cockroach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 17:07
Thanks Geoff, installed the BETA version as suggested.
Have some questions:
Why install a BETA and not the firmware approved on the beyonwiz.com.au/downloads/ website?
I assume/hope the BETA has some bugfixes that the webiste doesnt.
Stacks. The official firmware was released in late 2019, and there have been dozens of updates to the beta since then.
Beyonwiz officially release firmware fairly infrequently due to the fact that they have to notify people of the update, and then have to support that update and any problems that might arise as a result. Not something to be taken lightly.
The beta is provided as-is, but it recieves much more attention from the community and will always have the latest features and bug fixes.
cockroach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 17:07
Is there any limitation/issues in loading the BETA.
If you take the second step and subscribe to the beta update feed, then it does open you up to regular online updates that may have a couple of bugs in them. Those bugs will normally get fixed within the day if they are showstoppers, but there are occasional windows where an update might sneak through to end users that is no good.
The safer option is to install the beta from USB, and then not update, or even don't subscribe to the beta update feed so none of the temporary glitches make it through.
Saying all that, Beyonwiz has actually recently agreed to promote the current beta to a full release, so the beta will become official within a couple of weeks now.
cockroach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 17:07
Whilst its simple to update to the the latest firmware, its quite painfull/time consuming to set up al the personlised settings/GUI (and im sure i missed some), why cant we restore from backup? it discourages users from upgrading.
If you come from a very old version of firmware (like 16.1 series or earlier), then your settings are likely incompatible and will cause problems.
If you are updating from the 17.5 series, or one of the 19.3 series firmwares, then you *can* restore from backups.
cockroach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 17:07
Im sure these questisn DONT belong here, please advise what the correct method of finding posting these answers to get answers to these:
Is there a way to only record and keep the latest 5 recordings of a show? i.e. I want it to record daily and only keep the 5 'most recent' evening news (LIFO method)
Short answer is no. Longer answer is that you could write clever scripts to do that. Some have been developed by users, but none are really robust enough to be elevated to a standard feature. It's not the easiest feature to implement once you dig into it since the Wiz doesn't strictly know what constitutes "episodes" and has to do some guessing.
cockroach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 17:07
The start-up screen still illustrates there's an IOS app but as you would know no longer exists on the app store, so i downloaded Telly'Mote, is there a way to connect to the T4 remotely?
There are some other apps that work. They work with any "enigma2" compatible PVR.
The popular one is called "Gigablue Player". Available on IOS and Android.
cockroach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 17:07
Even with the latest firmware, i get the occasional swirly (thinking) icon in the middle of the screen, especially if the T4 is possibly doing to much, im happy to add more RAM or whatever is needed if that helps, is that possible?
That means the Wiz main GUi task is hung up waiting for something to happen in the background. This can happen if you are smashing the web interface, or if you have an Autotimer definition that has run rogue and is taking too long to process. Usually cleaning up the Autotimer definitions will fix this. Otherwise you need to work out what the Wiz is getting "stuck" on.
cockroach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 17:07
The TIVO remote was able to be pointed anywhere and it worked, the Beyonwiz has to be directly pointed at the TV, is there a better T4 remote that doesnt have to be so precise?
The the Wiz itself that's mostly at fault here. The IR sensor is buried too deeply into the front panel.
You can use an IR repeater (I have a harmony remote that uses fixed location IR blasters), or if you are super keen, modify the front panel to bring the receiver further forward.