Boxee New firmware 1.2.1.20451 is now available

[Ronald]

New firmware is available or you can manually update it from here http://support.boxee.tv/entries/3288...boxee-software

We’ve really focused on issues that we’ve been hearing from the community on this one so we’ve invested a lot in SMB sharing issues,

No, I think not. Not for this release anyway. In your changelog for this firmware, as stated in your release post, there is NOT ONE SINGLE CHANGE CONCERNING SMB USAGE, relative to the two previous release candidates which both have completely broken SMB password authorization negotiation.

These recent firmware versions can ONLY work with such SMB servers that happen to have your (incorrectly implemented) single authorization method as the default, since these versions of Boxee firmware no longer negotiate properly to find what authorization methods the servers allow.

These problems have been reported repeatedly both by myself and by others, and your release of a supposedly 'stable' firmware with this still unfixed is nothing short of an insult to all who suffer from these problems.

The only new changes I could see for this new release were some audio dropout fixes. And while these may make a few users happy, they are no replacement for completely broken SMB access...

syncing, and streaming issues. We know there’s still issues to conquer, but we feel this release is a huge step in the right direction.

But for me this is a huge step backwards, as I can no longer use the current stable firmware, since it allows proper connection only to one of the three SMB servers in my LAN.

So I am now going to have to block further upgrade access in my router, to prevent near total functionality loss of my Boxee Box, which must remain on firmware 1.2.0.20310 in order to access most of my SMB fileshares. (The one and only purpose for which I bought the box.)

IMO: This firmware version should never have been released as non-beta !!!

Best regards: dlanor

[cmglassmire]

Is this considered the next major release? Like the next in the "3 month cycle"

[rubiriac]

his there anyone who knows when the detection of 3 tb hdd will be fixed its a huge problem that the team said in older post will be fixed in the next update but its been 2-3 update now and its still not working ....

im wating so desperately for a solutios that will work.

[neveroffline]

his there anyone who knows when the detection of 3 tb hdd will be fixed its a huge problem that the team said in older post will be fixed in the next update but its been 2-3 update now and its still not working ....

im wating so desperately for a solutios that will work.

v1.5 slated release.

This is 1.2.

[jebise]

usually im the first one to pull the trigger on updates as i like to be on the latest and greatest.

But ever since the flop on 1.2 release i'm very spectral on installing this so called "stable" release. As of right now i have the October 4th firmware on 2 BBox and have no issues with SMB and the boxes are working as advertised (at least in my setup).

My only problem is the audio delay at the beginning of any video (1-4 secs at the start) and no navigation audio for a few seconds when exiting videos. The audio delay is really annoying when you watch shows that have speech at the beginning and not opening credits.

So can anyone confirm if the above audio issues have been resolved?

Hoping SMB is still intact

[painkiller]

Can boxee add "Known issues" list with every new firmware release?

[tennisbgc]

I still cant get 30 rock to display more than 1 episode using local nfo.

[nidal]

espn3 site still not functional. adobe flash 11.0.1 was just released and boxee's still using 10.2 (i think). this really should have been a priority for this update.

[bryan]

my box updated to this automatically when I used it tonight for two shows

Terra Nova 720P - played fine
House 720P - played fine first 30 minutes then I got about 6 buffers

I've never buffered on 720P before so I'm not sure if it's the file or the firmware. I have a good file playing now in the other room and I'm trying to listen for buffers

smb - HD connected to my router
wireless N on a mixed network

Will see if I can replicate it

[neveroffline]

espn3 site still not functional. adobe flash 11.0.1 was just released and boxee's still using 10.2 (i think). this really should have been a priority for this update.

Agreed.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/919/cpsid_91932.html

Clearly states, 11.0.1.152 for Linux - it USED to be 10.2 about 3 weeks ago - they skipped 10.2 to 11.