Dune Firmware Zone

Dune HD Pro One 8K Plus

• Note: this update also includes all changes listed below (see version 240930_2301_r22).

• 8K models: The S928X SDK update has been integrated, which is critical to improve stability in some сases. No visible changes are expected, but theoretically, since this is a significant update, it could accidentally affect some functions.

• 8K models: Added "Internal player (Hi-Fi)" playback engine for audio files - now available also on models which have no built-in Hi-Fi audio output. Now this playback engine supports high-quality bit-perfect audio output not only to the built-in Hi-Fi audio output, but also to external USB DACs (using direct exclusive USB connection to the USB DAC to bypass all Android OS specific limitations). The use of this playback engine for USB DACs is not enabled by default, it can be enabled via the setting "Playback - Preferences - Player for audio files". It can also be used by pressing POP UP MENU in the file browser and choosing "Play with... Internal player (Hi-Fi)". "Internal player (Hi-Fi)" playback engine can also be useful as a solution for "gapless-mode" playback of audio files to HDMI (however, this playback engine is optimized for and supports native sample rate output only when using built-in Hi-Fi audio output or to USB DAC; when using HDMI audio output, this playback engine does not support native sample rate).

• Pro Vision 4K model: Bugfix: When using SPDIF output and playing DD+ audio, sound could be absent on SPDIF, depending on the EDID of the connected HDMI TV. Now, DD+ can be converted and output as DD (HD audio should be disabled in settings).

• Pro Vision 4K model: Bugfix: The use of the RESET button for navigation in the Recovery menu was not working, now it works (single-press = DOWN, long-press = SELECT).

• Pro 8K Plus model: Bugfix: "Setup - Misc - Display - Show additional icons" setting (previously added for other models) was missing for this model.

• Max 8K model: Bugfix: The default values of some settings related to audio playback could be wrong in some cases.

• 8K, Pro Vision 4K, AV1 4K models: Improved support for "R3" and "R4" Bluetooth remotes in Android apps, now the keys A/B/C/D/INFO/AUD/SUB/SETUP should work in Android apps which support these keys.

• 8K, Pro Vision 4K, AV1 4K models: Minor label improvements in "Setup - Video" menu.

• All models: New feature: Trailers from local files now can be used for Netflix-like trailer preview in My Collection. How to use: put "terminator-trailer.mp4" near "terminator.mkv" (or near "terminator.iso", or near "Terminator-Blu-ray" folder containing "BDMV" subfolder); index My Collection; confirm "terminator-trailer.mp4" as "Trailer" association for the movie (for example, choose the trailer video file in the file browser - press POP UP MENU button - choose "Edit Movie Information"). To download trailers from Internet, software like yt-dlp ( https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#release-files ) can be used (for example: yt-dlp -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best" -o terminator-trailer.mp4 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGrW-OR2uDk").

• All models: Bugfix: Aspect ratio could be wrong when playing DVD-Video in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Player could hang when playing specific MP4 files over HTTP in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Firmware version of R4 remote updated from 01.01.18 to 01.01.19 (better AirMouse behavior when RCU is upside-down).

• All models: Bugfix: The function of OTA firmware update for Bluetooth RCU now has a special handling for "R3" remote and RCU firmware version "211223_1200": the RCU will not auto-update from this firmware version (to allow the use of this alternative version).

• All models: Bugfix: Online subtitles did not work properly in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: New GUI global search function did not search correctly in My Collection.

• All models: Bugfix: Deletion of Android app could wrongly request confirmation twice.

• All models: Bugfix: When playing IPTV streams, output of DD/DTS audio to SPDIF could not work in some cases (when HDMI EDID did not support DD/DTS).

• All models: Bugfix: The use of the "dune_folder.txt" file for setting the custom storage name did not affect the SMB share name (and some other things) in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: When connecting multiple storage devices with the same name, it could work with problems in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Auto start of item from favorites did not work when the item was corresponding to a folder.

• All models: Bugfix: Plugins: The maximum number of favorite channels was limited to 99. Now it can be more than 100.

• All models: Bugfix: Plugins: Update did not work in some cases if the update URL contained parameters.

• All models: Bugfix: UI animation worked wrongly in some cases on the on-screen keyboard.

• All models: Bugfix: The function of hiding empty Android folders in the built-in memory folder worked wrongly in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Mouse clicks stopped working in Android apps in some cases after some user actions.

• All models: Bugfix: When portrait screen orientation was used, Dune UI did not fit into the screen properly. Now it fits. Can be useful in digital signage solutions.

• All models: Bugfix: Specific video files with CUVA HDR could be played with problems.

• All models: Bugfix: Specific video files created using ATEME library could be played with wrong HDR parameters.

• All models: Some UI translations updated.

• All models: Small other fixes and internal changes.

• Note: this update also includes all changes listed below (see version 240930_2300_r22).

• All models: Small important internal changes.

• Note: this update also includes all changes listed below (see version 240910_0900_r22).

• 8K and Pro Vision 4K models: Bugfix: HDR was played instead of HDR10+ when HDR10+ TV is used and the video file supports both HDR10+ and DV. Now the media player automatically uses HDR10+ version of the video instead of DV in this case.

• All models: Bugfix: "FAV2" button on "R4" remote did not work in some cases. (Fix for more models.)

• All models: Bugfix: Installation of Android apps could clear app data in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: UI indication for shuffle/repeat modes did not work properly in some cases.

• All models: Small improvements in seasons handling in My Collection and Movies catalog.

• All models: Small improvements in media tags extraction from video files, related to handling of DV / HDR10+ / Blu-ray / DVD-Video.

• All models: Bugfix: Specific Blu-rays could be played in Lite mode with stuttering or without audio.

• All models: Some UI translations updated.

• All models: Small other fixes and internal changes.

• Note: this update also includes all changes listed below (see version 240908_2340_r22).

• All models: Firmware version of R4 remote updated from 01.01.17 to 01.01.18 (bugfix: AirMouse sometimes did not work).

• All models: Small fixes and internal changes.

• 8K and AV1 4K models: Added Support for playback of DVD-Video not only in Lite mode, but also in Menu mode.

• 8K and AV1 4K models: Added "Video - Setup - Picture quality" menu with new settings: "Sharpen picture" (default "No"), "AI PQ" / "AI SR" (default "No"), "Force improved black levels for DV" (default "Yes"). The default values for these new settings give a new video processing behavior, which is different from the previous firmware versions. This new behavior usually gives better picture quality in most cases. Depending on personal preferences and connected equipment, some users may want to change some of these settings to restore the previous behavior.

• 8K models: Added "Setup - Video - DV & HDR Settings - Full STD DV with CMv4.0" setting. Enabled by default. This enables CMv4.0 and "real TV LED" instead of "fake TV LED". This also improves black levels when playing specific test files.

• 8K models: The video settings "Use VS10 for SDR/HDR" are now OFF by default (this change will take place after settings reset).

• 8K and AV1 4K models: Added support for updating firmware of "R4" remote. Included "R4" firmware version 01.01.17 (bugfix: Voice search sometimes did not work). Improved firmware update stability for "R3" remote. Added "Setup - Misc - Remote" menu.

• Pro One 8K Plus, Solo 8K models: Added "Setup - Misc - Display - Show additional icons" setting. Disabled by default. When enabled, the front panel display shows a few additional status icons.

• All models: Bugfix: Online subtitles may not work stably in China.

• All models: Bugfix: Online subtitles for Portuguese language worked wrongly.

• All models: Bugfix: Online subtitles were not available for video streams in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Specific subtitles could be rendered wrongly.

• All models: Bugfix: Vertical shift of subtitles was not remembered correctly.

• All models: Bugfix: Storage devices could be wrongly shown in the menu in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: File playback could crash in some rare cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Blu-ray menu playback could crash in some rare cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Some AV1 video files could be played with the wrong aspect ratio in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Auto resolution switching did not work in some cases when playing 1080i content.

• All models: Bugfix: Wrong framerate was reported in the INFO panel for some files.

• All models: Bugfix: MPEG2 video (for example when playing DVD-Video) could stutter in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Unformatted drives could be wrongly not shown in the menu in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Drives w/o partition table could be wrongly shown in the menu in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: "FAV2" button on "R4" remote did not work in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Wrong video dimension or framerate could be shown for some files in some cases..

• All models: Bugfix: Auto resolution switching did not work properly for some files.

• All models: Bugfix: Video could stutter in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: MPEG2 video (for example when playing DVD-Video) could stutter in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Subtitles could be shown wrongly in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: "Movies - All" section was not visible in some cases. Now it is visible even if no online services are enabled.

• All models: Bugfix: IP Control could report wrong player state in standby mode in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Fixed small problems in handling movie collections in My Collection.

• All models: Bugfix: Fixed small bugs in UI rendering in some menus and small bugs in menu content.

• All models: Bugfix: Long repetitive playback of specific video files could cause playback crashes.

• All models: Bugfix: Adding the whole storage to favorites did not work in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Auto start of item from favorites did not work when the used storage device took a while to initialize.

• All models: Added possibility to add specific sections of "My Collection" app (in "Dune HD applications - My Collection") to Favorites. For example, you can now configure your Dune HD media player to boot automatically into a nice full-screen movie wall this way: choose "Dune HD applications - My Collection - All Movies - All Genres", press POP UP MENU button, choose "Add to Favorites", go to "Favorites" menu, choose "All Genres" item, press POP UP MENU button, choose "Enable auto start", open "All Genres " item, press "A" button several times to switch a full-screen view.

• All models: Small other fixes and improvements in the "Add to Favorites" function.

• All models: Small fixes and improvements for the Dune Store catalog. Some changes in visibility rules for Dune Store plugins and catalog sections in different regions.

• All models: For developers: Small improvements in the built-in function of Telnet access enabling (in Setup - Information: press key sequence UP, RIGHT, DOWN, ENTER).

• All models: For developers: Small improvements for handling of autorun Linux shell scripts (FS_PREFIX/config/boot/*). Now supported also on new Android 11 models.

• All models: Small improvements and fixes in the file browser and the user interface.

• All models: Small other fixes and internal changes.

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Audio / Sample rate switch delay". It fixes the problem that beginning of audio files could be not heard because of HDMI audio sample rate switching takes some time (when native audio sample rate is used and audio file sample rates is different from 48 kHz). The default value is 700 ms, which seems to be enough for most AVR and TV models. Depending on the used AVR / TV model, it may be needed to choose a different value.

• 8K models: Bugfix: When native audio sample rate was enabled, playback of 44.1 kHz audio files sometimes could stutter right after boot.

• 8K models: Bugfix: Specific Dolby Vision files could stutter.

• 8K models: Bugfix: When playing CUVA HDR video files, playback could freeze or crash.

• 8K, AV1 4K models: Non-relevant settings in "Setup / Audio" menu are now grayed out for conveniency (same as in "Setup / Video" menu).

• 8K, AV1 4K models: Bugfix: DTS HD and DD+ audio tracks in MP4 files were not recognized in some cases.

• 8K, AV1 4K models: Bugfix: Specific MPEG TS files could not be played.

• 8K, AV1 4K models: Bugfix: Specific BD ISO files could not be played.

• 8K, AV1 4K models: Bugfix: Auto resolution switching did not work properly in some cases.

• All models: A folder in builtin memory now can be added to My Collecton. This is useful in particular for cloud drive plugins which use builtin memory for mounting cloud drives. Small other GUI and performance improvements useful for cloud drive plugins.

• All models: Bugfix: When showing total / used / free space on a drive, wrong values could be shown in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: The information about playback position could be not saved when switching the media player off. Now it is remembered before power off, on pause, and every 5 minutes during playback.

• All models: For developers: Improved support for running scripts from "FS_PREFIX/config/boot" folder.

• All models: For developers: The file "/tmp/run/shutdown_killall.txt" can be used by plugins to register processes to be killed before system reboot or power off.

• All models: Small GUI impovements and fixes.

• All models: Some UI translations updated/improved.

• All models: Some other internal changes.

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Audio / HD audio bitstream". When set to "Disabled", it forces conversion of HD audio to SD audio. Conversion of EAC3 to AC3 is also supported. For TrueHD, conversion to AC3 is supported only for M2TS/BDMV/ISO files formats. This function can be useful for example when using S/PDIF audio output or when using AVR w/o HD audio support.

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Audio / HDMI audio". When set to "Disabled", switches HDMI audio output off.

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Audio / SPDIF audio". When set to "Disabled", switches SPDIF audio output off.

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Audio / Disable USB audio". When set to "Yes", prevents switching to USB audio output when USB audio device is connected.

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Video / CEC / Media player remote controls AVR volume" (same as in previous models). When enabled, "V+" and "V-" buttons on the remote will control the volume of the AVR via HDMI CEC. By default, it is disabled.

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / General / Screen saver" (same as in previous models).

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Misc / Power Management / Fan".

• 8K models: Added setting "Setup / Applications / Root". It can be used to enable/disable Android "root" access (also known as "SuperSU"). By default, it is disabled. When "root" is enabled, it allows Android apps to get extended "root" access to the box. Some Android apps may need it to provide advanced functions. Note: do not enable it unless you understand why you need it. When it is enabled, do not use Android apps which write directly into flash memory of the media player, such apps may damage the media player (with warranty voided).

• 8K models: Improvement: In BD Menu playback mode, RETURN should be pressed twice in order to stop the playback.

• 8K models: Minor improvements in firmware upgrade function.

• 8K models: For developers: Added support to execute FS_PREFIX/config/boot/* scripts on boot.

• 8K models: For developers: Added support to customize "httpd.conf" configuration file for the built-in HTTP server by putting this file into /tmp or FS_PREFIX/config directories.

• 8K models: For developers: Improvements in STB JS API (some missing APIs to control STB settings added).

• 8K models: Bugfix: In some cases, "Sources" could show wrong list of available storage devices (several different problems fixed).

• 8K models: Bugfix: Ethernet could stop working sometimes.

• 8K models: A lot of various fixes and improvements for media playback (fixed a lot of different problems, in particular, related to video playback, audio playback, subtitle playback, A/V sync and subtitle sync).

• 8K models: Added A/V sync correction function (same as in previous models, can be used via "A" button and POPUP MENU during video playback).

• 8K models: Bugfix: Some plugins could work wrongly in some cases (problems with icons, some other problems).

• All models: Special performance improvements for handling of cloud drive mounts in file browser. CloudDrive2 (aka "CD2", a cloud drive solution popular in China) and RClone mounts are automatically recognized. For such mounts, file browser now works much faster. Besides, advanced file browser visualization features (showng movie information) are disabled in order to ensure the best performance.

• All models: Background indexing of My Collection is now better handled (more properly paused) during media playback.

• All models: Improved visualization of TV episodes in GUI in some cases.

• All models: Added "3D" category to My Collection.

• All models: Various improvements in media tags detection. In particular, improved detection of "VC-1", "V9", "AV1", "3D" and video resolution tags.

• All models: Added "30 seconds" option to "Setup / General / Screen saver" setting.

• All models: For ".txt", ".m3u", ".nfo" files, POP UP MENU / "View Text" action is now available. It shows the file content in the built-in file viewer.

• All models: Minor changes in the list of preinstalled apps.

• All models: "Dune HD apps" menu now again contains "Dune Store" item.

• All models: Improved handling of the list of Wi-Fi networks in "Setup / Network" menu.

• All models: Improved support for upcoming new Bluetooth remote (R4).

• All models: Various small GUI bugfixes and improvements (such as GUI was not updated properly in some cases after some user actions, GUI crashes in some cases, and so on).

• All models: Bugfix: Installation of custom UI skins did not work properly in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: File manager could wrongly handle errors (such as no permission to delete a folder) in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: WiFi password could be lost in some cases when editing IP address manually.

• All models: Bugfix: Some old skins did not work properly in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Images in GIF format could not work in some cases.

• All models: Bugfix: Hebrew ALEF and LAMED symbols could be displayed in a wrong way.

• All models: For developers: The convenient shortcut for Telnet access enabling (press UP, RIGHT, DOWN, ENTER in "Setup / Information" screen) now creates "FS_PREFIX/config/telnetd" file on all models. (This makes Telnet access enabled persistently; to disable the access, remove this file.)

• All models: For developers: added possibility to override contols_osd params in gui_skin_config in custom skins.

• All models with multichannel DSD decoding: Improved handling of SACD 5.0 audio files (SACD 5.0 is now output as PCM 5.1 instead of PCM 2.0).

• All models: Some UI translations updated/improved.

• All models: Some other internal changes.

• 8K models: Various improvements for showing VS10/HDR10/HLG status in INFO panel during playback.

• 8K models: Improved Video Setup to gray out unsupported options.

• 8K models: Small improvements in playback actions for DVD-Video disc images. Added "Play lite" (uses internal player) and "Play menu" (uses KODI/SPMC) actions.

• 8K models: The storage information dialog now shows also the filesystem.

• 8K models: Optimized Android OS to not create Android folders on connected HDDs and to not create Android medix index.

• 8K models: "DeskClock" is used as default screen saver now.

• 8K models: Bugfix: Fixed various bugs with HDMI video mode handling, in particular, related to VS10, 4Kp100/120 modes, DV P5.

• 8K models: Bugfix: "Safe Eject" action was not available for the internal HDD.

• 8K models: Bugfix: Pairing Bluetooth audio devices did not work properly.

• 8K models: Bugfix: Discrete-power-off IR code did not work.

• Solo 8K model: Minor fixes for front panel display.

• 8K, ATV models: UPnP client added (same as on previous models).

• All models: Small improvements in playback-related POPUP MENU actions for files.

• All models: Pressing ENTER on ".txt" file now opens OfficeSuite app, like for ".doc" files.

• All models: Movie information sceeen now shows up to 64 persons (instead of 32).

• All models: Bugfix: After formatting a HDD to EXT2/3/4 filesystem, it could be impossible to write files into it.

• All models: Bugfix: When playing audio files, useless menu items (such as subtitles) could be wrongly shown.

• All models: Some UI translations updated/improved.

• All models: Some other internal changes.

This firmware is a small update with a few fixes, improvements and new features. Other problems reported by the first users of this new model are being worked on and fixes for them are expected in next firmware updates.

• Big change: integrated a lot of different patches from a newer Amlogic SDK; these patches fix various problems related to video decoding, HDMI handling and other things. If you had some video decoding problems on the previous firmware, check if this firmware helps. If this new firmware breaks something, check if rollback to the previous firmware helps. (The issue with some YouTube 4K HDR VP9 clips is not solved yet.)

• Added: Now it is possible to disable HDCP (by default it is enabled). Can be used this way: go to "Setup / System Settings / About / Android TV OS build", press "ENTER" 7 times, then go to "Setup / System Settings / Device Preferences / Developer options / HDCP checking", choose "Never check". If you have some unexpected problems with HDMI connection, such as disappearing picture or too long video mode switching, try to disable HDCP to see if it helps. If you do not use any commercial video services which require HDCP, you can also disable HDCP.

• Added: Setup / Misc / Display / Display brightness.

• Added: Setup / Misc / Display / LED brighness.

• Improved: When connecting a new storage (such as USB HDD or internal HDD) (or after formatting a connected storage), system Android folders are not created any more in the root folder of this storage.

• Improved: When playing TV channels, and timeline is shown, a hint "ENTER = PAUSE" is also shown.

• Fixed: Video playback could be not resumed correctly after returning from screensaver (or switching to and from another Android app).

• Fixed: In IPTV playback mode, the new feature of pausing by ENTER button could work wrongly. ALso, now a hint about this feature is shown.

• Fixed: During playback, FF/REW indication could be shown in a wrong way (such as duplicate icons shown).

• Minor other fixes and improvements.

This firmware is a small update which includes small UI improvements and features and also some bug fixes. Other problems reported by the first users of this new model are being worked on and fixes for them are expected in next firmware updates.

• Added: "Setup / Applications / Widget / Show widget" setting can now be used to hide the clock widget (as in previous models).

• Added: "Setup / Misc / Power management / Auto HDD sleep on inactivity" setting can now be used to spindown each connected HDD automatically when it is not used (as in previous models).

• Added: UI hint about POP UP MENU button is now shown at screen bottom in mains screens (as in old UI styles).

• Added: UI hint about POP UP MENU button is now shown at screen bottom also in the new list customization dialogs.

• Added: In plugins, actions corresponding to color buttons are now shown in POP UP MENU (as in previous models).

• Added: "Setup / Playback / Control / UP/DOWN buttons in time seek" setting can now be used to restore the old behavior of UP/DOWN buttons in time seek bar (change playback position by +1/-1 minute) (as in r21 and older firmware versions).

• Added: "Setup / Playback / Control (TV) / LEFT/RIGHT buttons for TV" setting can now be used to control the behavior of LEFT/RIGHT buttons in TV channels playback mode. The default setting is now "Time seek", which corresponds to the old behavior (as in r21 and older firmware versions). All TV-related playback control settings moved into a new "Control (TV)" setup menu section.

• Added: In IPTV playback mode, the pause/resume function is now available also by a press of LEFT or RIGHT button (which will show the timeline) and then a press of ENTER button. The same behavior now also works in other playnack modes. (Useful when using remotes without PLAY/PAUSE button.)

• Improved: In archive IPTV playback mode, the front panel display now shows clock (like when playing Live TV) instead of useless counter.

• Fixed: When playing IPTV streams, wrong HDMI color depth could be used.

• Fixed: When playing IPTV streams, unneeded HDMI resyncs could happen.

• Fixed: It was not possible to delete the preinstalled Miracast app.