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Gully wrote:... just for you $33.

there is a new improved code TUIceTV33 for $33 a year and this one can buy multiple years.

Thanks Gully!

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The iPhone and iPad apps have just had a 50% reduction - now $16 each. They have been on the appstore for 3 and 2 years respectively without any changes in their price until now. I was unlucky that I purchased the iPad app a couple of weeks ago at full price, however I was lucky that I held off on b...

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Thanks very much to prl - I received my Slingbox Solo last week. I thought I would post my experiences if anyone was interested. The Slingbox streams video from your device (such as a Beyonwiz) to another device (such as a pc/iphone/ipad) anywhere in the world. I have a DP-H1 that wasn't getting muc...

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I am interested - I've sent you a PM!

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Is anybody else at this crossroads? Yes, although I've been struggling with it for a little while. I built a small XBMC pc to help me play my HD camcorder files, and sometimes it struggles with those too. One solution I came up with was to re-encode my camcorder files as 720p mp4 files, which altho...

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Hi Luke, I tried to PM you but my messages are sitting on the outbox for some reason and not actually being sent. Thanks for the updated version - that fixed the problem as I can now get a file listing and actually download a recording :) Thanks! The only weird filenames I could see that may have ca...

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I've used YardWIZ a few times successfully but recently it continually crashes. I enter a beyonwiz IP or network name into the "Wiz Server" box, the filelist begins to populate and then I get the error "Errors occurred, see the log file". At this point it is very difficult to eve...

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Thanks Rockets - great email and very informative. I considered an Xtreamer but in the end bought more Wizzes and also put together a small HTPC running XBMC instead.

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Although my 3 Wizzes all supported ISO playback I found that it still wasn't 100% reliable so I eventually transcoded them to mp4 using Vidcoder (http://vidcoder.codeplex.com/). It was quite painless actually and I batch encoded quite a lot of ISO's over a few nights.

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Not your browser - my avatar was faulty. Should be fixed now.

The STB is a "Digitel SD1000B valued at $29.00". I've got no idea if it's any good or not.

- Stuart.

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prl wrote: Not doubting you, but curious end date for the offer!

Indeed! I've got 3 Wiz's now so I don't really need a STB, but I'm pretty sure my parents could do with one.

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Just in case anyone is interested, Dealspace.com.au (Beyonwiz's online store) is giving away free digital set top boxes if you write a review of a recent purchase from them. I happened to buy a DP-S1 and DP-H1 from them last month so was able to take advantage of the offer. You need to get your revi...

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Thanks for the info

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Is it possible to delete recordings stored on one Beyonwiz from a second Beyonwiz? (ie if I've just streamed a recording from the Living Room wiz to the Study wiz and I've finished watching it, can I delete it using the Study wiz)

I've looked around for an answer but haven't found anything yet!

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The coloured buttons on the 600 would probably be the decider for me. The coloured buttons are so heavily used in the Beyonwiz GUI that you'd have to dedicate soft buttons for them on the One. The One also has only three soft-programmable buttons, even if they're on a touch screen, so you couldn't ...

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Thanks again Peter - I will give this a go. I have used ProjectX a number of times before, but sometimes strange errors and crashes have frustrated me.

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This is all assuming that all they want is the video and audio. This won't preserve closed captions. But it's probably one of the simplest methods, and Streamclip's much simpler to use than ProjectX (for simple things like this). Streamclip is free. Many thanks for these instructions! Can you edit ...

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Just tried downloading a recording using WizZilla (as a single TS file) and then streaming to an iPad via Air Video. Very simple and works great. Skipping ads is a bit painful though due to the need to rebuffer when you slide the timer across.

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I've settled on the best format for me. It's an mp4 with 1920x1080i at a bitrate of 10,000. This looks great and plays well on the Wiz (gets the odd stutter, but maybe because I'm playing it back via a NAS). MediaInfo details below for anyone interested... General Complete name : V:\Movies & TV\...

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Ok thanks - I understand now what you need by film vs video. One of my tests must have been 25fps because it didn't look fluid like the original recording. I think I've got a better idea of what I'm aiming for now. I'll post back with my recommended settings just in case they are useful to someone e...

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Thanks Tony. I am experimenting but everything I do seems to result in stuttering playback on the Wiz. Does 50Hz = 50fps? I'm a bit confused by your second option "or video 1280x720p50Hz (or even 1920x1080i50 for video should be ok)" .... isn't the part in brackets the same as your first o...

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I recently bought a Canon Legria HF S20 camcorder. I was happy to see that changing the file extension of the video files it creates from .m2ts to .mp4 makes it playback perfectly on the Beyonwiz (thanks to a previous forum poster!) However I am trying to find the best file format to play back on th...

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Many thanks from the gurus :) I have used MPEGSreamclip and Avidemux in the past, so I will dig them out. All of my previous work must have coincidentally been SD and hence I didn't have a problem in the past. (I think I started using Imago based on a previous post here a while ago.) I'm still going...

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I have successfully transferred a number of recordings from the Wiz to my PC, demuxed them using Projectx and then muxed them with Imago Mpeg Muxer. However a recent recording fails to mux with Imago - it gets part way through the recording and then bombs out. Is there anything I can check or fix? I...

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Don't think they are HDMI sparkles given that I get it on my tv's internal tuner as well, and that the sparkles always appear after adbreaks.

Btw, the Ch9 techie never did call me back.

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I've called Channel Nine in Brisbane and a technical person is going to call me back. The phone number is 3214-9999 if anyone else wants to hassle them

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Is the "snow" worse near sharp edges in the image? Can someone record a bit of this and post the approximate bit rate? From memory it's evenly speckled over the screen, not worse near sharp edges. I'll try and get a recording of it. Also, the speckling is worse immediately after the ad br...

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Thanks Madmax - didn't see that other post. I also noticed when watching "V". The fact it happens after an ad break rules out (I think) signal strength or cable issues. Maybe 9 have changed something with their broadcast?

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Has anyone noticed a light snowy static on 9HD (Ch 90)? It seems to occur after an ad break and only last for about 10-20 secs before disappearing. It then reappears after the next ad break. Doesn't seem to be a Beyonwiz issue as I have also observed it on my tv internal tuner. Seems really weird, e...

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IMHO there are not enough hard buttons. I've got a Harmony One which I think is great - lots of hard buttons. The problem with the soft buttons is that you need to actually look at the remote to use it, ie you can't "feel your way".

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What I will try next is to put my movies on a huge HDD (like my WD 4T NAS, or larger) and use Ethernet for the Wiz and the NAS USB port for MG350 How does this sound? (Open question to anyone interested to comment) Late edit: I also found the Ethernet access of the MG350 not really great, that's wh...

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This is a more interesting way to look at this problem. People who jump in and blame the new firmware, because it is new, are flying against the tide of people who don't have such a problem. Abandoning the new firmware without investigation is not going to get any issues fixed. There could be a bug...

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Had another glitch last night. The Wiz was recording 1 tv show, and was on live tv on that same channel. I went to the fileplayer and selected that particular recording (that was still in progress). I played it and then began to skip through the ads to the beginning of the show. The Wiz then froze f...

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Thanks everyone. I might try and power off at the wall, because I seem to remember that being suggested after upgrading firmware (and I didn't do it when I upgraded to 320).

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I upgraded my DP-S1 from 301 to 320 a couple of weeks ago and have noticed that it seems a little less stable now. A few times the DP-S1 has locked up on the fileplayer file list and I needed to power off the unit to make it work again (not at the wall, just using the remote). I never got these lock...

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Sorry - I usually search but forgot on this occasion.

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Does anyone know if it's possible to generate RSS feeds for this site, so that I more easily keep up to date on new posts? Other forums sometimes offer an RSS link but I can't find any on the Beyonwiz forums.

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You can have mine. I took mine off because I couldn't fit my Beyonwiz into my entertainment unit otherwise.

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I also have noticed a lag when opening the fileplayer, when using the 301 firmware. It's only a little annoying, but definitely noticeable compared to earlier versions. I don't think I have ever had a lag when selecting the HDD though.

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I updated to .017 and it has appeared to fix the audio issue. I didn't notice any degradation in picture quality.

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I rang Beyonwiz this morning and explained the audio dropout problem. They emailed me a new firmware straight away (1.07.017). I'll report back when I get home to try it out.

(Edit: Typo)

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Following up from my previous post.... The audio dropouts are becoming too annoying so I would like to change the firmware on the DP-P2 from 1.05.304 to something else. It is a new DP-P2 so I can't revert to the .301 firmware. The only option (from the Beyonwiz site) is the new 1.07.014 firmware, ho...

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Ok thanks - will revert to 301.

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Last week I bought a DP-P2 for my Dad (I'm a longtime DP-S1 owner myself) and he has also mentioned the audio dropouts. It only seems to drop out for a few seconds, then it comes back. His DP-P2 came with firmware 1.05.304, which is a bit weird as it's a version not officially available on the Beyon...

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Woohoo - thanks Ian!

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When I use Handbrake (on Windows) I rip to an avi file with the xvid video codec. I can't remember what audio codec, but I can check when I get home tonight if necessary. Xvid isn't as fancy as H.264 but it causes me less grief!

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Any more news on the next firmware? I see on the OpenWiz site that it has been more than a month since the last beta was released...

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Will the next firmware magically improve the GO! picture quality?

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I'm using the Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers. You can get them for around $400 and you won't need a separate amp either. I chose this because I didn't really have room in my entertainment unit for an amp. Bang for buck, these have been great.

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