Post by: the joker on November 26, 2004, 10:37:00 PM
- Ava core
*Added DVD player
*Added a simple SWF player partially ported from macromedias free sources
*Added a few X3 features to settings
*Fixed a few 1.6 issues
*Fixed a few autoupdater issues
*Fixed some crashbugs related to the inner core, but might have messed it up a bit instead of making it better
*Added a second FTP server aimed for nonboost transfers
*Fixed KAI rooms
*Added possibillity to join the unstable update trees, this means you become a "semi-tester" on current builds. Might be updated very often, and might have serious bugs.
-DVD player
*Wrote support for HDTV ( 480p, 720p - disabled 1080i for now, got messed up )
*Wrote support for digital audio
*Added menu's
*Added interactive menus
*Added screensaver to save projector/plasma screens life
*Added remote control support
*Fixed remotecontrol, didn't work without pad inserted
*Fixed subtitles
*Fixed widescreen playback
- Skins
*Kai rooms skin added :
Kai.png
*boot image put into skin
bootimage.png
*screensaver put into skin
screensaver.x
screensaver.swf
*dvd controls put into skin :
dvd_splash.png
dvd_play.png
dvd_pause.png
dvd_stop.png
dvd_ff.png
dvd_fr.png
dvd_sf.png
dvd_sr.png
- End word
: note that there was a lot of fixes that due to sickness and personal problems among
: Team Avalaunch developers this release is delayed extremely much, and a lot of the
: changelog was lost because of this. There has been a lot more changes than is written here,
: but noone can remember what.
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There is most likely some things that doesn't work. A couple devs left midway of some developement to work on the engine that will replace avalaunch completely, and the ones messing with this engine got forced from the developement for a while - completely forgetting what he/they was doing. This stuff happens, ava is just a hobby
Sincerely,
Team Avalaunch
Post by: xmod on November 26, 2004, 11:37:00 PM
This post has been edited by xmod: Nov 27 2004, 10:55 AM
Post by: nagolcj on November 27, 2004, 05:13:00 AM
one quick question, is there a way I can add the "connect to kai server" to the xml so it appears at the high level menu?
Post by: DynaMight on November 27, 2004, 06:21:00 AM
I've tried the DVD player and it seems to work just great, So no complaints.
Post by: bernienoel on November 27, 2004, 06:32:00 AM
i'll test is ASAP :-)
Post by: mingwingming on November 27, 2004, 07:47:00 AM
Is their a way to go straight back to the Dash besides a quick reboot ?
Well Apreciated :-)
Edit: Just loaded a screensaver.swf file, nice spinny boxes on me screen now.. Superb.
Post by: spid on November 27, 2004, 07:47:00 AM
About 2sec after i see the news scrolling on rss news i pressed the update
Seems to work fine, now i need to play with it! hmm I wonder what kind of flash anims work for the screensaver.. flash-games?
Post by: ntloser on November 27, 2004, 09:06:00 AM
Why did you add the second FTP server aimed for nonboost transfers?
I am just asking because I am not sure I understand the benefits of a non boost FTP.
Thanks
Post by: edgarb on November 27, 2004, 09:49:00 AM
Post by: Rion on November 27, 2004, 10:42:00 AM
Post by: rat_brains on November 27, 2004, 11:00:00 AM
Post by: Reaper527 on November 27, 2004, 12:20:00 PM
Post by: ZASADAR on November 27, 2004, 12:31:00 PM
This post has been edited by ZASADAR: Nov 27 2004, 09:37 PM
Post by: Axl_Mas on November 27, 2004, 12:56:00 PM
It will be implement in avalaunch 0.50?
TNX
Post by: ntloser on November 27, 2004, 01:52:00 PM
Post by: Billy-X on November 27, 2004, 02:02:00 PM
thats really awesome!!
Post by: dmitri on November 27, 2004, 06:39:00 PM
Post by: the joker on November 27, 2004, 06:49:00 PM
It probably has a lot of issues, and in many ways dvdx2 will probably be better at some points. But we'll keep working on it, it's interesting stuff.
btw, forgot to add that filemanager should have rar3 support too now.
Post by: the joker on November 27, 2004, 06:53:00 PM
Post by: ChrisF on November 27, 2004, 10:49:00 PM
Anyway, great release. I love the Kai integration as my laptop is being replaced by IBM and desktop is on the 3rd floor so this makes it much less of a pain in the butt.
Someone had brought up the point of making the download locations configurable rather than just Apps on E.
Kudos to you guys. Since the day I moved over to Ava, I've been nothing but pleased. You guys should be proud to have such a feature rich dash that is so easy to maintain and use. I saw the update on the mainpage, went downstairs, booted the Xbox, used Ava to update itself, rebooted and voila. So nice.
Post by: BigMitch on November 27, 2004, 11:05:00 PM
One complaint. Is it just me or did the update screw up the skins? I mean all of them, its like it cut off half an inch to the right of the rss bar. If its just me I need to find a way to fix it. Oh and I did auto update in case that has anything to to with.
Post by: Tommy Vercetti on November 27, 2004, 11:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (Rion @ Nov 28 2004, 03:04 AM) |
| People please. Will my dashboard setting in the XML file be lost if i use the update future in Avalaunch? I have made so many setting for every program and emulator with new names and so on.  Im so looking forward for the 0.50 relese! This is the best dash a have tested and i bow to you for your time and effort on developing this peace of "art".  |
If you dont overwrite your current XML then NO it you will not lose your settings. But I dont think thats the question that needs to be asked.
The question is, do we HAVE to use the XML that comes with the new version? Or can we stick with out current customized XML?
If we can keep the current all good.
If not, well then you will have to reconfigured the XML again.
Lets see what Ava says. Excited to use this version. Been dying for a update thats more stable. Love this dash, best out there and only gonna get better. Thanks guys.
EDIT: I just did an auto update vs a fresh install which I was going to do. It DID NOT overwrite my XML. Like I assumed it would not. You'll be ok unless you mess it up yourself.
Post by: Nisei on November 28, 2004, 06:13:00 AM
Post by: the joker on November 28, 2004, 06:23:00 AM
| QUOTE (ydgmms @ Nov 28 2004, 11:52 AM) |
| dvd keeps sayin interlaced....at like 1280x768 or so...the black text is hard o read from 12ft away on a gray background. but i like that it keeps the proper widescreen on my 16:9. just wish it had more settings to full with; color scheme, i have an hdtv that can take 480i,480p.720p,1080i.....but the player keeps saying its interlaced. otherwise THUMBSUP |
try to update to the unstable version ( enable in boot options ). Should be a bit improved in those ways. We'll add more settings to it later.
Post by: ChrisF on November 28, 2004, 02:25:00 PM
You do realize that 1920x1080 is 1080i and the 'i' stands for 'interlaced' right? It would make sense that it would say interlaced for 1080i. If you are using 720p where the 'p' is progressive, then it would be correct in calling the res progressive. Maybe I'm misreading something but I think it's working just fine from what I gathered from your post.
Post by: Soapm on November 28, 2004, 02:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (DynaMight @ Nov 27 2004, 07:17 AM) |
| I've tried the DVD player and it seems to work just great, So no complaints. |
Did you find any controlls with the DVD player like FF, RWD, Subs, how to tell the chapter and how much time is left?
Post by: ydgmms on November 28, 2004, 03:15:00 PM
| QUOTE (ChrisF @ Nov 28 2004, 11:28 PM) |
| ydgmms: You do realize that 1920x1080 is 1080i and the 'i' stands for 'interlaced' right? It would make sense that it would say interlaced for 1080i. If you are using 720p where the 'p' is progressive, then it would be correct in calling the res progressive. Maybe I'm misreading something but I think it's working just fine from what I gathered from your post. |
Yeah. I'm aware.
I was under the impression 1080i was disabled (because the release info says...its disabled). + Even when I turn off 720p and 1080i. It should go to 480p, but it was also staying in interlaced. But it has to do with putting the dash in 720p in order to get the DVD player to get to 720p. In other words, the DVD player res is locked to the dash res.
Post by: Kegsta on November 28, 2004, 03:23:00 PM
Post by: Axl_Mas on November 28, 2004, 04:58:00 PM
| QUOTE (Axl_Mas @ Nov 27 2004, 09:52 PM) |
| What's about defrag? It will be implement in avalaunch 0.50? TNX |
Up!
Post by: Bulan on November 29, 2004, 12:51:00 AM
| QUOTE (Kegsta @ Nov 29 2004, 12:26 AM) |
| i just tried the update, it seemed to work fine but then on reboot it booted the MS dashboard, and thus the dvd that was in the drive, i ejected the DVD and since then it wont read any discs at all (originals, burns, boot discs) its a samsung and ive never had problems until now, but all i can get now is the ms dash which wont boot anything, im going to get a mates dvd rom today, seems like 2 seperate events but its very strange that the ava update made it boot to ms dash anyway |
Sounds like your modchip is disabled.. but an update of Ava shouldn't be able to do that..
Post by: the joker on November 29, 2004, 06:29:00 AM
| QUOTE (Rion @ Nov 28 2004, 08:04 AM) |
| People please. Will my dashboard setting in the XML file be lost if i use the update future in Avalaunch? |
no, if you update only the core - xml wont be touched =)
Post by: ChrisF on November 29, 2004, 11:32:00 AM
| QUOTE (ydgmms @ Nov 29 2004, 12:18 AM) |
| Yeah. I'm aware. I was under the impression 1080i was disabled (because the release info says...its disabled). + Even when I turn off 720p and 1080i. It should go to 480p, but it was also staying in interlaced. But it has to do with putting the dash in 720p in order to get the DVD player to get to 720p. In other words, the DVD player res is locked to the dash res. |
Ahhh. Gotcha. Good stuff to know.
Post by: bernienoel on November 30, 2004, 11:29:00 AM
thanks Team Avalaunch !
Post by: SniperKilla on December 01, 2004, 02:54:00 AM
| QUOTE (ZAP @ Nov 28 2004, 10:58 PM) |
What exactly are the extra features designed for the X3? I can't really see anything  |
go to the options and turn on look for X3