New Features / Improvements / Bug Fixes
Version 1.0.00 -------------- Initial Operating system Version 1.1.00 ----------------- Improvements: - More italian translations - More russian translations - Audioplayer: reduce the inter track latency for protected content (DRM) Bug fixes: - Fix video thumbnails - Fix file rename in the browsers / recorders - Fix craddle recognition and crash when unplug the device from the craddle - Fix battery measurement on a404, a604 - Fix some audioplayer hangs - Fix macrovision signalling and protected video content recording Version 1.1.05 ----------------- Improvements: - Increase battery life when playing audio - Make photowall display and photo display smoother and faster Bug fixes: - Fix chinese outlined characters display (overlay menus) - Fix playback of WMA mono tracks - Fix some larsen in the audiocorder - Fix center the picture when play back 4/3 video content on a TV-PAL-16/9 - Fix video playback had some glitches with high bitrates (buffer underruns) - Fix USB did not attach sometimes for some units - Fix USB HOST PTP with Canon Exilim - Fix buttons lock require a 1.0 sec pressure - Fix IR blaster could sometimes not work at all - Fix some GUI glitches - Fix some crashes Version 1.1.06 ----------------- Improvements: - Support HDD up to 160GB Bug fixes: Version 1.2.05 ----------------- Improvements: - Improve audio quality, especially in silence periods of music - More chinese translations / Fix chinese overlay menus - More dutch translations - More czech translations - More spanish translations - More polish translations - More hungarian translations - New "Repair & Format" menu - The default setting for External Display is now Composite - The default setting for the audio is now Rock EQ and Bass boost = 2 - USB HOST PTP automatic synchro now supports also video files - Faster zoom in the photoviewer now with the accelerator buttons - Support playback of DRM WMV9 movies - Support grayscale progressive JPEGs - Photos can now be displayed fullscreen on the LCD - Audio player is now true gapless - Add ratings for audio tracks (view and modify) - Support playback M3U playlists - Keep current playlist open in the browser if stop audioplayer when playing a playlist - Support playback of playlists sync'ed with Windows Media Player 10 - Support audio album art sync'ed with Windows Media Player 10 - Support synchronisation of track ratings and playcount with Windows Media Player 10 - Shows up device icon and Archos logo in Windows Media Player 10 Bug fixes: - Fix videocorder could crash the unit if LCD goes off - Fix videocorder auto format detection did not work correctly for NTSC - Fix stereo could be inverted in audio record or playback - Fix audiocorder could bug if the hard disk is full - USB MTP (aka Windows mode) link more robust - DRM playback more robust - Remove some pops and clics when starting the device, starting playback, track transition, stopping playback - Fix backlight timeout is not greater than poweroff timeout - Fix battery measurement on a504 - Fix TV/LCD toggle button require a too long pressure - Fix USB HOST operation when the device is pluggued in the boombox - Fix IR blaster did not work with some code families (e.g. Philips units) - Fix default wallpaper - Fix some GUI glitches - Fix some russian translations - Fix some hebrew translations Version 1.2.08 ----------------- Bug fixes: - Fix some random firmware update failure Version 1.3.08 ----------------- Improvements: - Allow analog/SPDIF switching on cradle at will - Output audio through the cradle analog line out when playing audio and spdif not activated - Improve performance when deleting files through USB in Windows Device mode - More chinese translations Bug fixes: - USB MTP (aka Windows mode) more robust with full speed host - Fix a bug with PTP recursive copy - Fix an Arclib bug when the audiocorder folder was deleted - Fix USB host could not write to memory cards smaller than 64 MB. - Fix USB host writing to a protected memory card - Fix wallpaper lost when doing a format level 1 - Fix one photo was sometimes not shown in photowall - Fix some visual glitches in photo transition - Fix a bug when playing many video files in row - Fix a bug when playing one video file in loop for many hours Version 1.4.03 ----------------- Improvements: - Support Helmet Camera, with timestamp - Allow mute/unmute the speaker while recording video - Fix video record resolution at the optimal setting Bug fixes: Version 1.4.06 ----------------- Improvements: - Allow displaying on TV extern while helmetcorder is plugged - Allow to start an helmetcorder recording from standby mode Bug fixes: - Make it possible to start charge over USB while viewing a video - Arclib sometimes crashed when entering Music/Photo if it is empty. Version 1.4.07 ----------------- Bug fixes: - Makes Arclib more robust to broken ID3V2 and WMA/ASF tags - Fix bad behavior of the photo viewer zoom when music is playing in background Version 1.5.04 ----------------- Improvements: - Support plugin videopodcast (H264 and AAC codecs) - Display the plugins info in the System menu - USB connection faster in Windows Device mode - LCD now turns off automatically after a long USB connection (save power) - Always output audio on the analog output of the DVR station (music playback or video playback) - Improved video playback quality on LCD (a504 and a604) with very dark movies (fix persistance trails) - Improved playlist management and playlist playback in shuffle mode Bug fixes: - Detect correctly all the video files recorded with a Archos PMA400 - Fix changing video playback speed could crash the unit - OSD nicer on the TV output - Make videorecording with HelmetCam more stable - Fix selecting an empty folder in the photo browser could crash the unit - Fix hard disk free space in the videorecorder - Fix some GUI glitches Version 1.5.52 ----------------- Improvements: - Support plugin cinema (MPEG-2 and AC3 codecs; .vob, .mpg and .ps file formats) - New podcast category in ARCLIB Bug fixes: - Fix MPEG-4, H264 and AAC decoder bugs - Fix playback glitches with some WMV9 video files protected with WMDRM10 (sound was noisy sometimes) - Fix SPDIF sound is sometimes cracking on 504 - Make Exif parser more robust against corrupted files - Fix some Arclib issues with very large number of files - Display plugin names in the system menu - Factory reset now does reset theme and font color - Fix some issues with video recorder encryption - Turn on charge LED when usb attached on 504 - Improve french virtual keyboard Version 1.5.55 ----------------- Bug fixes: - Fix some issues with video recorder encryption Version 1.5.56 ----------------- Improvements: - Better handling of low battery conditions to increase the autonomy, especially in video playback. - Add a charging reminder message. - More user-friendly "plugin missing" messages. Bug fixes: - Allow automatic power off on battery low when USB is plugged, to prevent battery full discharge in some cases. Version 1.5.57 ----------------- Bug fixes: - Fix video playback in H264 (with podcast plugin) or WMV9 could crash or hang the unit Version 1.6.04 ----------------- Improvements: - Audio: Better sound presets. - Arclib: Arclib maximum capacity increased. - Video: Support VC1 encoded video files. - Video: Support MJPG encoded .AVI and .MOV files. - Video: Enable animated thumbnails for DRM videos. - Videocorder: Allow recording of widescreen NTSC content. - Photo: Use EXIF orientation to avoid rotating every Picture by hand. - Photo: Take rotation into account for wallpapers. - Photo: Declare ".jpe", ".jfif" and ".jif" as valid picture files. - Photo: Support CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK ) jpegs. - GUI: Improved battery status display in the statusbar. Bug fixes: - Audio: Album Art synchronization with Windows Media Player 11. - Audio: When using the video browser, the audio in background was sometimes lost. - Audio: duration was wrong in info with some MP3 VBR tracks. - Audio: Fix elapsed/remaining time corrupted when switching from a track >1h to a track <1h. - Video: folder+shuffle mode sometimes failed. - Video: Some .MP4 files did not stop at the end. - Video: ASF files with 0 sized chunks did stop playback. - Video: ASF FPS estimate was sometimes wrong. - Video: Image better centered in original and auto modes. - Video: Fix jerky playback of H264 B-frames after seek. - Video: Better A/V sync at start and after seeking. - Videocorder: Apply PAL PLUS correction if detected during recording. - Videocorder: Preview better centered on TV. - Camcorder: avoid image blinking is some conditions (404cam only). - Photo: Fix weird effect when scrolling portrait pictures in photowall. - Photo: Fix thumbnails could be displayed on background of sound/settings screens - Photo: Portrait picture zoom sometimes crashed on TV-out. - Photo: Fix corrupted band at the right of some picture on TV-out NTSC 4/3. - Photo: Allow sound control with the IR remote. - Photo: do not try to zoom small pictures. - USB host: Some devices did not work high speed due to CRC errors on the bus. - USB MTP: sometimes cancel didn't work with usb full speed. - DVR station: video pass through mustn't be disabled as soon as the unit is on the DVR station. - GUI: Repair and format menu displayed was empty after toggling video output. - GUI: Suppress some video glitches on TV when no external module is plugged. - GUI: Fix issues when switching LCD/TV output with the USB charge message displayed. - GUI: Fix ARClib update messagebox overwriting the charge message at startup. Version 1.6.10 ----------------- Improvements: - Video: Support MPEG-TS files playback (require cinema plugin) - DVR station: in S-Video out mode, S-Video Y signal is also on yellow output Bug fixes: - Video: Fix u-law support for .MP4/.MOV files - Video: Fix playback of 16bit mono PCM in .MP4/MOV - Video: Fix sound sometimes broken after seek in .MP4/.MOV files - Video: Fix playing 4/3 videos in PAL TV 16/9 AUTO mode without corruption - Videocorder: Fix recording videos in composite PAL/SECAM from a VCR without chroma - Photo: Fix garbage at bottom of thumbnails - Photo: Fix thumbnail of previous screen is not cleared when toggling TV/LCD with thumbnail slideshow running - Photo: Fix slideshow sound/settings menu can be partially or completely cleared when slideshow run on background - Photo: Fix slideshow menubar zoom button isn't added at right time on rotation - Photo: Fix getting the right info while the photowall is drawing thumbnails - GUI: Fix help browser content can be wrong after return from video browser - GUI: Fix page down in video/help browser with one or less item - GUI: Fix helmetcorder vertical volume bar isn't grayed when speaker is muted to avoid larsen - GUI: Fix slideshow menubar is blended after moving over item with popup - USB: Fix wrong detection of USB device when USB cable is plugged/unplugged while in message box - Update: Fix some firmware updates or plugin installation failed once and then worked fine (error code 10) - WMV DRM: Fix playback of WMV DRM files could fail for rented videos (after setting a bookmark) - WMV DRM: Fix transition firmware 1.5.57 to 1.6.04 could loose DRM licenses for pre-loaded content (Depeche Mode) Version 1.6.20 ----------------- Improvements: - Photo: allow to turn slideshow transitions off - Videocorder & Audiocorder: audio gain is now from -12dB to +10dB - Videocorder: Widescreen setting in now saved - PDF: Added right to left language support Bug fixes: - Video: high bitrate VOB files with AC3 played jerky - Video: fix video playback pausing for a second when buffering from disk starts - Video: ASF MPEG4 files from Hitachi cameras hanged the unit - Video: pause symbol in statusbar updated after saving the current video frame as wallpaper or thumbnail - Video: when playing a video with multiple audio tracks in slow motion, the current speed was not visible on 404 - Music: MP3 parser more robust - Music: Sometimes the player hanged after a resume - Music: some MP3 album art ware not displayed although embedded in ID3tag - Photo: fix info displayed in info screen disappeared after a TV/LCD toggle - USB: Fixed PTP issues with EOS300D - TV output: S-Video mode was not working after a standby or a TV/LCD toggle Version 1.6.23 ----------------- Bug fixes: - Video: Supports larger MP4 files - Video: Fix some WMV files not playing correctly - Video: Fix some MP4 files not playing correctly - Audio: Fix noise appearing sometimes after switching from SPDIF to Analog Line-Out Version 1.6.53 ----------------- New Features - Video Player: Add support for subtitles files: .srt, .sub, .smi, .ssa - Video Player: Play subsequent VOB files together as one file - Audio Player: Add support for PNG and BMP album arts Bug Fixes: - Sound: Improved SPDIF compatibility - Sound: Fix sometimes audio/video is not sync in SPDIF - Sound: Fix drop-outs between tracks in SPDIF - Sound: Fix for first 200ms lost when starting to play audio or video - Video Player: Fixed issues with some AVI files - Video Player: Fixed issues with some MP4 files - Video Player: Fixed issues with files encoded using FairUse - Audio Player: Fixed issues with some M4A files - Video Recording: Fix sometimes the video is recorded at double speed - System: Fix USB compatibility with XBOX360 - System: Fix crash when reading thumbnail files generated by an Archos Gen5 device