Gufiak, so you have made it possible for 470 to play SACD?Would it be possible too, to make the 380 play SACD and DVD-Audio?

Gufiak, thanks a lot!



Pls forgive my ignorance. I'm really curious about how you actually make available the 'volume', 'treble/bass boost' and 'super bass' options. Do u work them out to become operational or those options were also hidden? Don't those features demand specific knowledge about audio and the DVD players or need support at the hardware level (volume)? Have you just used the same stuff found in the firmware of the DV-575?


Do u beleive it's possible to modify the following at the firmware level?

1. the player doesn't index files on DATA CD:
I've got a player that lets me choose files by the index numbers like if the files were tracks on AUDIO CD. The player is an old Philips 615. So instead of skipping back and forth or using the Disc Navigator until I reach the file I want, I could just enter its index number! I beleive the majority of the players do that, right?

2. images can't be set to longer or shorter periods of exhibition:
That period is fixed at the player's default.
That is the same as changing the delay between the JPEG exhibits. The old Philips 615 allows the user to set the delay at 1, 2, 5 and 20 seconds.

silkk, please, read my previous post.

I know, but who will tell me how to do this mod?

The same situation. Maybe in future I will find how to do that, but now I don't know.

Ask pioneer for these improvements. I can't do everything what you want. The code is very big, hardware documentation is not available and my knowledge about code is too small. Full code analisys could take many years, so many.

Fiirmware for DV-380/585 is only a modification of the firmware for DV-470/575 players. It's not a new, fully rewrited code. They have removed some parts of code which exists in DV-470/575 firmware and I've only rebuilt these removed parts of code.

Hey Gufiak great work once more, the new firmware is 100% better than the Pioneer original.

One thing is wrong at least the way I think thought.

So the problem is that subs are not centered right, when there is a long subtitle line taking up the whole width of the screen some letters are cut from the right side while there is still some space on the left of the screen, what I mean is that if the line was centered correctly (moved a little bit to the left) there would be no letters cut.

To make my self clear my problem is not the size of the fonts used.

PS. This problem didn't exist in your previous modified firmwares.

DV-380-K
Must be another hardware-version. In my german manual is written that if i use the coaxial-digital output no change in audiosetting works - signal is digital without change , i think this is the correct way nothing to change at digital output.

When i press 0 for a longer time the display is dark immediatly.

p.s. in original firmware i can change the duration of jpeg-files. i have got a firmware 1.09 from pioneer austria, i will add the firmware on monday, maybe it helps finding out something new

Great Gufiak. Thanks, once more!


Please, do that!
I'm sure Gufiak can find that out and maybe something else.

Is there anyway to disable autoshutdown after ~30mins.? It is kinda annoying!

Hi, Gufiak... I think it's my fault, I didn't make myself clear from the first time. Sorry, perhaps it's my bad english. Let me try to explain in another way: your excellent original firmware offers only 4 CodePage options, right? The user don't have ANOTHER option, like CP1252.

So, if we (brazilian and portuguese people) have to choice from ONE of these 4 options you offer to us (CP1250, CP1251, CP1254 and CP1255), then the best CodePage for Portuguese language is the CP 1254 (Turkish).

But this is true ONLY because there's no CP1252 option in the firmware. It's not a absolute thruth.

I hope you understand, now... The correct CodePage for use with portuguese language is a *latin* one (CP1252). CP1254 is the answer only cause the firmware don't have CP1252.


Thank you for your support,
and forgive my mistakes...

Rubens

THANK YOU, Cabe2001 !!!!
I flash my DV-588 with your CP1252 version and now is everything working allright here for use with the PORTUGUESE language, including the filenames.


Rubens
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Yes, please. Seems that really there is an another hardware version. Strange...

Yes, you're right. Subtitles are not centered like they should be. In next version it will be fixed. Thanx for info

Maybe it is, but why for? If you are using your player, it will not turn off. And when you are not using it then why should your player be turned on?

ralves58, I'm sorry, you're right. I thought that there is CP1252 instead CP1251.

Well.. i just like it that way. Every dvd-player what i have owned has been that option.
Is it easy to do with MTKRemaker or something? Maybe someone can give me instructions how to do it ? Sorry my bad English.

Hi Gufiak,
good job. Thanks for it.

I have two little comments:

The path line in Disk Navigator is showing only 30 digits. Can it be increased to 50 as in file name is?

I have problem with czech leters ú and ý in directories and file names.
Disk Navigater does't show them. It just skip them.

Nice its good to here that you will fix this, but is it possible to implement into the next version an automatic line divide if lets say a line is over 45 letters, this will make the firmware perfect in everything that has to do with subs support.(You might have to increase the maximum lines displayed from 3 to 4)

PS. This is already found in other Divx Players so I know that it can be done, that's why I ask.

Hi everybody

I've encountered a strange problem on my Pioneer 585 with the latest firmware version modified by gufiak (his polish version).

I watch TV series Lost (DVDRip), episode 10 from season 1. On 17:21 the player pauses and does not react to any buttons on remote or player. Only removing the power cord brings it back to live.

My guess is the problem is that I set my player to PAL. When TV is set to NTSC or Multisync (or is it Multisys?) the player plays smoothly through that point. The file that I play is 23.97 fps so it's NTSC, XviD.

Anybody encountered similar problems?

No, it's not that simple. First I will have to find the right code and next patch it. But I even don't know where I have to start searching. That's why it's not a good idea.

I will try to fix it if I will find this limitation.
It's possible, because all firmwares has a bug and last 6 chars in codepage are not displayed correctly, but I will try to fiind a solution.

This feature will appear in the future versions. I've made the same mod in the DV-470/575 firmware.

It's a bug in the official 1.09 firmware I guess, but I haven't encountered that bug yet. There could be an error on this DVD and when the player is set to PAL, it causes a crash. PAL needs more picture conversions in this case.

Like everybody else I would like to say THANKS gufiak ! !

I have a 383k and have flashed with the lastest firmware from gufiak. Everything is working sweet as.

One thing i would like to know is, is it possible to make the Disc Nav menu appear when a DATA disc in inserted. Instead of having to push the disc menu button. This feature is on my philips 642 player and i'm missing it

The pioneer ownz the philips player heheheheehehe thanks to gufiak, you da man

Ehh... I'm glad that you all like my firmware, but with each post I see bigger and bigger whishlist and each time you are asking me if something is possible. I'm sorry, but it's too much. I don't have so much free time. It's also impossible to answer for each post and improve the firmware in the same time. That's why it's my last normal post in this thread. Next post which I will add here will be information about the new firmware. Write here your wishesh and information about bugs but don't expect me to reply. From time to time I will read them of course. Maybe it will be better when I spend my free time only on improving the firmware.

I agree Gufiak! Best if your spare time is spent working at new firmware releases!
Thanks a lot and Good Luck!
[]s
Fabiano G. Souza

Hi gufiak,
again thanxalot for your work!

I'd like to ask you something. I have pioneer "dv 585 a" and after the FW update it sounds curiouslly, so I'll like to know, if is a payable version - in witch I' m interested - let me know, please contact me.


Best regards.
dragosd01@gmail.com

Hi people!!!

I´m from portugal and i bought today a DV-380-s... the first thing that i've done was to search a cool firmware upgrade. So i installed this firmware made by gufiak... it hapens that when i open a folder, which previously i saved a movie and the respective subtitle, i don´t see the subtitles files. What to do???

Sorry for my bad english
Cumps

Pls I need help finding the latest original firmware of this bunch of players.
I've just found the following:
Is this one what I'm looking for? What about this Gufiak says - is it safe to download version 1.09 of the first post?
I can't seem to finish any downloads from kamos... at the moment. Anyway, what version is the one in this page?

Thanks a bunch!

Dear Gufiak:

Congratulations for the great firmware.

I think I have found a little bug, it is not really important but I explain to you.

With certain DVD (not all), the picture format size (letter box, 16:9..), change the size of the menu,
moving the selection pointer from the proper place. It is very easy to solve using 5 to change
the format size, but this issue did not happen with the original firmware.

For instance, it happens with ALIAS (the original series on DVD).

Congratulations again

Hi,
first many thanks too gufiak.

I have also this problem witch some divx but if the subtitels disappear I press the pause button and the forward button and the subtitels are back. so i hope this will solve your problem.

It's a original feature in Pioneer's dvd-players, they don't show the subtitles files, only the film files. If you want to alternate between the subtitles you have on disk, just press the "SUBTITLE"key on remote and... voilá! Just like any DVD disc you have.

But there's a problem with that: all the subtitles files of a film must be on the same folder where that film is stored.


[ ] Rubens
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

I think the best option is the second one (The one Gufiak says it's safer to download). I have it on my hard disk, for a emergency.


[ ] Rubens
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

thx rubens. But it happens that the subtitles only appears when the subtitle file has the same name of the movie (except the extension)... is that true????

Hi Gufiak
Is it possible to make player remember the point of stop for mpeg4 movies to resume after the player was swiched of or (and) to make a few steps for FF/REW through mpeg4 ?

and of cause zoom X2 X4 is useless it would be great if someone could change it on
X1.2 X1.3 X1.5 or something like this

Here is the original fw i have got from pioneer.
Maybe it can help.

I have written that the display-dimmer doesnt function by my 380-k. It does i didnt see the three steps at first try - sorry.

I have found one isssue, and I think that is bug from original firmware, not gufiaks.


If I have folder with:

movie.avi
movie_sub1.srt
movie_sub2.srt

everything is OK, movie is played and subtitles are displayed correctly. When I press "Subtitle" buton on remote, I can change between subtitle1 and subtitle2.

Problem is when I have:

movie.avi
movie_sub1.srt
movie_sub2.sub

In this situation, only first subtitle is displayed and player doesn't "see" other subtitles...

This happens with all combinations of subtitle formats - if you have two or more files with different formats, only one file will be displayed.


Can this be corrected?

Wrong. Subtitle never appears with the original Pioneer's firmware.


[ ] Rubens

You can write down (use any pen and paper) the "time point" you stop the MPEG4. When you want to view the video again, you just "GOTO" that time point. The player has this option on its menus.

[ ] Rubens

Well, I have a DV-588 and I can assure you the original Pioneer's firmware works fine with more than one Subtitle and more than one audio track. I test both BEFORE make the firmware upgrade... If it's true I can't do this now, then it's a new bug.

[ ] Rubens

I have a dv-588 with the original firmware (1.04) and it happens to me too. Indeed the original firmware works fine with more than one subtitle. However, when I put two kinds of subtitle´s format (for example, .sub and .srt) for a movie and, when I press the subtitle´s button on the remote control, it only shows one subtitle (.srt).

Soon, thanks to ralves58 explanations, I will do an upgrade to Gufiak´s Firmware.

Izayo (Brazil/Recife-PE).

Man, now I see you're talking about DIFFERENT kinds/formats of subtitles (SRT and SUB). Sorry for this dumbing of mine. So, forget what I said. I 've tested .SRT subtitles only, cause I prefer this format. I use only .SRT (no other formats) and sometimes I forget there is another differents formats in the world.
:-/


[ ] Rubens

I've used this firmware upgrade to mainly region-free my DV383 and it did that well. The only problem was after a few discs were inserted, the menu highlight buttons were completely off-centre. This happenned with Region 1 and Region 4 discs. Very annoying.

So I changed to the DV380 Firmware 1.07 and it essentially just region-free'd my DV383. So far, so good.

Agree, x2 x4 just completely useless.
BTW also 0.9 would be useful - to see parts that most of TVs just cropped (the well-know fact).

about my previous post. I'd bought the player and can confirm that Gufiak's firmware removes nearly all UOPs, including deny to select specific audion\subtitle combinations etc.
2Gufiak - may be better to include that into change log, because now there is mentioned only ads skip.

and for with-list.
what I missed from another DVD-player with the same chip.

shame on usability engineers in Pioneer who have not implemented that.

1) goto button on RC.
just another "magic button" that will work like for example "5" now (call another function if you press and hold it)

2) way to navigate DVD chapters.
in pioneer the current playing chapter is changed by >>/<< buttons immidiatly. moreother, << jump to the beginning of the current chapter and it's triky to shit to previous one.

on other DVD-player, buttons >>/<< at first just display the chapter number player will jump to. and if you press <</>> a number of times, just this chapter number on screen is changed. only after 0.5-1 second delay player actualy do the jump.
so
- you alwayknow where you are
- you easely jump over a number of chapters, not waiting to start playing each one
- easy to jump to previos chapters

What player exactly has the version 1.09 of the firmware been extracted from?

I've been seeking that information for the last 2 days and it seems there isn't anything posted to the forums with the exception of this message by kittykat.
I guess there is only 2 possibilities (380 or 585) because of the discussions in the board at the time.

Also there isn't any message of users who'd got a player with version 1.09 at stock. So that about the original 1.09 version is a little obscure to me and most of the others. Thanks a bunch!


P.S.: this is the first message posted by Guffiak with the modified firmware.



Edit: Does anybody happen to know if Gufiak's firmware also works in the DV-686A (australian/malaysian player - possibly the same hardware as 585 and 588)?

Hi, all.
First of all I want to say my thank you to Gufiak as well for his huge job.

I have found a bug (i believe i have not seen it in original 1.08 fw) . When i change image sharpness menu sharpness also changes.
Menu looks blurry when you switch to low.
Thanks

Gufiak
I am new to this board, from India.
Few weeks back, I updated my dv383 to official 1.09.01. After that the only issue I found was, I am not able to see the file list or menu when I play audio CDs. But without menu displays, It plays the file.

Can I update your 1.09.02 from my official 1.09.01 directly?

Thanks

I will answer this time.

Yes, but it can be fixed by changing to Pan&Scan or Letterbox by holding '5' key longer on remote controller.
When you have free'd the region with my firmware then your player will be region free on each firmware. This 1.07 firmware is not region free.

But it's in the changelog to the 01.09.01.00 version.

You have a "Play mode" button. Just use it.

It doesn't matter from which player it was extracted. This version exists and it's loaded to the newest players which in most cases are still in the magazines.
DV-2850, DV-380 and DV-585 has the same (identical) firmwares. If you will backup firmwares from these three models, you will not able to find any difference in these three backups.

It's not a bug. It's normal. When you are changing the image properties then you are not changing only movie/jpeg properties but whole screen properties.
Then check it once again.

It's also normal. You can't see the files on audio CDs because there are no files on these CDs. Files are only on MP3/WMA CDs.
Yes, of course.

Right, this bug occurs sometimes, with some DVD-videos (not all titles). For example: "Batman Begins".

If you tv box is a 4:3 format, you can "fix" this bug setting the option

.........INITIAL SETTINGS / VIDEO OUTPUT / TV SCREEN

to "4:3 (Pan & Scan)". It works, but if you do this, now some widescreen anamorphic DVD-videos will display with wrong size on screen (they will display in fullscreen mode instead of widescreen mode; for example: "Tommy").

You're right, it's a annoying MOD's bug...

[ ] Rubens

This is a known bug in all firmware versions and it could be workaround with this trick: After FF or FR you should press pause and then play instead for just play. This works everytime for me. If you loose the sub you can always pause and the skip one fram forward and continue the playback to get the sub back.

Yes, I can confirm that this solution works but not always. Sometimes pressing play after pause is not enough. In this case I'm using this sequence of keys: pause, ff, play. After that subtitles will appear in each case.

Hmm, so you say that the PAUSE-FF-PLAY combo always works, huh?
If this is true, then I'm thinking of one thing - would it be possible to implement
by firmware hack, that such "combo" is used in addition right after FF/REW command?
In this case it would be prevention from subtitle disappearing bug, wouldn't it?
I'm not familiar (so far) with hacking anything beyond "what MTK Remaker has mapped in the tree", though I have installed Datarescue IDA myself to check the executive code
Anyway, what do you - as an expert here - think of that proposal? Would it be possible or ... ?

I'm sorry but it's not so simple. I will try fix it in the future but it will be also quite hard. But now I have other, maybe more important things to do.

Sorry that I'm asking, but the more important things are regarding 380/585 firmware?
Ahh no, seriously... I know we all live normal lives with everyday's problems, and that the firmware issues are not the highest priority tasks for you
Bad luck, there is no support for this new set of Pioneer players on MTK page for quite a long time now, so you are the only one who brought new firmware.

EDIT As the complexity of hack - I know it is not so simple, I'm pretty good in assembler programming on x86, so I can imagine what it takes till it's done

Gufiak Btw, I have noticed occasional jerking on DivX/XViD movies... Doesn't seem to be a media quality burn problem (tested with the problematic movie on different kinds of CD-RW/DVD-RW media).
I thought it could be packed bitstream problem, but after loading the .avi file in GSpot, it doesn't show any of N-VOP/B-VOP/QPEL/GMC enhancements.
Do you think it could be wrong piece of Pioneer DV-585A? I'm asking because I still have an opportunity to RMA
I have a suspicion that it might be either due to 23.976 fps format used in XViD,
or (more likely) due to higher bitrate (cca. 1250 kbps);
but still - the jerkiness is a bit too much, I have had an ESS Vibrato II based player, and it was far from that (in positive manner) with the same movie

Gufiak,

I have a pioneer DV-588A model.
Where I can find a build to compile my own firmware version ?

Regards,

Sidney