Xtreamer team is really putting very serious effort into their products. Now they have their own magazine.

Browse thru it if interested.

http://magazine.xtreamer.net/

Etrayz will be available by end Dec. Reserved for you already.

What do you mean order with Xtreamer?? Confused joh.

Xtreamer R&D team release 2nd version of beta 2.1 yesterday. Xtreamer features are added from time to time. Very good job!!

News extracted from Xtreamer blog:

Second BETA release of v2.1
Today our betatesters group received a new beta of the v2.1 firmware. The release notes tell us nothing about the upcoming On2 VP6 license yet as mentioned in the official Xtreamer Chat before but the release has some other nice improvements.

One of these being the DVD CSS license which gives you the ability now to play retail DVDs via an optical USB DVD drive/burner. Of course AutoRun and AudioCD is supported as well Shall I mention here yet that I heard an admin saying something about a planned Xtreamer Slim USB DVD Drive in the chat? Damn, this thought still keeps me from buying a nice Samsung SE-S084C which I wanted to have since the last 3 or 4 months.

Back on topic… some other nice additions in the next fw release are the option to have your own font files used for subtitles and along with this, so long long long awaited feature to disable subtitles by default, STRIKE!

If all goes well and no major new bugs are found, we can expect a last beta version to clean out small isues before the final v2.1 get’s released. Again, this release does not have a Jukebox yet but i’ll keep pushing.

What’s new:

1.Network shares (samba/NFS) auto scan and mount
a) Accessible from “Home->Network Shares” menu
b) Later it will be merged with “Medialibrary->NET” menu
c)Network shares searching time will be reduced later
d) Currently don’t supports password protected shares and wireless network, will support soon.
2.DVD CSS support
3.User’s font support for subtitle only
a) Font file should be in internal HDD(first partition) or UBS HDD(first partition) in “user_font” folder.
b) Font file name should be “font1.ttf”
c) Before changing font file please stop the playing moving
d) Multiple user’s font will be supported soon, currently supporting only one.
4.Subtitle on/off option
a) Subtitle can be turn on/off from “Setup->Playback->Subtitle Default”
b) Factory default in “subtitle on”
5.Subtitle border thickness can be changed
a) During movie playback, press subtitle button from remote control and select thickness
b) Thickness option is next to size option.
6.DVD AutoRun
a) From “Setup->Playback->DVD AutoRun” on/off option can be selected
7.Unzip and Archive option from Xtreamer web UI
a) From Xtreamer web UI .zip, .tar, .tar.bz2 type files can be unzipped
b) Just click unzip icon located next to file name, select target dir and press “unzip” button
c) So user can upload more than 10 files at a time as a zip file
d) Select “File Manager->Archive” option and choose folder to make archive(tar)
e) Folder can be downloaded at a time instead of downloading files one by one
Bugs fixed:

1.Smooth Fast Forward
2.“503 upload error” during file upload from Xtreamer web UI
3.File can’t be uploaded to folder containing multibyte character(Korean/Chinese/Japanese) in folder name
4.FTP file uploaded error “530 server busy”
a) If this symptom found, Restore Default will be needed
5.Korean missing character in subtitle
Improvements:

1.“Kerning” (black line between letters) from Arabic subtitle removed.
2.Audio CD detection.

For viewing pleasure on media players.

Xtreamer is Runner Up in terms of Dec ranking. Best so far for Realtek based chips player.

http://www.iboum.com/blog/09-dec/best-medi...cember-2009.php

Anyone can verify? Seems Xtreamer is spreading aorund Malaysia faster than AC Ryan.

This post has been edited by hdwarexpert: Dec 10 2009, 10:59 PM

In terms of RMVB files, WDTV Live is already out of buyers selection list. In my opinion, WDTV Live is not a total media solution.

In terms of heat, Xtreamer also do not have any overheat issues so far...my mum watch her favourite drama up to ten episodes a day also no problem.

For pricing, compare against the total package given and decide which one is more value for money.

Have you tried it out on Xtreamer? MAybe can write a short review on Xtreamer....

By the way, i am talking about high res RMVB. not low res like those cheapo China RMVB players are supporting.

But High bit rate mkvs is an interesting files to test out.....what are those files that u recommend, maybe i can try to get it and test it out.

This post has been edited by hdwarexpert: Dec 11 2009, 12:07 PM

How many reframes are you refer to? So far in my 1.5TB MKVs, i have no problem. So i dont think they are mass of high reframes mkv available.

totally agree with you, taukeh.....

So far i dun encounter any image breakups even on 35GB MKV single file.

There are plenty of .RMVB 720p and MP4 720p.

Just installed Xtreamer Movie Jukebox. It is definately a must have for Xtreamer owners. MAkes my collection looks more interesting and appealing.

POHD has DTS HDMA passthru??

I dont think Xtreamer is practising country discrimination.

MAybe those is at EU which has stocks earlier than Asian?

The special thread discussion do not have links for you to get 720p's stuff in RMVB??

Need to update my FW again. Great job to Xt team!

EU celebrate Christmas more than Asians do.....

They buy it as a gift to family and friends. Just my opinion why EU get the stocks first.

Mine expecting to reach by end Dec.

Is that important to you??

Maybe it will reach your doorstep before Christmas?

Xtreamer already support BD ISO earlier than any Realtek based players, since early Dec 09.

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Added on December 13, 2009, 9:59 pmSince RMVB 720p sites not important to you......Your concern are not important to me too....





This post has been edited by hdwarexpert: Dec 13 2009, 09:59 PM

Xtreamer 2.1 release notes(from v2.0.2)

What's new in 2.1 version:

1. “Favorite” in Home menu.

- Needs Restore Defaults in setup menu.

- Add your favorite contents from HDD (Internal/External) to “Favorite”

- By pressing “Func(8)” key from Remote Control select “Add to Favorite”

- To remove from Favorite press “Func(8)” key and select “Delete from Favorite” from Favorite menu.

- Folders and files are displayed from “All” menu only, “Music/Photo/Video” menu only shows respective files not folders

2. Network shares (samba/NFS) auto scan.

- Accessible from “Media Library->Network Shares” menu.

- NFS Shortcut replaced by Network Shares

- NFS Client option also remover from Xtreamer Web UI “Setup” menu

- To reload list of share folders press “1” key

3. eTrayz auto search and mount.

- eTrayz can be auto searched and mounted from media library.

- Only one eTrayz device supported for auto mount now.

4. Estonian language support.

- Estonian language support for OSD and subtitle.

5. Not pirated DVD with CSS support.

6. User’s font(ttf) support for subtitles only

- Subtitle font can be change from Setup->Playback->User Subtitle Font

- Font file should be in internal HDD(first partition) or USB HDD(first partition) in “user_font” folder.

7. Subtitles on/off option

- Subtitle can be turn on/off from “Setup->Playback->Subtitle Default”

- Factory default in “subtitle on”

8. Subtitles border thickness can be changed

- During movie playback, press subtitles button from remote control and select thickness

- Thickness option is next to size option.

9. USB DVD AutoRun

- From “Setup->Playback->DVD AutoRun” on/off option can be selected

10. Unzip and Archive option from Xtreamer web UI

- From Xtreamer web UI .zip, .tar, .tar.bz2 type files can be unzipped

- Just click unzip icon located next to file name, select target dir and press “unzip” button

- So user can upload more than 10 files at a time as a zip file

- Select “File Manager->Archive” option and choose folder to make archive(tar)

- Folder can be downloaded at a time instead of downloading files one by one

11. Workgroup option

- User can change their workgroup from Xtreamer Web UI “Setup->Workgroup/Hostname”

- Under this workgroup they will find their Xtreamer samba share

- Samba share name change from samba 3.0.23c to xtreamer’s hostname..

12. HDMI chroma Sub-sampling set

- Can be selected from “Setup->A/V->HDMI chroma Sub-sampling set”

- “Auto” option will auto select one of YCbCr422 and YCbCr 444.

- “On” means YCbCr 422 (if supported).

- If Xtreamer connect to DVI, output is RGB444



Improvements:

13. Photo preview UI improved

14. Movie preview UI improved.

15. Change UI string.



Bug Fixes:

16. “Kerning” (black line between letters) from Arabic subtitle removed and space between some Arabic character removed.

17. During movie playback, after pressing “Stop” button it went to “All” menu from “Movie” menu.

18. ODD (audio & data disc) detection.

19. Playback OGG with CoverArt.

- Not display tag information and cover art.

20. Smooth Fast Forward

21. User cannot upload files from Xtreamer Web UI to USB (if don’t have internal HDD)

22. Mac users can’t upload file to Xtreamer samba share.

23. “503 upload error” during file upload from Xtreamer web UI

24. File can’t be uploaded to folder containing multi-byte character(Korean/Chinese/Japanese) in folder name

25. FTP file uploaded error “530 server busy”

- If this symptom found, Restore Default will be needed.

26. Can’t write ext3 file system

27. Korean missing character in subtitle

Thanks for the reminder, azbro.