Beyonwiz Australia

stephenh

Hmmm … I’m not finding that particularly confidence-inspiring in terms of continuing to “evangelise” Beyonwiz purchases amongst my friends/family/colleagues who ask (and I know I’ve generated quite a few sales over the years as many of us on here no doubt have). Hope everything is ok with Jai and th...

stephenh

Thanks peteru for your expert input on the subject.

I guess I'll just largely ignore what the S/Q meters are saying, except when issues occur and they become useful for trouble-shooting, and enjoy the fact it all seems to work pretty much trouble-free (touch wood).

stephenh

Thanks Peter for your usual valuable explanations.

stephenh

The Sony tuner is fed off the same splitter but never show anything other than S = 50-68% range, and never shows anything other than Q = 0%, so I'd always assumed this was a "glitch" of not using approved tuners. Some tuners provide the information, some don't. It's not an "approved&...

stephenh

I shutdown, tried my 2nd USB Sony Play TV tuner. Same result (S value of 68, Q value of 0). Update: Channel scan using the USB Sony Play TV tuner doesn't find any channels (0 channels found). Update: I also tried going from the antenna cable -> direct into the USB tuner, as well as the default ante...

stephenh

Thanks Peter, perhaps we can persuade @IanSav to kindly update his feed as of course we have no idea when next beta may drop ...

stephenh

I hadn't even thought that someone would have a radio user bouquet like Favourites set up. The thought I think was to just have a few ABC Radio channels I might actually use set up to change between quickly, without all those other ABC and SBS Radio channels cluttering up the place ... as it turned...

stephenh

Sure did, and checked the Service Ref "before" and "after" - no change. Actually, apologies, got myself a bit confused (as I don't ever use my U4 for Radio, as you can tell) ... There WAS still an ABC NewsRadio in my Favourites (Radio) that had serviceref = "2" , had a...

stephenh

prl wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:12
Did you rescan before checking the serviceref?

Sure did, and checked the Service Ref "before" and "after" - no change.

stephenh

Looks like it's still "2" in Sydney (for now at least) ...

stephenh

Gully wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:54
It's there for me now though I did need to rescan to find 10 Shake (whether it is worth it is another matter! )

I suspect it may be a lot of effort for yet another channel I'll never watch, but nevertheless ...

stephenh

peteru wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:41
I resynced the feeds again. See if it made any difference.

Yep, that did it for me in Sydney ...

stephenh

IanSav wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 16, 2020 16:57
I will extract the picon package from OpenViX and put it on my server some time tonight or tomorrow.

Much appreciated Ian.

Edit - And lo and behold I got prompted for an update and it appeared!

stephenh

I wasn't intending to provide any more updates after Peter's previous comments. I can create an update if people still want me to do so. Hi Ian, I for one appreciate your efforts very much and would vote for you putting up an update on your “feed” so we can access an updated picon as soon as possib...

stephenh

Zabar wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 14, 2019 18:56
The Missus would really like to hear what is going on when watching her baking shows.

May be less of an issue now 7Food is closing down and the content migrating?

https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/12/seven ... osure.html

stephenh

prl wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 14, 2019 15:55
Yes: I got the update on my test V2, but I didn't check that it was also available on the other models before I posted.

No problem. Thanks for all you do around here!

stephenh

For the V2 only, it needs to be on the beta feed to receive the updates. For the T/U-series, at the moment both the 19.3-series production and beta feeds are being updated. Yes, no update yet for T4 nor U4 when I checked. Thanks, that was my understanding - but thought I'd lost the plot (yet again)...

stephenh

The problem will probably now resolve itself, at least for people on the beta feed. An online upgrade to firmware 20190913 became available overnight. It contains the latest picon setup. Slightly confused - I thought (for my U4) I didn't need to be on the beta feed at the moment to get updates beca...

stephenh

IanSav wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 22, 2019 22:41
This is not under my control.
Note the description display at the bottom of the screen.

Nice! Should definitely be part of the standard Beyonwiz firmware IMHO.

stephenh

IanSav wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 20, 2019 22:06
My new Setup system does this.

That would be very helpful indeed (hint, hint)

stephenh

stevebow wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 17, 2019 15:45
FWIW, a +1 from me to include IanSav's contributions. They are very good IMHO. It's a shame it has descended to this.

Another +1

stephenh

Ah, OK, if they can’t be animated then that limits the possibilities a lot.

StephenH

stephenh

Thanks to all for the info/tips.

I'm struggling to find a justification for bothering to change the images beyond "because I can", but the information is nevertheless useful for those who may follow and absolutely "have" to change them I guess ...

StephenH

stephenh

I should also mention that OverlayHD 1.80 is almost ready to release. It has some code fixes and code optimisations as well as allowing the changing both the boot and background logos. As I mentioned before, this won't be available to Beyonwiz users until Beyonwiz catches up with other OE-Alliance ...

stephenh

IanSav wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 14, 2019 16:57
The images are built with FFmpeg. I do this on my Windows PC using the following script:

Thanks Ian, very useful.

StephenH

stephenh

AKAIK, they really are actual movie files in that they can be animated if you want them to. I think the Beyonwiz logo files are just a single frame movie. Would have never twigged to them being single-frame video files, good call! Chucked them into Invisor (a MediaInfo frontend utility for macOS) w...

stephenh

How does one go about making these .mvi files if one wanted to change the screens and put a bootlogo.mvi or a backdrop.mvi into the /etc/enigma2 directory? Googling the .mvi extension doesn't shed much joy ... most references are to it being a "movie command file used by AutoCAD" which doe...

stephenh

prl wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:27
But it is cleaner and more consistent generally than the pre-loaded skins, has a lot of flexibility in other colour choices and generally shows the benefits of a complete re-write.

Agreed!

stephenh

Outstanding detective work by all of you! :D Have you set the custom repeat flag on the IceTV website under My Account / My Recorders, in the 'Custom repeat flag' setting for your device? I have it set to be at the beginning of the short description (you can also have it in the title or extended des...

stephenh

Do you mean your screen for The Piano? The IceTV data has credits on only about 1/3 of the entries (in an about year-old data capture). That's shows with any credits, cast or director. Yes, I was directly comparing the screen shot from @Grumpy_Geoff for The Piano to my screen for the same show yest...

stephenh

I'm not aware there are ramp times. I'd rather not add them. Fair enough, what I am hearing is a pretty abrupt almost "cut" when the mute cuts in, and a quickish fade up when you unmute. That must just be what is built into the Mute function anyway I guess? Anyway, thanks for listening an...

stephenh

Restart the GUI (or reboot) as the box will then fetch the EPG. Alternatively, disable IceTV, bring up the EPG and observe it's empty, then re-enable IceTV and 'Fetch EPG and update tImers now'. Yep, done all that, and IceTV is definitely working ... I can see it has different info to the DVB EIT i...

stephenh

Updated the previous attachment (just .ipk now, thanks peteru!). Third time's the charm... 1.0.2 still doesn't seem to be working for me on my U4 ... I don't get the [Rpt] flag showing or the extended "Drama, Music, Romance, Movie" tags, I just get "Drama". I removed the Plugin ...

stephenh

You can now configure it from the main PLUGIN screen, as well as from BLUE. In addition to enable/disable, there's options to control the mute icon and the volume bar. Nice one! Working well for me so far. What happens when the volume is changed? Presumably decrease means lower it even more, but wh...

stephenh

Ok, thanks. Any chance of having it configurable so you can turn it On and Off without uninstalling/installing? Sure. Looking forward to it :D I had another thought ... is it possible that "muting" be configurable? So that if you want it just "dips" the audio to a preset like 50...

stephenh

I didn't do any config, so just remove the plugin itself (iirc PLUGIN>RED>Extensions>AutoMute) - that, too, will take effect immediately. @adoxa Ok, thanks. Any chance of having it configurable so you can turn it On and Off without uninstalling/installing? Nope, it'll continue to work even if IceTV...

stephenh

Here's a plugin version. Uninstall the patch, restart, then install the plugin - it will take effect immediately. To install: rename without .tgz (forum doesn't support .ipk ) and copy to USB. Insert the USB, you should be prompted to install extensions, select it. Press OK to select the extension,...

stephenh

My ten cents ... I think the picon should reflect the actual channel name/logo that is used by the "owner" so I'd be for dropping the "HD" if SBS has done that, but always grateful for all the work you all do and that the picons get updated at all, so happy to go with whatever th...

stephenh

If you have multiple feeds supplying the same package (and with different versioning scheme), you can expect subtle and unsubtle problems. Does this present something of a quandary for those of us wanting to be on the 19.3 Beta feed but also wanting to be on the IanSav feed for (other) updates such...

stephenh

It's all still being actively supported, just there hasn't been any super-compelling big-ticket features or reasons to push our the beta improvements to the public. Ok thanks for the perspective ... I guess I was seeing plenty of Community involvement but not a lot of "official" pronounce...

stephenh

I will try to keep the picons updated to alleviate the update issues currently being experienced on the official Beyonwiz feeds. Thanks Ian, much appreciated! As a newbie who has recently acquired a U4, what exactly are the issues with the official feeds? To an outsider it looks like manufacturer s...

stephenh

prl wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 07, 2018 16:26

"Merged into a repository" means "ready for inclusion in a distribution", not "in a distribution (.ipk file) now".

stephenh wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 07, 2018 16:14
Am I doing something wrong?

Only misinterpreting geekspeak

Thanks, thought it may be something like that ...

stephenh

I've merged the following into the picon repository: The picon setup for the Food Network -> SBS Food rebrand. The tweaks of the new 10 Boss/10 Peach picons that I've discussed with stevebow. Remove a few long-unused picon files (administrivia). Probably slightly confused here being a Newbie to all...

stephenh

IanSav wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 05, 2018 16:33
Hi,

I could also host it on my update server such that any subscribers would get offered an update as soon as I put the update on my server.

Regards,
Ian.

Sounds like potentially that could be a good way for us all to go?

StephenH

stephenh

Thanks, and thanks for your patience!
These forums are a bit overwhelming when you first dive in again after an absence.
"Search" doesn't seem to be helping that much so far ...

stephenh

I guess I should have asked where I download it!

Assumed it would be available from within the "Plugin" section on the machine, but can't see a "nano" plugin anywhere ...
Probably missing something obvious as usual.

StephenH

stephenh

Thanks for that tip Peter.

StephenH

stephenh

Thanks Peter,

I'll give that a crack once I get a bit braver with fiddling with the box, sounds like that would work well for me.
Much apopreciated.

StephenH

stephenh

Any chance of this being revisited as a "feature request" and have a setting added to fix the Volume at 100% and make the Volume +/- buttons inoperable?

Even an "under the hood" hack/config file edit of some kind to diable the volume keys would be a good solution ...

StephenH

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