Micca EP950! - Page 25

I am using the latest ep950 firmware on the himedia 900b and things seem better.I dont think himedia is fixing any of the main problems with their firmware--they are totally useless. DONT BOTHER WITH BUYING A 900B OR EVEN CONSIDER THEIR FIRMWARE

@Jack

how´s the adorama stock being doing ? my order from them seems being pending still...

Hi Jack,
Any update on Using Direct play 1.0 for 3D. If I use this mode I get the message that 3D can not play with this unit and to use a 3D Blu-Ray player. 3D works with Lite and direct.

I just received two of the newest model 950's from Amazon, and hooked the first up - it is abysmally borked compared to the first version.

Despite the 24 hz setting active, this new unit will either play in 1080/60 only, or when it tries to play 24p mode, it is severely stuttering both audio and video, as well not passing bitstream to my AVR (shows PCM being received). Issue is some type of communication with my AVR (Classe SSP 800) - if I connect directly to my projector, I can get 24p video.

Latest firmware installed from the factory, so there is nothing I can update - I will try the other NIB one

The first generation was fine through my Classe except the dropped frame issue, which was known to all setups.

What a mess this is...

Jack, what is happening?

Hi all, my first post here.

I've had my EP950 since late December, and for my needs it works ok (debriefing hi def videos from a avchd camera, .mts files), but as time has gone one I'm getting frustrated with some issues that don't seem to be being addressed in firmware updates.

The media library seems broken on my unit. I put the ep950 on DB mode under settings-> system, then delete the media library and have it scan all. When I go to the appropriate menu (photo, music) and try to play the media, I get an "invalid file format" message. It then tries to play files further down the list, with further error messages, until the unit crashes and hangs. Some times it just chokes and looses access to the hard drive until a reboot. This has happened with photos and .mp3s, I haven't tried video files yet.

Secondly, it seems that "shuffle loop" is broken in the current firmware (it seemed to work in previous versions). When I go to play pictures in a picture slide show and turn on shuffle loop, it seems to play them in sequence. When I then switch play modes to "repeat all" or "repeat once" it selects one random pic, then starts playing them sequentially from there. I've tried the latest himedia 900b firmware(s), and both of these issues seem to be resolved (more testing is needed).

Is anyone else having these issues? I really liked the idea of a random .jpg slide show with random music from a playlist, but this doesn't quite seem possible with current firmware. If you try to play the music first, then start the slide show, the music stops. If you start the slide show and try to select music, it wants to play the music (and pictures, for that matter) sequentially...

I'm wondering if I got a bum unit, but my himedia firmware experiences suggest otherwise...

If anyone else is having these issues, please let me know. Jack, any of this sound familiar?

Thanks in advance,

Cris

So a mea culpa here....

Something got corrupt in my Classe SSP I suppose, but it was only affecting the Micca as a source - all other sources and functions were fine - I reinstalled the SSP firmware, and the audio/video stuttering stopped. Sorry for the exasperation...

What I do have is a an odd lip sync issue, which I don't have with any other sources. I am trying to adjust the input on the Classe, but i'm over 100ms already and I still can't seem to get it to align precisely - it's almost as though there's some variable drift...

Is this a known issue, or any recommendations? Again, no other sources need any lip sync adjustment.

This is sending 23.98 and 7.1 core from the 950...haven't experimented with 60hz output only yet...

So it seems the lip sync issue is the audio is already behind the video slightly coming from the 950, so the audio delay one can add in a processor is in essence accentuating to the problem...

Are there known issues regarding audio/video sync?

Thanks

Edit: I tried to out lpcm to see if that would address the sync issue, but I get no audio at all when o do this...

Not sure what the problem is with your slideshows. I had Amazon process my return but I haven't printed the return label yet so I tested out the 950 with my test USB stick with images and music. Firstly, I had no problem getting it to shuffle the images. The images are numbered so I know the sequence. I started playback with the first image, then selected shuffle from the on-screen menu, and it shuffled them just fine - totally random.

I then stopped playback, started playing a .cue file for a soundtrack in .flac, and the music started right up. I then browsed to my images folder while the music played, and started up a slideshow, again selecting shuffle. No problems, the music played non-stop and shuffled the images at the same time. So I was unable to recreate the issue you're having. Note I have the same v2 950 with the current firmware as shipped.

I gotta say - I tried an mkv file earlier on my brand new WDTV Live, and it wouldn't play - it totally locked up the unit so bad I had to unplug it and restart it. It was a profile 5.0 mkv, which I hear can be problematic with many players. I tried it in the 950 and it started right up. There really is a lot to like about this unit. I think the key is that Micca needs to offer more frequent firmware updates. Once every couple months might be fine when the player is finely tuned and working great, but when there are many bugs, some fairly serious, that's just not often enough.

I understand that it takes time to troubleshoot and track down problems, but there is nothing worse than hoping for a fix for something and having to wait weeks or months to see it happen. I'm not speaking only about Micca - these media players in general seem to take their time with firmware updates. And that's not good. If Micca is taking their time to do it right and having trouble with a certain issue, by all means take your time and do it right. But if you've already got a few fixes, I think it would be better for everyone if there were smaller, more frequent updates, so those issues that have been figured out can be applied sooner, without having to wait for a big update so they can pile them all together. It would also make the customers not feel so forgotten if they saw regular, small updates instead of waiting 1-2 months at a time.

I did notice more green flashes just during the few minutes I was testing the slideshows just now. I hope Micca is able to take care of this issue.

A bit more on the audio sync issue I'm seeing - if I leave 24p output mode on, I have a the lip sync issue. If I go into the settings and turn 24p output mode OFF, the 950 continues to output 23.98 and plays movies with no audio sync issues.

This is wrong way to get something right of course, and in this oddball state the 950 will not switch to 59.94 at all - not in the menus, nor not when playing video (non-film based) content - stays at 23.98 even though 24p mode is off.

(the key to this behavior is to access the settings by pressing Home while a video is playing, disabling the 24p output mode, and then pressing Home again, and then play a movie. It stays at 23.98 but no sync issues. If however I hit Return after disabling 24p, it jumps back to the playing title, acts "correctly", outputting 59.94, but the audio sync issue is still present. )

This all resets with a power cycle - so the first time I play a movie with 24 p output mode on after a reboot, the lip sync issue returns - jumping into the audio setting and turing it off plays all content fixed at 23.98 and no sync problems

Hdmi output is set to auto, sources are bdmv or Iso rips, or DVD TS folders on a synology nas. Processor is an ssp800 and display is a Sony vpl-vw1000es projector

Still cannot get sound with the lpcm options...

Jack,
Here is a picture of the extra that displays additional information during the movie Iron Man 2. I could not figure out how to attach images in a PM.

Thank you

I'd like to hear confirmation on this. If this is happening then it's definitely something to look at more closely.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have added them to the list of feature requests.


Forced subtitles doesn't work yet. It's been requested and being worked on. It should be in a future firmware release.

They should be receiving their stock either today or Monday. But please note that it takes some time for warehouse to check stock in. So hopefully sometime next week they will begin fulfilling back-orders. Bear in mind that every company has a process, please don't use this info against their customer service in case they are not able to provide you with an order update.

This is currently how the player functions. I am not sure if a fix is possible. Profile 1.0 likely does not work because most modern BD ISOs do not have a Profile 1.0 compatible menu system.

How bad is the sync issue? It happens with all of the files you have? Are you able to try to see if it still occurs if you connect the player directly to the TV? Just trying to ask you some of the same things that I am sure the firmware guys will ask me when I bring this issue to them.

Yes with all files, but the quirky work around also works with all files.

The audio is behind the video about 1/2 seconds - enought to be quite noticeable. Its all smooth after I reflashed my classe firmware, so there is no jerkiness - just the sync issue. Since its already behind the video, the processor lip sync audio delay is going in the wrong direction

If I connect direct to the projector, I have no audio to compare - there are no speakers on the 1000es

Jack

Seems the sync issue goes way if I keep the HDMI audio to 5.1 core only, (which means one cannot bitstream True HD or DTSMA HD...)

When set to 5.1 core, there is no audio sync issue - processor shows a Dolby Digital 3/2 audio signal being received.

When I set it back to 7.1, the audio sync issue returns (unless I do my kludge workaround posted above)

I tried audio via coax, and the sync is fine also (though as an aside, I can only get two channel output regardless of the audio settings or which audio stream is selected in the Micca player software)

I'd like to know if this is repeatable and fixable, as I'm not going to keep these unit very long unless a fix is forthcoming.

Thanks

I just tested for the lip sync issue and I do not have a problem with my equipment. I am going from the Micca 950 to my Pioneer receiver to a JVS RS45 projector.

In this wacky world of media players, I'm not surprised...My processor is a Classe SSP 800 and output is to a Sony VPL-1000es.

Where I get stuck is if it were my processor, why does the workaround "work"? Unless there is some EDID issue with the Classe, but I wouldn't think that would have anything to do with the sync.

I wouldn't know what else to check - the Classe has no video processing whatsoever, and all other HD sources connected to the Classe have no sync issues.

I suppose I can try another HDMI port as senseless as it sounds...

As I was testing a few more files last night, before packing it up for return, the unit froze again on the Micca boot screen. I gave it 2 minutes to boot and it wouldn't come up. I had to shut it off to reboot it. I also noticed more random green flickers during use. I watched a movie and it played fine, no flicker, no problems at all. But then later just moving back and forth through menus gave me these random green flickers.

I really hope Micca can address the overall stability of this unit soon. It seems in general that this unit is a bit unstable. I never know if it's gonna start up or freeze, and if I'll get any weird flickers or not while I'm using it.

Hi,

We have this BD, can you tell me the time mark of where this occurs? And what's your menu setting (direct play, profile 1.0, or bd lite).

Will this media player auto resume last file played on boot? Is that a option?... or is there another player beside the old MG-25P that will do this.... Im on a mission

Please Jack help

About an hours of troubleshooting and this is what I have come up with: 24p set ON and DTS-MA cause a constant stutter.

Turn 24p OFF and restart the movie and the stutter goes away completely. 24p ON works fine with TrueHD, DD and normal DTS. Doesn't matter if it's being streamed or is on the HD in the Micca, same results. I have also tried turning Deep Color off, all the same results as above. FWIW my Panasonic BD75 streams 24p with DTS-MA perfectly fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Bill

It seems that Amazon is now sold out and does not know when to expect more in
Adorama now seems to have them in stock.

Amazon isn't even listing the EP950 now from what I can see. I type in Micca Ep950 and the Ep600 comes up. The Ep950 isn't even listed. What happened?

Doesn't it usually just say 0 left in stock - more on the way? I've never seen an item actually not show up just because it is out of stock.

If you google it you come with this http://www.amazon.com/EP950-Digital-.../dp/B0063826JG

That said it's said this before when they've ran out of stock so I wouldn't put much into it.

A friend just tried to order from Adorama and was told that the unit has been pulled because of a hardware issue. I hope Jack lets us know what the problem is.

Bill