DViCo is back? PreBeta update 1.3.110

At least for some products DvICo is back as it announced a new updated which has quite a list of improvements added to it for the M-6x00 units. The version is 1.3.110 and the release is considered "pre beta" so in the end not fully tested or intended for use in public. Considering the slow pace in firmware we do however offer the link up in public for testing "at your own" risk for the brave ones. Dvico acknowledged this version still has HDMI issues with blackouts and is still working on it. Reason for this is Dvico cannot reproduce it in house and is working with external partners now to analyze. Now we ask people involved with DViCo products to stick to the topic of this release and not flame about other aspects and players as was done before. That said, see the full article by clicking on "read more" for a full change list since version 1.3.95.


Changes from 1.3.95
- Video playback
- Improved AVI and MKV playback
o Improved compatibility
o Now, support MKV chapter.
If a file has chapters, ¡°CHAPTERS¡± OSD will be shown.
Can navigate to specific chapters using the previous, next key and Go-To popup.
o Fixed the bug that system reboot when playing DIVX(extension) files with embedded subtitles.
- Supports change of embedded subtitles in mp4 files.
- Supports moving 15sec back and forth on DVD with the up and down keys just like other files
- Fixed the pitch change when volume is changed with specific files.
- Fixed audio is out through HDMI when DVD is playing even though HDMI audio out is off.

- Audio playback
- Supports 24bit flac files
- Supports M4B files
- Fixed OGG does not sound on HDMI after boot.

- Picture playback
- Now, users can preview thumbnails if the files have a thumbnail in them.
o User can change the view mode just like the icon mode.
o On the thumbnail view mode, users can select files to view using Zoom, 0 and Scroll keys on the Remote controller. The menu will be shown on the bottom of the screen.
- Improved compatibility
- Shows EXIF information correctly.

- General
- Readability of characters has been improved including the subtitles
- Now supports more Wi-Fi modules
o D-link DWA-140(11n) (HW Ver: B1) and D-link DWA-110 (HW Ver: A1) are supported now.
- Now, FTP and SAMBA server start up option can be set on the setup.
- Now, users can change the FTP password.
- Now, users can set ID and password for the SAMBA access.
- Now, supports NTP server sync. (Settings for the NTP on the DTV tab moved to the network setting tab)
- Known issues for Video related
- Some TP/TS information may not correct.
- When HD Audio pass-through is on, S/PDIF does not output.
- When HD Audio pass-through is off with HD audio stream, the playback is not smooth.
o When DTS audio setting is digital, HDMI audio is ON and HD audio pass-through is set to ON, then audio is not heard on the SPDIF output.
o For the same setting, if HDMI audio is set to OFF, then audio is HEARD on the SPDIF output.
- Some TP/TS files may cause the system rebooting.
- Some WMV may not play correctly.
- The digital output for AAC/WMA is disabled.
- Does not support PCM audio track on MP4 now.
- Some low sampling frequency(below 32KHz) on AVI and MKV may not sound on HDMI.
- For MP3 files with low sampling frequency, the TVIX might crash while playing or trick play like FF or RW.
- M4A files are not supported now and AAC may not played correctly and this will be fixed on the later version.
- Known issues for PVR
- After channel changed, you may not here audio in short time. This is the bug from the chip manufacturer. To solve this, you can press DTV key or Audio key on the remote.

- Known issues for Video related
- Some TP/TS information may not correct.
- When HD Audio pass-through is on, S/PDIF does not output.
- When HD Audio pass-through is off with HD audio stream, the playback is not smooth.
¡Û When DTS audio setting is digital, HDMI audio is ON and HD audio passthrough is set to ON, then audio is not heard on the SPDIF output.
¡Û For the same setting, if HDMI audio is set to OFF, then audio is HEARD on the SPDIF output.
- Some TP/TS files may cause the system rebooting.
- Some WMV may not play correctly.
- The digital output for AAC/WMA is disabled.
- Does not support PCM audio track on MP4 now.
- Some low sampling frequency on AVI and MKV may not sound on HDMI.
- Some MKV with AAC may not sound.

- Known issues for Audio and pictures playing
- For MP3 files with low sampling frequency, the TVIX might crash while playing or trick play like FF or RW.
- M4A files are not supported now and AAC may not played correctly and this will be fixed on the later version.

- Known issues for PVR
- After channel changed, you may not here audio in short time. This is the bug from the chip manufacturer. To solve this, you can press DTV key or Audio key on the remote.

- Known issues for general issues.
- If you play files without refreshing the file list after delete files through FTP or SAMBA server, the system will reboot.

*** If you play files with HD audio tracks like Dolby TrueHD, , Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD MA or LPCM, you better turn on HD Audio pass through on the setup even though you don't have a receiver that supports decoding of these formats. Otherwise, you will hear strange noise with some repetitive popping noise. Currently, we don¡¯t support core decoding, if you don't have a HD audio decoder receiver, you need to select other then these HD audio tracks audio track for now.

Download: http://demod.dvico.com/preRelease/tvix_M-6..._prebeta110.zip

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