New firmware for 5990/37..Thanks to vb6rocod

[MarcoTX]

Open tray and press "55" to see name of firmware.

I did that on my _37 and I get DVP3962_37.BIN

on my father's _F7 nothing comes up when I press 55!

No help? Anybody?

[Spimothy Leary]

Firmware all updated and works great, was mostly needing the fix on the 8 character limit for files,
Thanks so much for the work on this ! You guys are super.
This is my first DVD player with a usb port so i'm learning all kinds of new things lately.

[MatjazP]

Hi!

I'm having difficulty when I try to add Slovenian language as a choice in a subtitle menu. Whenever I play DVD with Slovenian subtitle, I have to choose "Others" although I modified firmware and replaced this string:

0x0068 = Hebrew

with this one

0x0068 = Slovenian

But the menu still shows other. How can I add my language so my parents can choose easily which subtitle do they want to use.


Kind regards,
Matjaz

[MatjazP]

Hi!

I'm having difficulty when I try to add Slovenian language as a choice in a subtitle menu. Whenever I play DVD with Slovenian subtitle, I have to choose "Others" although I modified firmware and replaced this string:

0x0068 = Hebrew

with this one

0x0068 = Slovenian

But the menu still shows other. How can I add my language so my parents can choose easily which subtitle do they want to use.

My DVD is Philip DVD 5990.


Kind regards,
Matjaz

[vb6rocod]

Hi!

I'm having difficulty when I try to add Slovenian language as a choice in a subtitle menu. Whenever I play DVD with Slovenian subtitle, I have to choose "Others" although I modified firmware and replaced this string:

0x0068 = Hebrew

with this one

0x0068 = Slovenian

But the menu still shows other. How can I add my language so my parents can choose easily which subtitle do they want to use.

My DVD is Philip DVD 5990.


Kind regards,
Matjaz

It's not so simple. There are two place where is need to change: In menu where you select Audio, Menu or Subtitle, and where display Subtitle 0x/0y: Lang Name (when press Subtitle button). In menu, even you select a language, when play DVD, subtitle is always "Off". This is a bug without a solution. So, adding your language in menu it's not a solution. More important is to display Subtitle 0x/0y:Slovenian. For this is need to patch firmware with some code.... take a look here: http://board.softpedia.com/index.php?showtopic=310&view=findpost&p=32015

[yammy7]

I can hear the sound but no video. The message on TV said "video codec is not supported". These files can play on my computer.
What do I need to do with these avi files so that they can play on the player? (Post #840)

First, I would like to thank for the help in previous messages. However, can you please direct me to which the easiest and free converter to convert these files? I have never convert video file before. From GSpot and MediaInfo, my files are using FNMP4 codec.
Again, thank-you very much for your help.

[Techflaws]

Try Handbrake 0.9.3 which is the latest version that can convert to AVI (xvid).

[MatjazP]

Hi!

In this example

0x0059 = Russian >> 0x0059 = Romanian
B3:6CAA 24 8B add A, #0x8B ; u ---->> 24 91 add A, #0x91 ;o


What code do I have to put to A? Is there a list of known language code for Philips DVD 5990 as I can see there is some math involved (DVD_Language_Codes+32)?

B3:6CA6
B3:6CA6 B3_6CA6: ; DATA XREF: DVD_Language_Codes+32o
B3:6CA6 90 FB 7E mov DPTR, #XRAM_FB7E
B3:6CA9 E0 movx A, @DPTR
B3:6CAA 24 8B add A, #0x8B ; u
B3:6CAC 70 62 jnz B3_6D10
B3:6CAC
B3:6CAE 90 FB 7F mov DPTR, #XRAM_FB7F
B3:6CB1 E4 clr A
B3:6CB2 F0 movx @DPTR, A
B3:6CB3 A3 inc DPTR
B3:6CB4 74 59 mov A, #0x59 ; Russian
B3:6CB6 F0 movx @DPTR, A
B3:6CB7 80 57 sjmp B3_6D10
B3:6CB7

[Wanderlustus]

Thanks for the information.

Is there a description/list of incremental features/fixes of this version v4.1 No-Load compared to version v3.2 I am currently using?

TIA.

On my site/blog

Hey mate, I couldn't find the info particular to this new file on your blog. Maybe it's just me, but could someone point the way? I know it's supposed to fix the idx/sub prob's, but otherwise it's the same as the DVP5990_37_vb6_v4_1 file?

BTW vb6rocod, should I be able to see thumbnails of the flics as per your screenshots on your site? So far I've seen none. Likely something I'm not doing right. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

[crixpit]

thanks

I am hoping for a "disable subtitles" menu option and button. It is a pain to mount the USB Flash Drive to remove/rename subtitles file.

DVP5992/37b

[Techflaws]

There's a menu setting for that.

[Wanderlustus]

Doesn't one just hit the subtitles button on the remote to turn them off/on?

[Techflaws]

No need to if they are turned off in the settings. Cycling through with the remote is however always possible.

[Wanderlustus]

Right you are.

[bubbs]

I have vb6rocod's 4.1 firmware on my 5990 which is great! (thx vb6rocod) Lately, when I go to power on, the unit freezes. Just says "Philips" on player and becomes non responsive. Only way to turn it off is to unplug.
Anyone else experience this?
Should I reinstall firmware again?
Thx

[vb6rocod]

No, may to a coincidence

[Ai Haibara]

bubbs: Probably won't help, but have you tried leaving the unit unplugged for at least half an hour (from the wall/power socket) and then plugging it back in?

[yigitus]

I have vb6rocod's 4.1 firmware on my 5990 which is great! (thx vb6rocod) Lately, when I go to power on, the unit freezes. Just says "Philips" on player and becomes non responsive. Only way to turn it off is to unplug.
Anyone else experience this?
Should I reinstall firmware again?
Thx

I don't think it is related to firmware. Do you use HDMI connection? I have similar problem but not every time I turn on though (I can say few times in a month) and I remember reading something that it due to HDMI connection flaw specific to this unit.

BTW does anybody know waht is different between F7 & 37?

[bubbs]

I have vb6rocod's 4.1 firmware on my 5990 which is great! (thx vb6rocod) Lately, when I go to power on, the unit freezes. Just says "Philips" on player and becomes non responsive. Only way to turn it off is to unplug.
Anyone else experience this?
Should I reinstall firmware again?
Thx

I don't think it is related to firmware. Do you use HDMI connection? I have similar problem but not every time I turn on though (I can say few times in a month) and I remember reading something that it due to HDMI connection flaw specific to this unit.

BTW does anybody know waht is different between F7 & 37?

Yep, I do use HDMI...when I unplug, and plug back in it is fine...just a little annoying. Same here...it happens few times a month. Glad to hear that it isn't just my unit that has this quirk.

It is my understanding that the F7 and 37 are the same. Correct me if I am wrong anyone?

[Tripper_]

I have vb6rocod's 4.1 firmware on my 5990 which is great! (thx vb6rocod) Lately, when I go to power on, the unit freezes. Just says "Philips" on player and becomes non responsive. Only way to turn it off is to unplug.
Anyone else experience this?
Should I reinstall firmware again?
Thx

I had this same problem. The other day it quit working all together. I discovered that it was a bad capacitor on the power supply. After replacing it works like new. The capacitor was the 16v 1000uf.

[Targaff]

Just upgraded to 4.1 in an effort to try to fix something odd, but no joy. Digital video/audio out was working just peachy this morning, come to watch something this afternoon with absolutely no changes and I can't get any digital output, sound or vision - the corresponding menus are greyed out, it's like it's suddenly no longer able to "see" that the connections are there. Anyone else had this, or know why it would happen?

[mmd8x28]

Is there any new updates for the 3962/37? With 30 pages of the thread, I tried to find some, but all links were duds, rapidshare main home page..

I really would like to update the firmware on my player since Philips bothered not too.

[Ai Haibara]

Check vb6rocod's signature for his blog pages. They'll be likely to have a pointer to the files. Or, check his MediaFire directory, here.

[mmd8x28]

Check vb6rocod's signature for his blog pages. They'll be likely to have a pointer to the files. Or, check his MediaFire directory, here.

Awesome, that worked, love the divix background..

However, my CD Upsampling menu option is dimmed out and non selectable now. Was it just a bogus option anyway?

[mmd8x28]

I noticed a bug. Every movie I put it, it goes straight into the movie, skipping the menu.

I even checked DVD-Video option. With Menu is selected. I tried selecting Without Menu, then reselecting With Menu, but it still goes straight to the movie.

While I welcome this feature, some DVD's I have have both widescreen and fullscreen on them, and sometimes the wrong one is loaded.

[Wanderlustus]

mmd, I've never plopped a retail DVD in this player, but I have burned ISO's of DVD discs and they open straight to menu. Maybe I shlould jam one in and see what happens.

[Ai Haibara]

mmd8x28: Just to be safe, since you're primarily asking about the custom firmware for the 3962/37, you might PM vb6rocod or start a new topic, as this topic is meant more for discussion about the 5990, and I don't know how many posters in this topic have a 3962.

[kinemax]

I noticed a bug. Every movie I put it, it goes straight into the movie, skipping the menu.

I even checked DVD-Video option. With Menu is selected. I tried selecting Without Menu, then reselecting With Menu, but it still goes straight to the movie.
...

Have you tried a full reset (using the player GUI menu's reset option)?

[Proud Traitor]

Hello, is it possible to get Phillips 5990 to read drives with NTFS partition? My firmware only reads FAT32.

Also it is possible to get it to play files larger than 2GB. Thank you!

[cal_tony]

No NTFS acceptance and Fat 32 has a 4GB limit not 2gb. So if your getting only 2gb files it's in the software your using not the 5990.

Tony