(2024-12-12, 02:24)Sam.Nazarko Wrote: I've seen the long running list but are there new releases being added (i.e. new discs)?

(2024-12-13, 00:50)ashlar Wrote:

(2024-12-12, 02:24)Sam.Nazarko Wrote: I've seen the long running list but are there new releases being added (i.e. new discs)?

Some are, yes. If you check the replies to that discussion you can see that Transformers One came out with FEL, as well as Willow did (new release, old movie) and The Wild Robot.
The list in the opening post is updated (but for old movies it's not easy to tell what's new, considering that the year reported is the debut date for the movie.

I count 15 titles from 2024.

(2024-12-13, 22:48)hdmkv Wrote: Hmm, tempting. Bought a Vero V when it first came out, but sold (Fall of 2023). The main reason was lack of DV support back then, and especially as 3D MVC came to CoreELEC (albeit w/the same AmLogic MVC decoder problem that affects a handful of 3D titles). Vero had been the sole AmLogic box to support framepacked 3D until then.

Presently use 2x AM6B+ units, a X96 X10, a Dune HD, 2x Fire Cube 3's, and a generic S905X4, and have tried several other boxes this year (Kinhank, onn's, etc.). This hobby ! Use AM6B+ 80% of the time, followed by Cube 3's, others less. With VC-1 videos. believe AM6B+ plays them fine using s/w decode. It just can't handle AV1.

(2024-12-13, 23:38)clarkss12 Wrote:

(2024-12-13, 22:48)hdmkv Wrote: Hmm, tempting. Bought a Vero V when it first came out, but sold (Fall of 2023). The main reason was lack of DV support back then, and especially as 3D MVC came to CoreELEC (albeit w/the same AmLogic MVC decoder problem that affects a handful of 3D titles). Vero had been the sole AmLogic box to support framepacked 3D until then.

Presently use 2x AM6B+ units, a X96 X10, a Dune HD, 2x Fire Cube 3's, and a generic S905X4, and have tried several other boxes this year (Kinhank, onn's, etc.). This hobby ! Use AM6B+ 80% of the time, followed by Cube 3's, others less. With VC-1 videos. believe AM6B+ plays them fine using s/w decode. It just can't handle AV1.

Yes, that is a good start for hardware , but I have been addicted longer that you, I do believe.  I even have the Google ADT-1 somewhere in my house.  My whole life and personality revolver around these media players. Back in the olden days, before Googles entry into the media player market with the actual Android TV OS.  Those sticks/boxes only cost around $30 USD and did not even support Dolby Digital.  I purchased many of them, searching for the holy grail.

Anyway, with the addition of Dolby Vision (of all profiles that I have tested), it plays them perfectly.  It is getting closer to the Holy Grail for my use.  HOWEVER, I have been testing the interlaced live streams, and the 1080i channel has a lot of skipped frames.  It could be from my HDHomeRun OTA tuner, will know for sure Sunday.  NFL football games, I watch 2 on a 720p channel, and two on 1080i broadcast channels.  I make my determination by watching for lip sync issues.

So, the VC-1 (my biggee) is solved.  All of my 4k, now including Dolby Vision videos, play excellent.  The HDR10, HDR10+, and all of the Blue-ray codecs play perfectly.

(2024-12-12, 02:24)Sam.Nazarko Wrote: … but are there new releases being added (i.e. new discs)?

1. Copy bootloader.img from hungphutho to SDCARD
   
2. Insert SDCARD to your G1 SDCARD slot
   
3. Connect PC to G1 using UART
   
4. Open Putty or similar with speed 921600
   
5. Turn on G1 after 2s then short the D0 testpoint wait until # prompt appear
   
6. Downgrade your bootloader with command sdc_update bootloader bootloader.img
   
7. Make sure downgrade successful
   
8. Done
   

Quote:I was able to do it without soldering and had to try a few times since I had emmc timeout errors but eventually got it working.

Quote:i made custom android tv fw version for G1 based on latest ota (Link to public dowload Firmware img 781.46 MB file on MEGA)  , has features like .

1. Unlock developer options
   
2. default will Boot coreelec in SDcard and USB
   
3. DV / HDR adaptive
   
4. block update ota
   
5. Remove bloatware
   
6. work all google services , netfix …
   

To flash this firmware, you must not update ota.
If anyone is interested can PM me , sorry i don’t post it here because SDMC can see it and fix it

Quote:Here are two tutorial versions, SD with sound, and HD without sound, link

Short instruction:
Install “V3_setup_V3.2.8.exe” on a Win PC
Load “dv8910-hungphutho-v1.img” to Burning Tool
UNCHECK “Verify Bootloader” BOX !!!
Connect G1 with USB_A to USB_A cable to PC (use 2nd USB port away from uSD card port)
Press and hold Reset button and apply power to G1.
(Flashing should start now. If it does not, disconnect box and close Burn Tool. Repeat
the procedure until it starts flashing. I had to do it twice before it started flashing)
After it flashes for about 5-10 seconds release Reset button.
When flashing finishes close Burn Tool.
RUN “flash.bat” file…

Edit: Link to public dowload Firmware img 781.46 MB file on MEGA
Link to download video instructions (provided by hungphutho) from here


That’s all, enjoy 

Quote:can you show a picture of where you connected the UART to the G1? Did you have to solder? [edit – I do see the GND, Rx, Tx, Gnd to the left of your photo - that is fine]

1. Copy bootloader.img from hungphutho to SDCARD
   
2. Insert SDCARD to your G1 SDCARD slot
   
3. Connect PC to G1 using UART
   
4. Open Putty or similar with speed 921600
   
5. Turn on G1 after 2s then short the D0 testpoint wait until # prompt appear
   
6. Downgrade your bootloader with command sdc_update bootloader bootloader.img
   
7. Make sure downgrade successful
   
8. Done
   

Quote:this new version SPDIF audio port works

Quote:I was able to do it without soldering and had to try a few times since I had emmc timeout errors but eventually got it working.

Quote:NO! To be on the safe side DO NOT OPEN ANDROID before you flash this firmware!
If you want to check if the box is with original, not blocked, firmware just install CoreElec -ng version. If you get CE working, your box is ready for this firmware.
If you cannot install CE on your new box, either return it, or use only Android on it…

Quote:All SDMC devices from 2023 onwards SDMC devices from 2023 are bootloader locked when ota update , . because they are under pressure from pay tv providers who bought their devices.
not only SDMC but even ggtv s905d3 with the first version could run linux but later also completely locked.
Currently only sei robotics devices is not locked.

Quote:since I had G1 and Nokia 8010 for 10 days working parallelly I could extensively test them and compare. My conclusion, whether someone likes it or not, G1 is a better box: it costs less, it runs cooler, it’s UI is more responsive, it has an uSD card slot so both USB ports are free, it has an ON/OFF button… All this makes G1 better box than 8010, in my opinion of course.

Quote:I agree with you, I have all the DV FEL boxes here. G1 is better than homatics Box R 4k plus, Rocktek G2, Nokia 8010, lower temperature because of big main design, components placed far apart, 1 pcs LPDDR4x, however currently there is no sound on spdif port on coreelec. (this new version SPDIF audio port works)

(2024-12-13, 18:54)clarkss12 Wrote: Finally got around to updating the beta version for the Vero V and what an upgrade, totally awesome.  I am still testing, but it is playing my "Back to the Future" with Dolby Vision.  That movie is in Dolby Vision profile 7 with FEL.

This MAY become my favorite media player since it supports everything I have.  I have a lot of my favorite Blue-Ray rips that are encoded with that pesky VC-1, and this is the only media player that "NATIVELY" plays that codec with hardware decoding.