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vader1111

Recusant wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 29, 2024 20:38
oh what?! What do i replace it with?

My suggestion would be an IceBox: https://www.icetv.com.au/icebox/

** Full disclosure - I am a beta tester for the IceBoxes.

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Hiya, The storm makes the HDMI output glitchy. It flickers. I first thought it was the AVR, but i have the Chromecast in the AVR and there's no such behaviour. BluRay player similarly seems ok. Assuming insurance comes through (there were other things that died too), i'll be looking to replace it. ...

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1. The Ice TV Box isn't too bad for what it is, but it *IS* expensive considering they packed so much in a such a small box with a fairly low powered CPU, but they offer detailed notes on building your own. It looks like the the price is high for a four tuner box (over $500, less than $600), and I ...

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Plugin installation might be a bit problematic, since the beyonwiz domain was overtaken by the cybersquatters.

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They had a problem with auDA killing their DNS. It's back up again now.

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The IceTV servers had a minor meltdown on Friday. If you reboot your Wiz, the EPG information should now populate correctly.

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To all intents & purposes Beyonwiz has ceased trading.

Refer to this thread, for further discussion of the problem:
https://beyonwiz.com.au/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=15047

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I did a Disk Check & Format last night. Both took about a minute to run, and neither reported any problems. Looks like re-flashing the firmware solved the problem. How do you reflash the firmware on a T2 when you have no video signal coming from the T2? I have put the last firmware update on a ...

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Thanks for all the suggestions. [...] If you have a spare PC, IceBox will also have a BYOB (bring your own box) option. [...] I wonder why they (apparently) don't support (e.g.,) triple tuners which can record from 3 separate networks simultaneously. My (now ancient) Beyonwiz T2 can do that (albeit...

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The following are my own opinions, based on very limited research (reading the VU+ posts here)... The advantages of the IceBox are: Integration with IceTV. Australian plugs. Australian supplier. The disadvantage: Immature software, but development is ongoing within IceTV (as distinct from Beyonwiz, ...

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Two options seem to be gaining traction around here, in recent times. The VU+ DUO 4k or DUO2 have been mentioned in a few posts. Apparently you will need to order this from World of Satellite, in the UK. There's a bit more information on it in this thread: https://beyonwiz.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php...

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I get a "Server Not Found" error message, when I try to download the "20211010" image zip file. Looks like that part of the Beyonwiz website hasn't come back up, having gone down when the Forum did. Ah, yep - but it's still available from Peteru's server - https://www.beyonwiz.c...

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I've re-flashed the firmware, and it appears to be working correctly... for now, at least! I haven't done a Disk Check yet, because I have a recording due to start in 2 minutes, and I was concerned that the Disk Check operation wouldn't complete in time. I will do it after. Many thanks for your help...

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I turned it off & on again, using the power switch at the back of the T2. The Beyonwiz circle showed briefly on the screen, then it went blank again (and the TV is reporting No Signal). It may have "lost" the firmware - try a USB firmware flash. Use the "20211010" image, not...

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The disk is a 2.5" HDD. I don't have a caddy for testing it outside, and hence no way of running a disk check (unless the Wiz can do that for me).

What I can do is scavenge the HDD out of my other dead Wiz, which I'm reasonably certain is still functional (the HDD, that is).

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Thanks for the advice. I'll try re-flashing the firmware and re-formatting the HDD. I wouldn't worry too much about the version in my signature. I update the firmware whenever a new beta version becomes available. I can't remember the last time I updated my signature. My IceBox arrived in the mail t...

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I think my backup T2 may have died today. I came home, and went to suck down tonight's recordings. Filezilla couldn't find the device on the network, and the Router isn't listing it as one of the connected devices. I turned the TV to HDMI 3 (where the PVR is attached), and pressed the power button o...

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With HDD caddy removed...

I'm still not seeing any obvious signs of damage.

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I can't see anything obviously wrong. It's possible that the fault is one of the components hiding under the HDD - but none of those I can see appear to be bulging, cracked, or showing obvious signs of heat damage. The temperature in my house was 11 degrees, when I did the test yesterday - and the l...

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I would open the case and disconnect the hard drive before trying again. Maybe use a USB stick as storage. You may need to reflash it again. If the drive is the problem then that's an easy fix. OK... so I opened up the case, and unplugged the HDD. I then fired it up again, with a USB stick attached...

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I will try disconnecting the HDD cable on the weekend (instead of tonight), as I will have more time then. I know I need to do the following: * Open the box & unplug the HDD cable. * Plug a USB stick in (I'll use the front USB port, so I don't need to unplug the "bluey"). Do I need to ...

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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll pull the hard drive cable tomorrow, and see if that helps. I have no idea what made the "click" noise. It sounded like an old electric circuit switch. I doubt there are any moving parts under the T2's hood though, other than the hard drive. It's possible the...

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Looks like the problem is the T2. I've replaced the power supply with the one from my backup T2, and I just had exactly the same crash occur. I was in the process of setting up the T2 (having reinstalled the firmware last night). I heard a soft "Click"... and the screen went black, followe...

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Will this do the job: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224799549616?hash=item345718e8b0:g:JRIAAOSwVLZijdbL&frcectupt=true Volt Types: 12V Power Types: 3A Power Supply + 8 Tips By default it comes with a 2.1mm tip, hence the need for the 8 tips. I'm in Canberra, so dropping in to Altronics isn't an op...

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How hard is it to find a replacement power supply, if it turns out to be the problem? I don't see them listed on the Beyonwiz website. Quick trip down to Altronics, Jaycar, or similar electronics retailer will fix it. Any 12V 2A power supply with the correct DC tip (5.5mm/2.5mm) will work just fine...

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Will do. Fingers crossed it's just the power supply, not the T2 box itself.

How hard is it to find a replacement power supply, if it turns out to be the problem? I don't see them listed on the Beyonwiz website.

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I suspect my T2 may be dying... Any ideas/suggestions people can provide would be helpful. Yesterday I returned home to find that the T2 had shut itself down - it wasn't responding to power button presses on the remote, no red light showing on the front panel, OpenWebIF times out, and I couldn't acc...

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Add me to the list of VideoReDo TVSuite users. I run pretty much every single FTA recording through it - advertisements, what are they?

It's quick and easy to use, and does an excellent job of removing ads.

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I was just using an off the shelf 32GB Sandisk USB3. I might find another (older) one to try. That might be your problem. Wizzes can be very picky about which USB sticks they will recognise when flashing firmware. Anything that's USB3 is probably waay too new to work with the Wiz. The Lexar S50, av...

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Thanks vader1111 - someone had mentioned Kodi to me but I didn't know anything about it or which TV's I could install it on. I'm not sure I would have the patience for using an 'air mouse', but it's definitely worth a look for me. Are TV's running Android the only ones capable of installing Kodi? T...

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If you have a SMART TV running on Android TV, then you should be able to install Kodi. You can then setup Kodi to link to your T4 as a source, and run from there. Kodi has no problems with .ts files. However, the ability to skip is limited - you need a remote control which can act as an air mouse, a...

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I wonder how long it will take for Prime7 to wake up and bring 7Mate HD to the masses in the bush? 6 months, 12 months? Any takers? I can't find any announcement on Prime7's corporate web page ( http://www.primemedia.com.au/ ) about 7mate HD. But then I couldn't find much about it on Seven's corpor...

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I wonder how long it will take for Prime7 to wake up and bring 7Mate HD to the masses in the bush? 6 months, 12 months? Any takers?

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For Channels 7 and 9 I can access either Sydney or Central Coast services. Sometimes one service works well while the other may be pixellated, and vice versa. I'd therefore like to have autotimers for programs from channels 7 or 9 record from both services (i.e. Sydney AND Central Coast). Unforunat...

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For Channels 7 and 9 I can access either Sydney or Central Coast services. Sometimes one service works well while the other may be pixellated, and vice versa. I'd therefore like to have autotimers for programs from channels 7 or 9 record from both services (i.e. Sydney AND Central Coast). Unforunat...

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It's a bit weird. Plex is clearly recognising that these are 1080i files, and I can see that in the metadata it displays before I hit "play". However, when it goes to actually play them, it appears to be treating them as 1080p. Yes, that would make sense. Plex knows that they are interlac...

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It's a bit weird. Plex is clearly recognising that these are 1080i files, and I can see that in the metadata it displays before I hit "play". However, when it goes to actually play them, it appears to be treating them as 1080p. I spent quite a while fiddling with the VideoReDo settings, tr...

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I recently purchased a new TV (TCL 65P8M). It's an Android TV, and installing Plex was one of the first things I did when I was setting it up yesterday. I started to play a show I'd previously recorded and edited, and the picture was terrible. I quickly figured out that Plex just didn't like playing...

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It sounds like you probably want a network configuration similar to mine. I have a modem/router (ASUS DSL-AC68U) in the lounge, which is connected to the NBN. The location is dictated by proximity to the NBN box on the wall. In the kitchen I have a Netgear AC2200 Nighthawk X4S WiFi range extender. T...

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I don't get any message about invalid forms, but I do find that I need to login twice when using Chrome on my work computer. For a long while there I couldn't login at all using Firefox, but I managed to login successfully last night so I assume that problem has been fixed.

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adoxa wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:07
What does one of those timer's log (select a timer, press INFO) have to say?

Sadly, I can't tell you. I have the completed timers delete setting set to 1 day, so the last of the Sunday timers will be gone by the time I get home from work tonight.

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IceTV right? Perhaps they were initially sent as premieres, then a later EPG change marked them as repeats? For all the timers on the machine for the last two days? That'd depend on how many timers were set for ABC & SBS, but I agree it's a stretch. Perhaps they were all deletes followed by rec...

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IceTV right? Perhaps they were initially sent as premieres, then a later EPG change marked them as repeats? For all the timers on the machine for the last two days? All timers on that machine, from Wed to Sunday were affected (until I rebooted the machine last night). That was a mix of IceTV and Au...

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Grumpy_Geoff wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:23
IceTV right?
Perhaps they were initially sent as premieres, then a later EPG change marked them as repeats?

The problem doesn't appear to be IceTV related. Several of the timers affected were Auto Timers.

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My T2s are both running the last 17.5 beta. I think they're running 20190206, but I'm not at home to verify. I recently had a weird issue with the timers on one of the T2s - the other remains unaffected. I returned home from holiday to discover that the T2 hadn't done any recordings in the previous ...

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Sorry - one more dumb question. Does it support IceTV which I have been using for years and really like? On the web site some products explicitly state that they support IceTV but as far as I can see its not shown for the U4. Cheers Beyonwiz machines work much, much, better with IceTV than Topfield...

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So 3 MB/s is common! Looks like routers deliberately throttle each connection for no apparent reason! Routers aren't usually the fastest processors out there. My FritzBox 7390 apparently has a single 500MHz MIPS core. It's not going to win any performance races, and the file server may have a low I...

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So 3 MB/s is common! Looks like routers deliberately throttle each connection for no apparent reason! Routers aren't usually the fastest processors out there. My FritzBox 7390 apparently has a single 500MHz MIPS core. It's not going to win any performance races, and the file server may have a low I...

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