HP MediaSmart ex485 / ex487 v2.5 update now available

Thanks are due to EHD reader Matthew for letting us know the much-anticipated v2.5 update to HP's MediaSmart ex485 / ex487 model home servers has been waiting for us on its website for a few days now. In case you missed it, this patch adds a whole load of new features like automatic video conversion, iPhone streaming and other improvements detailed here. The patch itself? A click of the read link and a 24MB download away.

[Thanks, Matthew]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 12:21AM]

pretty flowers

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 6:34AM]

Boo for not upgrading the EX470

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 10:37AM]

I second that Boo

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:35AM]

So... The client in the link is for 64-bit architecture. The 485 and 487s aren't running a 64-bit OS! I can't install the file, and my home server (485) doesn't see the upgrade through it's built-in upgrade client.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:39AM]

Wait a second... The link is actually for a client update.

What? This isn't a server-side update?

I'm confused...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:44AM]

HA! OK... Aside from loving myself enough to reply twice, there's some choice info from WeGotServed:

http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2009/04/21/hp-mediasmart-server-istream-released-v25-update-on-the-way/

A choice quote from the article says that the 2.5 update is 213MB. It looks like the update linked in this article is just the 64-bit client update to support the full 2.5 server-side update, which is yet to be released.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.