The FireCore Development team have recently tweeted that they have updated aTV Flash (Black) to version 1.1.

In aTV Flash (Black) v1.1 you can expect numerous improvements, including custom view options, web page auto-load, playback improvements, and a huge pile of bug fixes. You can read more about the main improvements present in aTV Flash (Black) v1.1 below:

  • New View Options: Generally it has been apparent that people love aTV Flash (Black)’s grid view, but there is some circumstances where a media types list may be more practical. Thus, it is now possible to set different views for specific folders. Additionally, a minor change is that you can sort by date view, which will cause the most recent media to appear at the top.
  • Improved Couch Surfer with Auto-Start: The Couch Surfer features has been greatly improved and not features auto-start. This feature enables the AppleTV to automatically load a ‘homepage’ anytime it’s powered on. This allows the AppleTV to be used as a low-cost digital signage solution.

If you would like to check out the full changelog for aTV Flash (Black) v1.1, you can look below:

  • Added support for .IMG files
  • Added option to mark specific folders as grid or list view
  • Added subtitle position setting
  • Added support for larger thumbnail images
  • Added support for UTF-8 paths in DVD files
  • Added web page auto-loading feature
  • Added screen position setting in Couch Surfer
  • Added show/hide menus option
  • Improved audio synchronization in DVD and AVI files
  • Improved metadata fetching logic
  • Improved filenames parsing logic
  • Improved playlist logic that marks files as watched
  • Improved buffering performance
  • Improved ISO files handling (resolved network error warning)
  • Improved error handling for DVD files
  • Improved growl notifications display logic for audio files
  • Improved warning messages for unplayable files
  • Improved grid view stability
  • Improved fanart loading
  • Improved memory management
  • Improved installation routine
  • Improved installer device detection
  • Resolved issues with long DNS names
  • Resolved issue with extra period appearing at the end of some DNS names
  • Resolved crash observed when audio subsystem could not be initialized
  • Resolved issues with chapter handling logic
  • Minor UI improvements
  • Many other miscellaneous fixes

If you are interested in purchasing aTV Flash (Black) 1.1 for your Apple TV 2G for a price of $29.95 you can click here. Have you already purchased aTV Flash (Black)? Then you can download the new 1.1 version after logging into your account.

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