ViP722 got new SW - L4.42

[Smith P.]

PID: 08B4h, ID: 21KC, FW: L442, Model: ViP722
Wed Aug 15 23:26:28 2007
DownloadID:'21KC'
Upgrading FW:
'L442': 'ABA1'- 'BWE1' 'L040'- 'L441'
'L442': 'ABA1'- 'BWE1' 'L040'- 'L441'
New FW:'L442'
List of BootStraps and BuildConfigs:
'1[3-8]1[AB0-6]' 'RJ[KLNP][A-DJ]'
IRD Model: ViP722
List of Serial Numbers:
[2] 1-4000000000

No 622 affected.

 

[dfergie]

Hmmmmm ... wonder what it does ?

 

[Smith P.]

We have a couple persons who claim a posession of 722 - lets they speak out.

 

[ralfyguy]

Tracking shows mine will arrive Tuesday. I'll take pix of internals then.

 

[KKlare]

Why did they say leased 722 must be installed on Sunday at that?

I'm taking owned 921 off account rather than get $10 for my $900+. Will have to return original but unused 501 per the 4 leased tuners limit as I have a 622 leased. As you can guess I'm quite familiar with separator from DPP44 on 921 and 622 and no cabling will be needed.

-Ken

 

[bnwbass]

We have a couple persons who claim a posession of 722 - lets they speak out.

I have had my 722 since Monday, I'll check SW when I get Home but when it was installed I had L4.41. Is there any description on what is changed in L4.42?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Here are the release notes for L442

* fix for 722 FF trick modes being too fast

* possible fix for the external hard drive archive authorization problem where even with the authorization the pop-up was still appearing

 

[ralfyguy]

So there must be quiet some HW differences other than the HDD, otherwise the 622 would need the update.

 

[Smith P.]

I bet they did change BCM7411 to 7412.

 

[Pepper]

more likely they are trying to fix the problems, spooling to a group they mostly have control of before making us 622 users even more angry.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I bet they did change BCM7411 to 7412.

Correct.

One of the changes is that the chip has a different version of VC1 then the 622.

I just found this out last night.

 

[drjdan]

What is the VC1?

Will the model 622 be discontinued?

 

[blueaurora]

VC1 is the mpeg 4 video codec that is used the most.

 

[Smith P.]

VC1 is the mpeg 4 video codec that is used the most.

I'm very sceptical of the most using part if we still at Dish forum - tell me how many 622s installed ? How many of them still sit in warehouses ?
But according the leak 7411 doesn't do well VC-1 decompression.

 

[ralfyguy]

So in fact the 722 might be a better receiver than the 622 overall. If the BCM7412 does better Mpeg4 decompression, then this could be one of the reasons for the BSOD on the 622's when on HD channels.

 

[d777jj]

When I went to the Tech. Portal it showed this for the Vip 622
But if I look at my 622 it's still at L4.41.
Shouldn't everybody be at L4.42 or am I reading this wrong

8/16/2007: 0959 Software Version L4.42 for ViP 622 DVR Effective Thursday, August 16th, Engineering has spooled the PARTIAL PHASE of software version L4.42 for the ViP 622 DVR receiver. This is primarily a non-forced maintenance release available at ALL satellite locations.
At this time L4.42 will be the valid software version for the ViP 622 DVR.

Thanks

 

[Hall]

According to a post from P Smith, everyone should (or will) have rec'd L442 on their 622 receivers overnight.

 

[navychop]

Will the model 622 be discontinued?

They announced on the chat that the ViP 722 REPLACES the ViP622. I'm sure they'll use up the ViP622s that they have, and that the receiver will be around for a long time.

I'm still hoping to find out if the ViP722 has a better mounting for the HDMI connector.

 

[Smith P.]

When I went to the Tech. Portal it showed this for the Vip 622
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Thanks

Just want to inform you - we have separate thread for 622. Thanks.

 

[Smith P.]

According to a post from P Smith, everyone should (or will) have rec'd L442 on their 622 receivers overnight.

It was slight omission in that report - night shift disadvantage.