Lite On LVD-2002 Firmware 3.02 *NO MORE FUTURE FIRMWARE*WTF?

[gelocks]

I forgot.. does this player have region settings? If so, will french update only play french DVDs?

Yep. The so called "secret menu" allows you to change Region settings.
In stop mode (where you can see the LiteOn Logo) press 2690 on the remote (I THINK these are the numbers) and you should see a new menu,.

Good Luck with the upgrade.!

[frit]

Oh man, God dammit.....

Now, I´m really puzzled. Why is it that my liteon refuses now to play a Divx 5 file?

The audio codec is AC-3 ACM Decompressor. I thought it might be that the player doesn´t play that codec, but I played another video (XVID) with AC-3 audio and it worked......

Hi Mastropiero,
I have same problem with Divx 5/AC-3 ACM coded files,
I try reencoding it into Divx 4 and then it played fine, so
it has nothing to do with AC-3
Problem for me is I have about 100 x-files episodes in this
compresion, and realy dont feel like converting them all into
another format. Now, I know I've played other Divx 5 discs
fine, what is different on this one?
(DX50/divx 5, BR: 795 kb/s, 25.000 FPS)
Have you find any solution yet?

[watson387]

My player never played Xvid files unless I changed the fourcc to DIVX (so the file would read as OpenDivx v4). This was fine with me, I just changed it before I burned a cd and all was well. The newest Xvid codec (Xvid1 RC3 I think) will not play at all. I've tried changing from xvid XVID to xvid DIVX. No dice. I've even tried divx DIVX and nothing. I have tons of files encoded this way and now I can't watch them on my player. I just love how Lite-On abandoned the player right when the newest Xvid started to become extremely popular...

[morriandor]

After Installing new firmware ive encountered new problem. There were small bugs here and there but nothing of this kind. I got Fujijilm dvd+rw pack and recorder some divx/xvid movies on that;everything plays fine until i press stop - then player freezes and only thing i can do is replug it.
I didnt use dvdrw+ before so dont know if its firmware related bug, also this didnt happen all the time, sometimes same file wouldnt hang... Anyone experienced anything like that?

[VideoJockey2002]

To: morriandor

I do have troubles with DivX and XviD files sometimes when I pause near the end of a full disc.

It seems that I can minimize freezes, pauses, and other troubles if I am able to burn the disc as:

1. Multi-Session (even if only one file is on the disc.)
2. Mode 2 XA
3. Track at once
4. Do not finalize

I know it seems strange, but, these settings seems to reduce freezing and stalling to a bare minumum. I also seem to get more trouble-free time searches in these MPEG 4 files when discs are burned this way.

Sometimes, however, I must finalize the disc when the downloaded *.avi is too large to leave space for opening another session on the disc when using a standard 700MB CDR. In other words, I may choose the settings as above, but, Nero will tell me there's not enough space unless the disc is finalized. So, I must finalize the disc, but, I leave the other settings as in 1, 2, and 3 above.

--vj2k

[r3mix]

Ive got the same problems with DivX5+AC3 on those X-files episodes. Changing the FourCC code does nothing.

I have just finished coverting a DVD series to DivX5+AC3 in AutoGK and they play fine so it isnt some incompatibility in the hardware. Most likely just how those non-working episodes were encoded. Maybe some interim version of DivX5 which had problems or some shoddy technique... I dunno.

[damax452]

Just flashed my LVD-2002 to the 0302 firmware...no problems. I used the method with the tsp file.

Bad AR probs still there for divx/xvid files....that was the main thing that needed fixing IMO.

FF/RW seem to be a little quicker for divx and xvid files, thats good.

tried some old divx 3 files, seems to be no changes there. They still skip a bit. divx 4,5, and xvid all work fine.

Folder support is nice also.

Overall, I recommend the update. I'm happy with my LVD-2002.

[arana]

what is this aspect ratio problem you all talk about?
i dont see any problems with my divx or xvid files,
most of them i encode my own, when does this happen or with what codec or resolution does this happen?

someone can tell me about this?

ive played ws and fs movies and clips with it and AR has been good every time

[mikeyled36]

my 2002 won;t play X-Files DVD rips encoded with DivX 5.1.1 with AC3 audio. it will play XviD with AC3 but not DivX 5.1.1.....anyone else have this problem??

mikey

[junkmalle]

Bad AR probs still there for divx/xvid files....that was the main thing that needed fixing IMO.

Do you know you can use the Zoom function to fix the aspect ratio for divx/xvid files? You can zoom width and height independently.

[arana]

when playing divx 5.1 file, when i get to the credits screen if i press STOP, then the player freezes and i have to unplug it, i am not sure if it is the same if i just let the movie finish. will try somethings tonight
comes to my mind pressing eject instead of stop, or leting it play to completion.

maybe adding another avi (fake???) would work also

ill do some tests, so far im ok now with the lvd2002 since it plays my xvids with subtitles and no problem at all, that was the main reason i bought it for (cheap mpeg4 player with subs support)

dont use my dvd players a lot for mp3 playback so i dont care much in that section.

seems like the AR problem doesnt happen with XViD tho, seems like xvid does keep some AR info on its header or something and the player really considers it.

[Mastropiero]

Oh man, God dammit.....

Now, I´m really puzzled. Why is it that my liteon refuses now to play a Divx 5 file?

The audio codec is AC-3 ACM Decompressor. I thought it might be that the player doesn´t play that codec, but I played another video (XVID) with AC-3 audio and it worked......

Hi Mastropiero,
I have same problem with Divx 5/AC-3 ACM coded files,
I try reencoding it into Divx 4 and then it played fine, so
it has nothing to do with AC-3
Problem for me is I have about 100 x-files episodes in this
compresion, and realy dont feel like converting them all into
another format. Now, I know I've played other Divx 5 discs
fine, what is different on this one?
(DX50/divx 5, BR: 795 kb/s, 25.000 FPS)
Have you find any solution yet?

Heh... We must have the same x-files episodes then.... I did the same, re-encoded them to XVid and that´s it........

I honestly don´t know why does it happen, but so far I haven´t managed to find a solution to it.... just went around the problem.

[mikeyled36]

what method did you use to convert to xvid? I want it to be as fast as possible without quality loss. I assume Virtual Dub but what settings?

mikey

[Mastropiero]

I used Virtual Dub indeed. I set the video bitrate at around 950 - so I could store two episodes on one CD - and it keeps the quality percentage pretty much the same as in the source file.

For audio, I did nothing, just used the source audio....

Hope this helps.

[CalMonkey]

I downloaded liteon_v0302_officeeux.nrg from the link posted. Burned it using Nero 6.0. Upgraded successfully. I went to the secret menu and it says it's version 3.02.

I popped in an .ogm file but it is unable to play it. It just keeps spinning. I then downloaded II2002-t229a1.nrg. Is this the tsp file people are talking about? I was a bit lost. Popped that in but it just kept spinning. I couldn't eject or stop. So I shut off the power strip.

I'm still able to play DivX, but it tries playing the .ogm file in mp3 mode (as someone mentioned earlier). I renamed the .ogm to .avi and burned it, but it still was unable to read it.

Did I do something wrong? Am I missing any steps?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Heppa Filter123]

The Lite-on apparently now supports ogg audio (although I have not tested this)

What you have is a ogg media file (.ogm). It is not supported.

This is an entirely different beast than ogg audio, which the player supports. .ogm is a shell containing (probably) avi video and ogg soundtrackl.

This is why the player is trying to play your disc as an audio disc and not video.

I re-encoded my .ogm files to a standard divx5 .avi with mp3 audio, and the videos now play flawlessly.

You could use Dr. Divx to do the conversion easily. There are, other ways, to do this of course.

I don't like those .ogm files myself, they are a pain in the arse.
Hope this helps

[Heppa Filter123]

Pardon me but I missed a step.

To convert your .ogm to a .avi file (with mp3 audio), which the lite on will play you first have to decompress the audio.

Get the free program avi2vcd.

Along with this program, comes a utility called decompress.exe

Now:
1st: Rename your .ogm file to .avi

2nd: Open up decompress.exe that came with avi2vcd program.

3rd: Decompress the file.

4th: Re-encode the resulting decompressed file, with Virtual Dub or Dr. Divx

The resulting .avi will play in the lite-on no problem.

[CalMonkey]

Oh, I see. Thanks for all the help.

[shuma02]

I've got a question about playing NORMAL DVD's.

The upgrade to 3.02 was flawless in my case, followed the 2cd procedure and it got it done in 3-4 minutes.

But now all of the Wide Screen DVD's have a funny aspect ratio.
They all get even smaller, it adds what looks like another set of the Black Stripes we see on top and bottom of the screen during the wide screen movies.

Any idea how to get rid of that ??
Please e-mail me if you can help, shuma02@adelphia.net
Thank you.

Slav.

[watson387]

Mine has done that since I bought it, the strange grey lines above and below the movie. It's not a weird aspect ratio, that's the way it's supposed to be. The lines, on the other hand, are not. As far as I know there is no way to fix this.

[shuma02]

I don't think it has done that before I upgraded to 3.02 then again I can't remember now.

But I have tried all the ratios, 4:3 LetterBox or the other one both do the same thing, the 19 one stretches it vertically too much.

That sucks, i might plug in another dvd player to see if the movie size is the same as it is right now...

[MrNatural]

If I had a choice again, I would not do the 3.02 firmware update. For the tiny bit of improvement, it is not worth the crashing that occurs now. I thought I had learned before that updating just on the "new and improved" claim can come with consequences. Now I've gotta get up off my lazy butt occassionally to unplug, and plug back in, the damn thing. Maybe I'll learn this time.

[CalMonkey]

Quick question. Is anyone having problems viewing .srt files after the 0302 upgrade? I see that people are able to view .srt files, but I'm not able to do so. Do I have to change any settings after the upgrade?

[brand x]

How do you convert back to the 229 firmware from 302. The new firmware
will freeze up on me very often. Also will not play alot of my Divx movies
that did play with the 229 firmware.

[MrNatural]

Good question. I'd probably go for that too. Probably would have to get a copy of that firmware. I am infected with the crashing problem, but something concerns me more. More and more of the DIVX and XVID disks I happen upon do not want to play now. It used to be, when I first got the thing, just about everything would play - probably90%. Now it's probably a 50-50 chance. I know there's some new codecs out that won't play, but in the back of my mind, I keep thinking it's that damn firmware. It may not be the cause, but I'd just as soon get rid of it too, and return it to the 2.29 and illiminate that possibility.

[brand x]

Anybody

[viperware]

Try this for reinstalling firmware.

1. Insert firmware disc and close tray.
2. Hold down the STOP button on the player itself.
3. While continuing to hold down the STOP button, unplug and replug in the player's power cord.
4. Release the stop button after player is plugged in, and if player is not powered on, power it on. If it powers on when you plug it in, go to step 5.
5. Press the PLAY button on the player.

To my knowledge, with a proper firmware disc this should initiate the process.

-viperware-

[brand x]

viperware

I sure do appreciate the info. I will try that.

[watson387]

Good question. I'd probably go for that too. Probably would have to get a copy of that firmware. I am infected with the crashing problem, but something concerns me more. More and more of the DIVX and XVID disks I happen upon do not want to play now. It used to be, when I first got the thing, just about everything would play - probably90%. Now it's probably a 50-50 chance. I know there's some new codecs out that won't play, but in the back of my mind, I keep thinking it's that damn firmware. It may not be the cause, but I'd just as soon get rid of it too, and return it to the 2.29 and illiminate that possibility.

The problem is that a lot of newer-encoded .avi files availabe for download are encoded with the new Xvid1 codec. This can still be Divx compatible, but only if the encoder adjusts the settings to be Divx compatible. Most people don't though. They either don't care about compatability, or don't have any idea that video can be encoded that way. Also, the files won't play in the player even if the FourCC used is changed from XVID to DIVX which worked for files encoded with the older Xvid codecs (before the RCs). I installed the newer firmware, and I haven't had any more problems than before. It wouldn't play Xvid1 files before, and it doesn't play them now.

[brand x]

I tried going back to the 2.29 firmware and nothing worked. I have approx. 300 Divx movies and with the 2.29 I could watch about 99%
of them. With the 3.02 I can watch about half. Very disapointing!