Iamm NTD36HD by Novatron [Text View] - Page 2

Fab7000

06-21-07, 03:36 PM

hi guys, and thanks a lot for a splendid forum.

i downloaded the patched firmware from hdd-player.de (thanks guys!), I installed it and everything looks fine.

I realize, that I have to format the disk in order to take full advantage of the new firmware.

However, I seem to have a few problems that most likely occur because I misunderstand a few things;

1. i haven't re-formatted my drive yet - but I should be able to ftp (with f.ex. total commander using the IP as host and ftp/ftp as credentials). This doesnt really work.

2. when I use f.ex. Advanced LAN scanner, I can't see the IAMM on the network (the LAN scanner scans the full 192.168.1.0-255, and shows all the other machines or nodes on the network) - at the same time I can connect with the NDAS, so the IAMM is clearly online (via wireless)

There was a script that came along with the patch. Is this script to be placed anywhere on the IAMM so that it is read at boot time? If yes, where and how do I put it there?

Any help or tips much appreciated - step-by-step wouldn't hurt :)

love, and thanks for a splendid job ! cant wait to get it working,

Frederik

Konsti

06-22-07, 02:55 AM

Hello Frederik, I think we must wait for cHarOn's response, but I can attempt to reply the first ones, although not having installed the firmware myself.

1. If you leave the drive formatted to NTFS, you should be able to *read only* from the drive. Unless this firmware abandons all NTFS support, which I don't think so. So you can't connect to the IAMM or you can't read/write? FTP is not a verb ;) so I can't ftp means nothing important!

2. On previous firmwares, the IAMM never ever showed on the network. Even when I put DHCP on the IAMM, on the router the name is blank. This means that there is no network device ID or name for the IAMM, so don't try to find it in "Network Neighborhood". If you ping it, does it respond? That's essential. Also, maybe you should disable the NDAS connection first, perhaps the driver locks or does something to FTP or LAN scanning.

3. No idea about the script. cHarOn can respond...

Konsti

cHarOn99

06-22-07, 03:42 AM

1. i haven't re-formatted my drive yet - but I should be able to ftp (with f.ex. total commander using the IP as host and ftp/ftp as credentials). This doesnt really work.

2. when I use f.ex. Advanced LAN scanner, I can't see the IAMM on the network (the LAN scanner scans the full 192.168.1.0-255, and shows all the other machines or nodes on the network) - at the same time I can connect with the NDAS, so the IAMM is clearly online (via wireless)

3. There was a script that came along with the patch. Is this script to be placed anywhere on the IAMM so that it is read at boot time? If yes, where and how do I put it there?

1. when you look again to hdd-player.de where you download the firmware there as the end of the download thread an FAQ in english, it is better when you take root/hdd to login! Did you enable an static ip to your iamm, you can try the network also in the webbrowser with http://(IP IAMM) when there shows something then ftp must work to. ext3 is an option you dont need to take ext3 but only with ext3 you can upload to your IAMM

2. You cant find your IAMM in Networkplaces but you can ping your iamm

3. I wrote into the FAQ that you must put it in the root of your internal HDD or you can put it on an USB Device but it must be it the upperst place of your device.

cHarOn

lorenzo70

06-22-07, 07:55 AM

Hi everyone !
Thanks for your works !!
Iinstalled the las firmware "ntd36hd-1-1-1-2-157ftp" on my cibox
It works fine !!
I just have a question :
i m using ftp and have acces to the root of the cibox
Is it possible to modify the files to "write acces in the directory "/usr/curacao/gui/"
I would like to change some of icons and some text !
i can see the icons and file text but cant replace them !
another question !
How to make my own firmware ? mean compile a ".pkg" file and use it to change this files as a firmware will do ??
Thanks !!!!

cHarOn99

06-22-07, 08:21 AM

i think on page 3 or 4 in this thread there is an description how you can build the firmware and no you cant change the bitmaps because this files are in the readonly rom.

cHarOn

lorenzo70

06-22-07, 09:15 AM

thanks for your response !
puting a new firmware is it the only way to change the bitmaps ???
Thanks
Lorenzo 70

cHarOn99

06-22-07, 09:43 AM

yep thats the only way only the background image can have an different location you can change that in the menu.

cHarOn

lorenzo70

06-22-07, 05:03 PM

I ma little lost in aptenting to make my own .pkg
I didnt find any app that open the ".pkg" or making ".pkg"
it there any soft or method to build a ".pkg" on windows ?
Thanks !
Lorenzo 70

Fab7000

06-22-07, 05:31 PM

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I tried to ping it, but theres no response. I guess i have a problem with my network. Sorry about the bother.

I set it up with a static IP, and it connects ok to the network and can see shared folders on my other machines. I could see it using the (uh!) NDAS software, which I deinstalled incase it blocked anything.

I was using a special software for scanning the LAN, i wasn't referring to Network Neighborhood. But anyway, thanks for the tips.

As I said, i guess its something with my network, even though it is strange i could "NDAS" it but not FTP it :)

If ill find a fix I'll post it i case anybody's having the same problem. Any suggestions from you guys much appreciated :)

Best regards,
Frederik

Fab7000

06-24-07, 06:15 PM

Hi guys,

Just debugging, still can't get the FTP to work with the new firmware :)

Apart from installing the new firmware, there are no other steps I should follow in order for the FTP to work on the Iamm, correct?

Best regards,
Frederik

cHarOn99

06-25-07, 02:40 AM

do you have an router where port 21 is locked?!?! with firewall? did you try to open the iamm in your browser?!?!?! http://ip iamm/

cHarOn

Fab7000

06-25-07, 08:38 AM

hi charon,

thanks for the reply,

yeah, iv'e had no luck with any of theres or a combination of:

ping
static ip
dhcp
wireless
cable
webbrowser
scanning the lan with Lan Scanner (not network neighbourhood)

i can easly ftp and i haven't closed any ports in the firewall. i was able to see the unit before i uninstalled the dreadfull ndas software using the ndas interface, but no luck with ftp.

the thing is, after installing the firmware, i don't have to do anything else in order to boot the ftp server on the iamm, correct? cause I havent done anything apart from installing the firmware, putting the script in the main folder and restarting the damn thing. i can see you names and the new firmware info, so the firmware is installed.

i am quite sure it's a brain dead error that I am doing that has nothing to do with the firmware itself, but rather som silly error i have in my setup :)

but if you could confirm that it should work out of the box, all things considered, when the new firmware is installed, i'd be delighted.

best regards,
Frederik

cHarOn99

06-25-07, 09:57 AM

hmmm no idea anymore?!?!?!?!?! but as you said you dont need todo anything that the ftp starts on the iamm it is already started when you boot your iamm.

cHarOn99

07-03-07, 08:01 AM

New firmware is out 1.1.159 from Novatron mine will follow soon, it is official on the new devices which come to hdd-player.de but it isnt on there website?!?! I dont understand why they dont release it there, if you wanna try it because we have no changelog :mad: you can download it at hdd-player.de in the downloadsection in the forum.

cHarOn

Konsti

07-03-07, 10:59 AM

cHarOn thanks for the update. You are right, Novatron didn't update their site. Perhaps they want to test it internally? Who knows. But thanks for the great work you've done. And don't forget your Greek friends ;)

cHarOn99

07-03-07, 11:04 AM

lol no it isn´t for internal testing because all devices what the admin gets from novatron has now the firmware 1.1.159 onboard so it must be official!! i dont understand why they dont post it on the homepage, but please can you try this firmware if this brings the greek subtitles to the right thing ;-).
AND NO I DONT FORGET THE GREEK FRIENDS HAHAHAHAHA

cHarOn

Konsti

07-03-07, 11:23 AM

cHarOn, thanks for your nice comments! I just registered so that I can access the downloads. Are you sure it's the final official v159 firmware as the one that Novatron will post on their site?

But I can't seem to find this download, my German is very poor, it isn't on the "Downloads nur für registrierte Benutzer" folder. Can you please direct us to the right link/thread of the forum? Danke schoen!

I will try to see if it plays Greek subtitles, do you know if there was a change from Novatron?

cHarOn99

07-03-07, 12:00 PM

hehe Downloads nur für registrierte Benutzer is the wrong i give you an direct link

http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=223.0

but you must be registered

and yes it must be an final because all new devices from novatron which comes to germany hdd-player are already with 1.1.159 installed

Konsti

07-03-07, 03:11 PM

Dear cHarOn, thanks for the link, I did download and upgraded the firmware successfully.

I did not check any new features, I immediately started playing an Xvid file, with Greek .srt subtitles. I am sorry to say that the requested modification to ignore the <i> and </i> in the subs is not implemented. They still show on-screen... Do you know why? Was the hdd-admin aware of your modification?

Also, I don't know why you think ver159 could play greek; it plays extended latin characters (in English OSD language, even in Eastern Europe OSD language). The saved .srt file is in ANSI type of text. I tried saving as UNICODE (via Notepad) but this time, the subtitles aren't even detected. So only plain text ANSI type is accepted in .srt files.

I am sure all other improvements are there--let's wait for Novatron to say something official...

cHarOn99

07-03-07, 03:57 PM

i hadnt time to check the new firmware, hmm the admin requested the modification damn they didnt do it i will talk to him again sorry for that. ;-(

cHarOn

Konsti

07-05-07, 03:57 AM

cHarOn99 you have a PM.

I also detected some spelling mistakes on this firmware that you should tell the hdd-player.de admin to tell Novatron ;)

In OSD language you have "Spainish" instead of "Spanish", this can drive Spanish people mad ;)

Konsti

07-09-07, 06:26 AM

Novatron has still not updated their site (not for some time) they are such a boring manufacturer... So no v159 firmware yet. Unless the web programmer is on holidays ;)

oe800r

07-10-07, 04:32 PM

OpenEM86xx firmware

Anyone try using these tools to compile yet?

Works good on the mvix, working on adding new components.

Can we take binary files that have been compiled from other people (different ftp server...) and then re-create the romfs with the new binaries? How about just mounting them on the internal IDE and just executing a command via ssh (dropbear).

Just some thoughts!

http://mvixcommunity.com/showforum.php?fid/17/

skittlez187

07-11-07, 07:31 AM

I can get the device to see vista but it will not share folders does anyone have a clue what to do? i have enable the guest login all sharing is enabled and the firewall is turned off has anyone had this problem?

Konsti

07-11-07, 08:31 AM

cHarOn, please reply to this because I am confused!

Over at hdd-player.de forum, there is a firmware 1.1.157 but on another page, we find firmware 1.2.157! What is correct? The .1 or .2? It seems they are the same!

New at 1.2.157
----> added cpmovie, cpphoto, cpmusic
----> script starts from usb or internal HDD
New at 1.1.157
----> USB Problem fixed
----> OSD Language Eastern Europe added
----> also the normaly changes ftp, http, telnet and ext3
----> some little bugfixes
Which is the newest and most complete? What about firmware 1.1.159?
Firmware 1.159
mit Unterstützung für EXT3-Dateisystem
Danke, thanks.

Konsti

07-11-07, 09:07 AM

Ooops, I think I have made a mistake or this is a typographic error on the hdd-player.de forum: I think I have installed v1.1.159 on my NTD36-HD which seems to be NTD35 firmware...

But on the forum thread for the NTD36-HD the download links point to NTD35 firmware... What is going on? Is it possible for the NTD36-HD to accept NTD35 firmware?

Konsti

07-11-07, 09:49 AM

To skittlez187 and oe800r.

skittlez187: I can't really help you, I decided not to waste my life with Windowz anymore and bought myself an Apple Mac, so I have no clue about Vista. BUT I think you must do what I did in Apple MacOS X, you must ENABLE the "guest" account because the NTD36-HD opens network folders with GUEST as username and blank password.

oe800r: I personally have no knowledge of Linux to this extent, I think phew, antivirus or cHarOn might help, but they must login here, sooner or later ;)

oe800r

07-11-07, 11:48 AM

Ya i periodically check Anti's site and see that he has the latest distro up. I'm curious to see what he's done. They really are good at hacking this thing.

golojo

07-11-07, 04:55 PM

My NTD35 firmware is 1.1.158. Is it possible to install over it the 1.2.157 firmware?

cHarOn99

07-11-07, 06:27 PM

Ok the 1.1.159 is only for IAMM NTD36HD it is official and it isnt for NTD35 i dont know why novatron gives it the name NTD35!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my firmware is only renamed to NTD36!!!!! with the extra features in it.

cHarOn

cHarOn99

07-11-07, 06:31 PM

English:
Firmware 1.1.2.159: http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1092.msg6294#msg6294 YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AT hdd-player.de

New at 1.1.2.159
----> included Busybox2 new commands
----> some spelling changes

Patched firmware for Novatron NTD36HD ftp,http,telnet,ext3,usb2hdd,init_script and new commands* (based on build 159)
============================================================ =========================================================

---- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! ---- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! ----

If you brick your player using this firmware the only way
to debrick it is in rescue mode through tftp.

Changelog: 1.1.2.159

1. Added cpmovie, cpphoto, cpmusic, scripts and sleep /usr/local/bin

2. cpmovie: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
* * * * * * *MOVIE everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD MOVIE Folder
* * * * * * *
* * cpmusic: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
* * * * * * *MUSIC everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD MUSIC Folder*
* * * * * * *
* * cpphoto: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
* * * * * * *PHOTO everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD PHOTO Folder* * * * * * * * * *

3. Changed /etc/inittab to start both of them:
* *# Startup the system
* *::once:/usr/curacao/curacao
* *::once:/usr/sbin/telnetd &
* *::once:/usr/local/bin/ftpd &
* *::once:/usr/local/bin/shttpd -d / &
* *::once:/usr/local/bin/scripts
* *
4. ::once:/usr/local/bin/scripts

* * This script is really simple it looks in root of the internal hdd or on an usb device
* * for an script called init_script, if there is an file called init_script it will starts this script
* * Whats the use of that? Really simple you can mount NFS shares ;-) you can run the cpmovie, cpphoto, ....
* * commands. or everything you want. An init_script to mount an NFS share or to do the 3 copy routines
* * are in the zip you downloaded ;-)

5. Hifan from the Mvix Community makes some new commands to the Box (new busybox) i include it into the iamm

6. Changed some spelling mistakes ;-)

Usage:

1. Install just like a usual firmware upgrade

2. You must format your HDD with ext3, fat32 is no option anymore because users have many problems with it.

3. Log in using telnet: user = root, password = hdd

4. Log in using ftp (Upload works! but not everything): user = ftp, password = ftp* * *if you want full write access (create directories, .......)you have to* * * * *login with user = root, pass = hdd
* * Note: The ftpd takes 10-20 seconds to respond! Be patient

5. Log in with your Browser to download files (only Download)

6. To get to your Harddisk you need go to /tmp/ide/part1

7. To get the new script and busybox working you need to extract the INIT.zip to your internal ext3 HDD

Thanks:

Thx go to the admin from www.hdd-player.de who makes it possible that Novatron includes ext3 support.
Thx goes to Dirk alias (dm) who helps me and compiles some nights.
Thx goes to OK from the Mvix Community who gets the stuff working (ftpd and shttpd)
Thx goes to hifan from the Mvix Community who makes the new busybox working.

I wish you all good luck.
cHarOn

Bono2007

07-11-07, 07:58 PM

Thank you for the new firmware, but i have a question :
what are the differences between .157 and .159 firmwares ?

I've a Cibox wireless HD box, and i've seen a new firmware (first firmware!!!) from Cibox website : http://www.ciboxcorp.com/web/telecharge/driver/Cinebox/Cinebox.zip

It contains a .bin and i can't extract .bin with extract-romfs.bat/exe:

D:\Cibox\romfs>extract-romfs.exe romfs.bin
Image info - wrong ASCII ident

I've hexedit a working romfs.bin and this .bin and it's not the same file structure.

Is there a tool to extract this .bin ?
Cibox doesn't say anything about this new firmware, no .nfo.

golojo

07-12-07, 02:18 AM

Sorry, my mistake: I have NTD36 v.1.1.158 and not NTD35.
Same question, is it possible to install the 1.2.157 firmware over 1.1.158 firmware?

cHarOn99

07-12-07, 02:54 AM

yes no problem but you can now also take 1.1.2.159 ;-)

Konsti

07-12-07, 04:39 AM

OK guys, I will give an end to confusion. This is what the admin of hdd-player.de replied to me yesterday when I tried to understand what's going on with the different firmwares...

1.1.1.159 is the newest from Novatron
1.1.2.159 is the newest "changed" firmware from cHarOn

So the .1 is Novatron's and .2 is cHarOn's work. Only for the NTD36-HD, despite the fact that the links/filename on hdd-player.de (and not Novatron, dear cHarOn) point to NTD35... Probably a spelling mistake.

cHarOn where have you been? We have missed you ;)

Konsti

07-12-07, 04:40 AM

oe800r which is antivirus' website? Can you post the link, here, please?

Konsti

07-12-07, 04:53 AM

Thank you for the new firmware, but i have a question :
what are the differences between .157 and .159 firmwares?
cHarOn, I have a further question, what is the difference between firmware 1.1.159 and 1.2.159 and I know it's Novatron's and yours, but the only thing I can see is (a) new busybox (b) cpmovie/cpphoto/cpmusic (c) HDD root script control.

Can you confirm? Should I send you any spelling mistakes I may detect, too? Please note that I have also sent you a PM -- private message ;)

cHarOn99

07-12-07, 05:10 AM

hi konsti had some work todo ;-) and yes please send me spelling mistakes i will fix that when i can ;-) the changes are everything from my first release so ftp, http,....... + in the new firmwares from what i add to the description.

cHarOn

oe800r

07-12-07, 08:36 AM

Konsi:
http://amd.co.at/anti/hd-player/

Charon:
Host is down :(

We've got some developers working on the mvix over @ mvixcommunity.com and are making small moves. It would be great to integrate both teams don't you think charon?

I know we've been working on getting samba working, and I've been trying everything under the sun.

cHarOn99

07-12-07, 09:10 AM

@oe800r: about Teamwork no problem but the devices are different and i tried samba already and the performance sucks as hell but this is months ago. The only good way would be an nfs server but kernel based and that only works when we can cook an kernel ;-( but we will see what the future brings ;-)

cHarOn

Bono2007

07-12-07, 10:41 AM

SO? Nobody knows the differences between .157 and .159 firmware ? I haven't seen any changelog.

cHarOn99

07-12-07, 01:54 PM

DOWNLOADLINK WORKS AGAIN ;-)

SO? Nobody knows the differences between .157 and .159 firmware ? I haven't seen any changelog.

no we dont know ;-(

Lolli-Lutscher

07-12-07, 03:14 PM

no we dont know ;-(

...and perhaps we will never know, 'cause Novatron's support sucks

Bono2007

07-12-07, 07:50 PM

I've read on a french forum that the Cibox firmware ( http://www.ciboxcorp.com/web/telecharge/driver/Cinebox/Cinebox.zip ) didn't work. It's less than 5 Mo. I can't excract it, maybe i will try to upload it on my cibox if i have to use garanty. Cibox's support sucks too ;-)

Bono2007

07-12-07, 08:12 PM

i've read : "5. Hifan from the Mvix Community makes some new commands to the Box (new busybox) i include it into the iamm"

i've 1.2.157 in my box, what are the new commands (busybox2) in 1.2.159 ?
In init.zip i've seen a file initcommands with :
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/awk
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/basename
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/busybox2
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/cat
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/chmod
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/clear
...
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/env
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/expr
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/false
/tmp/bin/ln -s $ROOT/sys/bin/busybox2 /tmp/bin/fgrep

is it this ? chmod.... cat.... ?

cHarOn99

07-13-07, 01:58 AM

yep correct

golojo

07-14-07, 05:26 AM

Some questions:
1. What CPU use NTD36?
2. Did anybody tried to run the this application under VMware?
3. What is the back-out procedure (if any) for unsuccessful upgrade?
Thanks ahead, Josef

Bono2007

07-14-07, 05:33 AM

Some questions:
1. What CPU use NTD36?
2. Did anybody tried to run the this application under VMware?
3. What is the back-out procedure (if any) for unsuccessful upgrade?
Thanks ahead, Josef

Maybe you could look here : http://amd.co.at/anti/hd-player/ilam_ntg36hd/mainboard_front1.JPG
and here :
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/public/Products/selection_guide/selection_guide.html
I think for a 200 Mhz ARM Embedded

for unsuccessful upgrade, use tftp method.

oe800r

07-19-07, 02:51 PM

Is the IAMM having problems with samba?

I know the mvix's version is busted, and i was going to try and copy over the rompkg executable and see if it fixes it.

Charon: Good work on your firmware. I have NFS working :) but it takes a year.5 to show up on the TV when i hit 'refresh'.

it did seem instantaneous via my telnet session however.

Konsti

07-20-07, 03:52 AM

oe800r, cHarOn, why yould anyone really need NFS on a machine/device on which it simply doesn't work well? If NFS is so slow to refresh the screen contents, why on earth implement/install this service? Just curious....

oe800r do you mean EXT3 rather than NFS?

How does NFS perform on network connectivity and speeds, did anyone test it?

cHarOn99

07-20-07, 03:57 AM

nfs was already included i made only an option to mount an nas or other pc to teh iamm over nfs streaming works really well that is the reason why nfs, some nas dont work with the included networkbrowser thats also an reason why nfs script is included!!

@oe800r: thx for the flowers hehe but my nfs works good do you have many files in an folder?!?!? because then it is the damn ram which is really small on iamm and mvix

Konsti

07-20-07, 04:22 AM

Please, cHarOn, in no way did I mean to insult your work.

But in similar open-projects (see Synology NAS forum) people ask for any crazy sort of services to be installed, despite the fact that the device can't really cope (for example, you say because of RAM the device is slow). It's like I ask a small VGA card to output HD video... In theory it can be done, but implementation is hard or impossible!

I didn't know that the IAMM was capable of NFS streaming... so I guess it's my turn to also offer you flowers ;)

cHarOn99

07-20-07, 04:32 AM

Please, cHarOn, in no way did I mean to insult your work.

lol no chance ;-) i didnt misunderstand you is ok if you ask such questions hehe i will clear it up.

But in similar open-projects (see Synology NAS forum) people ask for any crazy sort of services to be installed, despite the fact that the device can't really cope (for example, you say because of RAM the device is slow). It's like I ask a small VGA card to output HD video... In theory it can be done, but implementation is hard or impossible!

Thats correct but all services i include are not that ram intense that why i include it and some of them are only started if you use it so it dont take power from the iamm, and also when you have the internal hdd with an folder with many files in then the refresh needs also an year ;-)

I didn't know that the IAMM was capable of NFS streaming... so I guess it's my turn to also offer you flowers

Now you know it haha and thx for the flowers ;)

cHarOn

oe800r

07-20-07, 08:35 AM

Ya, I had one folder that i tried to mount that had many many different sub folders and dirs, but it took too long :)

I made a separate DIR with nothing in it and mounted that.

What FTP server are you running? I'm getting around 2.5 mb/s on the current (i believe it's inetd tools - nothing special). I've seen pro-ftpd, and pure-ftpd attempted, but i could have sworn anti did one that was was non-open source and he claimed to get good speeds out of it.

Anyways, back to the rompkg on IAMM. Does your samba support work? mvix's rompkg has issues with permissions.

cHarOn99

07-20-07, 09:40 AM

about Anti i dont wanna say many about this guy but what i can told you is that only warm air comes from anti the tftp thing comes from novatron, the only thing he did was that he makes one entry that telnet starts automatic, thats it!!!
He said that he has an ftp running but nothing comes from him!! and and and and .............
I use pro-ftpd and i compiled it without inetd so no inetd in any part also http no inetd.

cHarOn

golojo

07-21-07, 03:54 AM

cHarOn99

07-21-07, 04:01 AM

no it is no server only an client!!

golojo

07-24-07, 01:16 PM

no it is no server only an client!!
How to start the NFS client?

cHarOn99

07-24-07, 02:04 PM

with the script as it is described in the firmware!!! script.

calderon

07-26-07, 06:22 AM

i install the new 159 firmware version, and now i cant access my hdd player anymore !
All was fine with old version.
I cant even see it online ( in ndas and icon don t appear on work area of windows)
Is it because i did not format in ext3?
where can i find Firmware 157? i ll try this one
TY

cHarOn99

07-26-07, 07:20 AM

hmm no cant be ext3 and no ndas must work works here also with 159 and the upcoming 160.
You can also try the official 159 without my changes at hdd-player.de in the download section.

cHarOn

Konsti

07-26-07, 09:10 AM

I would like to ask anyone posting for help, to make their request explicit, i.e. to write specific details of the faced problem and what he did in steps, otherwise we may not be able to help. Thank you.

calderon

07-26-07, 01:11 PM

ty
problem resolved by reconfiguring the wireless settings ;-)

cHarOn99

07-26-07, 05:07 PM

English:
Firmware 1.2.160: http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1092.msg6805#msg6805 YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AT hdd-player.de

New at 1.2.160
----> Autoplay Function
----> again some spelling changes

Patched firmware for Novatron NTD36HD ftp,http,telnet,ext3,usb2hdd,init_script,commands and new Autoplay (based on build 160)
============================================================ ============================================================ ======

---- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! ---- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! ----

If you break your player using this firmware the only way
to debrick it is in rescue mode through tftp.

Changelog: 1.2.160

1. Added cpmovie, cpphoto, cpmusic, scripts and sleep /usr/local/bin

2. cpmovie: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
MOVIE everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD MOVIE Folder

cpmusic: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
MUSIC everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD MUSIC Folder

cpphoto: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
PHOTO everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD PHOTO Folder

3. Changed /etc/inittab to start both of them:
# Startup the system
::once:/usr/curacao/curacao
::once:/usr/sbin/telnetd &
::once:/usr/local/bin/ftpd &
::once:/usr/local/bin/shttpd -d / &
::once:/usr/local/bin/scripts

4. ::once:/usr/local/bin/scripts

This script is really simple it looks in root of the internal hdd or on an usb device
for an script called init_script, if there is an file called init_script it will starts this script
Whats the use of that? Really simple you can mount NFS shares ;-) you can run the cpmovie, cpphoto, ....
commands. or everything you want. An init_script to mount an NFS share or to do the 3 copy routines
are in the zip you downloaded ;-)

5. Hifan from the Mvix Community makes some new commands to the Box (new busybox) i include it into the iamm

6. Changed some spelling mistakes ;-)

7. Autoplay Function ;-)

Ok what does this new feature it is easy described ;-) if an Folder called "AUTO" is on your internal EXT3
or NTFS formated HDD then when you power on your Iamm it will starts movies which are in the Auto folder
and plays them all, you dont need to navigate around to start an movie. Ok why this feature, this feature was
made because some companies needs it, and for me it is good because now my son can watch his cartoons without any
navigating (my son is 5 years old). You can enable/disable this feature in the setup under Video there you will find
Auto play(movie) on/off.

Usage:

1. Install just like a usual firmware upgrade

2. You must format your HDD with ext3, fat32 is no option anymore because users have many problems with it.

3. Log in using telnet: user = root, password = hdd

4. Log in using ftp (Upload works! but not everything): user = ftp, password = ftp if you want full write access (create directories, .......)you have to login with user = root, pass = hdd
Note: The ftpd takes 10-20 seconds to respond! Be patient

5. Log in with your Browser to download files (only Download)

6. To get to your Harddisk you need go to /tmp/ide/part1

7. To get the new script and busybox working you need to extract the INIT.zip to your internal ext3 HDD

8. To get the Autoplay function you need to create an "AUTO" folder on your hdd and enable it in the Setup
under Video ==> Auto play(movie) on/off

Thanks:

Thx go to the admin from www.hdd-player.de who makes it possible that Novatron includes ext3 support.
Thx goes to Dirk alias (dm) who helps me and compiles some nights.
Thx goes to OK from the Mvix Community who gets the stuff working (ftpd and shttpd)
Thx goes to hifan from the Mvix Community who makes the new busybox working.

I wish you all good luck.
cHarOn

cHarOn99

07-28-07, 05:13 AM

I made an howto on hdd-player.de how to easy create an ext3 hdd with everything you need you can read it here

http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1279.0

It is all in english.

cHarOn

golojo

07-29-07, 03:03 PM

calderon

07-29-07, 03:22 PM

good question indeed

Konsti

07-30-07, 08:05 AM

cHarOn99

07-30-07, 09:56 AM

Is it possible to add a tag (maybe as a look up table) to a the media file to and according to it change automatically the video/audio format (for example to switch, according to file type, between 16:9 and 4:3 format according to recorded movie or between 5.1 and 2 channels output)?

sorry dont understand the tag thing my english is not perfect hehehe.
16:9 4:3 sorry but there is only an way if novatron changes that also Sound issue.

cHarOn

golojo

07-30-07, 01:07 PM

golojo welcome to the thread. What do you mean by tags? A specific filename extension e.g. videoclip.ws.avi or a tag embedded in the file? I believe the first can be applied to FAT32/NTFS systems but the latter only in EXT3...

Do you also have problems when changing from one aspect ratio to the other? Namely, from 16x9 to 4x3 and back to 16x9? That's a problem since early firmwares on the IAMM...
Thaks for prompt reply. It does not have to be in the filename (but it can be a part of name, like abcd16x9.mpg or dfg5x1.mp3) and by simple preprocess switch the ntd36 video and/or audio properties (instead going to leave the movie, switch to setup menu, etc.,) as it is impossible to chage them directly from the buttons on the panel during the media run. Maybe it will be enough to run proper script to triger the sigma audio/video props according to the filename, as I said before.
BTW, I don't thing that it should be related to the file system

muzo

08-05-07, 10:04 AM

Hi guys,

Thanks to Charon for the improvement on this box.
My HDD is in ext3 and I put a little part in Fat 32 to put some drivers to make it ok with windows when I am outside.

I have only one problem : I can't go un the movie, music or photo folder when pressing the button"movie" on the remote. I have to push "movie" button then "ok" button to access the folder.

Does anybody succed to solve this ?

Best regards

cHarOn99

08-05-07, 10:15 AM

pmarcovi

08-08-07, 12:28 PM

What happened with the screensaver functionality? it seems lost since 1.1.1.5x ...

un4get

08-12-07, 06:56 PM

Hello dear friends...

I proud to be a new owner of a NTD36HD.

But... I have a few problems, I cant access and see streaming video/audio via wierd network... when I get into network mode and do refresh the player stucks and i need to unplug it...

secound, I have HDDVD movies on .MKV files, and the player doesnt play them, anything we can do about it...?

Thanks alot!!!
un4get.

lande003

08-14-07, 09:24 AM

Hello Guys,

I am a newbie when it comes to HD players linux etc. I now am also the proud owner of the IAMM NTD-36HD with the original firmware 159 of Novatron.

Can somebody tell me what the benefits are if I install the new firmware of charon instead of my originally installed firmware of novatron.

Do I have to format my harddrive to ext3 or can I leave the file-system to NTFS when is use the charon firmware??

Is my HD still available via USB on PC's if I format the drive to ext3 or do I need to install some client software on every PC that I connect my IAMM NTD36 to as externaldrive via USB or ethernet?

Thanks in advance for all the help

Newbie Clyde :o

cHarOn99

08-19-07, 04:54 AM

look at Hdd-player.de there is an Faq where all your Questions get an answer!!

http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1262.0

english Faq is on the end of this thread!!.

cHarOn

lande003

08-19-07, 02:43 PM

Charon,
Thanks for your respond. I have read the Faq but for me it is still not clear what the benefits are.

Because I get an ext3 drive (linux which is new for me) So I can't use the NTD36 as an usb drive in Windows (only if I install drivers on every pc I connect the drive to.)
The only benefit that I could discover is FTP so I can connect to the drive via the Internet??

Another question what is usb2hdd??

So there still isn't anything mentioned about the benefits.
Does my NTD-36 works faster with you firmware???
Are there extra features added to the NTD36 if a install your firmware???
Why should I use your firmware instead of the firmware of Novatron (I got firmware 1.1.159)

If I use your firmware do I have the possibility to go back to the old firmware of Novatron if want to.

I see you put a lot of work in the firmware and I think that that is great so do not think I want to criticise your work.

I am asking you all this because I am not familiar with Linux and telnet stuff.

Greets,

Clyde

cHarOn99

08-19-07, 05:36 PM

Because I get an ext3 drive (linux which is new for me) So I can't use the NTD36 as an usb drive in Windows (only if I install drivers on every pc I connect the drive to.)

yes correct you have to install the driver on every PC you wanna fill up your IAMM.
But you dont have to use ext3 you can also take my firmware with NTFS but then some features wont work but it makes no problems they are then deactivated!!
i dont use to plugin my iamm anymore because now i fill up my iamm with ftp and i can watch movies because the iamm is fully working or i fill it up with my copyscripts but more on your next question.

Another question what is usb2hdd??

you can connect an USB Hdd to the iamm and then start over telnet an copy script i implemented! then all Movies or Music or Photos get copied from the usb hdd to the iamm also you can use your iamm still when filling him up.

Does my NTD-36 works faster with you firmware???

No not faster only more features but with no speed problems ;-)
and you can deinstall the NDAS Software which kills some partitions, no problems with FTP ;-)

Are there extra features added to the NTD36 if a install your firmware???

yes you can see it in the release notes i added to every firmware i made all the features from the beginning to the end are included, ftp,http,telnet,ext3,usb2hdd,init_script,commands and new Autoplay (based on build 160) but read it in the release notes also here in this thread!!

Why should I use your firmware instead of the firmware of Novatron (I got firmware 1.1.159)

you dont need to take my firmware! I made it only for me and for some people who wants this features me included, thats all if you are happy with the original then stay with it, but if you need some of the features then you can try out mine.

If I use your firmware do I have the possibility to go back to the old firmware of Novatron if want to.

Yes you can flash back to every version you want no Problem!

I see you put a lot of work in the firmware and I think that that is great so do not think I want to criticise your work.

no i dont misunderstood no problem on my side, i made that only for fun and because i need that features and the admin of hdd-player gives me support on my work and helps me to bring features and errors in and out because he have good contacts to NOVATRON.
Offtopic Konsti: Sorry Konsti still no Greek grmpf i dont know what i can do to fix that for the greek peoples we talked really often about that with Novatron and they said the will look on it.

I am asking you all this because I am not familiar with Linux and telnet stuff.

No problem will answer if i can ;-)

cHarOn

seamusallen0905

08-28-07, 03:19 PM

Charon99,

Will your firmware work ok on the LX350HD-N ?

The firmware revisions for this take ages to come through and a lot of features on this unit dont work correctly. For example the skip-to-next-track buttons on the remote when playing back music

Regards

cHarOn99

08-28-07, 04:08 PM

yes it must work because it is the same device with an other name ;-) if you dont need Autoplay then please take 159er firmware if you need it then take 160er.

cHarOn

seamusallen0905

08-29-07, 01:58 AM

Charon99,

Many thanks - will give it a try then feedback to you with either positive or negative results. Do you know if the buttons skip etc were fixed on this firmware. Also where can I dnload v160?

regards

lande003

08-29-07, 01:34 PM

I know that IAMNT36 currently can not play x264 video files. Is their any possibly way to install a codec on the NTD36 so it can play the x.264 files?? I know it sounds stupid but I had to ask this. Charon can you do something about this with your skills ;-)

Konsti

08-30-07, 04:19 AM

Hello lande003, welcome to this thread.

No, I don't think cHarOn can do anything--it's a matter of processing power too, not just a codec. H.264 for some reason requires more power than WMV or DivX, it's the same with a computer. A Pentium III could not play Xvid too well...

So it's not only the method of playing H.264 (a.k.a. the codec) but also the CPU, which is not optimised at all for this type. So we can forget it all together, unfortunately...

Konsti

lifestyler

08-30-07, 05:40 AM

I have purchased a wireless media streamer that goes under the name Cibox Wireless Cine Box, from Darty in France. :):):)http://www.ciboxcorp.com/web/english/products/audio&video/cinebox-wirelless.htm#cinebox-w

Which is all very similar to the Iamm NTD36HD with the WiFi option, inclusive of the warning at page 60 of the manual:

* Caution !!!
While updating, please make sure that NTD36HD is not powered off. If powered off while updating, the NTD36HD has t be repaired from customer service center.

While updating to the latest firmware the unit stopped responding. I waited for more than an hour, but there was no response. Consequently I had to unplug it. Now I am not able to start the player.:(:(

Can anyone help by giving detailed instructions on how to restore the firmware into the equipment? I am new to this and not very familiar with the programming jargon.

Your help would be much appreciated.

lande003

08-30-07, 07:35 AM

cHarOn99

08-30-07, 08:36 AM

@lifestyler pm me your emailadress i will send you something

fatrev

08-30-07, 05:26 PM

Hi everyone, Konsti, and charon99,

great forum, been keeping tabs for months now, but i am now interested if( the forum rules allow ) what utilty allows us to convert x264 files into a reasonable playable hd format. thanks for the great info.cheers

Konsti

08-31-07, 03:21 AM

Hello fatrev, I would suggest the freeware converter called MediaCoder. It's a free software over the excellent SourceForge site at: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices. MediaCoder intends to be the swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time and at this moment, it already has millions of users from 170+ countries all over the planet.
Check it out and see if it suits your needs, I am sure it does ;)

fatrev

08-31-07, 04:41 AM

thanks Konsti, i will definitely give mediacoder a try.

with mediacoder, what file type and settings would convert best from x264, and still play well on the iamm in hd.

so much information on the net but not all work well with the iamm.

any help would be appreciated.

seamusallen0905

08-31-07, 11:08 AM

Charon99,

Just for your information I did upgrade the firmware to your ver. 160 and she works. I see that the buttons on the remote that are supposed to be used for selecting the next song/ previous song still dont work. Have you any idea if this is a bug and might be sorted sometime.
Thanks again for the help

Regards

Konsti

08-31-07, 11:23 AM

with mediacoder, what file type and settings would convert best from x264, and still play well on the iamm in hd?

I think Xvid and DivX is the best. I have obtained from the internet some test TV recordings in semi-HD (944x544 pixels, always divisible by 16) or full HD i.e. 1280x720 pixels. The video is smooth and the AC-3 audio can be played with no problem).

Konsti

selac

09-06-07, 04:01 AM

Hello,

There is now a SATA model of this media player as it can be seen on http://www.hdd-player.de

So my question is simple: is it using the same firmware or a specific one (some module in the unix stuff of the firmware/mini OS may need to be present to access the internal SATA HDD).

The reason of my question is that I am about to buy the SATA model available in a local shop and would like to take advantage of the great work of cHarOn.

Thank you.

:)

cHarOn99

09-06-07, 04:07 AM

yes same firmware ;-)

cHarOn

Konsti

09-06-07, 09:43 AM

cHarOn, any inside info about a final version 1.1.160 official firmware for the NTD36-HD? Or do you consider this a dead project alltogether, by Novatron? Are you planning any updates after 1.2.160?

cHarOn99

09-06-07, 10:01 AM

i am working right now only on some bugfixes and that i will bring out the 1.2.159 with the features i added to 1.2.160 because with the 1.1.160 from novatron this firmware works only good with an build in hdd.
I think they will bring out updates but dont know when because they have already the ntd37 and are working on that unit right now i think i can change little things but i dont think i cant improve it many because i dont have the developer tools from sigma when i have it then i could include streaming internet........ but it dont looks so that i can get it.

cHarOn

seamusallen0905

09-06-07, 02:43 PM

cHarOn99,

Judging on the amount of help that you have given the community on the NTD36HD, I would only think it right if YOU were given the opportunity to continue with the firmware upgrades by giving you the dev tools for it. Especially if the supplier might not be working on this firmware any more. I am sure that you would enjoy the opportunity

Thanks for the help

Konsti

09-07-07, 04:52 AM

Judging on the amount of help that you have given the community on the NTD36HD, I would only think it right if YOU were given the opportunity to continue with the firmware upgrades by giving you the dev tools for it. Especially if the supplier might not be working on this firmware any more. I am sure that you would enjoy the opportunity.

"Thanks for the help"--I will second that, cHarOn. But guys, I don't think cHarOn is a student with lots of free time... I suspect he's married with children, so unless he's a freelance programmer looking for projects, perhaps Novatron can then trust someone "outside" to continue support for their devices...?

You've got nothing to lose cHarOn, instead, you will have more friends like ourselves :)

In any case, I am done and through with purchasing Korean boxes. The support for non-Latin countries is very poor, and as cHarOn pointed out, the software is not pushing the hardware to the limit (Sigma hardware) so I think the NTD36-HD for me is the last such device to buy...

Being a programmer in the past, myself, I can detect where there is lack of capabilities (hardware) and where is lack of interest (bugs & features) and at the end, the IAMM didn't thrill me but has let me down a few times. As I use to say, "the software betrayed the hardware once more" for what the IAMM is supposed to do! (media playback)

cHarOn99

09-07-07, 07:57 AM

hi konsti one point the syabas software is an USA Product only hardware will come from dont know ;-) but i´m now in contact with the developers and the bring good feedback and will do everything to bring out an good product also srt with greece caracters are on the plan, konsti can you tell me has the arial font your caracters in what is needed for your language?
Yes i have an wife and an child but for me this is fun and i need that to relax ;-) so dont worry because i have that device to so i will do what i can but i think also that the end is near about the ntd36hd because the ntd37hd is on its way and i dont think that they have the manpower to make firmwares for two devices. Syabas is an other company they life with software develop they dont produce hardware.
so in my eyes they must do something to sell there software and i can tell you i send them an list of features (2 sites word) i want and 90% will get implemented.
So i hope they can get an good software out, but we will see in 1 or 2 months.

cHarOn

Konsti

09-07-07, 09:23 AM

Dear cHarOn, thank you for your dedication on this product, and anything you do on your free time, it's good to know someone cares!

...will do everything to bring out an good product also srt with greece caracters are on the plan, konsti can you tell me has the arial font your caracters in what is needed for your language?
Yes, the Arial or Tahoma or Verdana font that comes with any Windows XP installation, is a UNICODE font and includes the Greek codepage 1253 for the full Greek alphabet. So if you use these fonts in Windows and a tool to convert to bitmaps, they will make Greek bitmaps for SRT support with codepage Win1253 or ISO-8859-7.

...that the end is near about the ntd36hd because the ntd37hd is on its way and i dont think that they have the manpower to make firmwares for two devices.
I couldn't agree more with you, it is expected anyway. I just hoped they'd make the box more stable, that's all.

Syabas is an other company they live with software develop, they don't produce hardware. So in my eyes they must do something to sell their software and i can tell you i send them a list of features (2 sites word) i want and 90% will get implemented. So i hope they can get an good software out, but we will see in 1 or 2 months.

It seems an interesting project you are working on. Please make sure of the spelling mistakes :)

I don't know anything on the Syabas except what I found on Google: http://www.syabas.com/download/Digital%20Media%20Player%20Techical%20Specification.pdf

Good luck with this project. I hope the hardware/software bundle will come out at a logical price. Keep us informed!

cHarOn99

09-07-07, 11:54 AM

i will and it will come out befor christmas ;-) i will ask about the codepage for you because i think it is bad after so many mails and requests about your subtitle problem it fu*cks me up a little bit. Arial is in the syabas device but i have to ask about the codepage then thx for the info again.

mfg cHarOn

cHarOn99

09-11-07, 05:26 PM

@konsti: sorry forget to ask about the codepage but i will ask tommorow i hope i dont forget it again ;-) send me an pm hehehehe

Ok i released 2 firmwares 1.3.159 and 1.3.160 are bugfixed versions and the 159 is because many had problems with the 160 when they had no hdd in the iamm you can find it at hdd-player.de but you must be logged in that you can view the posts!!!!

ntd36hd-1-1-1-3-159ftp (http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1092.msg7916#msg7916)

and here

ntd36hd-1-1-1-3-160ftp (http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1092.msg7917#msg7917)
please take the 1.3.160 firmware only when you have an hdd built into your iamm!!!!!

cHarOn

fatrev

09-12-07, 12:44 PM

I think Xvid and DivX is the best. I have obtained from the internet some test TV recordings in semi-HD (944x544 pixels, always divisible by 16) or full HD i.e. 1280x720 pixels. The video is smooth and the AC-3 audio can be played with no problem).

Konsti
Thanks again konsti, just been converting hd material to mpg2 ps from mkv files.

golojo

09-14-07, 07:27 AM

By browsing Syabas docs, I wasn't impressed that they have HW - SW product ready. All specs (the pdf files) are very general. Do U have other information about Syabas?

cHarOn99

09-14-07, 07:58 AM

yes i have other infos about syabas but i cant post them because the admin from hdd-player signed an contract to talk not loud about the features, but i can tell you that the software will rock, right now it is alpha and is better and have more features then any device here you can buy, i think we have to wait 2 months then i can talk about it if it is good or not that good.

cHarOn

happy_cz

09-23-07, 01:10 PM

NTD37HD out now, what do you think about it ? Are there any reviews yet ?

cHarOn99

09-23-07, 02:24 PM

hello happy_cz: in my eyes the ntd37hd is no option because it comes out too late, and has not that feature what are missing on the ntd36hd, it has now only h264 support, in my eyes wait for syabas devices they would come out in 2 or 3 months and this devices are really an step forward.

cHarOn

Konsti

09-24-07, 03:32 AM

I think cHarOn may be right, judging from the overall software development that Novatron did for the NTD36-HD, I don't really think the new device will do much more--not a real wonder-box.

For me, I am abandoning the IAMM NTD36-HD, I am selling it since it doesn't suit me anymore, mainly for the lack of support for the Greek language (subtitles) which has become extremely important.

Konsti

cHarOn99

09-24-07, 03:51 AM

he konsti i sent you an pm on hdd-player.de look on it ;-), because i dont want that you buy an damn apple-tv lol
about the NTD37-HD right now the firmware dont have more features then the ntd36hd and in my eyes they will again not add features like shoutcast and and and. So for me this device or better this company dont has an future there are other companys the made better firmwares, ziova and the upcomming mvix devices will have features what novatron dont have and get i think, and then there is syabas not ready right now but if the bring the software to an level what they are saying then omg there couldnt be an other device ;-)

cHarOn

LordByron

10-05-07, 04:23 AM

Hello :)
I'm using my Iamm NTD36HD every day and I like it :) In many months of usage I had a problem only with one video file that was not correctly played.
My only concern is about subtitles : It's cool that Iamm has many choices about the colors of the subtitles but it has few choices about the size. I'm using my NTD36HD with a 42" plasma and if I choose the small size the text is too small, if I choose the big size the text is too big. I would like to have also a medium size , do you think that a future firmware could add the medium size for the subtitles font ?

Konsti

10-08-07, 03:24 AM

Hello LordByron, there hasn't been any efforts from Novatron to produce a really newer, richer in features firmware. So I would suggest you don't get any hopes for your request. The only person working on this was cHarOn but since the NTD36-HD is discontinued, so is any work on any firmware.... Look out for the NTD37-HD but be cautious of any purchase--check the specs. first!

cHarOn99

10-08-07, 03:34 AM

i think the ntd37 will bring again something different or something new only support for h264, so for me it is an no go.

cHarOn

seamusallen0905

10-08-07, 04:01 AM

cHarOn99,

Thanks again from all the great work - it is people like you that keep me happy and not always the suppliers of the equipment. I have upgraded my
LX350HD-N to your latest ver 160 and all is working well. I do not use all the features on the system as I do not use Linux currently.

I saw that the ZIOCANADA site has got the latest version for the LX350HD-N (ver 159), but they do not say what it contains and what upgrades were done to it. Do you have any ideas what the differences are between your firmware and this??...

Are you going to continue your work on the NTD36HD in the meentime and if so what improvements do you think you will be making?

A nice feature that irritates me no end is the ability to skip songs (music files) when NOT in jukebox mode. This feature I had on my old LX350 unit (pre LX350HD-N)

Keep up the great work cHarOn99

Regards

Sean

cHarOn99

10-08-07, 09:14 AM

thx really nice to hear positive response ;-) but i must tell you that i´m already over the limit of that hardware so i think i would stop working on that unit could be some little changes waht i will make but not addons or something.
Sorry to tell you that but the hardware is on the end ;-( and my work goes already to syabas and the 8634 based players, also ziova was an point where i helped and heee it is cool, but the future is 8634 so i think i will top but we will see.
Oh and watch out if you want an new player then dont buy 8623 based devices buy an 8634 based device ;-)

cHarOn

cHarOn

Coyote37

10-09-07, 02:50 AM

Hello,

I am a french user of the CIBOX wireless cinebox HD, which seems to be the same as the Iamm NTD36HD, and since Sunday, I have the following problem when plug to my TV: My box starts with the blue screen (with the icons for movie, music, config...). This screen disappears after 1-2 seconds and then black screen... Everything is freezed, and the green leds for 'Video out' and 'Audio out' are on. I know this problem is already known.

I read on many post that people who faced this problem solved it by flashing the firmware. I tried it this night (with the firmware 1-1-1-1-159 from the cibox website, and also with the version 1.1.150 from the iamm website), and unfortunately now, I have only a black screen, no leds on, no blue screen at the beggining... :confused:.

I also tried with another firmware download from a post of Antivirus on this AVS Forum. With this one, I have the same symptoms as I initially had (blue screen for 2 seconds, and then black screen).

I would like to try with the latest firmware version 1-1-1-3-160 written by cHarOn99, but I would like to know if I can use a NTFS Filesystem with this firmware ?

Also, I would like to have your advice. My HD is factory-formatted, I think it is FAT32. The only thing I did before it crashes is to copy in the Movie folder an AVI file of 17 Gb (A film I tried to manipulate to improve the sound quality). Can it be the cause of my problem ? Do you think this problem will disappear if I format my HD.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Konsti

10-09-07, 03:31 AM

Coyote37 welcome to this thread, sorry to hear about your problems.

I remember having asked cHarOn in the past about his firmwares, and he confirmed that ALL firmwares can use NTFS. You can write to NTFS when connected via USB to Windows PC or via NDAS, but you can't use the linux-based features since they require EXT3 format.

Regarding the firmware flashing, cHarOn, any suggestions/tips? I remember reading that the new firmware 1-1-1-3-160 offered a solution to such problems.

FAT32 CANNOT HANDLE SINGLE FILES OVER 4GB! That's a LAW in this Windows file system! Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table

The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GiB minus 1 Byte (232−1 bytes). For most users, this has become the most nagging limit of FAT32 as of 2007, since video capture and editing applications and some other software can easily exceed this limit. Most new Windows machines now ship with NTFS and thus avoid these problems, but until mid-2006, those who run dual boot systems or who move external data drives between computers with different operating systems had little choice but to stick with FAT32.

Coyote37

10-09-07, 04:15 AM

Thank you very much Konsti for your answer. This evenig, I will try to copy everything from my box to another HD, to format the Cinebox HD using NTFS, and to patch the firmware with the latest one from cHarOn.

I will tell you tomorrow the result of this operation.

Regarding the patching, I already downloaded the lastest TFTP desktop. I know that I also need a file nammed loader.bin. The one I have is from Antivirus, and is dated of January 2007. Do you know if I need a more recent version of this file, and if yes, where I can find it ??

Thank you again for your help.

cHarOn99

10-09-07, 04:20 AM

hello coyote please pm me your email adress then i will send you an complete recovery version with 1.1.159 after that you can flash to 1.3.160 or 1.3.159 if you dont need Autoplay

Konsti

10-09-07, 08:34 AM

That's the spirit, cHarOn. You always come to rescue! You have the appreciation of all of us. Keep up the good work, mate.

I will try to copy everything from my box to another HD, to format the Cinebox HD using NTFS, and to patch the firmware with the latest one from cHarOn.

I don't think you will have much chance recovering the 17GB .avi file, to be honest, Coyote, it will most probably be corrupted even if it appears in the file list, so I would suggest to forget all about this file.

Coyote37

10-09-07, 10:04 AM

I already deleted this file and even don't think about recovering it. It was a crazy attempt to improve the sound quality of the video from my sister's wedding. But at the end, she will get it with the original sound, cause if I succeed in the recover operation, I don't want to corrupt it again !

cHarOn99

10-09-07, 10:09 AM

np ;-) good to hear that it works.

Coyote37

10-10-07, 02:37 AM

Thank to your help, my cinebox works perfectly now. The recovery operation was a success. I thank you very much for your help.

It is a real pleasure to meet people like you, willing to help other people. I like this spirit.

Once again, Thank you.

cHarOn99

10-10-07, 05:51 AM

np and if you have time you can install also my firmware there wouldnt be an problem only some extra features if you stay with ntfs what is no problem you can make ftp downloads, http downloads and can telnet to the box the other features are specially for ext3 ;-) if you dont need that features you can stay with 1.1.159 or you can go to 1.1.160 where an new feature called autoplay is included ;-)

cHarOn

patfee

10-15-07, 03:15 AM

could someone please explain the required modifications and additions to "a" iamm based firmware in order to establish telnetd, ftp, samba etc?

because i would like to do the same trick on my sarotech dvp 570hd

it also uses a romfs layout for the firmware, and once mounted and copied, one can alter the firmware prior to "re-genromfs" it.

as im not a linux expert at all, im looking for some hints and tips what to modify / add

many thanks
Patrick

cHarOn99

10-15-07, 03:18 AM

it is described here but ftp samba you need to compile this pakets only telnet is normaly included.

patfee

10-15-07, 03:25 AM

@cHarOn99
i have been searching crazy on this issue in this topic without suc6 unfortunately.

could you point me a little further in the right direction? maybe by pm or email?

thanks
Patrick

cHarOn99

10-15-07, 03:46 AM

http://mvixcommunity.com/wiki/MX-760HD_Main_Page this should help you same way as i made it with the ntd36hd

patfee

10-15-07, 07:04 AM

Thanks... did not find that one yet
will have a look tonight

already a difference i noticed is the absense of the curacau "suite"
for what is that used in the iamm firmware?

thanks
PAtrick

cHarOn99

10-15-07, 07:06 AM

thats the main problem of all sigma devices curracao is the gui itself so everything like mounting hdd and usb sticks and and and works in there and we cant get an source from that so you are really limited in change the firmware i also was able to add little features like ftp, http, telnet, nfs and some copyscripts and other busybox.

cHarOn

patfee

10-15-07, 07:21 AM

adding "ftp, http, telnet, nfs, etc" is exactly my purpose... just to be able to transfer files to the device using the network without disconnecting it from the tv.

so, eventhough we dont have all the source code, i understand, these ftp, http, telnet, nfs tweaks are still possible?

probably useless, but i droped these sarotech guys an email requesting them for the source code as all this is gpl

thanks
Patrick

cHarOn99

10-15-07, 07:30 AM

the problem is not all is gpl the sigma curraco thing is closed source and that steh problem.

patfee

10-15-07, 08:10 AM

if i understand correctly, in the inittab i just include the line below to active telnet?

::once:/usr/sbin/telnetd

and that goes underneath the last line of the "# Startup the system" section. See below for details on the inittab contents

# /etc/inittab
#
# Copyright (C) 2001 Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
#
# Note: BusyBox init doesn't support runlevels. The runlevels field is
# completely ignored by BusyBox init. If you want runlevels, use
# sysvinit.
#
# Format for each entry: <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# id == tty to run on, or empty for /dev/console
# runlevels == ignored
# action == one of sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait, and once
# process == program to run

# Startup the system
#null::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
#null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
null::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
null::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
# now run any rc scripts
#end of setup
::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS

# /bin/sh invocations on selected ttys
#
# Note below that we prefix the shell commands with a "-" to indicate to the
# shell that it is supposed to be a login shell. Normally this is handled by
# login, but since we are bypassing login in this case, BusyBox lets you do
# this yourself...
#
# Start an "askfirst" shell on the console (whatever that may be)

ttyAM0::askfirst:-/bin/msh

# Set up a couple of getty's
#tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
#tty2::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2

# Put a getty on the serial port
#ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100

# Logging junk
#null::sysinit:/bin/touch /var/log/messages
#null::respawn:/sbin/syslogd -n -m 0
#null::respawn:/sbin/klogd -n
#::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages

# Stuff to do when restarting the init process
::restart:/sbin/init

# Stuff to do before rebooting
null::shutdown:/usr/bin/killall klogd
null::shutdown:/usr/bin/killall syslogd
null::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
#null::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a

cHarOn99

10-15-07, 08:21 AM

yep correct. but your inittab looks different, hmm dont know if telnet included is but once could be wrong to start it null::sysinit:/bin/telnetd or something like that should do the trick on your device.

cHarOn

patfee

10-15-07, 08:26 AM

Thanks! and yep, telnetd is there, but also telnet (without the "d")
which should i use?

also, just for my understanding, what does this section do?
null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
null::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
null::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo

rgds
PAtrick

cHarOn99

10-15-07, 08:39 AM

is for networksettings and you must normaly use telnetd because this is the server part of telnet ;-), i hope you have an recovery version because if you make something wrong on the firmware it wonts boot up anymore if there is no recovery version. On the IAMM NTD36hd we has an recoveryversion over tftp so please be carefull!!

cHarOn

patfee

10-16-07, 02:12 AM

Oke, that worked... now have root access through telnet.

as far as i know, there is now sarotech recovery procedure / version known. I just took the shot and luckily this worked out fine.

now i noticed that ftpd is readily available. i assume i can just include it in the inittab as i did with telnetd?

Pat

cHarOn99

10-16-07, 02:15 AM

yes you can if it is avaible i had to compile one

adolphe1970

10-25-07, 04:13 AM

Hello,

I am new on the forum and I would like to apologize beforehand if I ask a question already treated on this topic and also for my English which is not at the top (I speak French).

I have find no information on the French forums for my question.

I bought the Cinébox Wireless (Clone of Iamm NTD36HD) and i m very happy with it. Now I would like to buy myself a server NAS (Synology DS-107) and I would like to know if I could read so the multimedia files which will be on the disc NAS (DS-107) with my Cinébox. (My Cinébox is connected on my wifi network) I dont know if the Cinébox is UPNP and there is not information on it.

Thank you for your help

cHarOn99

10-25-07, 04:28 AM

yes you can but you have to enable guest access on the synology.

adolphe1970

10-25-07, 05:52 AM

OK thank you for this quick answer.

Now I can buy my server NAS Synology DS-107

Konsti

10-25-07, 05:54 AM

adolphe1970 welcome to the thread.

I confirm that the IAMM NTD36-HD works perfectly with my Synology DS-106e, and as cHarOn correctly said, you must create a "public" folder accessed by all users (hence "guest") even a Windows PC (without password) for the IAMM or CineBox to work.

If you have cabled ethernet (instead of wireless) the connection works without any problems. Read your DS-107 manual.

In the earlier DS-106 firmwares, although there was a public folder and a guest account, the Synology rejected the IAMM because it did not have a "network name". The guys fixed it and it works perfectly now (in the logs you will see the IP address instead of the network name of the IAMM/CineBox).

adolphe1970

10-25-07, 11:58 AM

Ok Thank you for this information. For my connection, I have a point of wifi access connected to a HUB ethernet.

Now I wait my Synology DS-107 and after, when I shall have it, I shall announce you my impressions.

Thanks again for the quick answer

muzo

10-30-07, 03:15 AM

Hi to all,

It has been several times that I have problems with my novatron player.
It's formated in ext3 with the cHarOn99 firmware. It works well in wifi and FTP.
Normaly I delete files with my FTP browser or by USB laptop PC.
But up to now I couldn't access to the HD. It didn't appair in the novatron browser.

The last time it has happened I repair HDD with a live CD in linux.

I don't understand what it could happen.

Best regards

fatrev

11-05-07, 02:29 PM

Hi Everyone, this maybe a little old hat, but i recently transferred a dts 5.1 music cd to the NTD36HD, but rather then music , i got white noise. is there a fix or work around.

cHarOn99

11-05-07, 02:37 PM

DTS Music dont works on the IAMM because it can only handle 48khz and all the Music DTS are 44,1khz and thats the Problem.

cHarOn

fatrev

11-05-07, 02:46 PM

DTS Music dont works on the IAMM because it can only handle 48khz and all the Music DTS are 44,1khz and thats the Problem.

cHarOn
Thanks for that cHarOn. looks like another format (x264) that will have to be archived,ready for when i upgrade to the PopCorn Hour.

Ventura1977

11-16-07, 05:53 AM

Hi,

I was searching on this thread but i couldnt figure out if samba is working or not in the modded firmware? BTW, what is the max speed you guys achieved with telnet access from outside the LAN?

thx

net_ste

11-19-07, 06:13 AM

hello coyote please pm me your email adress then i will send you an complete recovery version with 1.1.159 after that you can flash to 1.3.160 or 1.3.159 if you dont need Autoplay

Hello,

I need help to apply the procedure of recovery due to a crash of installation of firmware. I compiled a new firmware from the sources of MVix and I have a crash in the starting up of my cibox. I need to apply the procedure of recovery, but I have neither the documentation, nor binary.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Kind regards,

Net_ste

French Cibox User.

lucacasty

11-20-07, 06:17 AM

Hi everybody

I just purchased an used IAMM and thanks to help I found on this forum I could set it up correctly.
I still have a few question and I would appreciate if any of you can help me. The answer might already be in a previous post but I could not find it.
Here are the questions:

The firmware I have reported on the screen is 1.1.160, I noticed that there is a 1.2.160. Is there a big difference? Is it worth to upgrade?

My disk is formatted NTFS and I tried to use the NDAS link but transfer rate is very low. I would like to format it in EXT3 and using a movable hd to transfer data from my PC. In this case, in order to use the CPMOVIE function, the movable HD (the one used for the transfer) must be formatted in EXT3 format as the one into the IAMM or can be a standard Windows NTFS one?

To use CPMOVIE I need to:
1 Format the HD as EXT3
2 copy in root the INIT.inf file
Is this correct?

If on the movable HD I have the MOVIE directory with a movie inside, does this add the file to the ones in the same directory already on the HD of the IAMM or does it delete what is inside it (IAMM HD) and copy the new one?

Sorry for my basic language but my technical skills are pretty basic.
Any help will be really appreciated.
Ciao

Luca

cHarOn99

11-20-07, 07:59 AM

lucacasty

11-20-07, 08:46 AM

the transfer speed wont go faster sorry for that the ftp solution is mainly for peoples who dont wanna use the ndas or cant use ndas because the use mac or linux.

You dont have to format your internal hdd to ext3 this is only needed if you wanna use the cp scripts and the ftp-upload.

the usb hdd dont needs ext3 also again only if you wanna transfer files from teh iamm to your external hdd then you need ext3.

To use CPMOVIE I need to:
1 Format the HD as EXT3 (internal yes)
2 copy in root the INIT.inf file (no you have to put it to the external hdd specially for the copy scripts so when you plugin the usb hdd and then powerup the iamm the script will copy everything from the usb hdd (MOVIE) into the internal hdd
Is this correct?

If you dont user the AUTOstart function in the Iamm then you should better go with 1.3.159 also my last version is also 1.3.160

cHarOn

Thank you so much for your prompt answer.
Reading previous post I realized FTP is as slow as NDAS.
This is the main reason why I think that using the script with an external hdd would be the fastest and easyest way to transfer files.

The files that are copied via the script will delete the ones already on the internal hdd or they will be added to these ones?

The following line is taken from the TXT file of the firmware:
7. To get the new script and busybox working you need to extract the INIT.zip to your internal ext3 HDD
This is different from what you are telling me in this post, it seems the INIT.inf file goes in the internal hdd and not the external one.
Which is correct?

Thanks again, and sorry to bother you.
Ciao

Luca

Ventura1977

11-20-07, 09:02 AM

cHarOn99,

Any comment on the samba thing?

Thx

cHarOn99

11-20-07, 10:09 AM

lucacasty

11-20-07, 10:49 AM

oops Ventura sorry but i have to say no samba also because the device power is to low to work with samba

lucacasty: also copyscript dont works faster but i can watch movies when i transfer also when i transfer over ftp :-)

Ok, thanks a lot.
Tonight I'll try with EXT3.
Tomorrow I'll let you know if it will be ok.
Ciao

Luca

cHarOn99

11-20-07, 12:02 PM

np :-)

lucacasty

11-24-07, 07:09 PM

Hi cHarOn99

I followed your instructions to format the Iamm HD as EXT3 and it worket but I have a problem.
In fact, from Ubuntu I can see the HD but it does not allow me to copy any file because it says I have no permissions.
What shall I do?

I tried to access via ftp wbut with no success.
I gave the IAMM a static IP address but no way to access it.
In the FTP prognam I put the IP address as Server and then user and password as explaned by you.
If I ping the address it responds.
Any idea? no way even via http.

Thanks

Luca

lucacasty

11-25-07, 03:17 AM

I sorted out the permissions problem so now I can write and read all the files.
IP link works fine and in my case i definitely faster and more stable than NDAS. Thanks

I copied the .init file but I don't know how to personalize it.
In particular theese tree lines:

MOUNT_POINT What shall I put?
SYSTEM_PATH What shall I put?
IP_ADDRESS I put my IP static address

Please help.
Thanks

Luca

cHarOn99

11-25-07, 05:23 AM

the initscript is only needed when you wanna mount an nfs share or when you wanna use the copyscripts.

#!/bin/sh

# When you wanna use something of it you have to remove the #
# #/usr/local/bin/cpmovie ===> no function
# /usr/local/bin/cpmovie ===> function

#------------------------------------------
# auto-nfs-mount
# One command line param = path to partition
#------------------------------------------
# Modify the following parameters to suit!!

MOUNT_POINT="${1}/NFS_dir"
IP_ADDR="172.16.1.1"
SYS_PATH="/mnt/hdb1/movies"

[ -z "${1}" ] && exit
[ ! -d "${1}" ] && exit

# Mount the initial dir
[ ! -d "${MOUNT_POINT}" ] && mkdir "${MOUNT_POINT}"
mount -t nfs "${IP_ADDR}:${SYS_PATH}" "${MOUNT_POINT}" -o ro,nolock
cd "${MOUNT_POINT}"

# Create separate mount points for each sub-directory
for i in * ; do
[ ! -d "${i}" ] && continue
[ ! -d "${1}/${i}" ] && mkdir "${1}/${i}"
mount -t nfs "${IP_ADDR}:${SYS_PATH}/${i}" "${1}/${i}" -o ro,nolock
done

# copy content from an USB Hdd connected to the IAMM to the internal ext3 HDD
# cpmovie = copies from the USB/MOVIE Folder everything to HDD/MOVIE
# cpmusic = copies from the USB/MUSIC Folder everything to HDD/MUSIC
# cpphoto = copies from the USB/PHOTO Folder everything to HDD/PHOTO
# cpauto = copies from the USB/AUTO Folder everything to HDD/AUTO
# cproot = copies from the USB/ROOT Folder everything to HDD/
# cp2usb = copies from the HDD/2USB Folder everything to USB/

# /usr/local/bin/cpmovie
# /usr/local/bin/cpmusic
# /usr/local/bin/cpphoto
# /usr/local/bin/cpauto
# /usr/local/bin/cproot
# /usr/local/bin/cp2usb

# include new commands to the Iamm (hifan from the Mvix Community)
# /sys Folder from teh zip must be on the internal HDD!

ROOT=$1
cd $ROOT
/bin/sh sys/init/init_commands $ROOT > $LOG 2>&1

# call more scripts as needed

The IP Adress you should insert an IP Adress to an NFS Share! if you dont have an NFS Server running you can comment it out! or delete the lines

MOUNT_POINT="${1}/NFS_dir"
IP_ADDR="172.16.1.1"
SYS_PATH="/mnt/hdb1/movies"

[ -z "${1}" ] && exit
[ ! -d "${1}" ] && exit

# Mount the initial dir
[ ! -d "${MOUNT_POINT}" ] && mkdir "${MOUNT_POINT}"
mount -t nfs "${IP_ADDR}:${SYS_PATH}" "${MOUNT_POINT}" -o ro,nolock
cd "${MOUNT_POINT}"

# Create separate mount points for each sub-directory
for i in * ; do
[ ! -d "${i}" ] && continue
[ ! -d "${1}/${i}" ] && mkdir "${1}/${i}"
mount -t nfs "${IP_ADDR}:${SYS_PATH}/${i}" "${1}/${i}" -o ro,nolock
done

Ok and now to the copy commands :-)

# /usr/local/bin/cpmovie
# /usr/local/bin/cpmusic
# /usr/local/bin/cpphoto
# /usr/local/bin/cpauto
# /usr/local/bin/cproot
# /usr/local/bin/cp2usb

when you remove an # the script will get active when you boot up the iamm and copy the content on an usb HDD inside the described Folders everything to the iamm if you use Ext3 on the internal HDD.
When you also wanna copy to usb then also the usb HDD must be ext3.

and now to the last section on the init script :-)

ROOT=$1
cd $ROOT
/bin/sh sys/init/init_commands $ROOT > $LOG 2>&1

this activates the new busybox with more commands is specially interesting for telnet access because you can do more things also send the hdd to an sleepmode :-) and other things.

I hope now is everything clear.

cHarOn

lucacasty

11-25-07, 11:35 AM

Thanks a lot.
Now it is much clear.
I only need the copy utility from an USB external disk.
So the only thing I need to do is to remove the # where needed.
Thanks again.
Ciao

Luca

cHarOn99

11-25-07, 12:09 PM

yes you are right :-) so you can also only put the initscript to your external hdd and when you plugin the usb drive and an # is removed then when you start up your iamm with pluged in usb hdd it will search for the initscript and starts the process :-)
Oh but please watch out dont use an windows editor!!
You have to take ultraedit or something like that that the unix style dont gets defect.

cHarOn

cHarOn99

11-27-07, 03:30 PM

Hello dudes :-) here is the next firmware from me for the iamm 1.4.159
i dont wanna support the 160er build anymore because many users are reporting problems so i changed some parts on the 159er build.
You can Download it at

http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1092.msg10016#msg10016

BUT YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT!!!

Patched firmware for Novatron NTD36HD ftp,telnet,ext3,copyscripts,init_script and commands (based on build 159)
============================================================ ============================================================ ======

---- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! ---- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! ----

If you brick your player using this firmware the only way
to debrick it is in rescue mode through tftp.

Features: 1.4.159

1. Added new busybox inside the firmware!

awk,basename,busybox2,cat,chmod,clear,cmp,cut,dirname,du,ech o,egrep,env,fgrep,find,free,grep,hdparm,head,insmod,killall, lash,length,lsmod,
mv,netstat,pidof,printf,ps,realpath,renice,reset,rmdir,route ,sed,seq,top,touch,uname,uptime,usleep,wget

2. Copy scripts modified with -r (Recursive inside) -u dont works and is not supported by busybox ;-(

cpmovie: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
MOVIE everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD MOVIE Folder

cpmusic: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
MUSIC everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD MUSIC Folder

cpphoto: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
PHOTO everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD PHOTO Folder

cproot: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is an Folder called
ROOT everything inside gets copied to the internal EXT3 HDD

cp2usb: plugin USB -HDD -Stick or -CAM to your IAMM, if on the device is the init script with
enabled cp2usb everything inside the folder 2USB on the internal HDD gets copied to the
usb EXT3 device

3. Changed /etc/inittab to start both of them:
# Startup the system
::once:/usr/curacao/curacao
::once:/usr/sbin/telnetd &
::once:/usr/local/bin/ftpd &
::once:/usr/local/bin/scripts

4. ::once:/usr/local/bin/scripts

This script is really simple it looks in root of the internal hdd or on an usb device
for an script called init_script, if there is an file called init_script it will starts this script
Whats the use of that? Really simple you can mount NFS shares ;-) you can run the cpmovie, cpphoto, ....
commands. or everything you want. An init_script to mount an NFS share or to do the 3 copy routines
are in the zip you downloaded ;-)

5. Added an FTP Server so can FTP to your Device using the IP and for login user:root pass:hdd

6. Changed the Startsound and the Shutdownsound to save memory

7. some Parts removed to let the device is more stable

8. Telnet activated (you will love the new busybox)

Usage:

1. Install just like a usual firmware upgrade

2. You must format your HDD with ext3, fat32 is no option anymore because users have many problems with it.
Please look for how to make it correct to http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1279.0 (you must be registered)
but works also with every LinuxLiveCD.

3. Log in using telnet: user = root, password = hdd

4. Log in using ftp (Upload works! but not all commands only on ext3, download works also with NTFS): user = root, pass = hdd
Note: The ftpd takes 10-20 seconds to respond! Be patient

5. To get to your Harddisk you need go to /tmp/ide/part1

6. To get the new script working you need to extract the INIT.zip to your internal ext3 HDD or to an ext3 usb HDD

Thanks:

Thx go to the admin from www.hdd-player.de who makes it possible that Novatron includes ext3 support.
Thx goes to Dirk alias (dm) who helps me and compiles some nights.
Thx goes to OK from the Mvix Community who gets the stuff working (ftpd and shttpd)
Thx goes to hifan from the Mvix Community who makes the new busybox working.

I wish you all good luck.
cHarOn

muzo

12-01-07, 11:47 AM

Dear cHarOn,

Can you give us more informations about these new features ?

5. Added an FTP Server so can FTP to your Device using the IP and for login user:root pass:hdd

6. Changed the Startsound and the Shutdownsound to save memory

7. some Parts removed to let the device is more stable

8. Telnet activated (you will love the new busybox)

cHarOn99

12-01-07, 02:13 PM

5. Added an FTP Server so can FTP to your Device using the IP and for login user:root pass:hdd
??? whats not clear on that?! you can FTP to the iamm and fill it up if your internal hdd is ext3

6. Changed the Startsound and the Shutdownsound to save memory
yes it say changed startsound and shutdownsound to save memory because the hole unit is on its limits

7. some Parts removed to let the device is more stable
also optimzing stuff removes unusefull stuff what only is in because novatron didnt know that they dont need it :-)

8. Telnet activated (you will love the new busybox)
You can telnet to the device and can send commands like hdparm to let the hdd sleep or make copy operations............................

I hope now is all clear?

cHarOn

muzo

12-02-07, 02:13 PM

Thks cHarOn

Its clear now. Many thanks for your job.
I still have some pbs and I need to repair my HDD with linux but I don't know what happend.

Best regards

golojo

12-09-07, 10:44 AM

cHarOn99,

Any comment on the samba thing?

Thx
Hi,
It´s possible to run movies with Samba (I run Samba under Linux Ubuntu on a WiFi (54 Mbps) and it works fine (no delays or freeze) up to 1024p (for example movie ¨Elephant Drems.divx¨ with 1920x1080 resolution)
Have a nice day, Josef

oriharel

12-14-07, 11:40 AM

Hi All!
I'm a hebrew user of the streamer.
I just purchased it and I need a firmware that provides hebrew support.

I think that
romfs-hebrew-36HD-1-1-1-1-161.PKG
is the file I need but I can't find it anyware on the web.

can anyone help?

thanks!

golojo

12-14-07, 03:02 PM

cHarOn99

12-15-07, 03:15 AM

i also never heard about such an version maybe an other guy is hacking the fw too :-)

fransonline

12-17-07, 05:15 AM

Hi everyone,

I just have an Iamm and a question.
The manual says you can position the subtitles by using the S.title button on the remote.
Then press 1st - 5th and use arrow keys.

Until now I did not succeeded to use the procedure, possible I'm doing something wrong.

Anyone can explain it more clearly?

Thanks in advance.

Have a nice day.

Frans

yulokov

12-18-07, 06:46 AM

Hi all!

I don't undersand the 1.4.159 firmware upgrade manual step 4 and 5. I patched the device and format the hdd ext3, but how do i need, that use the telnet and ftp consol. Under linux or windows? Witch IP address?

Pls help me

yulokov

cHarOn99

12-18-07, 07:47 AM

IP adress is what you setup on the iamm!! telnet and ftp can be done over any system you want mac, linux, windows, ......................................

cHarOn

yulokov

12-18-07, 08:23 AM

Thanks cHarOn!

yulokov

12-18-07, 07:32 PM

Hi cHarOn!

Many thanks for your support, but i can't connect to my iamm. ftp, telnet, ndas, usb does't work. Once with total commander i connect for one minutes, but never more.
What shoud i do? 1.3.160 or 1.1.160? I'd like to use cp features. Any idea?

Best regards
yulokov

cHarOn99

12-19-07, 02:21 AM

maybe you block something over firewall or router? but 1.4.159 is the newest and it works here without problems!

cHarOn

muzo

12-28-07, 07:00 AM

Hi cHarOn,

I am owner of an IAMM NTD36HD (Cinebox in France) and I 've saw a french forum on the Peekbox 4 (that's seem to be near than Iamm box).
On this forum Webradio seem to be ok on this box.

My question to you cHarOn is : do you think that this feature of Webradio would be ok on the IAMM box ?

Thank for your work cHarOn and best regards

cHarOn99

12-28-07, 09:42 AM

no wont work because this device is more an MVIX then an IAMM :-( i already tried to move parts of the firmware to the iamm and has no success :-(

cHarOn

muzo

12-28-07, 06:35 PM

THKS cHarOn

You've already done a lot for this box :-)

Snok

12-29-07, 12:35 PM

i also never heard about such an version maybe an other guy is hacking the fw too :-)

Hi
i have from israely resaler , he did a bed job, movie freez and cant run long name , device freez, but the Heb trans is working and can read Heb Sub

so if i post it can you fix it and also add the exlent Ftp option

cHarOn99

12-29-07, 12:49 PM

depends on what verion it is but you can post it i will take an look on it.

cHarOn

Fab7000

01-06-08, 09:29 AM

Hi guys,

I realize that this is maybe a user-problem, but I simply can't get this to work. When a movie has dual languages, I cannot select the different sound layers. I can only hear the soundeffect channel.

I tried swithcing with the audio button, and nothing happens.

This is both for divx (f.ex. Ne Le Dis a Personne) and if I rip a DVD in the VOB format (f.ex. the Blade Runner set).

I am running the 1.2.157 firmware by Charon, Dirk and ok.

I am sure that I am simply miunderstanding something very fundamental, so if one of you guys have the time, please let me know if similar issues is known?

Thanks,
Frederik

Fab7000

01-06-08, 11:56 AM

Hi again,

Problem with no dual sound solved;

I jut updated the firmware to the latest stable firmware from Charon, and now it works with the dual audio.

All hail Charon !

Frederik

RobertClark

01-13-08, 04:32 AM

Have just installed V1.4.159 on my NTD36HD.

LOVE IT! Thanks for all the work.

ftp works MUCH faster than NDAS for me. Looking at my 100baseT network hub I think I know why.
NDAS: Seems to work by sending broadcast packets. Certainly ALL my Switch Ports blink when using NDAS.
FTP: is far more civilized and only sends targeted ethernet packets to one IP address.

Here is a feature I would like to see. Possible to add it?

- Password Protect the SETUP button.

I understand it is hard to edit the GUI, so if not possible to add an 'enter password' on the GUI, then no problems. Maybe we could edit the password in a file called /etc/setup_pass.txt. eg "1234" where you must press this to enter Setup

[Setup] [1] [2] [3] [4]

Just an idea.

Rob

RobertClark

01-13-08, 08:01 PM

thats the correct way to get to the quick button folder first Movie + OK

This was in reply to a user that asked why he can not simply press the MOVIE button on the remote.

But.... The factory default firmware does not behave like this.

With factory firmware, you press MOVIE on the remote and it instantly goes to the HDD folder.

Any chance to get this feature back?

Rob

[Edit: thinking back on this .... I think I was wrong. I did two upgrades yesterday. (1) Factory->V1.4.159 (2) renamed my folders movie->MOVIE etc. I think (2) resulted in the different behaviour that I now see when I press the Movie remote button.]

krinderb

01-24-08, 01:59 AM

Help,

It looks like i have bricked my IAMM upgrading from F/W ntd36hd-1-1-1-2-160ftp to ntd36hd-1-1-1-3-160ftp how can i recover the IAMM, all help with this would be appreciated.

Krinder

krinderb

01-24-08, 02:55 AM

cHarOn99

01-24-08, 03:45 AM

This was in reply to a user that asked why he can not simply press the MOVIE button on the remote.

But.... The factory default firmware does not behave like this.

With factory firmware, you press MOVIE on the remote and it instantly goes to the HDD folder.

Any chance to get this feature back?

Rob

[Edit: thinking back on this .... I think I was wrong. I did two upgrades yesterday. (1) Factory->V1.4.159 (2) renamed my folders movie->MOVIE etc. I think (2) resulted in the different behaviour that I now see when I press the Movie remote button.]

you are wrong you have to Press "Movie" and then "OK" to jump.
That wasnt changed by me thats novatron :(

cHarOn

cHarOn99

01-24-08, 03:46 AM

Charon,

Please help, it looks like you have help some other people out that have bricked there IAMM, i would appreciate the same help please, upgrading to version 1.3.160 has turned my IAMM into a brick.

Please help i've PM you my email address

Regards....Krinder

i will send you but after that please use 1.4.159 because it is optimized by me and has less bugs inside!!

cHarOn

krinderb

01-24-08, 03:47 AM

thanks Charon your a legend!!!

cHarOn99

01-24-08, 03:52 AM

already sent :)

cHarOn

krinderb

01-26-08, 07:04 AM

Thanks cHarOn my box is up and running again!

Cheers... Krinder

krinderb

01-27-08, 01:45 AM

Charon,

is there any plans to add the shttpd service on your F/W version 159, i could really do with this.

Regards...

cHarOn99

01-27-08, 04:24 AM

i can add it for you again if you want i did remove it to save memory that the playback runs more stable

krinderb

01-27-08, 07:04 AM

Charon99,

It would be great if you could do a version of 159 with shttpd running so i can have a play.

cHarOn99

01-27-08, 08:17 AM

ok will do but give me some days ok ;D

mfg cHarOn

muzo

01-27-08, 04:58 PM

Dear Gentlemen,

I used an old computer to do a NAS.
I do this with Freenas which is based on freebsd.
So I can share my files with samba.
It works well with PC of my netwoek but not with the wivx box.
I see the samba folder on my box but when I open thisthere is nothing inside the folder.
I think it could be due to password. Nas require to put a pw but the Wivx can't open it.
Did someone used to use a nas ?

THK

cHarOn99

01-27-08, 05:17 PM

you have to open an guest account or mayby an account which says "everybody"

RobertClark

01-30-08, 12:22 AM

Manually mounting an SMB share.

I am trying to mount an SMB share via the command line. The share successfully mounts when done via the NTD36HD onscreen GUI.

This is the command I am issuing

mount -t smbfs //rob-dell/D /tmp/smb/x

- PC name rob-dell exists
- Share D exists on that PC (as I said - it mounts OK via the GUI)
- /tmp/smb/x directory exists on the NTD36HD.

I get this:
mount: Mounting //Rob-dell/D on /tmp/smb/x failed: Invalid argument

When I try adding -o username=xxx,password=yyy it still fails (this folder has guest permissions anyway).

Clearly - this is the wrong command to issue. Any ideas on what the correct command is?

Cheers

Rob

ector

02-04-08, 05:22 PM

Hi to all,
cHarcOn99, i would like to know if i can change my 1.1.160 with you 1.3.160 firmware ?
Thank you for all
Ector

RobertClark

02-06-08, 06:32 PM

Just an idea:

cHarOn99 is limited by available memory in the NTD36HD. I am not sure if the issue is RAM or VIRTUAL DISK space but how about this.

- Format a USB memory stick as extra SWAP and/or VIRTUAL DISK
- Use that as 'permanent' extra memory.

Comments?

Rob

cHarOn99

02-07-08, 07:15 AM

yes thats already in my last firmware 1.4.159 you can add programms to an place like usb stick oder internal hdd it is described in my release notes and inside the text which comes with the zip file :)

@ector: yes you can but i would take 1.4.159 because it is optimized by me for playback 1.1.160 has some bugs i dont like thats the reason why i dont support it.

cHarOn

ector

02-07-08, 07:31 AM

Thanks cHarOn,

I use to update my cibox HD wireless tonight with ntd36hd-1-1-1-4-159ftp.

Ector

Darkang

02-07-08, 08:35 AM

Thanks cHar0n99 for your efforts, do you think IAMM firmware can work on MVIX 760 or PEKKBOX 4 ?

Darkang

krinderb

02-07-08, 09:45 AM

Charon99

have you had a chance to cut version ntd36hd-1-1-1-4-159ftp with httpd service running yet?

Cheers

cHarOn99

02-07-08, 12:07 PM

Charon99

have you had a chance to cut version ntd36hd-1-1-1-4-159ftp with httpd service running yet?

Cheers

I didnt forget you :) sorry but we had to change our host from our forum to an rootserver so had no time i will make it the next days sorry

cHarOn

RobertClark

02-08-08, 06:44 AM

yes thats already in my last firmware 1.4.159 you can add programms to an place like usb stick oder internal hdd it is described in my release notes and inside the text which comes with the zip file :)

cHarOn

I have re-read the release notes for V1.4.159 ... but the only thing you can run from a USB stick is scripts.

I was thinking more like this:

- Add HTTPD server binaries on USB stick (or SAMBA server, or ....)
- Run those on bootup.

or

Add a SWAP partition on USB stick so you have more RAM.

Can we do this? If so where do we get the binaries?

cHarOn99

02-08-08, 06:48 AM

you can run binaries on usbstick you have to change the script

mikaelarhelger

02-09-08, 11:42 PM

Hello there,

How can I install Firefly server on IAMM NTD36HD?

My HD is ext3 formatted and runs with Firmware 1.4.159.

More info on about Firefly on: fireflymediaserver.org

Any ideas appreciated...

Mikael

RobertClark

02-11-08, 06:59 PM

you can run binaries on usbstick you have to change the script

That is good news. Where would I (for example) get the HTTPD binaries etc for the NTD36HD?

I know your problem with the NTD36HD was lack of memory.

Were you short of:
1) RAM ?
2) Flash Disk space?

Thanks

Rob

muzo

02-12-08, 04:35 PM

Hi all,

I have update an old PC to put freenas inside : It's a freebsd distrib to share files on our home network with samba.
It's very easy to use and doesn't use a heavy computer.
I had pb because earlier with samba was bugged version of samba but ok now.
I have put firefly on it and it is very great. But You have to put files on a PC and not in the Iamm box. I only put movies an the Iamm box. Howether the Iamm box is not very good to listen music ...

Good : All your music is available by all PC with itunes and updated by bonjour. Iamm can access too by samba. Only one point to put music files.
Bad : You don't use the HDD of the Iamm and Iamm can be slow to access.

So I understand people who want to put it on the Iamm box. It xould be possible but not easy ....

If someone want info about freenas I can help.
Note : freenas can do torrent too.

muzo

02-12-08, 04:51 PM

Hi Mike,

I wanted to know if you are the same Mike as this website :
http://www.m1dst.co.uk/(X(1)S(0qx4oujxlpkeftuivlloof45))/Default.aspx?Page=FreeNAS%20with%20iTunes%20(mt-daapd)&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

enderlabs

02-18-08, 10:32 AM

Hello,

Until recently I had the American version. Eureka. Do you think that with the firmware update it will be able to play .mkv files ?

cHarOn99

02-18-08, 11:01 AM

no cant be makeable because the chip has not enough power todo it

enderlabs

02-18-08, 11:03 AM

no cant be makeable because the chip has not enough power todo it

...but the Eureka plays .WVM9 files and other HD .avi files.

golojo

02-18-08, 12:07 PM

Did U compared between samba and freenas for performance (speed, delay)?

sutapanaki

03-08-08, 03:44 PM

Hi,

I have recently bought a different type of network media player here in US which looks like a re-brand version of IAMM player or Eureka. Although they claim the unit should be able to play all kinds of wmv video I found out that it can not play the majority of mine or rather it plays the video but not the sound. Those files play without a problem on my pc. And I have a lot of them, so it is important for me. I have cropped a small piece of one of the files that doesn't play and put it on rapidshare:

http://rapidshare.com/files/96850032/out.asf.html

It is short, less than a minute and the file size is 2MB. If someone cares to make the effort and try it on IAMM player (or even Eureka) and let me know the result I'd appreciate it very much. Also, can you fast forward the file?
I'm really considering returning back my player to the store and opting for another brand. But before that I want to find out which one can play my files.
Thanks in advance

spiider

05-17-08, 09:55 AM

I recently bought a Cibox HD premium which I understand is the newest version with an LCD screen...

I am tired of using NDAS and was wondering if I could load this firmeware on the Cibox Premium ?

RobertClark

06-16-08, 07:13 AM

Very unhappy :(

Bought a new 500GB external USB disk. Connected to my NTD36HD. Can READ files no problems. But writing files = hangs the complete system (NTD36HD dead). Power cycle needed.

Found the problem well documented on Google. Many Linux boxes have problems writing to USB external HDD. The problem is the external drives are made compatible with Windows. Linux can send more data, faster. The 'fix' is to limit Linux to writing no more than 128 sectors at a time (max_sectors = 128). Problem is that there seems no way to change max_sectors on the NTD36HD. (I am running cHarOn99's firmware - so have telnet access).

So my 500 GB disk is useless!

BTW - opened the USB enclosure - the disk is SATA. My NTD36HD is IDE. :(

Anybody got any smart ideas?

Rob

RobertClark

07-01-08, 08:33 PM

More on USB Write problem.

You can not write from an NTD36HD to another NTD36HD acting as an external USB disk.

The following does not work.

NTD36HD#1
- IDE disk installed
- Charon99's V1.4.159 installed

NTD36HD#2
- IDE disk installed
- Charon99's V1.4.159 installed

NTD36HD#1 and NTD36HD#2 connected by USB cable. NTD36HD#1 = host, NTD36HD#2
= slave. That is NTD36HD#2 is acting simply as an external USB disk.

On NTD36HD#1
cp -r /tmp/ide/part1/ /tmp/usb/disc0/lun0/part1

The NTD36HD fairly quickly 'hangs' where you can no longer telnet into it, and any existing telnet sessions 'hang'. This is the same behaviour I saw when connection a generic external USB disk to my NTD36HD.

This is not a problem with Charon99's firmware - see post above - it is a problem often seen with external USB disks being unable to write fast enough to keep up with the large chunks written by Linux.

Conclusion: Only READ external USB disks with the NTD36HD. Do not write to them.

Note: This could be fixed if we could rebuild the Linux kernel and modify the max_sectors value in the USB code.

Rob

RobertClark

07-02-08, 09:36 PM

I want to do this:

- put DVD into my USB DVD player (connected to NTD36HD)
- copy as an iso onto the HDD

I have read I can use dd something like this:

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/xxxx/mydvd.iso

But - Charon99's 1.4.159 does not have the dd command.

So can I do this:
- use a cross compiler to build a dd binary
- copy to the HDD
- run dd from the HDD

To use a cross compiler, I need to know:
- CPU. What does the NTD36HD use?
- os. Which of the many Linux's does the NTD36HD use?

Thanks

Rob

seamusallen0905

08-13-08, 03:49 PM

Charon99,

Has there been any more updates for the LX350HD-n after fw 160?

Best Regards

jluc2808

08-25-08, 05:47 PM

I recently bought a Cibox HD premium which I understand is the newest version with an LCD screen...

I am tired of using NDAS and was wondering if I could load this firmeware on the Cibox Premium ?

interested too, but the firmware of ntd-36hd isn't a good one for the ntd-38hd (same as cinebox premium wireless)

if someone able to add feature to this firmware would like to contact me

yulokov

09-27-08, 07:01 AM

Hi Everybody!

Knows somebody or try this firmware? I founded on a French site, and don't know the features.

http://rapidshare.com/files/148786473/romfs-iamm-36-hdmi-1-2-1-1-103.zip.html

manimanus

10-26-08, 01:10 PM

hi guys , is it possible to copy files from an external hard drive connected to the player?? if yes what's the manipulation.??
thx

yovan

11-12-08, 04:05 PM

Hi all

i have read the whole 17 pages of that thread about the mediaplayer and found many informations.
i want to thanks those who spend their so precious time to make all the improvments not made by the initial company.

i didn't found anybody having the same problem as i have.

i am living in france and i have a we digital blackbox 500 HD drive. it is the same as the one described NTD36HD.
my firmware version is 1.1.1.160 and i would like to upgrade it to another one.
i tried to upgrade for example with the cibox official firmware (1.1.1.163) or even the modified iamm firmware.
what i do : i place the pkg firmware file in the upgrade directory and use the upgrade function;
every time i have the same message : file not a firmware or firmware not correct (in french words).
the file has a pkg extension.
do i do some mistake ?

did somebody had that type of error message
the first bytes of the files i try to flash are (for example):
00000000h: 43 75 62 65 4F 6E 52 6F 6D 50 6B 67 56 31 00 00 ; CubeOnRomPkgV1..
00000010h: 01 01 D7 07 0C 11 12 00 01 01 A3 00 09 D8 79 2B ; ..×.......£..Øy+
00000020h: 96 42 34 BC 06 B4 85 6D 55 71 B7 B3 00 D8 6F 00 ; –B4¼.´…mUq·³.Øo.
00000030h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000040h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000050h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000060h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 8B 08 08 ; .............‹..
00000070h: DE 45 66 47 00 03 72 6F 6D 70 6B 67 5F 70 61 63 ; ÞEfG..rompkg_pac
00000080h: 6B 5F 74 6D 70 2E 62 69 6E 00 D4 FD 0B 78 54 D5 ; k_tmp.bin.Ôý.xTÕ
00000090h: D9 06 0C AF 3D 07 32 C4 00 13 92 68 04 AA 1B 88 ; Ù..¯=.2Ä..’h.ª.ˆ

i have spend the last week searching on the web a solution but didn't found any solution.
any help welcome .