Firmware update for HMP3000/98

[pravardhan]

Hi,

I bought a philips HMP3000/98 last november (2011).

It had problems in playing .mov files so i searched in the net and got a new firmware - 12.11.0A.67, which mentioned to changes in playing mov files.

But, still this media player cannot play the following files with their codecs:

1. MOV - H.264 (AVC1)
2. WMV - V9
3. MKV - MPEG4V2 *

* The Matroska website has a Test Suite of files. The links are:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/matr...es/test_files/
http://www.matroska.org/downloads/test_w1.html

Download the zip file (185MB)

This player can play AVC1 in MKV file but not in MOV file. I don't know why?
But, the main problem lies in the SOFTWARE.

And, recently there is a new firmware - 12.11.0A.70, which mentioned about some power-up stability and don't know what does this improve the media player? So, i have not yet tried this new firmware.

So, i request PHILIPS to release a better firmware to play all and any kind of Video and Audio files.

Thanks,
PRAVARDHAN

[backhandguga]

Hi pravardhan, got any luck on this so far?

[pravardhan]

No. Not yet!

Do you also have the HMP3000 HD Media player with you?

There is small 4-pin connector inside the player that can be connected to PC using USB to TTL Serial Conversion. I think this will give out some logs in the Windows Hyper-terminal.

So, i will be ordering a USB to TTL Serial device based on FTDI 232R IC to test it out.