Bad news Its new firmware update only for 1186 RTL chipset only, not for old devices, i.e. Xtreamer Pro

Yea,really disappointed.

I bought my SW2 few months only...

What is amazing is that these people will continue to sell the Sidewinder 2 under the new model is out knowing full well that they have already announced that there will be no further development of this model or of any non-1186 models. What about buyers who have not seen the announcement or dont understand the implications?

I hope you are able to source a third party firmware for this model. I dont know whether the other brands of 1185 chip players can be flashed into the Sidewinder 2 but this seems to be the only hope.

I would be very very wary of buying anything from Xtreamer from now on since morals is something they dont seem to have a lot of.

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Most of other brands also do not have development for non 1186 too. Don't you notice?

Most other brands did not make promises, or didnt you notice?

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You can get 30% voucher from Xtreamer if you just bought your Xtreamer SW2, please ask the shop you bought if they can claim the 30% voucher on your behalf.

I extract it from the last sentence from the Xtreamer Admin via forum.xtreamer.net. Good luck.


http://forum.xtreamer.net/topic/20975-qa-i...post__p__218777

User can try to get it from xtreamer online shop...

"Any Customer who want to upgrade his Xtreamer Sidewinder 2 to any of our other newer models is asked to contact us by mail and we will issue him a special 30% voucher to be used in our shops once new order will be made."


Its meant i gonna upgrade for new models den juz get 30% off wif my older model???

How good is the prodigy ??? planning to get one, I had been a xtreamer pro user for sometimes, i satisfied with it. now mostly use external dvd-rom to watch dvd in plasma tv and very surprise with the quality. if someone never been watch blu-ray movie would had been fool by it, of course you need a region 1 dvd.

In case you guys not aware of, there is a new firmware Ver2.7.1 for XtreamerPro.

Basically, it adds support for Apple Airplay. You can now stream YouTube from iPhone/iPad to your TV.

http://www.xtreamer.net/downloads/xtreamer.../ver-2-7-1.aspx

Xtreamer Prodigy user,

There already available an Open Beta FW 3.0.3

1) Fully open system for custom firmware: This Beta version is bringing you for the first time an open yaffs based system. It means the developers of this community are all welcome and invited to start creating and publishing community based custom firmware you can compile yourself.

It means for you all an fully opened based system to add whatever you want or like with nearly no limitations.

(2) Telnet enabled : This beta we opened the system for easy Telnet. Just Telnet the device with IP and use "root" as username and leave the password blank/empty.

The developers of this community will be able to modify and enhance the system by navigating to :
/usr/local/bin/scripts/menu.rss - premium apps

/usr/local/bin/scripts/settings/img = All GUI

/usr/local/bin/scripts/settings/home.xml is main XML of the system

child menu is in /usr/local/bin/scripts/settings/menu/*.xml


(3) GUI made open: We opened the GUI entirely to be customized by the community. You can now easily make your own GUI skins. Just replace the images in the attached file and copy it back to the correct path when done.

Download this 2 files...extract them and you find all what you need inside.

Put your modified IMG folder with the new skin here : /usr/local/bin/scripts/settings/img

Prodigy GUI Images folder


Prodigy GUI XML structure


(4) Android disabled by default: We found out that android if is turned on by default affect substantially the device ability to stream in local network and from the internet. Android services which are resident in the background sometime create a clutter on the device networking buffer. So we disabled it bu default. You can enable it from the settings menu and allow 30 sec for the system of android to jump start itself as many services are loaded in the background .

(5) File size indicator was added to the media library : We found out that a proper media library require some indication of files size. Folder size we decided not to do as well as we did not want the system be occupied all the time with some process which is required to calculate folder inner size.

(6) Airplay for Youtube added : You can now wirelessly stream youtube videos from any IOS enabled device directly to your TV. Goto your iPad/iPhone/iPod and inside youtube application play any file. when the file will start playing you will see a small triangle logo visible . this is the AirPlay logo. Select your prodigy as device and you will see the movie is now start playing on your tv. AirPlay for music is not possible as it is encrypted with a special Key by Apple. They enable it for iTunes only for apple tv and airport extreme router. The community maybe will find a solution that we cannot and are not willing to do .

(7) New platform and Layout for Youtube added : You can now enjoy youtube with a very nice layout in HD quality right from the main screen. look for it in your Apps section.

(8) User based scriptes method added : You can now play any RSS code you write manually from the device. Navigate to Premium Apps and search for the item called "RSS LOAD" on your right . This will trigger RSS script this community can make.

Please note : when we talk about RSS....we actually talk about XML based language. RSS is the name given to this language by people in Taiwan who work for Realtek and it makes some of you confused. This is not the normal RSS as you all know from web. It is a full language based on XML conventional coding. Most of the GUI is build around this language and many of the community projects rely on it heavily.

please refer to the wiki for more detailed info as to how to use this language and write your own applications and scripts for the device.

(9) Internet Radio added : You can now enjoy thousands of live radio channels from shoutcast. navigate to Apps in your home screen and you will see it there waiting for you .

(10) Subtitle Browser added : You can now enjoy several subtitles files per movie without having to rename it with the exact name of the movie in order for it to be visible. You can navigate srt file by pressing the Subtitile button on your remote control

(11) PHP based system added: You can now enjoy full PHP based language for your projects and coding. This will enable you all to use the projects made by the community for our previous models. it might require slight modification but it is opening for you a whole new world of options on top of android and XML/RSS. We will publish here a full list of compiled libraries we have added to the system Kernel . OpenSSl, CURL, JSON amongst many more were done.

(12) SQLite Database added : You can now enjoy the benefits of database based system . This will be found particularly valuable option for coders and will bring much room for future exciting projects.

(13) DVB-T receiver added : You can now enjoy your Xtreamer prodigy to be a DVB receiver . Digital video broadcasting is gaining more popularity all over the world. This Function to be used requires you to buy form us the Dual Tuner .

We optimized the device for many countries pre-sets. Israeli Customers are requested to search for IDAN PLUS signal by searching it on the UK settings.

(14) PVR function added : If you have the tuner you will be able not only to watch live TV on your xtreamer prodigy you will be able to record directly to the device HDD or USB . EPG (Electronic program guide is supported ).

Fixed:
*You can no longer see the trashcan folder it was made hidden
*Screensaver while playing from Internet fixed
*New HD Audio engine implemented for DTS MA and TrueHD 7.1 ch
*BDlite menu is disabled by default to make sure all of you can easily play 3d iso files
new web server layout implemented
*Bittorent download function was disabled as we are now working on adding transmission . It is few weeks away so just wait a little.
*JPG border problem was fixed
*Slice it game was added to the android core.
*GUI speed was improved. We will improve it more for the final version 3.5

Firmware Download Location:
http://download.xtreamer.net/Firmware/Prod...0.1.3.r7200.rar

hello,im plan to get Xtreamer...either sidewinder or prodigy ??? prefer to streaming tv..

Just notice AC Ryan just released their all ranges of new firmwares, even EOL POHD and mini.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1475667/+1260

Xtreamer should learn on how to take care of their customers .

This post has been edited by TFT: Feb 4 2012, 11:23 AM

Agree with you!!!

Xtreamer is notorious for its empty promises, when they announced they will release firmware 3.0 to all products, then after long waiting, they said it has technical difficulty to deliver it, and they don't want to release unstable firmware to end user. xtreamer, your products are in my boycott list!!!

Why everybody knocks Xtreamer?

It is true this company made some promises that were not fulfilled but those that were fulfilled albeit delayed showed very satisfactory results.

The recent Prodigy firmware 3.03 outlined above in a previous post is one example. This firmware update puts the Prodigy way ahead of any other Realtek 1186 media player. The firmware has since been further upgraded to version 3.04.

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Can Xstreamer play video that is from gametrailers.com ?

Any seller selling streamer prodigy? How is the market price in M'sia?

You may go to Lowyat Plaza, Digital Mall to get Xtreamer Prodigy. All comes with free 3 in 1 Mini Wireless Keyboard.

Thank you.

Extracted from forum.xtreamer.net:

Dear friends and community members,

Our silence is not for no reason.

We are now within the last phase of preparing you a new version 3.5 for your prodigy and sidewinder 3 devices.

Some of you already got the early betas and have an idea what is coming

for those of you who dont here is a short list

(1) We changed the entire On Screen Display. It is now more modern and looks much more stylish. Your Zoom, GOTO, Subtitle and SKIP were all improved.
(2) We added a better time skip function. You will be able to Jump while movie is playing 3 Min by simply pressing the UP Arrow key on your remote. DOWN key and Direction Keys are also active .
(3) We added many scripting tools into the fimrware as requested by our community developers. Python, Pearl and App Installer is around the corner.
(4) The new version will introduce you to the concept of jukebox . The challange was to make it work smooth, stable and reliable. we are now doing further work on these subjects. The result is that you will be able to go to your media library, focus on a folder with movies inside, Press the Menu (6 on your remote) select "GET MOVIE INFO" and the process will start. The Internal jukebox engine which we wrote from scratch will allow you later once the process is finished to enjoy a new layer of information about your movie library. You will be able to press the INFO button on the remote while the movie is played and get the full movie synopsis and poster. You will be able to do it even when the movie is not played . And most importantly, if you go to the main screen of your device you will be able to see that we have added a new item called "Movie Jukebox" that once clicked will open for you a new world of navigation based on content and posters. Very much the same way it is done in XBMC or Plex or Boxee.

The realy sweet is that you will not be required to use any PC software to fetch data of your movies. For now we made only 2 scrapers (English and Hebrew) . The scrapers API will be made open and available to you all to add more scraper plugins in the future.

We are pushing the RD teams to finish their work within this week. We will release you a new open beta as soon as it is more or less ready. Your feedback will be appreciated so as to allow us to debug a final version 3.5.

Once we will finish version 3.5 we will start version 4.

For those who are forum member, can visit http://forum.xtreamer.net/topic/28693-news...d-sidewinder-3/ for more info.