beta 5 coming soon

[gjs999]

fixes announced by Minix

BETA 5:

Advanced thermal control;
Deep sleep bug fix;
VPN fixes;
23.976Hz;
DRC option;

[gio_tm]

When?

[gopichandpai]

Available now: http://minix.com.hk/firmware/X8_X8H_002BETA5.rar

[no_spam_for_me]

MINIX NEO X8/X8-H 20140711 (002 beta 5) 4.4.2 firmware
Release Date: 2014-07-11
Change log (over beta 4):
1.) Fixed deep sleep wakeup audio loss/video slow down bug (a BETA 3/ BETA 4 bug);
2.) New weather service provider for MINIX launcher (openweathermap.org);
3.) Weather service now could be switched between °C/°F;
4.) 1080P 23.976Hz output support;
5.) Top status bar show/hide support (SETTINGS -> "Hide status bar" option)
6.) m3u8 fixes;
7.) SPDIF clock auto-standby is back (Removing it causing deep sleep wakeup bug of 1.)
8.) System's VPN fixes;

Download link:

http://minix.com.hk/firmware/X8_X8H_002BETA5.rar

MD5 checksum: af7ce4f6f6b344e516928813ee431f62
Please stop downloading BETA 3 and BETA 4 from now on. We've removed the files from the server.
Please use BETA 5 and BETA 2 at the moment if you want a firmware newer than the stock firmware.

"Please use BETA 5 and BETA 2" => I think because of the excessive/individual thermal control at beta3/4...

[toymanedk]

Also New XBMC (Beta I Assume) to Try

Minix also posted v 13.2 of XBMC to download. I assume it must be a beta and not part of the X8 Beta 5.

[cuezaireekaa]

"Please use BETA 5 and BETA 2" => I think because of the excessive/individual thermal control at beta3/4...

i for one am very glad they listened ill test this weekend

[Cathode]

Minix also posted v 13.2 of XBMC to download.

Filename xbmcminix-armeabi-v7a_13.2_1.apk, or is there anything newer?

[toymanedk]

Both Beta 5 and XBMC 13.2 Work Well

I had no problem installing the Minix Beta 5 image or the Minix XBMC 13.2 app. Both work well and I have had no issues so far. Keep up the good work!

[MINIX]

beta 5 coming soon

"Please use BETA 5 and BETA 2" => I think because of the excessive/individual thermal control at beta3/4...

It is because we've introduced a deep sleep/ wakeup bug by disabling the SPDIF clock auto sleep function. It was designed to sleep automatically when idle for 3 seconds or more, we have removed it and found many problems.
Audio loss/ video slow down have been reported on that 2 BETAs, that's why we removed them.

[drtek]

Any news on PS3 Controller support via BT?

[tommix]

Advanced thermal control

AKA CPU freq / voltage lowering. AKA - buying powerful pc but can't use it