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JRiver Media Center will allow you to delete recorded video files.

https://jriver.com/index.html

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Ok, well how about that...it lives to stream another day.

I re flashed the firmware (thanks Peter for the download link on the board) and up she came.

See how we go from here.

Cheers

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Had a power outage last week and while the power came back on the T4 did not... I can hear a little bit of disk activity, but it just sits on the splash screen and the display simply says "Booting..." wit some BIOS or firmware information in small script underneath I opened it up, blew it ...

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Ok I didn't realise that. Having said that though I never actually created any links. On 2 or 3 occasions did I try and play a video via the UPnP link where i was able to traverse the file structure on my NAS using my associated DLNA server. While this worked, I found the response to be quite slow s...

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That was more my point I guess. You are right of course it is a renderer but not being able to push to it limits its usefulness.

Not having this functionality forces the BW to maintain visibility / linkage to the media server which as it turns out - and has been pointed out - is not great.

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I agree I'm not sure it's a great design to have if the renderer is pulling form the file source rather than having data pushed to it from a media server. UPnP can work really well, I have a nice DLNA network at home and play hi res audio and video problem free most of the time, but the protocol can...

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Still early days but indications so far is that disabling the UPnP has helped resolve this issue.

It is the only change I have made and the T4 has been behaving itself.

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Thanks Geoff will give that a crack as well and see if it makes a difference.

I was worried that this behaviour may have been a symptom of a dying HDD, but sounds like that is probably not the case?

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Thought I'd jump in here as I get this issue as well. Running a T4 with latest FW, and the Spinning Star (nice to have a name for this since I yell at it a fair bit) will appear quite often during playback, but mostly when attempting a forward or rev skip, or bringing up one of the menus. It rarely ...

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You could install a media player on the NAS, Plex , JRiver etc and stream to a Chromecast Ultra connected to the BW or directly to the AVR.

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The BW volume level does not change, so i think this issue is the AVR recalibrating surround eq/modes post ffwd.

Thanks

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Thanks everyone for the input. Further to my initial post I can add that on subsequent ffwd's the sound actually goes too quiet and we need to turn the volume up...! So something odd going on. I seem to remember back in the day (DP-S1 days!) there was a suggestion to have the BW set at around 65 -70...

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Running a T4 with FW v 17.5.20180417. Odd issue that I think has appeared after the latest upgrade. Watching something pre recorded and fast forwarding or skipping through the ads. When the file plays at normal speed again the volume level has increased quite a bit. This results in constant shufflin...

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Is this update contained in the general 16.1 and upcoming 17.5 updates...or should it be installed separately?

Thanks

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If you only intend to use the Chromecast for live streaming, then going straight to your AV receiver is by far the preferable arrangement. Great I thought so and saved me another question! I've wondered about the value of recording from streaming because the content is already in the cloud and can ...

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Thinking about this a little more, my AV Receiver is really the hub of my multimedia network, does anyone know if a Chromecast can plug directly into that rather than the T4? I can't seem to find any reference one way or the other. Cambridge Audio CXR120. I know their network players support Chromec...

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Yep fair enough.

Wonder why they bother though, seems a pretty simple workaround.

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Excellent thanks very much for the advice.

Presumably this isn't required on a direct TV connection as those that are capable are authorised HDCP devices and the BW is not?

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Ok, so the splitter is only required if I want to record what is being streamed, I don't need one just to watch content through the T4 to amp and tv?

And how does using a splitter accomplish this?

Cheers

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Considering a Chromecast for Freeview/Catchup.

Quite a bit of information in here but just a quick sanity check, if I plug it into the T4 will I need a splitter?

Thanks

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Unit has been claimed.

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Hi everyone. Have an unwanted DP-P2 , originally a 2Tb but I've harvested the drive for the T4 that replaced it so at the moment barebones. The unit was problematic, I replaced the PS (it was one of the lucky ones with the cooked board due to incorrect ribbon placement) but I think it may need to be...

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Yep ok, I would guess intermittent PS problems then.

The Error happened on 1 bootup, the P2 booted since but no hdd detected.

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Thanks Peter appreciate the detailed response.

I also glean from that that the problem is most likely to be the PS. I guess I need to decide whether to make another call to Warkus or bite the bullet and go the T4.

Thanks

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Morning all. My P2 2Tb BW flashed up a hdd check message last night and shortly after I found the hdd had essentially disappeared - setup reports no disk present etc. Rebooted once and got an "Error 0001", gave it another go and it came back. It has since gone away again. I imagine this is...

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Great tip thanks Peter.

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Thanks Peter, pretty sure i will be ok then. Just looking at a cost cutting exercise to get it through the upper house, unless there is a market for a kitted out 2Tb-P2 that may work out better for me. I'm confident that given the relatively young age of the PSU then what i am seeing is due to signa...

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Thanks Peter. I have already replaced the PSU with one supplied by Warkus in the last 12 months or so - I was one of the lucky ones who had the incorrectly routed cable in the 2TBb unit that he warned about back in the day and it got cooked. So in my case I believe it is more likely to be a receptio...

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Thanks Ian that is a great explanation. So just for my clarification, what is happening is the signal momentarily stops getting written to disk, and this causes the PTS time code hole and the system playback cannot cope with this, so even though the recording continues is listed as one file in effec...

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So i need to take the disk out and perform a disk check from a Linux host?

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Apologies, not exactly the same as I am using a DP-P2 - however symptoms identical.

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I am getting exactly the same problem. Looking at the recording in the menu shows the complete recording time however it bombs out after 15 min or so and will not play beyond that; no matter what I try...copy/move/edit. The FF bar will track past this point but will not actually play. Happened twice...

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Hi again everyone. Just checked and I am on 1.0.7.351 so the issue looks to be not related to the firmware.

Cheers

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But yes, I just remembered I have seen this from time to time. Reboot and it goes away.

"But every fifth or so time of selecting the channel, results in a slow motion effect where it looks like its playing back at like -2 speed and no audio."

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I'm not trying to evade anything ;) But yes, if you meant "alluding". Ha, well spotted thank you! Now I think of it though, I'm certainly not experiencing any audio problems on 9HD, but if I am running the 1.05 firmware I'll change it over and see if it improves. I daresay the encoding co...

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Thanks guys for the prompt reply. @prl yes this is the new 9HD so I guess you were eluding to the same thing mentioned by MrQuade. I was not aware of this issue, apologies had not read that thread, but it seems in line with what i am experiencing. Not sure what I'm running, will check when I get hom...

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Hi everyone. I have the 2tb version of the DP-P2 that has had the power supply replaced 12 months or so ago and all seems to work fine. However with the recent advent of cricket in HD I'm finding the HD picture often choppy /jerky for want of a better description. I have not noticed this in the past...

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Yes of course, and the BW handles the request in that manner as a result of that decision.

I should know better, writing a tech process doc at the moment!

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Ok thanks Ian that's interesting.

So the BW actually makes a decision as to whether it can process a signal or not, if it can't it sends it through and if it can it will.

Cheers

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Morning all. I've got the P2 working through a Sony 5.1 on passthrough as per the suggested setup. All working fine but I have a query on how the system is behaving in that what I find is that for some stations the BW audio settings have no effect - I can mute the BW and nothing happens - and in som...

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Thanks Ian will let you know how it goes.

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Hi guys, revisiting this as nothing worked - neither USB nor networking was operational - so was wondering if I ripped the drive out of the S1 and put it in an external powered enclosure and hooked it into the P2 via USB whether the P2 could read and copy the files from File Player?

Thanks

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Thanks guys.

I thought I remembered some deal on the P1/P2 a while back where you could add the "wireless option" which was essentially a USB dongle so I thought I'd follow that up.

But happy to use the bridge if that's now the preferred solution or my memory is playing tricks.

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Cheers thanks Ian

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Hi guys.

I'd like to wireless enable my P2, can anyone recommend a USB powered 11n wireless adapter?

Thanks

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thanks Peter looks good will give that a try.

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Thanks guys, I think I have a 2Tb floating around the office somewhere. I downloaded a dodgy fat32 format program that worked on my 400Gb 2.5 USB disks as well as presumably slapping all sorts of malware on my pc so will give that a try.

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Thanks guys, I'm assuming if I use a powered USB2 drive it will be ok.

Is there a size limitation for a USB connected drive?

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Is it a USB-powered HDD?

Yes. don't tell me, the old S1 PS can't deliver the juice and I need a powered hdd?

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