LG DVX 8x51 UNOFFICIAL FIRMWARE by br0max

V2

+ Selectable subtitle parameters from menu:
- Font Size: Small, Medium, Large
- Font color: White, Yellow, Light Grey
- Position: 0, +10, +20 ... +120
- Vertical Align: Top, Bottom
+ Supports more than 2 lines in subtitles
+ Long subtitle lines are wrapped
+ Bigger font for subtitles
+ White subtitles outlined with black
+ Same position for subtitles in PAL and NTSC mode
+ Original menu font
+ Removed annoying grey background color from subtitle area
+ Fixed bug that limits a subtitle font height to 26 pixel
+ Fixed centering bug in the subtitles
+ Fixed timing bug in .srt subtitles
+ Based on firmware V1.384

Enjoy,
br0max

http://www.geocities.com/lg8x51/

Great work!!! Thank you Bromax.

Awesome firmware!! Thank you.

I noted that:
When the subtitles are aligned in top, only are shown until two lines of the subtitles but in bottom appear until five lines.

Sorry my english

Hy guys! Anyone knows where is placed pins for flashing on LG DV8631 player??????







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Fantastic Work!!!


I´ve just upgraded my LG 8631 and it works really great!

Your work is the best....THANK You

br0max,

Congratulations!! Fantastic Firmware!!!

I have a LG DK-8321N, and the firmware is working just fine!!

The only problem is that we lost the portuguese menu and the Karaoke function, what is understandable since your firmware was based on a different player.

Do you know if the same modifications could be applyed to the DK-8321N original firmware?

Thank you.

Update is for all LG 8xxx models

Go to this link http://www.geocities.com/lg8x51/
download firmware with your codepage
unpack
burn on cd with folder tree
put in your dvd player
foloow the screen messages
wait about 2 minutes (nothing happens only blue screen with message)
when you see a LG logo on the screen, update is finnish

now you can put a divx movie and you can see all the new features
ENJOY

GREAT FIRMWARE MAN !!

it works perfect in my lg 8742x

thaks for your work

Is it possible to activate the Spanish languaje to see the menu in Spanish???


Thank you in advanced

Bromax can you activate the Spanish languaje?

Bromax, u r the man!!!!!!!!!! If the firmware activates spanish menu, we will support your run for president of the world...

Br0max, your firmware is truly fantastic

I upgraded an brazilian LG DK 8321N and your firmware solved all annoying problems of the original firmware.

Thank you very much!

I was wondering - i have yet to find any firmware updates for ANY LG dvd machines on LG's official websites.

Is this on LG's ftp? Could you pls give me a pointer, as i am locating a firmware for my LG LDA-530

This firmware seems to be great!

How I can use it to my LG DVD Player (DVD 8944X, Chile)?....the interal model (and the other firmwares data) are:


Thanks for the help!

PS: If this firmware doesn't works with this model, may you guide us to add the same features to our firmware?

Is there firmware on this site that will work on the LG LH-T6447D?

Thanks for help!

Congratulation ! really nice work !

It is a shame that except in Poland, LG doesn't provide official firmware updates ... and such a fantastic feeling that guys like you do a better job than LG and share your work with others !!!

Yet like others here (portuguese, spanish people ...) I would like to keep my original menus language (for me french) if possible.

I know the unofficial firmware is based on some polish or romanian or so ... recent firmware, so there is only english and some Eastern Europe languages. But as you modified / added some new menus ... isn't it possible to also translate the menus ? or to extract the menus translation from some older localised firmware and inject it in the new one ?

I don't ask you to translate the menus in all the languages yourself ... , but if you could post some pointers explaining how to modify the menus or maybe some tools, I think that in every country there will be some skilled people to translate the menus in their own language and share it !

Thank you very much,
Nibbler.

I'm glad you've liked my mod.

I can see there is huge demand for other menu languages, but don't worry. I'm currently implementing these V2 features to the firmware V1.385201 and there will be menu languages in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Czech and Greek. At least these languages I'm able to identify in firmware, but couple Asian and Arabic languages is unknown to me. And I definitely need translation (only DivX part) to all languages.

A lot of people are wondering, if this firmware is going to work his/her player. If you make factory reset (board.softpedia.com/index.php?showtopic=693&view=findpost&p=4192) and see "MODEL: LV8D3020B" then this firmware will work on you player without problems. Otherwise you have to rename the firmware in order to upgrade your player, but there might be side effects like missing features etc. And little possibility that it's not going to work at all.

There is common belief that all 8xxx firmwares are compatible with every 8xxx players. But because I can't guarantee it, I'm starting to gather information what players are compatible with this firmware. So if you have succesfully upgraded your player, send me a PM and tell me what is your player model, did you have to rename the firmware and how, is there any side effects like missing features etc.
Maybe we can build a compatibility list and help other LG users.

Regards,
br0max

PS. I'll be offline for a week, so don't worry if you get no response from me.

You try to upgrade your dvd with that firmware?
What happen?

I want the same too.
Same dvd player (8944x) and the same internal model.

¿Can you, br0max, please do something?
PLEASE

I didn't try......I was afraid to lose features (like DVD-Audio decoding)

Does anybody know what is the diference between LV8D3020B model and LV8D3020B1

I try today, and works.
I never use the dvdaudio feature... and i don't have anything around me to try it... but aside of that and the dvd menu are all in english (no more spanish)... all are far of good:
¡are awesome!

My dvdplayer (the same internal model of you dvd player) works like a sharm, with all the br0max's mod2 features.
I love it

Thanks br0max

Will there be any future upgrades to support nero digital (MP4) files? or is this a limit in hardware, and not a firmware issue?

Updated my LG DVX8851, and the firmware worked perfectly!!

Just missing nero digital support now...

Thnx!

I try today, and the DVD Audio feature was lost....Therefore, the firmware works great with de DivX, and the options are really awsome!.....

I bring it back to the old firmware, because I want to listen to my brandly new DVD Audio (R.E.M. - In time).....

waiting for a Mod v2 for our dvd player....

Hmm, this is interesting. If 8x51 firmware works on 8944x players, will 8944x firmware work on 8x51 players? Have anybody tried that?
Because it would be nice to have this DVD Audio feature to 8x51 players too.

A lot of people are asking firmware modifications to this or that model, but it is very hard to make modifications to other players when I can't test them. The V2 features are so advanced that it requires a lot of custom code and it can't be done just by changing couple hex code. But if you can be satisfied with V1 features, I can easily implement these features to almost every firmware.

Btw. I haven't got much information for compatibility list, so please keep sending it to me.
http://www.geocities.com/lg8x51/compatibility.html

Well, i have fully tested on dvk 8944x, LV8B72200.

With you FW mod2, br0max, the i.model change to: LV8D3020B, and as JLOocioso says: DVD audio is missing, and the karaoke too. And, the DVD menu doesn't have spanish (with the oficial firmware have spanish osd).

This is an screenshot before:
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2048/lg...ctoficial7b.jpg

And this is after upgrade, the 8944x with your firmware:
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/149/lg8...ctbr0max1iv.jpg

AND...
...some friend mine upgraded the 8742x and he lost no feature. All is ok, only the osd in spanish too.

Thanks again

I upgrade my LG 8742X with LG DVX 8x51 UNOFFICIAL FIRMWARE by br0max and all OK. only the DVD menu doesn't have spanish.
the firmware works great
Thanks Bromax

Yes, I updated my LG-DK8321N and the firmware worked.

Firmware what I used:

http://dcc.puc.cl/gente/usuarios/jlbenave/firmware.zip

Were I found:

http://www.dvdclasico.cl/iforum/viewtopic.php?t=1533


Version:


Sorry my english =/

YES but this is not the FIRMWARE V2 by br0max

Anyone know if 8x51 can or will support nero digital? is it a firmware issue or hardware?

thnx!!

[quote=br0max,Jun 21 2005, 12:41]
LG DVX 8x51 UNOFFICIAL FIRMWARE by br0max


Hello to all!
Im new in this stuff, i have the LG DS8400 (dont play divx) and want to find out if your firmware upgrade works on me;in other words there is anyway to play divx cd's with that model?
Thanks anyway.

Br0max,
Do you remind that I spoke to you (PM) regarding that when I sent that firmware V1.385201? That firmware was of a 8944x original that supports DVD-A.

Please, add the DVK-8721X (8721NCM) to your compatibility list.

Regards,

Spetsnaz

Edited: I forgot the "3" on Version number.

Yes, I remember you PM. But I was thinking what happens if you upgrade 8944x firmware to 8x51 player that doesn't have karaoke etc. Does it work or not? I'm not confident that all 8xxx firmwares will work on every 8xxx players. And actually the firmware version was V1.385201 not V1.85201.

Please send me (PM) what are the Model (LV???????) numbers of these players and I will add them to the compatibility list.

Regards,
br0max

I forgot the "3". Edited. I'll send the MODEL ID.
Well, if your modded firmware maked to 8651 works fine on 8944, we can say that the 8944 suffered a downgrade, right? Then the inverse can be true, you'll make a upgrade from your 8651 to 8944.
We know that the name of the model LG is moving more for sale area that for internal differences. Because, it is impracticable so much firmware versions they exist for the amount of models in the market

[]´s

Spetsnaz

which is the difference between V1.385201 and V1.85201?

Yes and no. There is hardware differences between these players. Example 8x51 players doesn't have mic sockets (and hardware) for karaoke. So 8944x firmware might be looking for these hardware and if it doesn't find it, then it might hang up. But 8x51 firmware just ingore these "extra" hardware on 8944x player.
If there is someone that disagree with me, please be my guest and try 8944x firmware on 8x51 player and prove that I'm wrong.


To gatochascon:

It was a typo. There isn't any V1.85201 and probably never will...

Well, I don't have a 8x51 but, I have a 8x21 (without DVD-A support and without 5.1 out) and I could make the test. Would you accept the result in the case of success?
I think that the capacities of the apparel are not in the version of the firmware and yes in PROM OPTION. Because they not change after a upgrade.

8321N - PROM OPTION : 42 52 02 47 02 55 F4 FF
8721X - PROM OPTION : 50 45 01 47 02 55 F4 FF
8944X - PROM OPTION : 43 4C 01 67 02 55 FC FF

CHALLENGE: If I obtain success, will you modify the firmware 8944X what I sent you (with menu in portuguese/espanish) for the capacities of your version 2?

[]´s Spetsnaz

The lastest firmware:
http://cl.lge.com/download/product/010202/...tualizacion.zip
English, Spanish and Portuguese menus.

Firmware version: 1.385201

Can you do the changes on it?
If you don't want to do all the v2 changes... can you do the "hot" changes to it?, like:
- no grey background on subs
- bigger font (the biggest of the mod2, the "level 3" font).
- white with an black outlined
- wrapping and more than 2 lines of subs
- total center subtitles
¿Can you do that please?

I try to learn but is a really hard to make some of the changes, for me.

Thanks for all in advance, br0max

does some firmware fix the problem of the Packed Bitstream in lg 8xxx?

Hi!

I am ready to launch a new version to LG DVX 8x51 players.
It is based on firmware V1.358201 and have couple new features.
But the most important thing is that there will be menu languages in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Czech, Greek and Finnish. (At least these languages I'm able to identify in firmware.)

The language files are more or less complete, so I need your help to translate missing parts (at least Divx part) to languages mentioned above. If you are willing to help, please send me PM ASAP. Thank you, Merci, Gracias, Danke, Obrigado, Grazie, Dank, Köszönöm, Dziekuje, Spasiba, Tack, Dekuji, Efharisto, Kiitos

Regards,
br0max

PM sent

BromaX you are a genius.

great work, congratulations

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know how to change the region code on my LG 8851 (8x51) ?

Thnx!!

Open the tray, press 0 0 0 , then press 0 again to convert multizone, then press pause and thats all (I hope so)




Juanozip

Thnx! Worked!!!

does somebody know if it is possible to solve the problem of Packed Bitstream of some XVID in the dvd lg 8xxx?

gatochascon, the packed bitstream problem was solve in the firmware V1.36341, maybe you have problems with an Xvid with GMC activated, check your file with Avicheck to see what is the problem with your file

you are right, I verify the avi with the avicheck and it showed me the following error: Stream contains S(GMC)-VOP type!. now how I can solve this problem?
apologize but I am newbie

just follow this guide, it`s really easy
How to reconvert an AVI with AutoGK, remove QPEL, GMC etc



SALU2

Bromax I have player died lg DVK-8721X model LV8B32200, now I am trying to recover it with serial cable, but I cannot convert the firmware, you can put firmware to use it with serial cable.

try with MTKReMaker and with MtkReplacer_0.4.0 and it doesn't work.

excuses for my English, thank you.

I'm just joining to say I used Br0max's upgrade on an LG 8742x I bought in Chile a year ago and it worked perfectly. I just had to change the file name to model LV8B30200.

so thanks a lot, the things that bugged me the most are gone now!