Hi all, v5 firmware has two bugs. first one is incorrect checksum and second one – brightness control. v5.1 should fix both of them. You can download it here.

Hi all, Here is long awaited firmware update for oppo 971. Changes from v1: + Now browser has 9 lines, not 6. + New Audio settings menu. + Equalizer and Sound field settings are saved on power off. + Forced pan&scan feature. Note that this mod is adopted mod for Russian bbk985 player, so second language of the firmware is Russian, not [...]

Changes from original 10-0720: + UOP removed + MPEG4 subtitles menu changed It can be downloaded from here.

Changes: Menu item “Set PBC State” in Preferences replaced with “Show all as DATA”. I think that videocd is obsolete now and I have extremely low space in firmware for new menu items If this new feature turned on player should handle all discs as data discs and show its folder structure in filebrowser. In [...]

Here is another beta firmware based on vF3 that may solve the subtitle problem. I can not reproduce this problem myself, so it is just a theoretical solution. Please post your testing results!

ID3 tag display problem solved (sort of) DVD playback position saved on Eject, Stop and Power off. Download: oppo971-F-0220.vF2.zip Update: Replaced with F2 as F1 version had a small visual bug with ID3 Tags. Update: Addded F3 version where Position saved only on Eject and Power off. Download: oppo971-F-0220.vF3.zip

+ UPOs removed. Download: oppo971-F-0302.v1.zip

Download link: oppo971-F-0220.vB1.zip Added: + easter egg: press “PSM” while playing back a movie on DVD. You’ll see a novel navigation tool.

This update fixes some (not all) bugs with ID3 tag display and adds skip functionality || to mp3 playback. Download here.

This is a beta firmware based on the original Oppo’s F-0220 fw and new ARM part with NeroDigital support. Changes are the same as for 1022.vC firmware. Download: oppo971-F-0220.v4.zip Known issues: This firmware may contain some bugs in ID3 tags display. “BBK” logo will be displayed instead of the “Oppo” logo. “New style” remote is [...]