SubjectUPDATE: There is an official firmware for HDX with DTS downmix support available since 4 june 2009. You don't need anymore to replace your HDX firmware by a Popcorn firmware. If you have replaced your HDX firmware by a Popcorn: Restore the original firmware before to upgrade it. This document is based on the discussion on the forum MPC Club. New features to the HDX-1000
Installing this firmware disable the VGA output of your NMT.
Because your HDX-1000 doesn't have a VGA output, it's not a problem for you. But it's an important information for people who want to test this procedure on another NMT (it should work on the iStar Mini 1.3). With this firmware, the color of the status LED will be inversed on the HDX-1000: Blue in standby and Red when working. This firmware is not supported by HDX: There is no warranty, this document is for information only! Don't forget to save your actual firmware file before to upgrade your HDX: this will permit to get back to the original firmware. Downloading the Popcorn firmware and tools
Get the firmware-DTS and unzip this file (don't forget to read the original readme file included in this archive too!).
Install NMT appsYou need installed NNT applications before to continue, Install them if not allready installed. Check the official wiki for the HOW-TO. Getting the IP addresseGo to the «network-setup» menu and write down the IP adresse.
(in this document, the IP 192.168.100.5 will be used). FTP Connection to HDX-1000Start a FTP session on your NMT using a FTP client that can modify file permission.
Don't use FileZilla: It have problem for transfering the file "mtd2". The command line FTP under Linux Ubuntu works very well. The default FTP login is "ftpuser" an password "1234". Here is my output under a Linux shell : olivier@laptop:~$ cd Guide_to_flash_Popcornhour_firmware_to_other_NMT_players_to_enable_DTS/ olivier@laptop:~/Guide_to_flash_Popcornhour_firmware_to_other_NMT_players_to_enable_DTS$ ftp 192.168.100.5 Connected to 192.168.100.5. 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd ---------- 220-You are user number 1 of 10 allowed. 220-Local time is now 10:07. Server port: 21. 220 You will be disconnected after 1440 minutes of inactivity. Name (192.168.100.5:olivier): ftpuser 331 User ftpuser OK. Password required Password: 1234 230-This server supports FXP transfers 230 OK. Current directory is / Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> bin 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary ftp> hash Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful 150 Connecting to port 58907 drwxrwxrwx 2 1001 1001 4096 Nov 29 16:56 Download drwxrwxrwx 2 1001 1001 4096 Nov 29 16:56 Music drwxrwxrwx 2 1001 1001 4096 Nov 29 16:56 Photo drwxr-xr-x 3 1001 1001 4096 Nov 29 16:56 Podcast drwxrwxrwx 7 1001 1001 4096 Jan 2 11:06 Video drwxrwxrwx 2 1001 1001 4096 Jan 28 09:02 bin drwxrwxrwx 2 1001 1001 16384 Nov 29 16:51 lost+found -rwxr-xr-x 1 1001 1001 126 Nov 30 18:46 start_app.sh 226-Options: -l 226 8 matches total ftp> !ls busybox26 mtd2 telnet-installer.cgi update.cgi flash readme.txt telnet-installer.html Files transferUploader the 6 files from the unzipped file downloaded previously on the root of your HDX-1000.
Here is my output: ftp> put mtd2 local: mtd2 remote: mtd2 200 PORT command successful 150-using direct IO 150 Connecting to port 36054 ###### (...) ###### 226-File successfully transferred 226 4.849 seconds (measured here), 6.19 Mbytes per second 31457280 bytes sent in 4.75 secs (6461.8 kB/s) ftp> put busybox26 local: busybox26 remote: busybox26 200 PORT command successful 150-using direct IO 150 Connecting to port 52057 ############(...)##################### 226-File successfully transferred 226 0.185 seconds (measured here), 3.09 Mbytes per second 598768 bytes sent in 0.04 secs (14698.8 kB/s) ftp> put flash local: flash remote: flash 200 PORT command successful 150-using direct IO 150 Connecting to port 57007 ############################### 226-File successfully transferred 226 0.021 seconds (measured here), 1.49 Mbytes per second 32304 bytes sent in 0.00 secs (22630.5 kB/s) ftp> put telnet-installer.cgi local: telnet-installer.cgi remote: telnet-installer.cgi 200 PORT command successful 150-using direct IO 150 Connecting to port 59455 # 226-File successfully transferred 226 0.002 seconds (measured here), 113.57 Kbytes per second 197 bytes sent in 0.00 secs (7125.3 kB/s) ftp> put telnet-installer.html local: telnet-installer.html remote: telnet-installer.html 200 PORT command successful 150-using direct IO 150 Connecting to port 45851 # 226-File successfully transferred 226 0.002 seconds (measured here), 256.72 Kbytes per second 423 bytes sent in 0.00 secs (17211.9 kB/s) ftp> put update.cgi local: update.cgi remote: update.cgi 200 PORT command successful 150-using direct IO 150 Connecting to port 34800 # 226-File successfully transferred 226 0.002 seconds (measured here), 60.85 Kbytes per second 124 bytes sent in 0.00 secs (5264.9 kB/s) ftp> Modify file permissionChange the permission of these 6 files to 777 (should be a right-clic on your graphical FTP client).
Here is my output: ftp> chmod 777 mtd2 200 Permissions changed on mtd2 ftp> chmod 777 busybox26 200 Permissions changed on busybox26 ftp> chmod 777 flash 200 Permissions changed on flash ftp> chmod 777 telnet-installer.cgi 200 Permissions changed on telnet-installer.cgi ftp> chmod 777 telnet-installer.html 200 Permissions changed on telnet-installer.html ftp> chmod 777 update.cgi 200 Permissions changed on update.cgi ftp> Browser from the HDX-1000Go on your NMT screen and select "Media Source" (on your remote control).
Open the drive where you put the files. Select the 4th Icon(on the right) for start the file browser. Enabling telnetSelect the file "telnet-installer.html", and choose «Run from HARD_DISC», then «Run from USB (HARD_DISC) (Removing USB would be bad)».
You should have a white screen now: Stay on this screen. Telnet session to the HDX-1000Start a telnet session now:
You can use the telnet client include with MS Windows or Putty/Kitty. With Putty, entrer the IP addresse of your HDX, choose Telnet as protocol an click on "open". Here is my output from a Linux shell:: olivier@laptop:~/Guide_to_flash_Popcornhour_firmware_to_other_NMT_players_to_enable_DTS$ telnet 192.168.100.5 Trying 192.168.100.5... Connected to 192.168.100.5. Escape character is '^]'. # Backup your original HDX firmware
To a backup of your original HDX firmware with this command (from the telnet session):
dd if=/dev/mtd2 of=/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/hdx-savefile.out
Here is my output:
# dd if=/dev/mtd2 of=/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/hdx-savefile.out 61440+0 records in 61440+0 records out # You can download the file "hdx-savefile.out" using FTP now, and kept it in a safe place.
Start the firmware upgradeStill from the telnet session, send this command:
/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/update.cgi Here is my output: # /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/update.cgi ./flash: /dev/mtd2: Bad block check not available Erasing 128 Kibyte @ 1de0000 -- 99 % complete.
61440+0 records in 61440+0 records out During this upgrade:
Once rebooted, you will see the Popcornhour logo and will be asked to re-install the Popcorn hour apps.
Answer: Default Installation (Installe NMT apps without erase data).
Configuring Audio DTS downmixGo on the menu configuration Audio/Video, in the section "Audio Mode" and choose "Analog (PCM)" for the DTS.
Restore the original HDX firmwareIf you want to restore the original HDX firmware, do the same procedure replacing the Popcorn "mtd2" file by your backup file:
Here is my output:
# cd /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/
/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK # ls Download busybox26 telnet-installer.cgi Music flash telnet-installer.html Photo hdx-savefile.out update.cgi Podcast lost+found Video mtd2 /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK # cp hdx-savefile.out mtd2 /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK # ./update.cgi ./flash: /dev/mtd2: Bad block check not available
Erasing 128 Kibyte @ 1de0000 -- 99 % complete. 61440+0 records in 61440+0 records out Then wait for the HDX reboot: You will have the HDX logo again and it will ask you to re-install the HDX apps.
For reinstalling the HDX apps, I meet a problem for re-installing the apps: Neither the online method, neither the USB method works again.
I need to follow these steps:
For people who didn't backuped their firmware, you can find one here (checksum md5: e0ed1bde4d46f60979c9152a2e14967f) |
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