[New Release]A5BD_EN_Firmware_20181101_v1.3.0.9.rar (2018-11-01 v1.3.0.9)

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Nothing important for me to change, honey improvement.
The Zappiti mini 4K HDR player does not freeze the high bitrate TrueHD soundtrack. (Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Men Tell No Tales 2017 )
The disruption of SD bidders is no joke either.

Thanks for this new firmware.
The boot is more fast.

Imprex Engine is the same, it don't go with 4K/HDR on, only with HDR off (SDR).
I hope in a new firmware whit Android 7 to resolve this problem.

Thanks for this new update.

A greeting.

Issues with DTS-HD drop outs and video glitches in the UI and video drop outs in playback. I went back to 1.3.0.3, will report if the issues resolve. However to go back I had to do a hard reset then upgrade to it. I could not just down grade. That failed with many issues and playback completely broken.

Hi Sparkss, you write bad news for us, I hoped this new firmware was good.
Tonight I will watch a movie in 4K HDR, I will write about my experience after.

Using the new firmware all ok for me.
I watched "Power Rangers" in 4K HDR (ISO format) and I had no problem: menu, video, audio and subtitles all perfect.

About the cover, no problem the same.
I plugged my hard disk into the USB 3.0 port and the Egreat player loaded all the covers of all my 48 movies on the disc.
I tried another hard disk with 27 movies and the Egreat player loaded all the covers.
The loading of the covers is faster than the previous firmware.

The machine starts up faster than firmware 1.3.0.3.
The interface is more responsive.

Good job this firmware for me!

glad to see things have improved...let us hope all this experience with android 5...will make out a good android 7 FW quickly !

Hello everyone, I would like to mention that I also have some blocks during the playback of some movies (.mkv AC3 DTS), I have done various tests and it is always the same situation, black screen for about 1-2 seconds and then resumes the response.
Do you advise me to go to FW 1.3.0.3?
The update was performed via OTA

I updated OTA also. I think those that had a positive experience unfortunately just haven't tested enough content to hit on the bugs. For example the one reported Power Rangers test has an Atmos track. Not DTS. I feel like the DTS bug reported in the A7 FW has made its way into the A5.1 FW, based on what I read about it.

I should add that ours are all .mkv remuxes of 4k content

Once again, I can not connect paths to the network drive in the movie library.
Library of music, photos, files without problems. Why. There is a way to do it.
For me it is random or it will work or not. It's good by Videon player. Only the player and library Egreat is making problems. I want to watch and not fix ......
Leater.... I downloaded my firmware 1303. The movie library is already working, it's importing movies. But still, I can not delete videos from the Movie Library.

Tonight I will watch "I am wrath" (ISO Full Bluray AVC DTS HD MA).
So I will test the DTS-HD.

I will write about my experience later.

P.S.
Now I am downloading "American Assassin" (BluRay Rip 2160p HEVC 10bit-HDR DTS AC3) so I can test a MKV remuxed of 4K content.

Dear friends, I am sorry, I am lucky or my machine is miraculous: I watched "I am wrath" and everything was perfect, no glitch and no block during the playback.

Format: Blu-Ray ISO 1:1
Video track: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 21988 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio track*: DTS-HD Master Audio / Italian / 1624 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1624 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)

*I have also tried DTS-HD Master Audio / English / 1922 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1922 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)

My Egreat A5 audio settings are:
. Sound -> Output Interface -> S/PDIF
. Sound -> Passthrough = ON
. Sound -> Amplifier Compatibility -> DTS Compatible = ON
. Sound -> Amplifier Compatibility -> Dolby Digital Compatible = ON
. Sound -> DTS Compatibility Mode = ON
. Sound -> TrueHD Compatibility Mode = ON

My Egreat A5 video settings are**:
. Display -> Resolution = 4K UHD 60Hz
. Display -> Deep Color = YCbCr420 10Bit

**When I watch a movie without HDR (such as a Blu-Ray Disk not 4K HDR) I set HDR = OFF so I can use the settings of Imprex Engine: movie by movie I set the value of the parameters (brighteness in particular).

About the covers, my Egreat A5 did not find the cover of "I am Wrath": it was on the list but it was undefinited, no image.


P.S.
As soon as I watch "American Assassin" (BluRay Rip 2160p HEVC 10bit-HDR DTS AC3) I report my test using MKV remuxed of 4K content.

I think I see the issue. If I recall correctly s/pdif cannot pass HD audio, it can't even pass DD+ (the new DD codec), due to bandwidth constraints. So I believe that you are only passing the core (AC3/DTS).

Installed via OTA and it went smoothly without any issues.

Tested playing a M2TS Atmos movie and there is still no sound.

That's right, S/PDIF can carry only two uncompressed audio channels, it can not support lossless surround formats, 5.1/7.1 surround sound is compressed.

I use the Sony MDR-DS6500 Wireless 7.1 Surround headphones.
They do not support DTS-HD.

We found: the problem is the uncompressed multichannel audio.

Does not support pass through DTS High Resolution audio soundtrack.

still can't play 20% of my movie collection due to the VC-1 MKV bug. it's been broken for a year. @Rita when is this going to be fixed? at the very least you guys need to tell us what you're doing (IF ANYTHING) to address this. your continued silence on this issue is unacceptable.

some further details:
- video files are displayed through the home network
- they are all compressed h264 files with the .mkv container and AC3 or DTS audio
My Egreat A5 audio settings are:
. Output Interface -> HDMI
. Passthrough = ON
. Amplifier Compatibility -> DTS Compatible = ON
. Sound -> TrueHD Compatibility Mode = ON

My Egreat A5 video settings are:
. Display -> Resolution = 4K UHD 60Hz
. Display -> Deep Color = YCbCr420 10Bit
. HDR Mode -> On

if you need anything else, ask