FireCore Updates aTV Flash (Black) - Adds New Features, Fixes Bugs

FireCore has just updated its aTV Flash (black) jailbreak software to version 1.4, adding a number of features and making a whole load of bug fixes and performance improvements. Here's a list of changes made in the update, as outlined by FireCore:

• New Center channel audio boost (+6dB and +12dB) for 5.0 and 5.1 audio tracks
• New Finish, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, and Swedish translations
• New ’4:3 Crop’ and ’4:3 Stretch’ zoom options
• New support for M3U and PLS playlists
• New EyeTV folder detection
• New TrueHD audio (downmixed)
• New 24-bit and 32-bit audio (downmixed)
• New enhanced downmixing for 5.1 AC3 audio (Dolby Pro Logic II)
• New support for embedded Mp3 covers
• New Automatic EXIF-based image rotation
• New Mp4s embedded subtitles
• New Clock added to main menu
• Improved poster art quality in list and grid view
• Improved buffering logic for DVD files
• Improved cover art fetching from Last.fm
• Improved DVD menu highlighting
• Improved Photo viewer & slideshow
• Improved adjusted slideshow to match native Flickr style
• Improved Danish, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Brazilian, Portuguese, and Spanish translations
• Improved minor UI improvements
• Fixed downmixing issues for specific audio tracks
• Fixed playback issues for specific audio tracks
• Fixed Increased AFP login timeout to 30 seconds
• Fixed metadata issues for files that contain “/” in folder or file name
• Fixed operation of the photo slideshow on iOS 4.x
• Fixed issue with favorites removal when share password is changed
• Fixed incorrect navigation in grid view on iOS 4.*
• Fixed issue with DVD marked as watched after view menu
• Fixed rare issue with incorrect pre-playback screen layout
• Fixed rare crash in libdvdnav when playing DVD files
• Fixed rare DVD playback error
• Fixed rare ‘Bad URL’ error

If you own an Apple TV, aTV Flash (black) can add new functionality to Apple's somewhat limited set-top box. Once purchased and installed (FireCore charges $29.95 for the jailbreak software), users can enjoy playing countless video formats on their Apple TV, surf the Web in an integrated Web browser, discover new music with Last.fm and much, much more. For more information, head on over to FireCore's website.

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