Comments on: Firmware upgrades for the BlueAngel Q7 – A HowTo http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/ A geek chronicle Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:14:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Balaji Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:14:56 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-560 Hi Pankaj, Could you let me know at what step you got the error? Also, what OS are you running the program on? Hi Pankaj,

Could you let me know at what step you got the error? Also, what OS are you running the program on?

]]> By: pankaj http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-558 pankaj Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:58:28 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-558 i try to follow the prosidure but itz end with some error 761 help me plese i try to follow the prosidure but itz end with some error 761 help me plese

]]> By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Balaji Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:54:52 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-529 Ashwin - heh, no. Most of the XVID I watch is barely TS-quality, so I doubt I'm pushing the decoders on the Q7 very much. But I figure if the ginormous MKV that antrix is trying still stutters on my firmware-upgraded Q7, atleast he'll know that's is definitely an issue with the lack of processing power on the box. Ashwin – heh, no. Most of the XVID I watch is barely TS-quality, so I doubt I’m pushing the decoders on the Q7 very much.

But I figure if the ginormous MKV that antrix is trying still stutters on my firmware-upgraded Q7, atleast he’ll know that’s is definitely an issue with the lack of processing power on the box.

]]> By: Ashwin Nanjappa http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Ashwin Nanjappa Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:53:57 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-528 Balaji: Your XVID also had 6 384 kbps audio channels? ;-) Balaji: Your XVID also had 6 384 kbps audio channels? ;-)

]]> By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Balaji Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:33:30 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-527 Antrix - I have played regular XVID at that resolution without any issues. Send me a link to this file? I can try it out on the upgraded firmware and let you know what happens. Antrix – I have played regular XVID at that resolution without any issues. Send me a link to this file? I can try it out on the upgraded firmware and let you know what happens.

]]> By: Ashwin Nanjappa http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Ashwin Nanjappa Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:09:09 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-526 Antrix: I meant an encoded Blu-Ray video too. Notice the resolution, the video bitrate, the audio bitrate and the 6 audio channels! I am guessing a 2-hour video/movie at these specs will easily be 4 GB. IMO decoding so much resolution/bitrate/channels is pretty heavy lifting for your generic video playback device. DVD video has similar file size (the VOBs), but it uses older (and thus lighter) video/audio formats at smaller resolution/bitrate. Antrix: I meant an encoded Blu-Ray video too. Notice the resolution, the video bitrate, the audio bitrate and the 6 audio channels! I am guessing a 2-hour video/movie at these specs will easily be 4 GB. IMO decoding so much resolution/bitrate/channels is pretty heavy lifting for your generic video playback device. DVD video has similar file size (the VOBs), but it uses older (and thus lighter) video/audio formats at smaller resolution/bitrate.

]]> By: antrix http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-525 antrix Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:52:32 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-525 What I tried playing wasn't a direct Blue Ray rip but a Blue Ray rip encoded to x264 in an MKV container. Actual encoding specs from the nfo: VIDEO: x264/1.687Kbps/1.280x688/23.976 fps/ AUDIO: AC-3 384 Kbps/6 chnls/48.0 KHz What I tried playing wasn’t a direct Blue Ray rip but a Blue Ray rip encoded to x264 in an MKV container.

Actual encoding specs from the nfo:

VIDEO: x264/1.687Kbps/1.280×688/23.976 fps/
AUDIO: AC-3 384 Kbps/6 chnls/48.0 KHz

]]> By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Balaji Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:13:13 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-524 Ashwin - thanks for the detailed note! The Google-Kingsoft dictionary sounds like it would have been pretty handy when I struggling with the installer initially. I've added a note in the article pointing to your comment :) Ashwin – thanks for the detailed note! The Google-Kingsoft dictionary sounds like it would have been pretty handy when I struggling with the installer initially. I’ve added a note in the article pointing to your comment :)

]]> By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Balaji Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:02:08 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-523 antrix - Re: needing Windoze - You know the place, just give me a call and you can stop by anytime :) The upgrade doesn't seem to fix the hang when reading from external disk problem. Internal/Flash memory works fine. However, I haven't tried swapping out disk cables to see if that improves access speeds. I'm going to cautiously agree with Ashwin N on whether the box can play Blu-Ray rips well. It really doesn't seem to have a lot of processing power. How are you connecting your external flash drive? If it's thru USB, then you might be again getting hit by the slow transfer rates from the USB port. You might want to try putting the rip on a SDHC card and playing the movie off that. antrix – Re: needing Windoze – You know the place, just give me a call and you can stop by anytime :)

The upgrade doesn’t seem to fix the hang when reading from external disk problem. Internal/Flash memory works fine. However, I haven’t tried swapping out disk cables to see if that improves access speeds.

I’m going to cautiously agree with Ashwin N on whether the box can play Blu-Ray rips well. It really doesn’t seem to have a lot of processing power. How are you connecting your external flash drive? If it’s thru USB, then you might be again getting hit by the slow transfer rates from the USB port. You might want to try putting the rip on a SDHC card and playing the movie off that.

]]> By: Ashwin Nanjappa http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Ashwin Nanjappa Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:45:07 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2009/10/04/firmware-upgrades-for-the-blueangel-q7-a-howto/#comment-522 English speakers, if you want to be able to view and understand Chinese software dialogs, here is what you need to do: 1. Install the complete Asian/East-Asian language files. Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 all have complete Unicode support, right from the Windows kernel upwards. You just need to install these extra files from your installation source. You should be able to view Chinese text properly after this step. 2. Install the Google-Kingsoft Chinese dictionary, which can be downloaded for free here: http://www.google.cn/rebang/product/dictionary/dictionary.html What is so great about this software? After you install and execute it, you can hover over *any* Chinese text and it will show the English meaning of that word. You can absolutely hover your mouse cursor on *anything* including text in any dialog. Using this, you should be able to make sense of Chinese software dialogs. English speakers, if you want to be able to view and understand Chinese software dialogs, here is what you need to do:

1. Install the complete Asian/East-Asian language files. Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 all have complete Unicode support, right from the Windows kernel upwards. You just need to install these extra files from your installation source. You should be able to view Chinese text properly after this step.

2. Install the Google-Kingsoft Chinese dictionary, which can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.google.cn/rebang/product/dictionary/dictionary.html

What is so great about this software? After you install and execute it, you can hover over *any* Chinese text and it will show the English meaning of that word. You can absolutely hover your mouse cursor on *anything* including text in any dialog. Using this, you should be able to make sense of Chinese software dialogs.

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