New Beta 1 Firmware 1.5.1.23679 (7th Feb)

[marcel]

New Beta firmware 1.5.1.23679 please download the file and rename it to boxee.iso or just to boxee (if the file extension is hidden)and then follow these instructions to install.

Bug fix's :

Live TV

• Cannot launch Live TV after a successful scan
• Zip Code on Live TV needs to be mandatory, currently you can leave blank and select Next
• Live TV edit channel caused a crash

Networking & File Playback

• Cannot skip audio tracks (mp3 mainly) when playing video and audio
• Video too slow, sound normal, playback unwatchable; AVI MSMPEG4 Video with mp3 Audio
• Loud audio distortion on non-bitstreamed sources
• Low resolution XviD/DivX videos playback is slow, stutters and dying audio

Libraries

• "A" and "The" are ignored but "An" is not (for Ignore Prefixes for Local Content on Sort setting)

Browser

• Browser Redirect Bug (pop up management), selection added under Settings>System>Browser

Interface

• Episode thumbnails are too small
• Greyed out image overlay via watched TV shows should be removed and just the green watched icon should be displayed
• Error in Swedish translations
• Browsing for subtitles does not load

Enjoy

Marcel & Team Boxee

[defenderbob]

first!


Looking forward to testing the popup to Bing / audio distortion listed.

Thanks for releasing!

[1ne2woBe]

Will give it a shot and report back....

[marcel]

cheers guys ..@defenderbob 2nd after me ...:-)

[nfodiz]

All over it like stink on #%!* Hopefully this release finally fixes audio dropouts over hdmi! But seriously, will give this a try.

[yuvalt]

It won't fix audio drop outs.

[nfodiz]

It won't fix audio drop outs.

Yeah I know, was a bad joke by me

[seekified]

Awesome, will give it a spin tomorrow. I'm liking the quicker releases you've got going currently!

[Angola]

"Browsing for subtitles does not load"

Can I browse and load PGS .sup subtitles? If not, will I be able to in future updates?

[yuvalt]

Yeah I know, was a bad joke by me

Good one, actually :-)