Beyonwiz Australia

Jeddie

I wanted to watch some of my holiday videos (mp4) over my network on my big screen TV. Movies reside on my PC. Some of the videos appear upside down or even sideways on the TV. They all play correctly when I watch them on my PC. After googling I found that some (most) TV don't respect the 'rotation ...

Jeddie

Anybody?

Jeddie

Hi all, So I have my U4 connected to Samsung TV in lounge room. U4 is on my home network. Just bought another TV (Sony) which will be located in Media room. This TV is on my home network as well. From my new TV I can see my recorded programmes via 'miniDLNA Server'. All good. Just want to check I am...

Jeddie

Thanks Paul.

How do you edit a movie? Do you use BW editor or do you use 3rd party app on your PC?

Jeddie

Well its happened again.

I was playing a downloaded movie tonight and it stopped part way through, returning to the Media folder.

I have played this movie before without a problem.

Any ideas?

Jeddie

**Bump** More info; I have 2 x PC's connected to my network wirelessly. They are both located much further from router than the WA120/ Network switch/ TV, BW, Squeezebox. No drop outs at all. Would really appreciate some assistance to try and work out my above 3 device only drop out of my network? P...

Jeddie

Thanks Ian.

Have done further testing and am happy to say FTA recordings play back fine.

One of the faulty movies does playback ok now.

The other faulty movie freezes as before. So it must be that file that has the problem.

So all good!

Jeddie

I copied 2 x movies from PC to the MOVIE folder on my U4. When playing 2 movies tonight, my U4 has started to freeze at a particular point in each movie. It freezes then reverts to the Movies folder. I have watched these movie on the U4 before without issue. Also I checked them on my PC just now and...

Jeddie

Try different wireless control channels on your wireless router. Use a wireless analyser app on your phone (such as "WiFiman" by Ubiquiti Inc.) to see the local channel use. If you're using a TL-WA1201 "V2" (version 2) check to see if you're using the latest firmware - TL-WA1201...

Jeddie

So I bought the TL-WA1201 and connected my TV, Beyonwiz & Squeezebox. It works but......? I find after a day or 2, when I try to view any content via the network (ie SBS on Demand via TV, view movie folder on BW from my PC, etc) it does not work, I get error messages saying can't connect. All 3 ...

Jeddie

Thanks guys for the usual helpful advice!

Jeddie

Thanks Paul. I notice the dongle on Nasa website does not mention U4? https://www.nasaelectronics.com.au/product-page/xtremar-wifi-dongle-for-beyonwiz-t2-t3-t4-and-topfield-pvr-s Yes, but wouldn't pull the skin off of a rice pudding. Way too slow for file transfers. My suggestion to you is to use a...

Jeddie

Thanks Paul.

I notice the dongle on Nasa website does not mention U4?
https://www.nasaelectronics.com.au/prod ... ield-pvr-s

Do you know if it will on my U4?

Jeddie

Hi all, My questions above were asking about connecting my U4 to my network ia ethernet. Well since then I have moved house and wish to connect U4 via wifi to my home network. My goal is to be able to transfer files from the PC to the U4's harddisk (Like I did before). It seems I need a wifi dongle?...

Jeddie

Thanks Mr Quade.

Turning it off/on worked. I thought it would but just wanted to be sure.

Jeddie

Hi all,

I have just moved house and am setting up my U4. I just plugged it in and turned it on and the front screen is stuck on "Loading...".

It has been sitting like this for at least an hour. Was working perfectly at my previous house.

Can you please assist?

Jeddie

Grumpy_Geoff wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 31, 2021 22:27
Fixed?

Yep all good. Thanks for your help.

Jeddie

Yes I stayed on ABC service for extended period.

I don't use Ice TV?

P.S Am located in Sydney.

Jeddie

I have the following channels in my favorite > ABCHD, ABC Kids & ABCMe. However the EPG is completely blank? All other channels appear correctly. The ABC channels all show 'Live TV' without issue. I checked the EPG for above using my TV tuner and they appear correctly. So it is something to do w...

Jeddie

Thanks Prl.

I had already enabled channel numbers in the channel selection list (MENU>Setup>TV>Channel selection>Show channel numbers in channel list and infobar)

What I'm asking is; How do I see whether channel 10 in my favourite is using channel 1 or channel 15?

Jeddie

I have just rescanned my TV to get 10 Shake. After scanning 10HD is now on Channel 1. I thought it was moved to channel 15? So I thought I would check the BW. I have 10 HD, 10 Peach, 10 Bold, 10 Shake etc saved in my Bouquet (along with channels 9, 10, SBS, ABC) Maybe I'm blind but I can't seem to f...

Jeddie

Thank you both. I'll give it a shot.

Jeddie

I would like to set my default Autotimers to record only from my Favorites. I only have 1 favorite list.

I have read several threads and for the life of me, I cannot get it to stick in the autotimer default settings?

Could I trouble you guys for some step by step instructions please?

Jeddie

I can see my post was maybe a little confusing.

I was referring to movies I had copied in 'movies' folder and then subsequently deleted.

Are they treated the same as a recorded TV programme?

It seems they are.

Thanks for the quick replies.

Jeddie

Hello all, Just curious about the setting > "Remove items from trash after x days"? I understand it applies to recorded TV programmes. But what about movies I have copied from my PC and dropped into 'Movies' folder? These movies maybe .mp4 or .avi for example. Does this setting apply to al...

Jeddie

I have used autotimers only once before and to be honest I am a little overwhelmed with all the settings. I have read 'autotimers are cool'. So tonight I setup an autotimer for a show on SBS. I think one of my filters was an 'exact match' for the timespan. But I can't be sure what time this programm...

Jeddie

Thanks GG

All good now.

Jeddie

Hello all, I just went to start my U4 from Standby using remote and there is no response from U4? Remote control is lighting up ok & yes it is on STB. I can't connect via Openwebif? It says 'Site can't be reached'. I tried to press the red button on the front of the U4 and nothing happens? Inter...

Jeddie

For a scan of just the Seven Network - Zap live TV to any service from the Seven Network. Press MENU>>Setup>>Tuners>>Manual Scan Type of scan - Predefined transponder Clear before scan - no GREEN/Scan Once the scan has completed, press OK and exit back to live TV, you'll then be using the Last scan...

Jeddie

Thought I would re-visit this.

I had to add SBS World Movies channel manually. I did a full scan and re-did my Favorites. The U4 did not automatically update the new channel..

So now I would like to add 7mate HD without having to do a full re-scan.

How do I do a partial scan for 7mate HD?

Jeddie

Hello all I haven't connected my U4 to my home network yet. If I did connect, I am wondering if the U4 can display all my photos from my Win 10 PC? Both PC & BW are on same network using ethernet cable. The photos are located in seperate folders named by year (eg 2018, 2019 etc) on PC. I would l...

Jeddie

I know I'm banging on about this.

But are we agreed this is a bug?

And if so, would it be fixed in some future firmware? Just curious on the process from here.

PS I know this is relatively small bug & may not warrant any action.

Jeddie

What I am saying Prl is this; * I don't have time shift enabled. * When I start a recording of a programme (either by EPG or Rec > Add timer) that has already begun , the 'spinning wheel' appears as expected. But when that programme finishes the 'spinning wheel' remains until I perform shutdown/rebo...

Jeddie

I have been monitoring when the spinning red wheel appears.

The spinning wheel appears (and stays on until I shutdown/reboot) when I record a programme that has already started.

Is this bug? Anyone else see this?

Jeddie

But you may not need this Samba access if you'll just be requiring adhoc access to the logs, as you can copy the log files off to a USB thumb drive (or a PC share if setup) by using File Commander on the Wiz (MENU>>Sources / Files), or by using FTP access (assuming you've set a network password on ...

Jeddie

Firmware = 17.5.20190207 (17.5-819-gdd3f1fa)

In the post you linked to; What is > "Then also alter your smb_user.conf to have a share on that directory."
And how do I do this?

Jeddie

Grumpy_Geoff wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 11, 2019 16:47

If you want this checked further, I think you'll have to enable debug logging. That way we might be able to identify what is stopping the shut down action.

It didn't run again last night (Thurs)?

How do I invoke debug logging?

Jeddie

Are you sure there was nothing to power it up subsequently? Was there a recording running at 23:55? There were no recordings running. Even if a recording was running, shoudn't it still shutdown after a recording anyway? Yes, it should. What tends to hang power timers completely is if you're in a UI...

Jeddie

Are you sure there was nothing to power it up subsequently? Was there a recording running at 23:55? There were no recordings running. Even if a recording was running, shoudn't it still shutdown after a recording anyway? It did shutdown last night (Wed). The only difference I can think of is sometim...

Jeddie

Well the shutdown for last night (Tues) did not run. Instead U4 was sitting in Standby this morning.

I went into INFO for the relevant timer;

20190911_154913Resize.jpg: (3.6 MiB) Not downloaded yet

Any ideas?

Jeddie

Well I set 2 power timers. 1 to put it to Deep Standby at midnight and 1 to wakeup at 5pm Mon-Fri. The Deep Standby timer has not run a couple of times this week. When I get up in the morning, the U4 is either on full operation (blue light) or sometimes in Standby? There have been no recordings set ...

Jeddie

Thanks Prl.

Very clear and concise answer as usual.

Jeddie

When I bought mu U4 I didn't buy the dongle because I wasn't sure what is was? I have reading posts about the dongle, but to be honest I can't grasp what the thing does? Maybe I'm missing out on a good piece of kit? I also read the quick start setup guide. Why do people buy them? What do they do? Ho...

Jeddie

+1 more question;

8. On activation of Wakeup timer, to what state does the U4 wakeup to? Does it wakeup to full operation? Or does it wakeup to Standby?

Jeddie

Hello all, Thought I would try setting a Power Timer(s). I would like to put my U4 into Deep Standby every night and wakeup every afternoon. Some questions; 1. Some timer types are 'Auto' (eg Auto Deep Standby) and some do not mention 'Auto' in the title? What is the difference? I read the definitio...

Jeddie

More info; I am on ADSL2. Budget; Not sure but say <$100. Modem; Telstra Smart Gateway. Using Ch 1. Just downloaded app Wifi Analyser. Whilst I was reviewing the signal/channels etc, I lost my wifi signal a couple of times in the lounge room. Signal in lounge room sits around -60dBm. Wifi analyser c...

Jeddie

Set the SSIDs to be the same name/password as in your ISP modem/router but on different wireless channels. Your mobile devices can switch between the two "access points"), but it probably won't be seamless roaming as you'd get with a wireless mesh network. If you find that the new wireles...

Jeddie

My modem is located at one end of the house, so I ran ethernet cable from modem to my lounge room. Then I added an network switch in my lounge room and connected my smart TV & Beyonwiz. Because my modem is located at the other end of the house, my wifi in particular areas of the house can be a l...

Jeddie

By not connecting to the internet with U4, am I missing out on any improved functionality? Is there something that the U4 does exceptionally well (Youtube?) that may be a better option than my TV? Anything else come to mind where the U4 may be superior? Primarily you will be missing out on the onli...

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