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MrQuade wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 21, 2021 22:39
The audio track only needs to be changed manually once per service. From then on, the setting should be remembered next time you visit that services.

The setting is definitely not remembered once per service. I am forever having to switch it.

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I can't work out from the code why disabling "Prefer AC3 track" works. eDVBServicePMTHandler::getProgramInfo in lib/dvb/pmt.cpp (lines 572-598). Preferring AC3 (or DDP, but we can't turn that on) will select the first non-MPEG track if there's no AC3 track. I find this hugely frustrating!...

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Limiting timeshift buffer would be ideal... either in length, or more ideally setting a size limit on it.

I regularly leave my Beyonwiz on and it fills the entire HDD.

The other ideal thing would be to set an expiry on recurring recordings so they delete (i.e. news).

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... I've considered writing some networking guides aimed home users for a while now so home users know what is worth doing and what isn't. I find a lot of network setup is a dark art to those who aren't networking experts. Admittedly - we make it hard for them with some of the terminology we use. I...

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Disagree entirely. The App Store on an iPhone is perfectly analogous to the plugins on a BW - both provide a way of adding functionality to a device. No, it really isn't. The app store provides a level of assurance that what you download will work and is well laid out. The plugin browser is poorly ...

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Huh? I am the poster of the analogy. Your initial analogy was trying to make an argument that the plugins are akin to the apple app store and therefore epgrefresh should be perfectly fine sitting there. My point is that the two are not akin as the plugin browser is quite poorly presented and diffic...

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I think it is a good analogy for the very reason you give. Ie the BW plugin downloader is clunky which puts people off downloading plugins and gives them a lower level of importance. It's full of plugins that are of little use for a BW and in some cases can cause problems. In that list are also so ...

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I don't see an issue with epg refresh being a plugin rather than installed out of the box. That's like saying that none of the apps on an iPhone really count unless they are packaged by Apple. It's part of the package that you can add plugins/apps to do certain tasks. Topfields have their TAPs so i...

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When I bought the T3 it was on the basis it would work with IceTV and I could achieve TiVo functionality but without all the restrictions of Freeview. Without IceTV it functioned the same as my rather expensive TV. That some makers have the ability to load all the channels is a plus for them not a ...

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If the user intends to use IceTV, IceTV is an essential part of the "out of the box" experience, and part of the advertised capability of the box. It is not (now) a pre-loaded plugin. Ignore the concept of plugins vs non plugins for a second. Look at this in terms of features. By definiti...

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Ignore the concept of plugins for a second... The question is, what should the immediate out of the box experience for a user be? I think autotimers, epg refreshing correctly is an essential out of the box experience. People are buying a fully featured beyonwiz PVR and that is what it is advertised....

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The criticism is intended to be aimed at BW - not the voluntary work. In that case you are directing your criticisms down the wrong channel. Although the forums are hosted and paid for by the Australian distributor of Beyonwiz, the forum exists mainly for end users to communicate with each other. I...

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I beg to differ. I would hate a fully populated EPG with no ability to skip ads or to copy my recordings as I please. I also wonder how all the people who have Freeview version 1 devices now feel given that those devices no longer work properly (Freeview version 1 has been abandoned)! If you are so...

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Hi Adprom, Pretty well any modern TV can update the entire guide or the next info when flicking through the menu without needing to change using the 2nd tuner. Can you please point me at *any* TVs that can update their internal EPG just by watching a single channel and do not use the proprietary Fr...

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Pretty well any modern TV can update the entire guide or the next info when flicking through the menu without needing to change using the 2nd tuner. Good question, however I have set up a new Samsung and new LG in the last week and they both manage this fine. With the T3/4 I wouldn't imagine it is ...

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Hi Adprom, Prl and I fixed the crash issues with EPGRefresh a very long time ago. It has been reliable for me, and many others, ever since. Regards, Ian. Is this the option that is within the EPG section of the setup to enable epg refresh? If so, I have had that turned on for some time and updates ...

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MrQuade wrote:
adprom wrote:Any standard device that sources its data from FTA broadcasts is in the same situation as the Wiz.

Pretty well any modern TV can update the entire guide or the next info when flicking through the menu without needing to change using the 2nd tuner.

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... - EPG times being wrong - particularly around midnight - last I checked this still causes crazy behaviour. This is a fundamental one: http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=8724 ... This problem appears to have been fixed about a month after you first raised it in the forum. ...

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This is pretty normal for any device that sources the guide from the FTA signal like most "smart" TVs. Foxtel provide their own IP based EPG which means they can keep the EPG up to date without periodic visits to each channel. Foxtel doesn't use an IPTV based EPG. It updates directly from...

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It would help when you describe EPG problems to say which EPG you mean. I know from context that when you say "MultiEPG" you mean the OpenWebif one, but remember that there is also a Multi EPG in the T series GUI (by default, long-EPG>Multi EPG). There was a some initial misunderstanding ...

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Hi Adprom, It would be helpful if you can elaborate on all the outstanding issues which are bothering you. The more information you can provide, including comprehensive reproduction steps including any erroneous or inappropriate responses would be most helpful. Knowing exactly what is broken and bo...

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My priorities appeared to be in question. You appeared to agree. Not really sure how you can question priorities of a volunteer. What you want to work on is up to you. I simply assumed that readers would take my post as being targeted as beyonwiz rather than volunteers. That would be like criticisi...

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I created this thread a while ago and have done some investigation. Here are some of the use cases I tried out: 1. Start on SD (Channel 7 for example), press PIP button - PIP appears but main screen freezes. This happens if the PVR ahs been recently booted or the most recent PIP channel is the same ...

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... I don't think anyone has been critical of any volunteer work on this. ... What I quoted appeared to be directly critical of work that I'd done, or at least my choice of what to work on. The criticism is intended to be aimed at BW - not the voluntary work. That said it was buck bundy who made th...

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As you probably know, but perhaps the authors of those comments don't, I'm the one who did/is doing those particular pieces of work. My first degree was also in engineering, though I also have degrees in computer science. I'm definitely one of those "technical people". I don't think anyon...

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IanSav wrote:Hi Adprom,

You never answered my question. What skin are you using?

Regards,
Ian.

Full-Metal-Wizard at the moment.

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The problem there is the level at which those fixes need to be made. Sorry, but that isn't an excuse. Ultimately the PVR has a beyonwiz logo on it and that makes beyonwiz accountable. The customer does not need to know who or how many people are working on something when they spend $500-$1k+ on a P...

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I don't really care, I just want to be able to navigate my media simply and effectively. I honestly understand the attraction of tinkering with things (ie instant recording menu, power button codes, skins, series2folder), but can we please get the very basics working first? This sums it up pretty w...

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This has been discussed recently on the forum, and it seemed to be generally agreed that the normal Location scan should also clear the old scan data first. Yes, this! Well this helps part of the problem anyway. I usually just go to location scan which is why I never saw the clear option previously.

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Aside from Peter's response, I'm not sure what you want to do with changing or modifying LCNs (why?) and how the rescans go wrong? Are you clearing data before rescanning? There is an option in the setup menus. On previous PVRs I always cleared. I didn't think this was an option on the Beyonwiz or ...

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As for keeping the FTA EPG up-to-date, there's the downloadable plugin EPGRefresh. I don't use it, because I use IceTV, but there are plenty of users who can advise on how best to set it up. This is core functionality - I don't see why general users should have to download a custom plugin to make s...

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Having had the T series for quite a while now it has been quite a while since the last official firmware update (although I am still subscribed to the beta firmware). I have to say, this is a little disappointing, especially when considering that some key bugs still remain. The T series is a good de...

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Just remember that 0xC0FFEE will wake the unit out of shutdown but will not work when in standby. It's really not that useful. Good point. Lack of discrete power on is a pest. Even if they just had it so the select button acted like a discrete power on would work perfectly. In fact this is exactly ...

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Has anyone got the 0xC0FFEE code in pronto format? If so, there are a couple of android apps on my phone I could use to learn the code into my logitech. With the logitech, a discrete power on is more important than a discrete power off and I will explain why. Foxtel actually has this with the foxtel...

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Cache: Internal Flash
Auto Refresh: Off
Auto Save: On (6 hours)

There is no epg.dat file there

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I'm still having this issue. The EPG refresh setting doesn't seem to do much for me. Often I turn the TV on and most of the channels have no EPG data until I manually change to each channel.

A bit annoying to have to change to each channel. I have a T4 and am on the beta stream.

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Was on SBS HD - enabled PiP.

The PiP worked but the main screen froze.

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Using PiP tonight with Ch 9 and GEM. Switching between. Firstly, the second stream in the PiP image is regularly corrupting. Not like a signal drop but differently to that. Secondly, I attempted to do a PiP swap and it retained the original image but new sound and wouldn't respond to anything else u...

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All of our cabling is RG6 so that isn't an issue however due to the line of the terrestial signal we do experience external electrical interference either with overhead aircraft or at the building which the signal goes over. So it may be more sensitive to that noise. Or I might just be perceiving a ...

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Out of interest does the T4 use different tuners? I live in an area which has ok but not great reception. My reception is usually fine but I am experiencing more glitches with the T4. Also the signal strength doesn't show 99% like the T3 always did - although tuner signal reporting has always been d...

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So I transferred the HDD from one to another and simply restored the settings...

In short, everything has worked so far without fail - including my timers (autotimers). While I know it isn't advised - it has worked perfectly.

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Add me to that list - the OLED display is just sitting in there rattling around. Appears that no glue has been used at all.

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I have read all your post and I really can't figure out why you are "personally" unhappy with us? You said that you purchased your T3 back in September, you obviously knew that it did not have a Giga LAN or 1080p as you had been following the progress of the T3 software, if it did not fit...

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The T3 is still today even advertised as "Introducing the Beyonwiz All New T3" even still today when measuring against other PVRs in the market, the hardware was and is more than up to task. And we will continue to try and up the bar, we do not have anything in the works right now that wil...

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The T3 100Mbit Ethernet performance is exceptional. The T3 easily beats many PCs in the throughput capabilities on the Ethernet interface. Gigabit ethernet has been standard for well over 5 years on pretty much every motherboard out there. For at least the last 10, there has been absolutely no issu...

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That doesn't absolve Beyonwiz from fixing problems in plugins, but in this instance I haven't found the path easy. And to clarify - I'm not a Beyonwiz employee or contractor. I don't disagree with anything you have said. The problem is that BW relies on a leading edge tech group.... If you don't lo...

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Like you, I too am an Engineer, You have an engineering degree I assume from a University certified by Engineers Australia? If not, then you aren't an engineer. Your profile says SCADA engineer - I only ask because that title seems to be used incorrectly a lot like "customer service engineer&q...

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Not wanting to nitpick, but the BCM7405 CPU used by the T3 is a dual core chip as well. I stand by my comments though. The extra CPU speed makes very little actual difference in normal operation . The UI runs quite a bit faster, but that is it. That extra CPU speed and corresponding increased bus c...

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Hell - the EPG doesn't even refresh properly still. Are you referring to this? http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8762&p=117601#p117601 Did you ever resolve that? The problem is not common to everyone, so your quoted comment may be a bit of an unfair accusation. No I am n...

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