RELEASE NOTES:  OSD 3.28-0.69  (Feb 9, 2007)

NOTE: THIS FIRMWARE STILL HAS BROKEN AUDIO PLAYBACK ON QUICKTIME AND iPOD RECORDINGS

http://open.neurostechnology.com/files/osd-3.28-0.69.upk

This release has multimedia stability and quality improvements.  long ASF/MP4 recordings unplayable on OSD bug has been fixed.  USB/Media Card stability has been improved.  Samba can stably browse and access XP share.  The logic of scheduled recording also has been improved for this release.

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Here is the binary to update the Beta and Production OSD. Not for Clear housing dev samples with green PCBs (sold prior to September '06). UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS --- Do NOT disconnect power during upgrade !

[WHAT'S NEW]

1. Media player now supports both video and audio (audio partially working)
2. File based bookmark support to resume playback at any time.
   
3. Preset button support to immediately resume previous playback.

[WHAT'S FIXED]

1. GUI fits full screen.
2. XIM menu hide itself when arbitrary key press except up-key and down-key.
3. fixed titlebar display error after change playmode when playing..
4. fixed 'can't record asf file up to 2G' bug.
   
5. fixed 'can't record asf file up to 2G or two hours and thirty minutes' bug.
6. fixed 'record mp4 till card full can't be played' bug.
7. fixed 'Can't play video if change playmode from Off to folder/single when playing' bug.
8. Varioius schedule recording logic fix.
9. Upgrade logic fix to make sure 'Emergency upgrade' and 'GUI upgrade' takes the same effect.

[KNOWN ISSUES BY COMPONENT]



Below is in basic priority order.  For a complete listing and explanation of the Components, see Bugzilla OSD

Firmware- Basic Multimedia Functionality - OSD crashes if record mp4 and asf file for more than two or three hours ---this is fixed in this release.  Now,OSD can record asf and mp4 file up to 2G or two hours and thirty minutes   And it will split to another file to record if you doesn’t stop record after it up to 2G or two hours and thirty minutes.  MPEG2 playback from USB disk has framedrops. OSD recorded MP4 (aac audio) may experience A/V sync issue when playing on PC/iPod. There is audible 'pop' noise when switching from Video input/record mode to playback . Audio playback is not yet working well and may cause user interface crash. Please continue to give us your repeatable issues!

Firmware- Networking and Streaming - Can support Windows 2000 and Linux and also can support Windows XP if you set the shared folder’s permissions as Everyone. OSD slows-down when is in samba if network is disconnected suddenly, and OSD stalls if network is disconnected when playing/recording video in Samba

Removable Media/USB - MPEG-2 files have playback issues over USB

IR receiver/Blaster - IR receiver is working. IR Blaster Interface has been implemented, And has been modified to inform users whether you have learn the all keys. PLEASE TEST THIS FUNCTIONALITY, it is new!

Firmware- Scheduler/EPG - EPG not implemented yet.  Basic time and channel scheduler has been implemented.

Firmware- User Interface - Some changes, adjust the screen’s size, and all fonts seem more bigger. Some needless select is cut down in XIM selection.

Firmware-Miscellaneous - Host of mostly minor issues remain. Console doesn't work properly, but has improved and input display refresh has been fixed.

Firmware- Audio Player/Recorder - Can’t record audio only in this release.  Hopefully XMMS2 will be incorporated in official release for audio playback soon.

Multimedia Framework/Neuros API - A big thanks to Nerochiaro for taking ownership of this component, main thrust of developer interface work is currently on Project Lobster (see for status updates) Additional API requests will be fielded as they come.