Can someone still running 2.1 try to extract the cinema plugin pack?

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Archos ships these things with the entire cinema plugin pack installed.

Then they push the 2.2 update that not only cuts CPU speed, but also removes the plugin pack.

Now they want $15 to restore the A/V functionality with which the unit shipped.

Yeah, we can use z4root to take back the processor speed, but I haven't seen anything we can do to take back the A/V functionality.

The way I see it, this can't be viewed as piracy. The units shipped with these codecs. If someone can liberate them from the original ROM, we're simply reinstalling software that was licensed to us from the beginning.

I was just hitting the update on my second 70. What would work to extract? Like an astro app backup?

Terminal

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I typically use the terminal emulator. All you have to do is run z4root, then open terminal emulator.
type

su

(enter)
yes to root access
then copy the apk to either the internal memory or your sd card.
you can find your apps located in /data/app or /system/app or /system
so do something like this:

cd /data/app
ls *media*
(once you find the name remember it, lets say that it is com.mediacodecs)
cp ./com.mediacodecs.apk /mnt/sdcard (or /mnt/data for internal)

then use either dropbox to copy the apk to dropbox or hook it up to a computer to copy the apk off

Unfortunately, I don't think it's an APK.

I'm pretty sure it comes in Archos' proprietary AOS format, but I've got no idea what happens with it after it gets installed.

The only aos I can see is my froyo update.

The apk itself is 584K and from 9/14.

I think its not a apk, the media pack update pack is very small, it only unlocks some features in the player, the codecs are still installed.

I've played all kinds of Xvid and x264 MKV files in both 2.1 and 2.2. And the only thing it ever prompted me to buy the plugin for was for AC3 audio. And it did that in 2.1 too.

I think theres a lot of misconceptions about the AC3 playback problem - my A70 is still able to playback video with AC3 and I'm on 2.2. Everything it would play on 2.1 still plays on 2.2, however some mkv files are requesting the AC3 plugin - but as I didn't try to play these prior to upgrading and don't know if the same would have happened under 2.1. All in all its a bonus that it still plays any AC3 as it was always stated that a plugin was required, and in fact has always been req'd on archos devices . Vplayer seems to cope with mpeg2 and AC3 anyway.

I bought the plugin for 2.2 since none of my h.264 AC3 mkv's would play after the update. The same files worked on the OOB 2.1 firmware. Also, I really prefer the Archos Video app since it's performance is far better than anything else I've tried (probably because it's made to take full advantage of their hardware).

It's correct that the "plugin" that you download is only a small file (840B) that unlocks the feature already present on the device. And the unlock file is hardcoded to your serial# so it won't work on another...

so how about pulling the music and video apks and have them work on my evo?

i really do love their video player.