Mod 2.23 Firmware - Manual Steps to install FAT+ Mod 2.23 with utilities
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AskTheLeaf
I've made a typo in autorun.sh 
(nmbd was not started) so Samba does not work in the latest binpack. I'll upload the new bin and tar file. In the mean time, if anybody has problem with Samba in Mod 2.23, check your autorun.sh and make sure that these 4 lines are correct:
/opt/sbin/smbd -D; echo "Started smbd" /opt/sbin/nmbd -D; echo "Started nmbd"
bodhi
Hi all,
I just recently flashed my FAT+ with the Mod 2.23 firmware, but I have a question... When I install the utilities do I need to keep the USB drive permanently attached to my FAT+ in order for them to work? As well as my Seagate harddrive? I'm really new to this, but I'm a pretty fast learner.
Thanks to all who have helped make the FAT+ an even MORE enjoyable device 
P.S. Is there a way to get my FAT+ seen by say my kids Xbox 360? I have an attached drive with all their digital movies and it would be GREAT if they could watch them from their own room.
BonnieC1977 wrote:Hi all,
I just recently flashed my FAT+ with the Mod 2.23 firmware, but I have a question... When I install the utilities do I need to keep the USB drive permanently attached to my FAT+ in order for them to work? As well as my Seagate harddrive? I'm really new to this, but I'm a pretty fast learner.
Thanks to all who have helped make the FAT+ an even MORE enjoyable device
P.S. Is there a way to get my FAT+ seen by say my kids Xbox 360? I have an attached drive with all their digital movies and it would be GREAT if they could watch them from their own room.
BonnieC,
After you installed mod 2.23, you can remove the USB drive that you used to install with. Just attach the drive with movies.
Important: the samba share created by the mod 2.23 binpack will allow everybody in the network to see the files on all USB drives attached to the FAT+. So if you don't want your kids to see certain non-kids stuff (e.g. rated R or above) then don't put them on the USB drives.
I don't have an Xbox360, but did your Windows, Linux PCs, and Xbox360 see the same networks files before on some network attached storage? if they did, they should see the FAT+ files the same way.
Mac OSX Lion is another different story. It has some problem with older Samba version, which is what I used in the Mod 2.23 binpack 1.4. (The newer Samba version is too big, does not fit inside the FAT+ free space).
Thanks SOOO much for the quick reply Bodhi.... I'm planning on reflashing everything and starting anew.... This time around I plan on using the tarball binpack in hopes that everything will go much smoother the second time around
As for the Xbox, I use to have the HDD that is now attached to my FAT+ on a Windows pc that quit on me and I had TVersity in order for the files on my HDD to be seen on the Xbox.... I'm guessing that Samba now has the same purpose as Tversity did on my WinXP pc?
*** I just reflashed and installed the tarball binpack.... After removing the USB drive used to install the binpack how do I go about editing the IP and Passwords for Transmission and Samba? I can't seem to find the settings.json or the smb.conf file anywhere. Also when I try to run Transmission it gives me the following error
/usr/local/etc # ./run_transmission.sh
ERROR: Transmission directory not found in USB drives
Please help!
BonnieC1977 wrote:Thanks SOOO much for the quick reply Bodhi.... I'm planning on reflashing everything and starting anew.... This time around I plan on using the tarball binpack in hopes that everything will go much smoother the second time around
As for the Xbox, I use to have the HDD that is now attached to my FAT+ on a Windows pc that quit on me and I had TVersity in order for the files on my HDD to be seen on the Xbox.... I'm guessing that Samba now has the same purpose as Tversity did on my WinXP pc?
BonnieC,
Regarding Tversity, unfortunately not the same as Samba. Samba is a network file sharing utility, so it allows any PC that uses Samba file sharing protocol to share the files in the network. Tversity is DLNA/uPnP server, which transcodes video/music/pictures and share them in the network for any PC, media player, or TV that implement runs a DLNA client to see the files shared by Tversity. This is how I understand Tversity works a while ago.
I don't have the Xbox360 so can't say for sure, but if you can run a browser on the Xbox then it could possibly see the files through its, too (browser can use Samba protocol). I don't know if people has discovered someway for the Xbox360 to see Samba shares, you might want to look for that in Xbox360 forums.
Have fun :-)
Thank you Bodhi you are awesome!
I am having 2 minor issues now that I have gotten everything up and running.
1. Keep-Alive.sh does not seem to be functioning.... I changed the IP as per the instructions, but my FAT+ continues to go to "sleep" after about an hour. Therefore stopping the torrents I'm trying to download.
2. Transmission is not restarting automatically after setting it to "YES" in the autorun.sh
If you have any suggestions on how I can get these working properly I greatly appreciate it.
Again thank you SOOOOO much for your patience with this "newbie"
That would be GREAT Bodhi!
I'm having a little problem with my attached 500gb Freeagent Desk drive. It seems to have gotten corrupted 
I am no longer able to download torrents to the drive via Transmission... I keep getting a "Read-only file system" error.... I now realize that my HDD is NTFS formatted and that may be the culprit... Is there any way that I can fix this without having to format the entire drive and lose everything? I don't have enough space on my laptop to transfer all my files over. I do have plenty of space on my Freeagent drive and am wondering if I can't create a partition to transfer my files to and then format the corrupted partition??? I of course would need some instruction on how to go about doing this
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
BonnieC,
No, it is not a good idea to continue using the HDD you should immediately try to offload the files to somewhere else. Linux OS is pretty good in this aspect, when it encounters error in writing to a disk (given the HDD was mounted with the option) it will change the disk file system to Read-Only so that you will have a chance to recover data. After that, reformat the disk to NTFS again on a PC. NTFS is not a problem, the UFS driver that the FAT+ uses is not very good (i.e. bugs exist) but if you are careful then it won't cause problem. In a previous thread somewhere in this forum, I've discussed how to avoid HDD/flash USB drive problem with the FAT+ (gotta find the link again, perhaps prairiedog has linked it in the sticky thread ? :-)
In a nutshell, always power down the FAT+ before you remove the drive. And whenever you attach the drive to a PC, run a quick error check (uncheck the auto fix so it won't take a long time).
PS. Here is the link to the post: http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater-and
Thank you for the response Bodhi... I will see where I can transfer my files too.
I visited the link to the post you suggested and I would love to know how I would go about automating the following command you suggest using to avoid problems in the future.
"- Do a remount so that the drive is safe to remove any time later (this can be automated in Mod FW 2.23)
mount -o remount,rw,sync /tmp/usbmounts/sdxx"
You're the greatest!
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AskTheLeaf
This instruction was based mostly from Dm's post. Thanks to Dm for getting all information regarding RSS feeds, and figured out how to set it up initially.
Here is a simple step-by-step instruction to help interested users set up personal RSS feeds in Mod FW 2.23.
1. At the FAT+ main menu, select Internet and go to Weather page, create a favorite. If in the US, use Zip code to let the FAT+ find your city.
2. Telnet into the box and verify that the directory and the favorite was created
/usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/savedrss/scripts/map/myfa
3. Copy the main menu (in this example, the menu is for US) to the same location where the weather map was saved:
cp /usr/local/bin/scripts/menu_US.rss /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/savedrss/scripts/
4. Edit the file menu_US.rss using nano editor (you can also copy this file to a PC, edit it, then copy it back if desired):
- At the end of the menu_US.rss file, insert your new item between the "Empty item" ( this empty item ends at -->) and the end marker of the channel (</channel>). Note that each item starts with <item> and ends with </item>.
- In this example, I used the RSS URL for Nature, copied from metafeeds.com
<!-- <item> <title>Empty item 8</title> <link>http://</link> <media:thumbnail url="image/blankicon.jpg" /> </item> --> <item> <title>PBS Nature</title> <link>http://www.metafeeds.com/channel/nature.rss</link> <media:thumbnail> <script> state = getDrawingItemState(); if (state == "focus"){ "/usr/local/etc/rss/fav_focus.jpg"; } else { "/usr/local/etc/rss/fav_unfocus.jpg"; } </script> </media:thumbnail> </item> </channel> </rss>
5. Create the directory to hold the thumbnails files for this new item:
mkdir /usr/local/etc/rss
6. At this point, the only remaining things needed are the 2 jpg thumbnail files: fav_focus.jpg, fav_unfocus.jpg. These 2 jpg files will be used in the FAT+ Internet menu so that the item appear in focus so that you can press OK and go into the RSS page. The item switches to unfocus when you navigate away to the others services in the Internet menu.
The simple thing to do is to save these 2 jpg images inserted at the end this post and copy them to /usr/local/etc/rss/ and name the first one fav_focus.jpg, the second one fav_unfocus.jpg
7. On the FAT+, exit to the main menu, and navigate to the Internet menu (or power cycle the FAT+, should work either way). The new item should now appear at the end of the Internet menu. Have fun :-)
8. To add more feeds:
- Go to metafeeds.com or other sites that people have found many Internet feeds and copy the URL (URL name should end with rss).
- Edit the menu_US.rss again to insert new item by cut/paste the last created item (PBS Nature) right after it.
- Modify the URL with the new feed URL, and title name.
At this point, you can use the same focus/unfocus JPG files, but that will be confusing because the 2 RSS feeds in the menu will look the same :-) So perhaps the best things to do is to find JPG thumbnails that you really like, make an identical copy, and use a picture editing tool (e.g. Picasa) and add the focus marker to the 1st thumbnail, and unfocus marker to the 2nd. Rename them to something like: Science_focus.jpg, Science_unfocus.jpg (if the title name is Science). Copy them to /usr/local/etc/rss, and then edit the new item in menu_US.rss to point to these 2 files.
Note that usually the RSS pages from the "feeds" site contain several video streams. Also certain streams will need new or updated SW library (e.g. rtmplib) to play, and the FAT+ does not have the SW. Some users have figured out how to add these SW to the FAT+ Mod FW 2.23 (I have to find that post and link it here).
9. To use existing RSS pack (Dm rsspack)
You can also copy some existing RSS menu (see Xlive menu from DM's rsspack mentioned in this post), and add the whole thing to your /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/savedrss/scripts/ directory. However, it's too big and barely fit inside the FAT+, so you will need an external USB drive location to store them.
I prefer to add each feed as I find an interesting one, so it will take little space from the limited memory in the FAT+. Usually a feed menu will contain several video streams so it's not too bad. Besides, Internet RSS feeds might have been obsolete, and it's frustrating to have a whole screen of RSS feeds that don't work :-).
10. Password protect your RSS feeds
If the Xlive menu is used, the menu should be password protected. There are certain feeds from metafeeds.com that are adult-oriented. To add password protected menu, again see Dm's post. In Dm's post, the Jumpstart menu script was modified to so that it requires a password to go into the page.
RSS instruction and thumbs:
Thanks ,i tried it again today and it worked.
Is there anyway i can disable power button on remote, so someone do not turn FAT+ off? Because my hard drive is connected to it and my all music files are there that is synced with itunes on my pc. I just want to disable it so noone can turn it off in my house. Is there anyway i can do it except taking that red button out from my remote 
Thank you
newuser21 wrote:Thanks ,i tried it again today and it worked.
Is there anyway i can disable power button on remote, so someone do not turn FAT+ off? Because my hard drive is connected to it and my all music files are there that is synced with itunes on my pc. I just want to disable it so noone can turn it off in my house. Is there anyway i can do it except taking that red button out from my remote
Thank you
Yes, you can, with irfake. One of our forum members has used irfake succesfully here. I did not have it in the binpack, though.
Hi Bodhi,
I've been looking into installing Deluge for torrent downloads (much more features than transmission), but once again I don't know how to go about uninstalling transmission and installing Deluge. Would you be able to help me out with that?
Thanks again
P.S. Thank you for the detailed instructions on adding custom Rss feeds. You made it SOOOO easy to get it done.
BonnieC1977 wrote:Hi Bodhi,
I've been looking into installing Deluge for torrent downloads (much more features than transmission), but once again I don't know how to go about uninstalling transmission and installing Deluge. Would you be able to help me out with that?
Thanks again
P.S. Thank you for the detailed instructions on adding custom Rss feeds. You made it SOOOO easy to get it done.
BonnieC,
I think the benefit of deluge hardly making up for the works that go into installing it. You will need to use a USB drive to do this. The FAT+ memory is almost full right now what would be the feature that you need that Transmission does not provide?
Bodhi,
My biggest problem with Transmission is queuing... If I have multiple torrents on my list for downloading I can only do one at a time and once one is finished downloading it doesn't automatically start the downloading process for the next torrent in queue.... This is a real pain since I don't really want to have to keep logging into the WebUI to start each torrent individually. Maybe there is a setting in Transmission that I'm not aware of that would fix this?
Another thing is Transmission keeps disconnecting in the middle of a download, then when I restart it via Telnet and try to resume my download I get and error saying the directory where my torrent was downloading does not exist
Hi Bodhi,
Below I'm posting all the content you asked to see.
I have also noticed that when powering the FAT+ on/off via remote the Keep-alive command and Transmission do not start up unless I reboot via Telnet... Is that normal?
Thank u for the help
Mount command:
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /tmp type ramfs (rw)
/dev/mtdblock/2 on /usr/local/Resource type squashfs (ro)
/dev/mtdblock/3 on /usr/local/etc type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/mtdblock/3 on /etc/passwd type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/mtdblock/3 on /usr/local/Resource/FreeSans.ttf type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/rd/0 on /mnt/rd type vfat (rw,nodiratime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp43
/dev/mtdblock/3 on /usr/local/Resource/ar_egbjk.ttf type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /tmp/usbmounts/sda1 type ufsd (rw,nodiratime,nls=utf8,nls=utf8,uid=0,gid=0,fmask
/dev/mtdblock/3 on /opt type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/mtdblock/3 on /etc/profile type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /usr/local/etc/transmission type ufsd (rw,nodiratime,nls=utf8,nls=utf8,uid=0,gid=0,fmask
ls -lR command:
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1:
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 9 23:33 $RECYCLE.BIN
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44902 Sep 26 2009 FreeAgentDesktopNext.ico
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 9 23:15 System Volume Information
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 67 Apr 9 23:26 autorun.inf
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 17:30 transmission
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/$RECYCLE.BIN:
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 9 23:33 S-1-5-21-1038015821-2482138329-1863963033-1000
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/$RECYCLE.BIN/S-1-5-21-10380158
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 544 Apr 9 23:33 $IK394DX.dat
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1036 Apr 7 13:32 $RK394DX.dat
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 129 Apr 9 23:33 desktop.ini
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/System Volume Information:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20480 Apr 9 23:15 tracking.log
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission:
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 10 18:59 blocklists
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 304 Apr 10 21:56 dht.dat
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:11 incomplete
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:10 movies
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 17:30 resume
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2681 Apr 12 13:29 settings.json
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 6 04:01 sources
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 155 Apr 12 17:30 stats.json
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:12 torrents
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/blocklists:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 384336 Apr 10 18:59 badpeers-blocklist.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3208 Apr 10 18:59 hijacked-blocklist.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1814656 Apr 10 18:59 level1-blocklist.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 596944 Apr 10 18:59 level2-blocklist.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 133608 Apr 10 18:59 level3-blocklist.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2461624 Apr 10 18:59 primarythreasts-blocklist.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21896 Apr 10 18:59 spyware-blocklist.bin
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete:
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 10 19:03 filename
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 10 22:17 filename
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:10 filename
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:04 filename
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 17:51 filename
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete/file
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete/file:
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete/file:
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:04 file.avi.part
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete/file.a
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 12 16:14 file.avi.part
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete/file:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 12 16:14 file.avi.part
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete/[ filename ] - file:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 743321390 Apr 12 17:35 file.avi.part
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 10 19:03 file.txt
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/incomplete/[ filename ] - file.txt:
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/movies:
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 10 03:47 file1
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 9 23:32 file2
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 9 23:33 file3
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Apr 10 00:23 file4
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/resume:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5958 Apr 11 18:13 file.64469c16b4abd42b.resume
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11342 Apr 12 17:30 file2.3621a1a57f6fc6ca.resume
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/sources:
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/torrents:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8756 Apr 11 18:12 file.64469c16b4abd42b.torrent
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29451 Apr 11 17:48 file2.3621a1a57f6fc6ca.torrent
settings.json content:
"alt-speed-down": 30,
"alt-speed-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-begin": 480,
"alt-speed-time-day": 62,
"alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
"alt-speed-up": 30,
"bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
"bind-address-ipv6": "::",
"blocklist-enabled": true,
"blocklist-url": "",
"cache-size-mb": 4,
"dht-enabled": true,
"download-dir": "/usr/local/etc/transmission/movies",
"download-limit": 100,
"download-limit-enabled": 0,
"download-queue-enabled": true,
"download-queue-size": 5,
"encryption": 2,
"idle-seeding-limit": 30,
"idle-seeding-limit-enabled": false,
"incomplete-dir": "/usr/local/etc/transmission/incomplete",
"incomplete-dir-enabled": true,
"lazy-bitfield-enabled": true,
"lpd-enabled": false,
"max-peers-global": 200,
"message-level": 2,
"open-file-limit": 1024,
"peer-congestion-algorithm": "",
"peer-limit-global": 240,
"peer-limit-per-torrent": 60,
"peer-port": 46969,
"peer-port-random-enabled": 1,
"peer-port-random-high": 65535,
"peer-port-random-low": 46012,
"peer-port-random-on-start": false,
"peer-socket-tos": "default",
"pex-enabled": true,
"port-forwarding-enabled": false,
"preallocation": 1,
"prefetch-enabled": 1,
"proxy": "",
"proxy-auth-enabled": false,
"proxy-auth-password": "",
"proxy-auth-username": "",
"proxy-enabled": false,
"proxy-port": 80,
"proxy-type": 0,
"queue-stalled-enabled": true,
"queue-stalled-minutes": 30,
"ratio-limit": 2,
"ratio-limit-enabled": true,
"rename-partial-files": true,
"rpc-authentication-required": true,
"rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
"rpc-enabled": true,
"rpc-password": "{2a4f8add91b950f19d00325554c867a5e2863279gY.faWnN
"rpc-port": 9091,
"rpc-url": "/transmission/",
"rpc-username": "bonnie",
"rpc-whitelist": "*.*.*.*",
"rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,
"scrape-paused-torrents-enabled": true,
"script-torrent-done-enabled": false,
"script-torrent-done-filename": "",
"seed-queue-enabled": false,
"seed-queue-size": 10,
"speed-limit-down": 1000,
"speed-limit-down-enabled": true,
"speed-limit-up": 30,
"speed-limit-up-enabled": true,
"start-added-torrents": true,
"trash-original-torrent-files": false,
"umask": 0,
"upload-limit": 100,
"upload-limit-enabled": 0,
"upload-slots-per-torrent": 14,
"utp-enabled": true,
"watch-dir": "/usr/local/etc/transmission/movies",
"watch-dir-enabled": 0
BonnieC,
1. First take out
"download-queue-enabled": true,
"download-queue-size": 5,
because it sounds like you don't want any queuing? let all torrents start downloading once you add it. If you ever need to postpone a torrent, keep it really simple by "Pausing" the torrent.
2. It's true that the remote power off button will stop keep-alive. I think also Transmission. There is really no way around it. If the FAT+ box is used for Transmission then it should never be turned off, anyway If you ever need to temporarily slow the traffics because Transmisison is interferring with other Internet usage then you can put it in "Turtle" mode using the Tranmission Web GUI.
Number 1 above might be related to the problem with the "directory not found". So let's see how it goes there. You should see all torrents started right after you've added them.
You might be interested in this: if you use a smart phone (iPhone or Android), then you can monitor torrents and perform most of the commands using your web browser on the phone 
Thank you Bodhi for Helping me 
in this rar file I put 3 Farsi srt file and take screenshot of them to Show how looks like farsi word on the srt file.
and put a arial.ttf font which is installed by default on my system which display farsi very well on software that soppurt UNICODE features like KMPlayer or K-lite Mega codedc pack(media player classic)
the file version of Arial that I've sent is 5.10
I'm searchig on the net and found it about arial font:
Arialarial.ttf, arialbd.ttf, arialbi.ttf and ariali.ttf)
Source: Supplied with the Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2) update. Older versions were supplied with various Microsoft products and the Smart package of Microsoft's core fonts project.
Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,674 glyphs and 909 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese.
Warning: Versions prior to 3.00 supported only the Arabic letters used for Arabic and Persian languages.
OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR)
Hamed wrote:Thank you Bodhi for Helping me
in this rar file I put 3 Farsi srt file and take screenshot of them to Show how looks like farsi word on the srt file.
and put a arial.ttf font which is installed by default on my system which display farsi very well on software that soppurt UNICODE features like KMPlayer or K-lite Mega codedc pack(media player classic)
the file version of Arial that I've sent is 5.10
I'm searchig on the net and found it about arial font:
Arial
Source: Supplied with the Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2) update. Older versions were supplied with various Microsoft products and the Smart package of Microsoft's core fonts project.
Stats: Version 3.00 has 1,674 glyphs and 909 kerning pairs Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Ajami, Azeri, Balochi, Berber, Brahui, Kazakh, Kirghiz Kurdish, Lahnda, Jawi, Pashto, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Cyrillic (Russian plus other Slavic and non-Slavic languages), Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese.
Warning: Versions prior to 3.00 supported only the Arabic letters used for Arabic and Persian languages.
OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic (default, MAR)
Hamed,
Good news! the current installation of the arial.ttf font in Mod 2.23 tar file does work with Farsi. There is no need to install another ttf file.
Now when you said it did not work, I think it might be just a matter of starting up the FAT+/GoFlexTV correctly. Try this:
- telnet into the FAT+
- at the command line, type
reboot
- wait until the FAT+ menu appear on the TV screen, select the movie file with Farsi subtitle and try to play it. If the subtitle display OK then congrats :-)
- if the subtitles did not display correctly, telnet into the FAT+ again, and type 3 commands
ps
mount
ls -l /usr/local/etc
- copy the output of all 3 commands and post here.
-bodhi
OK. So now we know why it was not working for you. If you install Mod 2.23 FW for EMEA region. You will then need to install the latest binpack to have Farsi subtitle working. The tar file was created after I've installed US version of Mod 2.23. There must be some settings in there that caused the subtitle direction to reset to left-to-right.
Try this first: reflash the EMEA Mod 2.23 FW, and telnet in and install the tar file. Immediately after installing the tar file, do a reboot by typing "reboot" at the command prompt. See if it works.
If that reboot above did not work, the problem can be only be solved by reflashing the Mod 2.23 FW for EMEA. And then download and intall the binpack manually. If you're comfortable with Linux command lines, then follow the instructions to install the binpack in the first post, don't use the tar file.
PS. When I compared the letters in the Srt subtitles file with what were being displayed on the screen, the letters looked similar. But since I don't know Farsi, I could not really tell if they were reversed :-) Since they din't look jumbled with weird graphics, I've assumed that they were OK.
