Patriot Box Office firmware P70R2. Highly recommended!

[andor1999]

Warning: This firmware is only for players with bootcodes of 18 or greater!
The Read Me text included with the download says it will work with bootcode 16:
NOT TRUE. THIS WILL BRICK A 16! I found out the hard way.
The Read Me says:
Before you begin, make sure to have the correct firmware version for your bootcode!!
(16 Only OR 18+)
Sure sounds like it supports 16, but I found a post in the Patriot forum that said it was supposed to read:
"16+ or 18+ Only" Now that sounds like a CYA. <g>

-Firmware System Revision update Procedure-
*To check which bootcode version is installed, press Stop then Pause button @ HOME screen*
The bootcode seems to be in several places.
On the player I successfully flashed:
System Revision: has a BC18 as part of the number.
Bootup: is 18
Bootcode: ends in 18
Now, with that warning out of the way, on to the good news.

I just updated my firmware to P70R2.

http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?2131-Update-04-04-2011-PBO-Firmware-Releases

This solved two problems for me.
Some mkv movies wouldn't play the video, audio or both.
I discovered this was caused by a "Header Stripping" option being enabled when the files were created.
I had been remuxing the mkv's with the option turned off to "fix" these problem mkv's. A royal pain.
This firmware update fixes that problem!

The second problem was my Comcast remote would turn on the Box Office when I changed channels or volume.
That problem was also fixed by the new firmware.

I haven't seen these fixes mentioned anywhere so I thought I would post it for others that might be suffering with the same issues.
If I had know, I would have updated much sooner.

Andor1999

[StanleyYan]

Hi Andor1999,

Do you know where I can get the firmware for the unit again? The link to Patriot Box do not work anymore.

Thank you.

[andor1999]

Stanley,

I spent about 15 minutes searching for it with Google and came up empty.
It looks like Patriot is out of the media player business.

Sorry.

[andes.jeep]

I agree the P70R2 solved my problem with mkv files not displaying video.

I found the firmware at http://patriot-box-office.wikidot.com/pbo-semiofficial-firmwares

Anders