Update to latest Firmware 46.2.1131 on A600GS causing issues

[Rusty Breadbin]

I just updated my A600GS firmware to 46.2.1131, the latest version with the video player, and after updating things have become a little strange.

Here's what happened:
I updated the system though the nomrmal update as usual, and it all appeared to update as normal.
After the reboot, the startup sound played as normal, but instead of the "Press any key or button to start" screen appearing, it instead went straight back into the update screen stating it was updating the "avcodec.lhapps" while playing the startup sound again (see first attached picture). After 2-3 minutes of sitting in this screen, I assumed the worst and that the system had hung, and power cycled the system.

After it booted up and played the startup sound, once again it went straight back into the system update screen updating the avcodec again (no repeated startup sound this time), but this time after about 20 seconds it finished and was showing the Amisphere screen.
The system now does this on all subsequent bootups, going straight into the system update avcodec screen for about 20 seconds before exiting to the Amisphere screen.

I have recorded a video on my phone of the bootup process and uploaded it to youtube:

https://youtu.be/vCehbMl-Qu4

I cut two screens from the video where it goes from the bootup into the update due to it stating my real name and email address there, I have posted these two screens (with name and email blanked) below where it transitions from the bootup into the update. I also cut it showing the Amisphere screen at the end of the process for the same reason, after the end of the video is where it exits to the Amisphere screen.

After it exists out of the system update to the Amisphere screen, the A600 appears to work without issue, all my games and apps run, and AmiBench is also working, however when trying to play the Viva_Amiga trailor, either by double clicking the icon directly from the Video drawer in the Programs drive, or loading it through the video player (both methods) result in the A600GS crashing out of AmiBench and back to the A600 main menu.

I have also tried manually updating the avcodec.lhapps in the advanced update, but still the same issues with the system going straight back into the system update screen on every bootup and the AmiBench video player not workinjg.

Was the firmware update corrupt somehow, or did it not work properly when my A600 updated it? And how would I be able to resolve this issue? I just don't want to turn on my A600GS one day to it not working at all.

[broadblues]

AVCodec is installed after the reboot in some cases as the needed permissions are not setup of older images. It does take a bit longer the some of the other updates.

By interrupting the update you have put it into an unknown state, it may be that one part of the system believes the update is successful, while the other still can't find the needed components, and so tries to install them.

I'm going to have to think about how to fix this :-/ .....

Probably the fix is to purge avcodec and then reinstall, but I don't want to force that for everybody.

Typing that I've had an idea, will get back to you....

The crash when starting PlayVideo without avcodec installed was just fixed, (I though I had fixed it before but missed an underscore....)

[broadblues]

Please try the following.

Restart the A600GS menu from the sidebar menu.

It should start to update again as before, I've modified the script to purge before installing, which will take no time at all if not installed.

Please be patient and do not switch off the machine mid update....

[NickLM71]

Exactly the same issue that I've been having. I'll try this tonight, thanks

[NickLM71]

Just tried this again tonight, selected restart from the shutdown/reset menu, it restarts but keeps saying fetching the avcodec for about 20/30 seconds then goes straight to the Amishphere profile page.

Thanks,

Nick.

[Rusty Breadbin]

So I restarted the menu from the sidebar as instructed, and same as before (and as NickM71 is experiencing), I saw a different notification (didn't see what it said though as it disappeared almost instantly) before it went to the "Fetching avcodec" screen as beforehand, once again it stayed on this screen for about 20 seconds before exiting to the Amisphere profile page.

Playing mp4 in AmiBench still exits to the A600GS menu and this "update" happens everytime I reboot or restart the menu.


Thanks for the help so far

EDIT: I just waited a whole half hour after restarting the menu and it automatically doing the update, still no good, AmiBench still exiting to the menu when attempting to play mp4, and system still attempting to do the update everytime

[NickLM71]

Same for me with the other notification, it popped up for a fraction of a second before going to the fetching avcodec message.

Thanks.

Nick.

[Rusty Breadbin]

Not sure if that 1135 firmware update was trying to help me or not, thank you if it was, but after updating it's still trying to "Fetching avcodec" on every startup. The only thing that has changed is Amibench now doesn't crash out back to the system menu when trying to play a mp4.

At this point, I'm prepared to open my A600GS up and do a factory reset on the SD card if that might be the best option (it's looking like it).
Just furnish me with all the required files and instructions on how to do it.

[balrog74]

Here's something I've noticed.
I have a Drawer based custom setup for an A1200 running OS 3.2.3. Seemingly since this past update it has been crashing on startup with an error 8700 0000. I thought I may have done something to the config so restored from backup, but the issue continued.
My original setup had the Include Global System46 and Include Global Programs options selected. I discovered that deselecting Include Global System46 allowed the setup to boot correctly again.

[NickLM71]

Same for me, I've updated to 1135 but still getting the fetching avcodec message on every start up (but Amibench not crashing when trying to run the .mp4 file).

Thanks,

Nick.

[broadblues]

Here's something I've noticed.
I have a Drawer based custom setup for an A1200 running OS 3.2.3. Seemingly since this past update it has been crashing on startup with an error 8700 0000. I thought I may have done something to the config so restored from backup, but the issue continued.
My original setup had the Include Global System46 and Include Global Programs options selected. I discovered that deselecting Include Global System46 allowed the setup to boot correctly again.

That suggest that boot priority your 3.2 system partition was set to 1 or less so that SystemV46 booted on the wrong ROM,

[balrog74]

That suggest that boot priority your 3.2 system partition was set to 1 or less so that SystemV46 booted on the wrong ROM,

Hi @broadblues ,

The boot priority of my directory was 1, SystemV46 defaults to 0 (I'm not able to change the boot priority on the Global volumes). Even with my boot pri set to 10 I still have the crash.

Thanks

[broadblues]

Can you verify that the 3,2 ROM is still available in the dropdown list?

[balrog74]

Can you verify that the 3,2 ROM is still available in the dropdown list?

Yes, the 3.2.3 ROM is selected in the list (A1200.47.115)

[SkulleateR]

Nearly the same problem here (at first) after trying to update from 46.2.1069 to 46.2.1135 ... solved it by doing the complete update through the advanced feature, first without the avcodec (but all other packages) and after reboot (turned the auto login OFF) with JUST the avcodec package !