{"id":95,"date":"2011-10-28T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/vlogs\/?p=95"},"modified":"2011-10-28T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T13:48:55","slug":"atv-flash-black-rc1-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"aTV Flash (black) RC1 Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/atv_flash_black.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/>We are pleased to announce the release aTV Flash (black) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for the 2nd generation AppleTV.\u00a0RC1 is a major update for aTV Flash (black) and adds a number of exciting new features include a brand new &#8216;grid view&#8217; browsing mode, huge subtitle related improvements, and countless other performance and playback related improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to learn more about what&#8217;s new.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All-New Browsing Options<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve added an all-new grid view which allows you to browse through media by simply viewing a grid of posters, instead of a list.<\/p>\n<p>From the grid view you can press the center (select) button to get more details about the movie through the &#8216;Pre-Playack Screen&#8217; or if you&#8217;re in a hurry just press play\/pause to start the movie right away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/grid-view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/grid-views.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/pre-play.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/pre-plays.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/pre-play2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/pre-play2s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The list view has also gotten a healthy overhaul as well. Movies and TV Shows are now listed using the prettier &#8216;fetched&#8217; name instead of the actual filename. Additionally metadata is fetched and cached in bulk, so there&#8217;s no more waiting for cover art and metadata to load.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/fetching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/fetchings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/movie-desc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/movie-descs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/tv-meta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.firecore.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/tv-metas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: You can switch between the Grid and List views through the Media &#8211;&gt; Settings menu.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Changelog<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added grid view and pre-playback view options<\/li>\n<li>Added bulk metadata fetching with growl-like status<\/li>\n<li>Added fetched names in list view<\/li>\n<li>Added hardware decoding for .m2ts files<\/li>\n<li>Added support for embedded subtitles (MKV, M4V, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Added support for ISO (DVD) files<\/li>\n<li>Added TV Show metadata fetching<\/li>\n<li>Added metadata correction for Movies and TV Shows<\/li>\n<li>Added movie title in Top Shelf (instead of filename)<\/li>\n<li>Added DSI ping for better operation with AFP shares<\/li>\n<li>Added folder tagging<\/li>\n<li>Added metadata view indicator<\/li>\n<li>Added support for metadata overriding using xml files<\/li>\n<li>Added DVD menu buffering<\/li>\n<li>Added support for subtitles with invalid timestamps<\/li>\n<li>Added support for AppleTV 4.4 (iOS 5)<\/li>\n<li>Added subtitle &#8216;Weight&#8217; setting<\/li>\n<li>Added option to show\/hide local files<\/li>\n<li>Improved data buffering and playback performance<\/li>\n<li>Improved XSUB subtitle support<\/li>\n<li>Improved network error handling<\/li>\n<li>Improved filename parsing for metadata fetching<\/li>\n<li>Improved NAS drives support and increased connection timeout<\/li>\n<li>Improved video loading process<\/li>\n<li>Improved DVD menu handling<\/li>\n<li>Improved playback position detection<\/li>\n<li>Improved memory footprint<\/li>\n<li>Improved SMB share handling<\/li>\n<li>Resolved DVD subtitle issues<\/li>\n<li>Resolved Voiceover related issues<\/li>\n<li>Resolved audio synchronization issues<\/li>\n<li>Resolved problems when streaming from an AirPort Extreme<\/li>\n<li>Resolved AFP related issue when resuming after a long pause<\/li>\n<li>Resolved issues that caused the first subtitle section to be skipped<\/li>\n<li>Resolved performance and crash related issues for certain DVD files<\/li>\n<li>Resolved audio playback issues when the connection to Last.fm fails<\/li>\n<li>Resolved potential issues in shares handling and filename processing<\/li>\n<li>Resolved AFP related crashes<\/li>\n<li>Resolved .dvdmedia extensions and\u00a0folder images\u00a0not hiding<\/li>\n<li>Resolved floating crash during metadata fetching<\/li>\n<li>Resolved various cloud backup issues<\/li>\n<li>Many other miscellaneous\u00a0fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Splendid! Where can I get it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re already running a version of aTV Flash (black) the new RC1 version can be installed through the Maintenance &#8211;&gt; Manage Extras menu.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to re-install aTV Flash (black) links for the new version can be found in your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/firecore.com\/user\">account<\/a>\u00a0under the Downloads tab.<\/p>\n<p>New users can pre-order aTV Flash (black)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/firecore.com\/atvflash-black\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: Installing RC1 requires AppleTV 4.2 or later.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>info taken from <a href=\"www.firecore.com\">www.firecore.com<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce the release aTV Flash (black) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for the 2nd generation AppleTV.\u00a0RC1 is a major update for aTV Flash (black) and adds a number of exciting new features include a brand new &#8216;grid view&#8217; browsing mode, huge subtitle related improvements, and countless other performance and playback related improvements. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[763],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","tag-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}