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SomebodyElse

Thanks all, this has been annoying me for a little while since I started recording an SBS-HD show. Don't know why I didn't think to check here earlier, never even noticed the "Audio" button on the remote before!

SomebodyElse

Thanks Peter, I do use address reservation, so the IPs are effectively fixed. As part of the 19.3 upgrade I allowed them both to wipe everything and configured from scratch to ensure there was not something bogus carried over. Definitely the IPs matched. Thanks Paul, switching to FSTAB sorted it. St...

SomebodyElse

I have two T2s and in the past they have happily shared each other's recordings. I had not done so in quite a while, but went to watch something on the alternate box and got the dreaded "Directory xyz does not exist". I upgraded to 19.3 but unfortunately no change. I am pretty confident th...

SomebodyElse

T3 remotes, all good, thanks everyone

SomebodyElse

Thanks all, I'll have to raid the piggy bank and get the two T3 remotes I think.

SomebodyElse

Nope, new batteries didn't solve it.

I think I'll buy a new one. As I have two T2s I don't want to have to use two different remotes!

SomebodyElse

Thanks all, I'll try new batteries. I think it has become a gradual issue, so that makes sense.

SomebodyElse

As the title suggests, the remote control on one of my T2s has become very twitchy, it's like one button press is seen as two. If I use the remote from the alternate T2 it's fine, and the problem carries over to the other machine. So I'm pretty confident it's an issue with the remote control itself....

SomebodyElse

So I went through the early DP-S1 and DP-P2 devices, once having three of them running, but they were just not up to the their self-assigned task of being the complete media centre. Switched to Windows 7 Media Center, again three boxes all running reasonably smoothly, and handling every media task y...

SomebodyElse

All this sounds like a permissions issue. Remember that the user the T2 is authenticating as must have the required permissions on both the share point and the file/folder being acted on. Thanks Peter, that was the answer! I am baffled as to how the Media Center PC was able to delete fine but the W...

SomebodyElse

Yes, I am a bit out of practice, should've been in Networking, sorry. I am accessing via a Win7 login, it has full rights. I used to use the same login when running Windows Media Center, so I presume the server side is working OK. I watch a show, after completion hit the red delete button. The pop-u...

SomebodyElse

I am connecting the T2 to a Win7 storage box with a samba share. The folder share permissions allow Full Control for Everyone. Other devices can delete files but the T2 does not. I hit the red button and I am prompted that the file can't be stored in Trash, I say yes, it disappears from the director...

SomebodyElse

Thanks Ian, thanks Peter. That does the trick! I need to spend a bit of time exploring, obviously a lot more configuration options than the old DP-S2!

SomebodyElse

Hi, I have strayed from the Beyonwiz fold but I am back again with the T2. Good to see many of the old Wizzers still around! Having spent the last few years with Windows Media Center, I have got used to avoiding live TV and going straight to selecting either recordings or media on the network shares...

SomebodyElse

I started out as a vocal critic of the DP-S1 and Beyonwiz in general. As the firmware developed, it proved itself as a stable and reliable device, so much so that I added two DP-P2s to the network and counted myself as a Wiz fanboi. As the world moved onto more modern and efficient codecs, the Wizze...

SomebodyElse

I ended up dumping my two DP-P2s and my DP-S1 and going for three purpose built Windows Media Centre boxes. They'll play everything you can throw at them, they do an OK job at recording and they're relatively future proof. There are a few things that are still a bit niggling but the ability to play ...

SomebodyElse

Sorry Gossmore, forgot to come back! Maybe we can organise something for next week? I'll PM you.

SomebodyElse

Hi SomebodyElse, no, the hard drive is totally dead now, so if you able to help I would much appreciate it. Is it really that easy to replace? It sure is, but note Gully and IanSav's warnings. What area of Melbourne are you in? I'm bayside and work in South Melbourne, happy to work out how to get i...

SomebodyElse

There are two shows on. One after the other, which I want to record. Stupidly it won't let me record them both with overlaps - even when there aren't any other recordings happening. This seems such a ridiculous limitation, yet my old Toppy worked the same way, and Windows Media Centre is the same t...

SomebodyElse

Hi Gossmore, did you get anywhere with this? I'm in Melbourne and have a bunch of spare drives that would be suitable, you're welcome to one. Replacing it doesn't require any electronics knowledge, it's simply undo a few screws, swap the drive, put the screws back, job's done.

SomebodyElse

Paul55 wrote:
slobbythegreat wrote: Maybe you should lay off the modpower
Are you serious? This forum is one of the least moderated I've been involved with - very tolerant of criticism and different points of view.

I second that!

SomebodyElse

For navigation & control I was only using the laptop keyboard & a USB mouse, which of course wasn’t ideal. How do you control your HTPCs? – wireless keyboard, wireless mice or some form of remote control? If a remote control, what type? We all use the excellent HippoRemote - http://hipporem...

SomebodyElse

Well, it's been over a month now and so far it's going OK. There are definitely some things I miss about the Wiz, not least being the simplicity of the UI. But generally everything works pretty well. Especially the ability to play anything downloaded has just made life so much easier. I removed the ...

SomebodyElse

Seems like beyonwiz really are on their last legs in this market... Anyone know if icetv works with the newer (win7 & win8) windows media center? Thinking after replacing this bwiz I might start looking at building a media center box instead... Yes to Win7, don't know about Win8. I've just made...

SomebodyElse

Hi SomebodyElse, Another, more positive, aspect of using a PC as your media centre is that you don't *need* WMC. You can also run things like Plex or XBMC PVR or any of the many other media centre type applications on exactly the same hardware. ;) Regards, Ian. Yes, I had a play with the experiment...

SomebodyElse

Thanks for the feedback about WMC7's future. I was aware that it may not be a long-term solution, so I went into it looking at whether it is an improvement on my then current set-up. Early indications are that it is, but already the frequency of Windows updates is starting to become slightly annoyin...

SomebodyElse

...... One of the more annoying recent problems has been the main P2 has increasingly been doing some very weird psychedelic thing on the HDMI video output that required powering off and on again before it could be used. Can I ask what that is?? Is it similar, say, to outputting nothing but coloure...

SomebodyElse

SomebodyElse ... good luck with the new toys. Fairly drastic measures to fix the odd lost timer though. :wink: I think it was a a series of things that got me to this point. Certainly the dropped timers were a bit annoying, but not enough in their own right to force the issue. It was really mostly ...

SomebodyElse

Hi Ian Yes, it went from being a bit weak to being pretty awesome, but it's understandable that the range and complexity of newer codecs would eventually leave it behind. Will be interested to see what they come up with in the new products. On a more general note, so far the WMC7 box is standing up ...

SomebodyElse

A few weeks ago I was converting some MP4s for the kids in an attempt to get them playable by the Wiz and I began reflecting on how much time I'd spent doing that. How often we'd sat down to watch a DivX download only to have the Wiz say "no", despite the fact that the previous show in the...

SomebodyElse

I have the same settings that could possibly impact, namely always in standby, no DCM and using network time. I'm pretty sure it would not be a timer overlap, as SD is the only thing recording on a Saturday morning. Naturally since raising this query I've not had a single failure! I'm waiting to see...

SomebodyElse

Thanks guys. I couldn't see any bulging caps, but I managed to find the spare caps from last time and replaced the whole set anyway and we're all good again!

SomebodyElse

Thanks Peter, I hadn't even considered the risk of shorting and fire! I was more thinking about if I let it go, will it eventually fail and stop working altogether, or will I see other minor issues such as the faded display. If the only perceptible problem were a faded display, I probably wouldn't b...

SomebodyElse

Thanks Mark, I'm fairly sure I kept the excess caps somewhere so I'll have to crack it open at the weekend. That said, what are the implications of just letting them go? The Wiz is relegated to kids' use in the bedroom for playing back off the network. If I just leave it will something eventually ca...

SomebodyElse

Hi Mark I'm slightly surprised to see that it was almost two years since I undertook the DP-S1 power supply refurbishment. The unit still works fine, but in the last few weeks the LED brightness has dropped again, just as it did pre-refurb. Very occasionally it would return to normal, but in the las...

SomebodyElse

Paul55 wrote:If it's the IceTV set timers that are sometimes failing, could it be something to do with repeat flags?

I know when I've reset the timers for Saturday Disney it's generally been a manual add via the timer pop-up, so I'd probably say no ICETV in that.

SomebodyElse

This is a very long shot, but I wonder if the lost timers could somehow be related to the occasional condition where the timer start & end times don’t agree with the timer duration in the edit timer window - this is after setting the timer from the FTA EPG. When this happens, just moving the cu...

SomebodyElse

The only hint I have is that it relates to playing other media. You may well be onto something there Raid, we do play a lot of stuff via the Mac that houses all our media. I've yet to figure out when it gets deleted too. I had vaguely assumed that it was after recording that it didn't reschedule th...

SomebodyElse

Thanks for all the feedback. I do use ICE, so can't rule out that being a factor. But what will usually happen is I'll realise the timer's missing on the day and manually add it. It's fine for weeks and then suddenly it's gone again. I turned off DCM when it was identified as problematic in an earli...

SomebodyElse

I can't find this in the bug list, and I don't recall seeing it mentioned before, but I seem to have an intermittent problem with regular timers just disappearing. It can happen on either DP-P2, where a timer has been working fine for weeks, then suddenly the kids wonder why Saturday Disney didn't r...

SomebodyElse

Hi David, I can't remember exactly how they look, but if you connect the drive via USB you should be able to browse each folder. You'll see all the individual files which I think are just four numeric digits? You can copy them via a DOS prompt thus: copy ???? /b savefile.ts and that should give you ...

SomebodyElse

IanB wrote:Seems a waste only using as a simple Foxtel capture device.

Yes, that was really what I was obliquely suggesting!

SomebodyElse

Just curious Horatio, are you using the BeyonWiz solely to watch/record from Foxtel? If so, wouldn't you be better off using Foxtel IQ?

SomebodyElse

Once again.....not in your place to dish out this kind of comment. I wasn't going against the grain (as indicated). I was merely making a good and accurate point. Mate, I'm trying to help you understand why you're getting such hostile reactions in this forum, having learned the lessons myself. And ...

SomebodyElse

Have a read here...

http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=6218

SomebodyElse

It ain't my fault that you're a fortune teller. Now, back to the subject where you clearly jumped the gun. Note that the OP put quotes on 'FREEZE'. Now, the p2 may well have 'frozen' permanently - but it also may not have frozen permanently. The p2 may well have gone into a sluggishness stage where...

SomebodyElse

Late last year the P2 seemed to develop a series of problems: (*) The unit would "freeze" when being operated ... i.e. would become unresponsive to commands from the remote control, but would respond to a powerdown request (holding the power button on the remote control). All the other sy...

SomebodyElse

This is not a capacitor fault. One cannot be absolutely sure that a capacitor has not failed (among possibly other things) right? (this is just a comment only - not against the grain stuff). You just can't help yourself, can you? Let it go! Warkus is THE expert on these things, yet you not only snu...

SomebodyElse

tonymy01 wrote:
Paul55 wrote:We can only hope for a similar outcome
LOL assimilation into the Bezombie community

Yep, I'm Bezombied three times over now!

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