Beyonwiz Australia

bruce

Grumpy_Geoff wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:32
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It appears to have gone offline after 28-Dec 4pm WST (last successful check here, it was down by 5pm).

Thanks for the quick answer. I might try again next year, happy new year all.

bruce

I've just upgraded one of my U4's to 19.3 and neither the check for software updates nor the plugin download functions seem to work. Network connectivity is fine but when I go to 'Software Manager|Check for Updates' I get 'Please wait' for about 10 secs and then 'A background upgrade check is in pro...

bruce

... Those figures would suggest that WOL is pretty much useless from a power consumption point of view. :cry: Just did some measurements of the U4 (I couldn't find the consumption figures posted anywhere) and the situation has improved a bit. WOL still costs a lot more watts but there is a signific...

bruce

And yet another very satisfied customer! Mark sent me the caps and, with the reassurance I felt knowing that worst case I could pack up the PSU and send it to him, I dived in and repaired my S1 power supply. I'd forgotten what the display looked like it'd been so long since I'd seen it. USB is worki...

bruce

Get out your digital camera Turn it on so you can see picture through the LCD screen on the camera Point the top of the remote at the CCD lense of the camera and press a button If the remote is working, you will see a white flash on the LCD screen of the camera each time you push a button on the re...

bruce

IanSav wrote:01.05.346 does also include improvements/fixes to the Beyonwiz editing code.

Oh good. Thanks Ian.. I'm glad my optimism has some basis in fact.

bruce

I've long had this problem doing only top and tail trimming so in my case it has been unrelated to multiple edits within a single block. It has occurred relatively rarely and seemed to occur less frequently if I occasionally rebooted the unit. However, it has not yet happened since I installed 346 (...

bruce

Dave? wrote:....It's been a long time since we worked on that version.
There is a newer version coming that monitors the file size in a completely different way, so problems like these should then be a thing of the past.

Is there any news on a newer version than 1.1.0.60? I keep getting the TIMER1CTDOWN error.

bruce

Thanks Gully, I thought power failures used to ask whether to do a chkdsk and with no reply simply dismissed the request. Luckily I don't have them often but this time I didn't even notice the prompt - it was already busy doing the chkdsk when I first noticed it was back on. Clearly my memory is as ...

bruce

I just had a power failure and when the power returned I noticed my DP-H1 (which had been on at the time) automatically doing a chkdsk. This is with firmware 01.05.321. Is there any chance that W14(a)(ii) (Time and power management improvements, as follows...after a power interruption, the unit shou...

bruce

sounds like a refurbished unit It was a Harvey Norman display unit. It had been sitting on top of a stack of Beyonwiz's back when HN used to sell stacks of Beyonwiz's. They'd lost the box but they still had the cables, manual and remote still in their little sealed plastic bags. I purchased it in 1...

bruce

The most recent DP-P1 I bought was $400 including an extended warranty. I'd be haggling if the ticket price is $599.

bruce

I note that it seems the the BoM may have decommisioned the Melbourne (University) Radar, and now the primary radar is the Melbourne Airport. The BOM site says "The Melbourne (Laverton) radar is currently off line due to technical difficulties. The radar is being put through a series of rigoro...

bruce

File play vs chase play is strangely inconsistent. Chase play allows you to use EPG or WizTV buttons; but playing the same active recording from the file player does not. And the progress bar is completely different depending on whether you are chase playing a live recording or have played from the ...

bruce

IanSav wrote:Are you so sure about this?

No. It was just my assumption that the code was developed in Korea. I'm happy to be corrected if the development is being done in Australia.

bruce

I agree it's a dilemma. But part of the problem is surely that the development is offshore and out of reach of our tv network transmitters. So the code that we keep calling beta code sometimes isn't far removed, testing wise, from alpha code. My expectations of beta code are less than they are of pr...

bruce

... The problem is the release of firmware yet again without any time for testing. ... Sigh . Sorry I just don't understand your sigh. Your link is to a post from someone saying "How about releasing the firmware with the proviso that we all acknowledge its a Beta and will probably have bugs&qu...

bruce

...Can you please stop carrying on about the FTA EPG and blaming Beyonwiz. If you directed as much effort to chasing Channels 2 and 10 to fix their EPG data this whole event would be solved for *everyone*. Beyonwiz spent a large amount of time and effort to get the EPG processing correct for this r...

bruce

308 was the only beta I saw between 301 and 320 and it included the fix for the weather map issue. However there's another complication and that is that the Melbourne radar site is offline until 12/2. The IDR023 image is unavailable but the Melb Airport Radar (IDR513) is working fine. Unfortunately ...

bruce

I'm not sure about 308, but I've done some fairly large (~20-30GB) copies from my S1's HDD to USB HDD on some of the more recent betas without any problems like that. The only problem I had was on once 312 or 313 when I entered the file browser from the POPUP>Move menu in the file player, the GUI h...

bruce

I was kindly supplied the 308 beta firmware to assist with the DP-H1 problem that requires a USB drive to be connected but have found a problem with it. Trying to copy from either a DP-S1 or DP-P1 using 308 firmware to a USB connected 500GB drive sometimes hangs the Beyonwiz, and sometimes the bw ju...

bruce

I have put a WD Caviar Green 1TB (WD10EADS) in the unit. It is working fine but seems to be a bit noisy when seeking. Check out http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/t/65275.aspx and you might be able to quieten the noisy seeks using WinAAM (or perhaps there is a tool at wd.com) to manage the acoustic m...

bruce

Yep 308 is a beta. I'm not part of the beta testing group but when I contacted the Beyonwiz tech support by phone recently they were kind enough to send it to me. I had been trying to get the H1 problem caused by 301 fixed (the one where a USB drive was needed to be able to use WizPNP) but now that ...

bruce

Whether it's coincidence or not all weather images are refreshing happily now that I am running 308 firmware (on an S1, H1 and two P1's).

bruce

So have you rung them up and asked for it? If it matters that much ... Well, err, no actually. I have asked before about getting beta firmware but I didn't realise that the beta group shipments were done directly from the lab or that the local people were so friendly and helpful over the phone. Kud...

bruce

I thought he was discussing the .302 f/w that turned up as if by magic on the returned beastie? Thank you. Exactly right. 301 breaks my H1 in June and in November they still haven't made public 302 which supposedly fixes the WizPNP problem. Yet they *do* make it available on a serviced machine. And...

bruce

My guess is their thinking is a quick temporary fix for a customer and then in a few days/weeks/months release the hopefully cleaned up beta. In other words I think they were trying to do you a favour. You're kidding surely. The 301 firmware breaks every H1 trying to use WizPNP in early June and in...

bruce

If 302 is good enough to install on a serviced machine why isn't it good enough to make available for download? I just don't get their thinking.

bruce

...A firmware bug should cause lots more people to be having issues Perhaps it is indeed a firmware bug but is a feature not used by many people. I know people with Beyonwiz's that aren't even network connected so they won't be troubled by the bug. I have 2 P1's, an S1 and an H1 (all at 301) and *a...

bruce

...I look forward to the firmware release that contains the daylight saving start and finish times for all time zones/locations so, like all PC?s this becomes automatic... Actually I hope a better implementation is added one day. Not one that has hard coded values for every location; but an easily ...

bruce

...They are all present but no longer editable. The system thinks the timers are all active and hence won't let me edit them. I don't know if they are still capable of running.... Same here. DCM to me is still something that needs more work. My channel 9 timers wouldn't let me edit them but as soon...

bruce

Indeed I was misreading server as client given the importance of the bug affecting the H1 as a client and the fact that it remains unfixed.

bruce

...Bonus for DP-H1 users - WizPnP server mode can be enabled on a DP-H1 with an external recording HDD. :) ... I still reckon it's appalling that fixed firmware wasn't released immediately the source of this problem was identified. If a workaround hadn't been possible for this problem it would have...

bruce

It is possible that disabling, then re-enabling WizPnP on the H1 may fire up the service. To do this, you need to go to Setup>Network>WizPnP, select Disable for the Client, then EXIT back to the Network sidebar, then re-enter WizPnP configuration, select Enable, then EXIT again to the sidebar or ri...

bruce

I can also confirm DP-H1 cannot see the DP-S1 after both were upgraded. Downgrading the firmware on the H1 fixes the issue and can see the S1 Content which is running .301 firmware And I can also confirm the same. My H1 at 301 couldn't see either a P1 or S1. The P1 and S1 could see each other just ...

bruce

I can also confirm DP-H1 cannot see the DP-S1 after both were upgraded. Downgrading the firmware on the H1 fixes the issue and can see the S1 Content which is running .301 firmware And I can also confirm the same. My H1 at 301 couldn't see either a P1 or S1. The P1 and S1 could see each other just ...

bruce

In Melbourne "Criminal Minds" started at 8.30pm but was a double episode and went until 10.30pm. It was a repeat though. Old enough to have had Mandy Patinkin in it.

bruce

...further investigation revealed the mainboard was the issue. 2 capacitors replaced and a faulty Voltage Regulator and the bwiz is all back to normal. Thanks again Warkus for the repair ... you rock! Great news Reaper88, would you or Warkus care to post the details of the capacitors/regulator on t...

bruce

.....Is your DP-S1 using the wireless interface?..... Hi Ian, Nope, all 3 units (S1/P1/H1) are connected by cable. At the moment the S1 is working like a charm running 261 - it's just that it's a charm that knows nothing about serving recordings from folders and is seriously challenged in the skipp...

bruce

prl wrote:...I may be able to do some testing on my setup on the weekend. I can only test S1->H1 streaming, though.

Thanks Peter,
I'd appreciate any testing you can do of an S1 serving to an H1 client.

bruce

Is there a version that supports folders available yet? Beyonwiz.com's download area has ver 1.0.1.4, and I'm currently using 1.0.1.14 (can't remember where I got it from).

bruce

Hi Peter, I did mention already that the problems are now with SD recordings; but I hadn't mentioned that I've already tried with the server in a menu and it doesn't help. Disabling client access did help. And yes, there is a difference in transfer speed with transfers from a PC file share - 280 is ...

bruce

Thanks Ian,

Do you have any idea why Beyonwiz wouldn't want beta testers with multiple units? I know I've offered to help with testing and exaplained that I had 3 machines (S1/P1/H1) and could assist with testing between the various units. But my offers were to no avail.

bruce

Well I've downgraded the S1 to 261 and gone back to 280 and then back to 261 again. Streaming works perfectly between an S1 @ ver 261 and a P1 and H1 @ ver 280. Any which way you can imagine works flawlessly with an SD recording. As soon as the S1 was running 280 again the problems returned. I'm def...

bruce

....I'm not sure that it's new. Thanks DG, The bits that I think are new are that it's occurring with SD recordings and quite often the recording won't even start playing. Just a long hesitation, the almost instantaneous blink of an Unrecognized Format error msg appearing and disappearing and I'm s...

bruce

I believe there is a new problem with the 280 firmware and serving files from the DP-S1 (not from the P1 however). The problem is that when using either an H1 or P1 as a client to play a recording being served by an S1 the recording (just SD) either hiccups and stops, or doesn't start at all and giv...

bruce

It's particularly galling to have a contributor like SomebodyElse slagged by a so-called moderator when they have put so much effort into highlighting the major flaws with the Beyonwiz range. I'm really surprised so many of us were willing to commit to the dream rather than simply dumping the boxes ...

bruce

Thanks Ian, yep now I understand. You're working on the assumption that a useful return code is either very difficult, or even impossible, to extract from the Sigma code. I'm working on the assumption that a return code of some value would be returned. I guess unless the developer(s) explain the iss...

bruce

While I don't agree with most of what Bruce posted...... Do you really consider the preview video was a higher priority piece of work than adding some diagnostic code to help explain why "unrecognized" media files are unrecognised? I accept that appears to be your view; but I am still sur...

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