Beyonwiz Australia

IanSav

Hi MrQuade,

I haven't checked with Prl recently but I believe that he is still able to run OpenViX firmware without issue. As I said earlier, the Beyonwiz V2 was taken away from me before I could do much testing.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl,

prl wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 27, 2020 15:25
The Help screen is your friend

I am hoping it will be even better soon.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi NoDeity, Interesting.! Which one would you recommend, I say that having had a look at the three brands and only OpenATV actually says Beyonwiz V2 in their downloads. If Vix or Pli have better features as well as Kodi, I may go with one of them, but I don't see Wiz support on their sites. I only h...

IanSav

Hi,

The Beyonwiz firmware was more closely aligned with the OpenViX firmware. OpenATV is also derived from OpenViX. Both of these were derived from OpenPLi. OpenPLi came out of the original Dream product.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl, I have no role in major upstream merges. With all due respect the efforts you make with OpenATV and other Enigma2 images, either directly or indirectly, help reduce the merge differences and difficulties. You don't need to press the button on image merges to help make them happen. :) Regards...

IanSav

Hi Raymondjpg, I think many of us would like to hear more information/details about these, and maybe this forum might not be the place to spell that out!? You are correct, the Beyonwiz forum is not an appropriate place to discuss such matters. People, please don't PM me to ask me for information. It...

IanSav

Hi MrQuade, Please be a little more diplomatic IanSav. It genuinely upsets me to see you get so distressed about this repeatedly. I am far from distressed. Since moving on things have become much better, easier and friendlier for me. My concern is for all the Beyonwiz users who are not getting the s...

IanSav

Hi Paul, Beyonwiz no longer designs and manufactures its own devices. They choose from existing designs and have them manufactured to suit Australian needs. Given the decline of DVB-T/T2 the range of choices for use in Australia is limited. The Beyonwiz V2 is actually a Octagon SF8008 with the satel...

IanSav

Hi All, The Nine Network has announced its new broadcast service. It is called "9Rush" and will be broadcast on LCN-96 in the major cities. The service is due to start at 19:00 on Sunday 5-Apr-2020. There is no comment if the regionals will get the service. This is to be an action / advent...

IanSav

Hi Prl,

I was indicating more than just the code.

Perhaps the list of available packages can also be expanded. In support of your post it would also appear that the Beyonwiz build system may need to be corrected so that the correct list of packages is appropriately built.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi, Identifying hard disk connections can be done through the Components/Harddisk.py tool methods. I don't know how well this is done on the Beyonwiz image as another OpenViX developer and I have just refactored and fixed this code for the other images. The code should be going into OpenViX in the n...

IanSav

Hi Prl, This is the second time Manage extensions has caused puzzlement for users in the past week or so. Can anyone think of a good reason why it shouldn't be disabled? Rather than creating more restrictions perhaps it is time that Beyonwiz started bringing its code up to date with all the other En...

IanSav

Hi Prl,

prl wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 21, 2020 13:56
Good to hear. Thanks, Ian.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl, By experimentation I noted the alt and title attributes issue. I made the change after asking "jbleyel", the project lead, if the alt attribute was used anywhere in the code. He indicated is wasn't so I went ahead with the change. In this case it would be easier and safer to simply...

IanSav

Hi Prl,

Zgemma remote control changed. I am not sure why the change is being made but as I don't use a mobile client I can't test it either. I have just followed suit.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi MrQuade, I trust that suggestion was tongue in cheek :) I am being serious. If the manufacturer knows that a country uses on screen watermarks and sells a product into that market and that product suffers damage because of the watermark then that is a problem they need to address. Mind you in a d...

IanSav

Hi Star6key, I would also contact the Seven Network and complain about the damage their watermark is causing to a frequent watcher of their services. Depending on how they react you may also like to contact ACMA to register a complaint with them. Another call might be to LG to complain about burn-in...

IanSav

Hi Prl,

I will request a rebuild to get the update ASAP.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl, Are you aware of the issue with the OpenWebif remote control templates? As I recently highlighted and confirmed with the OpenWebif developers the HTML template for the remote controls in OpenWebif use an "alt=" attribute that is not actually used. The intention was that the purpose...

IanSav

Hi MrQuade, Looking at the commits and discussions going on I think this is anything but stable. That said, there appears to be a lot of effort going into making this work. My development efforts are in different areas of Enigma2 so I can't give you much more on what is going on. At this point the e...

IanSav

Hi MrQuade,

Looking at the latest commit notes I think you will be getting Kodi 18.6 and not 18.4.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi MrQuade, I haven't been following Kodi that closely but there is significant effort in OpenATV and OpenViX to get the Kodi version 18 running well on a number of machines. The SF8008 (upon which the Beyonwiz V2 is based) is one of the main test platforms. The last comments I was reading are that ...

IanSav

Hi Sddawson, I just tried this on a U4 and a T4 on which I had already installed the latest icons manually. It didn't quite go to plan. The Feed Server plugin worked fine. I could go to Download Plugins and see OverlayHD 1.64 and 1.70 under the "skins" category. But there is no sign of a &...

IanSav

Hi Prl,

prl wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 27, 2020 17:06
Goes along with Andy Tanenbaum's "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." (from the early days of the Internet)

We used that a lot in my earlier working days.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl,

prl wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:41
It may be useful to add instructions about how to unmount the USB when the user has finished the package installation.

A dot point has been added to the instructions.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi, The new picons are now on my feed server. Rather than the manual efforts described in the first post I suggest that people use the feed server as was intended. This will allow the picon updates will happen automatically. The instructions to add my feed server to your device are listed in the Ove...

IanSav

Hi Prl,

prl wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 15, 2020 09:37
It may take a day or two before IanSav has his picon feed updated.

Feed updated.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi MrQuade,

What is wrong with Tribbles? They a small, cute and cuddly. Yes they reproduce at an amazing rate but hey, each to their own. I don't know about the relevance of StarTrek Tribbles in this context though.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Adoxa,

The Beyonwiz firmware is full of holes and missing code due to merge issues and inconsistencies. Beyonwiz is now very far behind the OpenViX firmware upon which it is based. The firmware is long overdue for an upstream merge.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi,

OpenPLi is a little different in may areas from OpenViX, Beyonwiz etc. That said, OpenPLi does not suffer this issue.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl, You need to enter/exit the menu. With the setting other than "No": FAV to bring up the channel list, again to show the bouquets, MENU to show the menu, EXIT back to the list, and now the bouquet list is displayed incorrectly - press FAV/BLUE again to restore. OK, I can replicate it...

IanSav

Hi,

With the proliferation of patches to the Beyonwiz firmware it is probably important to know *exactly* how each machine is configured and patched before trying to resolve issues.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi,

This skin is *not* OverlayHD. It looks like Full Metal Wizard.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi,

The VITC signals are still used for transmitter mode remote control. They are meant to be removed from the actual broadcast signal but sometimes things go wrong.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi dRdoS7, I followed up on Prl's suggestion and there is some discussion within OpenPLi about this image. Apparently it is very hardware dependant so each machine needs to build the entire Enigma2 image specifically for the hardware upon which it is to run. There appears to be no such thing as a ge...

IanSav

Hi dRdoS7, I only develop for PVR style hardware. I know there is an Android version of Enigma2 being developed but I am unfamiliar with any specific PC hardware based versions. I work with OpenATV, OpenPLi, OpenViX and OpenVision. I haven't investigated all the various hardware platforms they suppo...

IanSav

Hi Johnbrennan,

If Beyonwiz exit the PVR market there are other sources of PVRs. There are many manufacturers out there and there are many brands and models that will work in Australia.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Adoxa, Newer versions of OverlayHD are no longer compatible with the Beyonwiz image. The Beyonwiz firmware is now too far behind OpenViX and OpenPLi. When Captain merges some of the newer work then Beyonwiz will also be well behind OpenATV. I will rethink supporting Beyonwiz when the upstream cha...

IanSav

Hi, My feed server now has Prl's latest picons package. Those who use my feed server should get an update notification some time very soon. I regret to inform OverlayHD users that there will be no more updates for OverlayHD until Beyonwiz catches up with OpenViX and/or OpenPLi. OpenATV has some of m...

IanSav

Hi Stephenh, 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 possible - who knows when/if there will be another beta!? :D Unfortunately Beyonwiz is falling farther and farther behind the other...

IanSav

Hi Prl,

The new 7mateHD is running in Melbourne. There have been no parameter changes since I last posted. OpenViX has the new picon.

The EPG is currently not available for the new channel but I assume that should be sorted out soon.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Grumpy_Geoff, Yep sure, you just need to wait for the next beta release, then wait for a kind soul to note the file name of the new picons-tv-australia package and post the URL to that package on the forum. Then directly download that .ipk file using a web browser, stick the file on a USB thumb d...

IanSav

Hi Trial_Master,

Trial_Master wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 15, 2020 21:38
Are you still running your update server for picons?

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.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl,

For your information the service reference for LCN-74 "7mateHD Melbourne" today is "#SERVICE 1:0:19:537:503

eeee0000:0:0:0:".

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Prl,

The "7mateHD Melbourne" name started today in Melbourne. The only change from "7food network" appears to be the name. All other service parameters are the same - so far.

At the moment the channel has a static image with no sound.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Snb41,

Thank you for the information. It looks like others have been interested as well.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Snb41,

Is there a handy reference site for all the service URLs?

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Zabar,

I have no updates. The last I heard from the Seven Network was that the equipment provider didn't want to regress to older codecs. Beyonwiz appears to be unable or unwilling to update the drivers in the older boxes.

You will probably need to look at a newer PVR.

Regards,
Ian.

IanSav

Hi Adoxa, CRIDs aren't exactly reliable, either (it's possible a repeat on the same network but different channel has a different CRID; repeats on different networks definitely have different CRIDs). WIN still doesn't have any at all. As a guess I would suggest that for the bulk of AutoTimers curren...

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