crop the image removing the advertising and then resize the image back to 1920x1080 - job done.
I changed the transformer background for a better/darker one so i can read the menu's clearly.
The only thing i noticed was i lost the weather widget on mine after applying the theme.
a5ian300zx
Hi hidalgo,
is anywhere mentioned that the Dune reads HFS? Even NTFS (at least writing) is quite new for the Dune. You could attache the HFS hdd to your MAC and then use SAMBA or NFS.
Hi hidalgo,
is anywhere mentioned that the Dune reads HFS? Even NTFS (at least writing) is quite new for the Dune. You could attache the HFS hdd to your MAC and then use SAMBA or NFS.
i put my HFS+ formatted HDDs directly over a Quickport Adapter to the Dune.
Works great for me
Hi hidalgo,
is anywhere mentioned that the Dune reads HFS? Even NTFS (at least writing) is quite new for the Dune. You could attache the HFS hdd to your MAC and then use SAMBA or NFS.
Well, the Dune works pretty well with the HFS drives, I can play Mkv, Dvd, M2ts files with no problem. Using Dunex application for the movies wall selection works pretty well too.
I could play also some BR folders files but not the ones that are BD/J. So it could be the problem is due to the Dune not writing on HFS systems?
A few Q's:
1. is it possible to have the weather in Fahrenheit?
2. is it possible to have the clock in 12hr?
3. is it possible to make the icons smaller?
4. is it possible to remove the optical drive icon?
Otherwise, such an enormous leap!
Thanks Dune!
A few Q's:
1. is it possible to have the weather in Fahrenheit?
Otherwise, such an enormous leap!
Thanks Dune!
Setup/Applications/Widget/Temperature Unit , choose oF
Is anyone getting an issue with SMB?
My server shows up (sometimes) in the network browser but is empty of shared folders but I can connect to the shares if I add them manually with the pop up menu option?
HeadBanger
24-05-11, 15:06
The beta firmware seems to have caused some sort of corruption on the book marking. I’ve set mine to resume video playback and on some it jumps and stutters around and when playback does start it’s usually failing to start where I left of last. Has anyone else noticed this? Where does it store the bookmarks as clearing both the flash and USB memory makes no difference?
Well, the Dune works pretty well with the HFS drives, I can play Mkv, Dvd, M2ts files with no problem. Using Dunex application for the movies wall selection works pretty well too.
I could play also some BR folders files but not the ones that are BD/J. So it could be the problem is due to the Dune not writing on HFS systems?
Hi!
How is you drive formatted? You just say HFS, but maybe you mean HFS+?
Journaled or not?
My Smart D1 is completely incapable of reading any HFS+ formatting, every reading or copy will inevitably fail. I can see the contents of the drive and list files, but that's all. At some point, early, generally, it will fail.
Thanks for your tips!
I also need a 4:2:2 option on the dune. I wonder how best to get their attention on this all important issue? I have an Isf calibrated Pioneer Kuro KRP-500A and this runs best when offered a 4:2:2 signal. 4:4:4 mode loses picture punch or depth, even from my oppo bdp-83. I have an oppo bdp-93 still in its box waiting for me to finish a looming work deadline :)
I also have ac3 audio sync issues. A Bluray that has bad sync issues is "Bullet". I am using a Denon AV amp wired via HDMI. This bluray has no lossless audio, that's why.
If these two issues are solved I will be a happy bunny.
Hello,
I hope that people from Dune understand the importance of such feature,
SOURCE DIRECT or 4:2:2 COLORSPACE option.
Like i said before is the most important feature in a media player device.There is anybody out there to tell us if it is possible?(from DUNE)
I saw that many from us want this feature badly.
Thanks
how to go directly to favorite on poweron
The beta firmware seems to have caused some sort of corruption on the book marking. I’ve set mine to resume video playback and on some it jumps and stutters around and when playback does start it’s usually failing to start where I left of last. Has anyone else noticed this? Where does it store the bookmarks as clearing both the flash and USB memory makes no difference?
I also have sometimes no working bookmarks.
No jumps or stutter if they do work.
Can't help you with where they are stored.
I am trying to install custom skin on HDCENTER and it fails with the specific message "Failed to install custom skin" ;-).
It is one of the zips from the pack mentioned in this thread.
anyone with the same experience? i copied the zip to the internal HDD and execute it from there.
HeadBanger
26-05-11, 22:42
I also have sometimes no working bookmarks.
No jumps or stutter if they do work.
Can't help you with where they are stored.
Thanks for confirming as it puts my mind at rest that it's a firmware rather than hardware issue.
I looked in the old firmware release notes and to clear stored bookmarks you need to reset under settings>general. It is a bit of a pain as it wipes all other user settings (IP settings, Audio & Visual settings, Network folder settings etc.).
However, it was OK for a while after a full reset but the problem has now started again so I've turned off resume for the video for now (under playback settings).
Is anyone getting an issue with SMB?
My server shows up (sometimes) in the network browser but is empty of shared folders but I can connect to the shares if I add them manually with the pop up menu option?
I have the same problem. When accessing the network i see my pc shown, when i access it comes up empty. But if i access movies (that is on the pc) over zappiti then it works as normal. So its nothing wrong with the pc..
Any ideas? Maybe its just a bug in the beta version?
Hi!
How is you drive formatted? You just say HFS, but maybe you mean HFS+?
Journaled or not?
My Smart D1 is completely incapable of reading any HFS+ formatting, every reading or copy will inevitably fail. I can see the contents of the drive and list files, but that's all. At some point, early, generally, it will fail.
Thanks for your tips!
Hello,
it is HFS+ drive, all files read OK (except BR folders) but u cannot write on HFS+ drives with the Dune
Hello,
it is HFS+ drive, all files read OK (except BR folders) but u cannot write on HFS+ drives with the Dune
Thanks for that. I knew about the RO part on HFS+ and that is fine with me. I'll try another HDD enclosure then, that may be the cause. Cheers.
I have the same problem. When accessing the network i see my pc shown, when i access it comes up empty. But if i access movies (that is on the pc) over zappiti then it works as normal. So its nothing wrong with the pc..
Any ideas? Maybe its just a bug in the beta version?
I get the same as above, access the movies and then works as normal.
I reverted back to the last firmware beta and get the same.
I just bought the Smart D1 a few days ago, I'm coming from WD TV Live (which is very nice as well). The better picture quality of the Smart D1 was the reason to change, and I can say the picture is definitely sharper.
However, when I bought it I updated directly to the latest stable version, and used this 2 days, before I updated to the new beta firmware.
I have only DVD-Iso-files on 4TB HDs, connected with USB, and for both firmware versions everything works fine, but of course the new beta firmware looks much more nice.
I have only one Iso-file that cannot be played (WD TV played it). The file seems to be ok, but the Smart D1 shows an error message: "Wiedergabeliste ist leer" (what means playlist is empty)
Also in the listview it does not show a disk (like all other files) but a sheet of paper.
When I check the file with the Smart D1 (readtest) it is ok, no error message.
Further there are error messages for starting some radio stations etc. (mentioned in this forum berore); problems to access the XX server (internet connection is fine).
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I have all my movies (over 600) sorted in directories (like a, b, c, d, etc...), and It would be great to implement other options of "finding the movie", like in the WD TV.
- It should be possible to show me all movies at once (without the directories).
- In WD TV I can change the overview about my movies from "latest/recent" (last films I watched), to date (shows me folders with date; which movie I added at what date).
Especially the option to sort by date I'm missing. this was a very nice feature from WD TV. So it was possible to check my movies regarding to date it was added to my harddrives (like last friday I added these 3 movies, 3 days before these 2 movies etc.). Maybe it;s possible to add a feature like this in the future.
Maybe it's possible to have this option when installing external software like Zappiti or Yadis? I never tried this (I just own the Smart Di for several days).
Which of these external software is the best...?
Thanks
Markus (from Germany, so sorry about my english...)
Hallo Markus1,
take a look at Zappiti ( a very nice Movie Wall) there you also have the option to display all movies. There is also a Zappiti skin so that the GUI of the HDI looks like Zappiti.
Ralf
Hello Markus1
I'm using "mymovies collection management" - this also makes a very nice gui.
( including alphabetical order or by genre or running times .... )
I'm using "mymovies collection management" - this also makes a very nice gui.
( including alphabetical order or by genre or running times .... )
Hey... I wasn't aware that mymovies works together with the Dune players, can you really start a BD-iso from within the mymovies GUI? Pretty cool! :cool:
I have the same problem. When accessing the network i see my pc shown, when i access it comes up empty. But if i access movies (that is on the pc) over zappiti then it works as normal. So its nothing wrong with the pc..
Any ideas? Maybe its just a bug in the beta version?The buggy network browser isn't a new "feature". In some cases it shows the shared folders always, in some systems almost always and in some networks never. Networks work in mysterious ways...
Hey... I wasn't aware that mymovies works together with the Dune players, can you really start a BD-iso from within the mymovies GUI? Pretty cool! :cool:
using MM also here, and yep, you can start whatever format ou want from MyMovies on Dune ;)
even better : i use their iPad app' and I can start directly playing a movie from the movie details on the ipad (+ Dune remote control on the iPad too !) :razz:
using MM also here, and yep, you can start whatever format ou want from MyMovies on Dune ;)
even better : i use their iPad app' and I can start directly playing a movie from the movie details on the ipad (+ Dune remote control on the iPad too !) :razz:
Wellwellwell, that causes very obviously that I am going to raise some funds for a new dune D1 and give it a try. However, would you mind telling me exactly what option of mymovies I need? Anything regarding the dune configuration I have to be aware of! Boy that's damn cool... :cool: :D
spinningmaster
30-05-11, 13:25
Wellwellwell, that causes very obviously that I am going to raise some funds for a new dune D1 and give it a try. However, would you mind telling me exactly what option of mymovies I need? Anything regarding the dune configuration I have to be aware of! Boy that's damn cool... :cool: :D
Hi grinzecat,
This wil help i think.
http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/04/11/controlling-dune-windows-media-center-with-the-my-movies-ipad-app/
frodobilbow
30-05-11, 18:22
Downloaded the 2007 upgrade a few days ago, and it worked fine. But noticed that large mp4 files started stuttering, so tried to revert to 1222 previous FW. Got halfway through the 'upgrade' and it hung. Had to shut down. Result: now the Dune HD Max won't start at all. Gets halfway through the initialising and then aborts. Is there such a thing as a hard boot? Can't use the factory reset as the Dune won't initialise. Any help anyone? Is there a reboot button somewhere?
frodobilbow
30-05-11, 19:29
Hello again. Panic over! I had simply forgotten to change the name of the 1222 firmware to dune_firmware.dff. Once I did that, the Dune re-initialised with no problems. Human error strikes again!
Hi grinzecat,
This wil help i think.
http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/04/11/controlling-dune-windows-media-center-with-the-my-movies-ipad-app/
Thx a lot! :cool:
a5ian300zx
31-05-11, 19:01
Hi grinzecat,
This wil help i think.
http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/04/11/controlling-dune-windows-media-center-with-the-my-movies-ipad-app/
that does sound very intresting, but i have few question regarding mymovies if someone can help answer.
1) can i use network shares i.e. NFS from my Qnap?
2) does it create artwork in individual folders or is it just one folder that all movie artwork/info goes into?
a5ian300zx
MartinP666
31-05-11, 20:23
I'm having problems loading subtitle tracks with this firmware. Is it working OK for everyone else?
Yeap! Everything is OK with subs.
how can we block share in the hdd to other users on the network.
can we give the pass to share ?
( like popcorn ; user : nmt pass : 1234 )
that does sound very intresting, but i have few question regarding mymovies if someone can help answer.
1) can i use network shares i.e. NFS from my Qnap?
2) does it create artwork in individual folders or is it just one folder that all movie artwork/info goes into?
a5ian300zx
1. yes : SMB or NFS path are supported
2. yes. 1 movie = 1 folder with all infos in it
Why can't I play subtitles of vobsub format with the latest firmware?
Subs do play ok with VLC.
here is the mediainfo file.
Media Info
General
Format : Matroska
File size : 2.42 GiB
Duration : 26mn 46s
Overall bit rate : 13.0 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-25 19:42:54
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 26mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 12.3 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.247
Stream size : 2.25 GiB (93%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376kGIT 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 /
psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 /
fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 /
bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 /
scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=12288 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 /
qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 26mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 123 MiB (5%)
Language : English
Text #1
ID : 3
Format : VobSub
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : English
Text #2
ID : 4
Format : VobSub
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : Spanish
wheater widget does not work well, i am from Romania and here we have some cities named Targu Mures, Targu Jiu, Targu Frumos, Targu Secuiesc etc and none with "Targu ..." not works, any ideas?
The buggy network browser isn't a new "feature". In some cases it shows the shared folders always, in some systems almost always and in some networks never. Networks work in mysterious ways...
So you are telling me there are "gremlins" in my network and it is as it is? Surely there must be a reason for it? Havent been able of accessing the network since the update. It worked for maybe two days and then gone after that.
Anyone got any tip on what i can try?
Hi,
I wouldn´t blame HDI for the network problem. I would blame MS. Windows as a part from a network is sick IMHO. Even with only windows PC in the network it can take ages before they know each other. It got worse with W7 because MS introduced something new there. I think it is called become part of a home network. I think they try to build something easy similar to the Apple but up to now they failed.
Perhaps you try this. Start your Dune, search the net 1 or 2 times, wait half an hour and search again. As I already said the master browser of a windows network takes ages before he knows the network even if there are only 2 or 3 PCs in the net.
I would blame HDI for not introducing a NFS network browser.
Ralf
It is true. I have 3 computers, 2 running Vista and 1 running W7. All 3 can see / access Dune and Dune can see / access all 3 computers / shared folders. This is the maximum I can do. I am not able to make the 3 computers to access each other. Only the Public Folder on each computer can be accessed from the other 2 computers. Other shared folders you can see but you can not access/enter. Microsoft is the master of confusion!
Regarding network problems with Vista/Win 7 and XP I found certain firewalls worked OK with 1 pc or combination of pc but didnt work with others even if you manually added ip addresses and configured permissions if you completely disable the firewall ypu may have access across the network. I had problems with Outpost and Zone alarm but found the PC tools firewall works on my XP and Win 7 PCs dont have vista any more hope that helps.
I think I tryied all, disable firewall, disable all passwords, everywhere, uninstall Windows Security Essentials, Static IP's, modified registry, etc. Nothing works.
Hi,
are you member of the home network with this number as configuration password?
Ralf
wheater widget does not work well, i am from Romania and here we have some cities named Targu Mures, Targu Jiu, Targu Frumos, Targu Secuiesc etc and none with "Targu ..." not works, any ideas?
I'm confused about the weather widget as well. I have entered the name of my city - but every other day another location within a radius of approx. 100km from here is displayed.
Hi,
are you member of the home network with this number as configuration password?
Ralf
Yes, all computers are member of the same Homegroup. I also tryied the following: renamed all computers to have the same name and put the same password to all 3. Then disabled the passwords. Everything it was useless. I do not want to continue here, as this is a thread of something else.
So far everything works fine, and I really like the Dune Smart D1 with the new firmware.
I just tried out my first Blu-ray iso files, and I found some small issues (I never tried BD-iso files with the former firmware).
1. When playing a BD, the menue does not look (that nice) like when playing a DVD, it looks different (older style...).
2. The zoom does not work when playing a BD, but according to the manual it should (this is a VERY important feature for me, because I like to zoom a little bit; like with DVD to 1,05x what's appr. in the middle between original and full zoom). I can zoom via my Onkyo AVR, but only full zoom, and this is too much (to much of the right and left side of the movie is missing).
===>>> PLEASE integrate the possibility to zoom the BD like a DVD. <<<===
3. When playing a BD, it's not possible to jump with a "number" (like 5 for exsample) to chapter 5. Not an important thing, but I just want to mention it does not work.
4. When restarting a DVD, the Smart D1 does not start from the beginning, but from the last point I watched.
This is nice, but it would even better if I would be asked if I want to start from the beginning or from last point.
When starting a BD, it always start from the beginning, what is not that nice.
These are just a few small issues that I discovered, maybe that can be fixed at following update(s). :D
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Update...:
Screen saver does not work during watching a BD , it does with DVD
Loudness control does not work at all, it's shown on the TV screen but loudness is always the same (at least with my configuration via HDMI).
So far everything works fine, and I really like the Dune Smart D1 with the new firmware.
4. When restarting a DVD, the Smart D1 does not start from the beginning, but from the last point I watched.
This is nice, but it would even better if I would be asked if I want to start from the beginning or from last point.
When starting a BD, it always start from the beginning, what is not that nice.
These are just a few small issues that I discovered, maybe that can be fixed at following update(s). :D
You can set your play preferences in the setup options.
There are seperate options for Dvd, Blu-Ray & Music. You can either choose resume from last point or play from the start for each individually.
Hope that helps.
Cheers.
Hi,
I just tried out my first Blu-ray iso files, and I found some small issues (I never tried BD-iso files with the former firmware).
what menu do you mean? The menu of the BD or DVD are on the disc and the player only has to show it. So if you have an ugly BD menu you have an ugly BD:-)
Ralf
Hi,
what menu do you mean? The menu of the BD or DVD are on the disc and the player only has to show it. So if you have an ugly BD menu you have an ugly BD:-)
Ralf
...in this case I don't mean the menu itsself, but the parts of the menu which appear when I press "info" for exsample, or fast forward.
If you press "info" during watching a DVD / BD the infobox looks different (in BD not that nice like in DVD modus).
You can set your play preferences in the setup options.
There are seperate options for Dvd, Blu-Ray & Music. You can either choose resume from last point or play from the start for each individually.
Hope that helps.
Cheers.
...no (or at least I could not find it.).
I found these option at setup/.../Bookmarks, but there I have this option to choose only for
- video
- audio
- dvd
But unfortunately no Blu-ray
I have them all on "yes", but Blu-ray still starts from the beginning every time (no big thing, but it should be possible to choose as well).
It looks like the whole Blu-ray thing is not (yet) really integrated in the new (beta) firmware, since the "menu" looks diffenrent, and the option to resume is missing as well.
Maybe in the next regular update (no beta) everything will be fixed.
And the resume from last point settings should have 3 options, Yes, No, or "Prompt User", as do most media players. If I play a DVD or BD which I had previously partially played, I would prefer to be prompted as to whether to resume it or play from beginning. Blueskies...
Fredd_1001
07-06-11, 22:01
Just got home from a long weekend and booted up the dune.
Saw a FW update, heck let's install.
I'm flabbergasted here, but finally after more than a year of complaining we have gapless CD playback.
Finally, may 14th, the day that the Dune players became REAL multimedia players.
Haven't done a lot of testing so far, but gapless cd playback was a real showstopper for me.
Here it is still not working! I still have no gapless audio playback.
I'm I missing something here? Musicfiles are on my NAS, used CDex for conversion to MP3.
Fredd_1001
07-06-11, 23:12
It's impossible (by the specs of mp3) to get mp3 playback really gapless.
And don't say that winamp does it...
Listen very carefully and you'll hear that it's not gapless...
For real gapless playback switch to par example flac, ogg-vorbis.
Tried FLAC, allso no gapless playback!
WTF how difficult can this be?!
Create one big flac file and use it with cue sheet then you can switch between the different songs and you have gapless playback. - This works well wit the latest beta firmware.
I haven´t read all the thread. When will be finally released the firmware officially?
Cheers!
KillroyWasHere
08-06-11, 19:59
I haven´t read all the thread. When will be finally released the firmware officially?
Cheers!
They usually release one a year. Betas are pretty much final as even the finals have lots of bugs.
Hi everyone,
I do like the new interface overall, and mkv chapters was a sorely missed feature, but I have one big issue: I don't mind the fact that shortcuts are not in the same screen as the available shares, but I would like the option to start on the shortcuts screen instead of the shares menu. This would allow a direct access to the MyMovies indexes and would improve WAF a lot... I had the Mymovies shortcut on the main screen before, so it was easy to find, but now you have to go to a different screen. Not good.
Otherwise, ABSOLUTE TOP PRIORITY is source direct YCbCr 4-2-2 output. Totally agree this is the biggest flaw in the player when used in a home cinema, especially for users with a scaler.
Finally, one vote for WOL, which would allow us to leave less frequently used servers off all the time. At the moment, I schedule my Qnap boxes to wake up at 7pm and shudown at 1am, but I coud easily leave one or two permanently off as I rarely need them.
Otherwise, ABSOLUTE TOP PRIORITY is source direct YCbCr 4-2-2 output. Totally agree this is the biggest flaw in the player when used in a home cinema, especially for users with a scaler.
I'm glad there are a few of us that recognize the importance of source direct and 4:2:2 colorspace. It's the only thing keeping me from labeling the Dune as near perfect.
I am trying to run this update but somehow my Dune BD Prime 3.0 does not recognize any USB storage I attach. I have tried several USB sticks and card drives, but nothing appears. :x
Is it possible to copy the update file to a network storage and do the update from there?
Best
D
well you can connect your dune w/ usb cable and put the firmware within a folder in dune.
There is no harddisk in the Dune so I cannot store anything inside it.
Updating from NAS is not possible?
never try that before, but are you already emptied your USB storage before you put the f/w file? and try to format the USb storage w/ NTFS
Keith Kennedy
12-06-11, 01:22
How ya'll are?
Today, I decided to tune in a favorite Internet Radio station on my Dune
B1. To my surprise there the radio station was gone. Upon investigation I
found that Radiotime and SHOUTcast applications are empty. What gives?
Will the Internet radio station applications be replaced with the next stable firmware verion of (110511_2007_beta)? This is very disappointing.:confused:
thx K.
There is no harddisk in the Dune so I cannot store anything inside it.
Updating from NAS is not possible?
I always update from my NAS, so it's certainly possible. Blueskies...
I see in the list of upcoming features a lot of wonderful functionality. I would like to request one additional feature not listed. Native video output. For those of us that use external scalers this is a key feature and something that causes a loss of video quality in the current offering.
My Dune connects to an Edge Duo which is at the heart of my A/V system. Every component goes through the Edge where the video is scaled before being passed to my Pioneer Pro-150FD. Currently there is no way that I can find to disable the scaler on the Dune itself so video is being processed twice with sometimes bad effects.
Is this really going to be included for the Dune?
Maybe, just maybe, this is something that the Sigma is NOT capable of doing. Are there any other Sigma based players that already has this capability?
The SageTV HD300 does it. It's got the Sigma chip, hasn't it?
For me, 4:2:2 colorspace and source direct output is also TOP priority.
For me, 4:2:2 colorspace and source direct output is also TOP priority.
Agreed. Top Priority for me too.
Thanks
Source direct/4:2:2 is the only upgrade I'm waiting for also....
For me, 4:2:2 colorspace and source direct output is also TOP priority.
Count me in!
Source direct/4:2:2 is the only upgrade I'm waiting for also....
for me it is also important......
For me, 4:2:2 colorspace and source direct output is also TOP priority.
Why? DVD and BluRay is original in 4:2:0, or is it 4:2:2 ?
Please give me some examples why i do need 4:2:2 colorspace.
I'd like to learn more about that.
Thanks.
crimpy
Why? DVD and BluRay is original in 4:2:0, or is it 4:2:2 ?
Please give me some examples why i do need 4:2:2 colorspace.
I'd like to learn more about that.
Thanks.
crimpy
At least, DVD is 4:2:0 and a 4:2:2 output introduces fewer colorspace conversions than 4:4:4.
Love the new GUI.
I am experiencing a few small problems however:
There is no audio on .MOV files (recorded via Sony video camera). Audio works when files are played by other devices.
When set to (Auto) the default location for the weather widget shows a different state in my country. I know I can set this manually, however it seems that the local radio stations within the RadioTime application are bound to the automatic location. Hence my local radio stations are interstate radio stations.
I am hoping that these issues may by easy to resolve. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Having an issue with the Superman Anthology just released.
Superman 1 TC, special features plays but get a black screen and no audio. Movie plays fine.
Is this really going to be included for the Dune?
I dont think so...... it be only a very very tiny number of people with 'scalers'. I think the output looks fantastic as it is and looks identical to my Oppo 83 on my HD projector. I would rather they concentrate on issues that effect the operation of the unit for the vast majority of users first.
Why? DVD and BluRay is original in 4:2:0, or is it 4:2:2 ?
Please give me some examples why i do need 4:2:2 colorspace.
I'd like to learn more about that.
Thanks.
crimpy
Bluray is 4:2:0 but conversion to 4:2:2 is lossless. Conversion to 4:4:4 isn't, and possibly means a needless roundtrip to RGB.
It's the one feature that blocks many buyers from getting this player for a home cinema. Many people aren't even considering media players for this reason, and stick to good conventional players. The Dune checks all the boxes, except that one.
I really hope they do something about it, it would really set it apart from the rest.
I dont think so...... it be only a very very tiny number of people with 'scalers'. I think the output looks fantastic as it is and looks identical to my Oppo 83 on my HD projector. I would rather they concentrate on issues that effect the operation of the unit for the vast majority of users first.
Even SD material like 576i/480i looks like the Oppo 83? Well, the Oppo 83 has very good scaling chips inside. I'm sure it wins hands down in that department.
EDIT: Also, it's not just for people with scalers. A/V receivers, HD projectors and LCD/plasma displays are getting good scaling and deinterlacing chips inside, so a large number of customers would benefit from this.
Myself, I'm using an HD300 because of that feature only. If Dune gets this implemented, I'll turn to my Smart D1 instead.
Bluray is 4:2:0 but conversion to 4:2:2 is lossless. Conversion to 4:4:4 isn't, and possibly means a needless roundtrip to RGB.
Ah, ok, now i get it.
So it is loosless.
Is the Sigma Chip in the Dune a good idea to do this?
Does it need much calculation power to convert?
Thank's
crimpy
Hi Admin,
I had DUNE HD BASE 3.0. I just flashed to the lastest firmware, 110511_2007_beta. But I detected the bug from the stable firmware, 110225_1222, was still occured when I'm watching DVD (which stocked on an external disk): the picture and sound were freezing about 10 secondes, and the movie started. It's very annoying. I hope this bug will be fixed by the next firmware released.
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For me, 4:2:2 colorspace and source direct output is also TOP priority.
Same here, I'm suprised this hasn't been done yet.
Hi grinzecat,
This wil help i think.
A little while, but however I'd like to ask what OS you need for the "MyMovies Collection Management", is WinXP/Win7 ok or would you need WHC to use MyMovies with the Dune?
A little while, but however I'd like to ask what OS you need for the "MyMovies Collection Management", is WinXP/Win7 ok or would you need WHC to use MyMovies with the Dune?
You need windows 7 for the latest version of mymovies (recommended with the dune) but older version 3.x works with vista.
Mymovies and the dune is a great combination, especially if you use the ipad as a remote/interface.
You need windows 7 for the latest version of mymovies (recommended with the dune) but older version 3.x works with vista.
Mymovies and the dune is a great combination, especially if you use the ipad as a remote/interface.
Thx a lot, now that I have the latest version (not beta) installed I will have to go through the tutorials, actually I have not been successful to create an index file correctly... :cool:
During the update of my HDI Dune max , the system stopped to reposnd for at least 5 min and iswitch it off.....
Now the system cannot boot only 1-2-3... and after error... trying ...
In my Dune max broken... can I install again a firmware?
Thanks for your help
During the update of my HDI Dune max , the system stopped to reposnd for at least 5 min and iswitch it off.....
Now the system cannot boot only 1-2-3... and after error... trying ...
In my Dune max broken... can I install again a firmware?
Thanks for your help
Firmware recovery procedure:
- Copy a firmware DFF file into "dune_firmware.dff" file at the top
level of a USB flash drive (preferably use exactly the same
firmware version as was attempted to install during the failed
upgrade).
- Switch the player off (using the power button on the player).
- Attach the USB flash drive with "dune_firmware.dff" file to the
player.
- Switch the player on.
- The player should detect the the USB flash drive and automatically
start firmware recovery procedure. You should see "RECOVER", "CHK
0", "CHK 1",..., "CHK 99", "REC 0", "REC 1", ..., "REC 99", "OK",
"EJECT STORAGE AND REBOOT" messages on the front panel of the
player.
- On an error, a message "ERR ..." is displayed on the front penal
of the player. "..." is the error code. Possible error codes:
- "ERR Ann", "ERR Bnn", "ERR Cnn": A problem with
the "dune_firmware.dff" file: the file is invalid/broken, the
file corresponds to a wrong player model, the file can not be
read from the USB drive, etc.
- "ERR Dnn", "ERR Enn": A problem during data copying (e.g. the
USB drive disconnected during data copying).
- Detach the USB flash drive from the player, and delete the
"dune_firmware.dff" file from it (do not attach the USB flash drive
with this file to the player when you switch the player on,
otherwise, the player will attempt to recover the firmware again).
- Switch the player off (using the power button on the player).
- Switch the player on.
- The recovered firmware should load in the usual way.
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