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The REAL documentation is on BitBucket: REMOTE_CODES and REMOTE_CONTROL . This is probably more relevant to an installation specialist than the user centric how to. However, before you have the T4 installed, have it preventatively serviced, otherwise it won't last much longer. At a minimum, have the...

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Avidemux, HandBrake, and MKVToolNix are all very useful and simple tools. Combined, they form a very effective pipeline. It's what I use for simple manipulation of Beyonwiz recordings. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve (Free or Studio) is a high end professional tool. It does everything you need to ...

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Try making another post to see if you get access to the PM functionality.

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Yes, it is still available. I'll contact you directly, but as a newly registered user, you may need to make another post or two before you get access to private messages.

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Both T3 units will be soon leaving for a new home and are no longer available.

The DP-P2 is still available.

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As larger drives appear on the market, you may be tempted to install a very large HDD. This should work without any issues with HDDs up to 16TB in size. It should also be possible to install and use a HDD larger than 16TB. However, be aware that the ext4 file system utilities, such as e2fsck, have s...

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Still available

as is the DP-P2 (for those who prefer something even more vintage than a T3

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I guess an IDE-SATA adapter could be used if really required, but it's probably not worth the hassle.

Either way, the DP-P2 is still available.

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Still available...

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BigbobOz wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 22, 2022 21:51
I have a T3 that just needs to have the caps fixed

These don't need that.

Just saying...

In recent times a number of people have reported that getting their Beyonwiz units repaired is proving challenging. This may be just the ticket for those people.

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I need to clear out some space in my home office and there is a DP-P2 that I can sell. This unit has seen relatively little use - mainly used for WizTV testing during development. In nearly as-new condition, no bulging capacitors. It has no HDD installed, but it has the internal cables to install a ...

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I need to clear out some space in my home office and there are two T3s that I can sell. They are some of the very first units made (serial numbers 5 and 99) , but have seen relatively little use - mainly for firmware testing during development. In nearly as-new condition, no bulging capacitors, one ...

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If the malware only used standard SMB shares to corrupt files, then a standard 19.3 Samba configuration would have not exposed any of the firmware internals. Therefore I would suspect that the issue is caused by invalid recording metadata files causing crashes. I would not expect firmware corruption...

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Thanks for the log. I found the bug and committed the fix to the repository. The issue was caused by upstream prematurely pushing Python3 changes without ensuring backwards compatibility with Python2. I reverted the change. At this stage, I'm not going to run another build or make a new release of t...

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aaharwood wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 16, 2021 23:24
Once I select the "Front Panel Update" plugin, I see the following.
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Pressing the green button to continue results in a crash and reboot of the T4.

The details of the crash are important in order to offer any specific advice. Please attach the crash log.

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Have you considered a NAS? That way you don't need any drives attached to the V2. You also have the option of using the microSD slot for local storage. Modern microSD cards are available in large capacities and the costs are declining.

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New Software Update Now Available - T2 / T3 / T4 / U4 / V2 Version: 19.3_20211010 This update is available as a full USB firmware image or an online update. As with any firmware update, it is highly recommended that users back up their settings immediately prior to performing this update. There are...

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Paul_oz53 wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 11, 2021 18:48
Looks like a standard molex connection in the photos

Power is delivered using a square 4 pin connector. This is not a standard SATA power cable. Even if you do find one online, you'd have to check the pinout as it is not standardised.

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Yep, looks like the HDD problems start at about 240MB into the test. Probably a bad HDD, but I'd still give it a good testing in another system, such as a desktop computer or a good quality external enclosure. Also, give the HDD the "ear test", listen to it during power up and also during ...

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The results of those tests will be printed as part of smartctl -x output. Alternatively, you can use smartctl -l xselftest . There should be a section that contains entries similar to this: === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors) Num Test_Descript...

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The HDD is running a bit on the warmer side, but not outside of the specification. The HDD is definitely experiencing issues. The original problem looks a lot like the HDD firmware has decided to stop accessing the media. The drive only had ~300 errors up until yesterday. Since then, the error count...

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It looks like an unhealthy disk, but that could potentially be due to external factors. The fact that you are getting both raw read errors and CRC errors on bus transfers (at least I assume it was bus transfers, but can't be sure since you truncated the output of smartctl -x) would suggest bad power...

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Strange. I wonder if this could be a mechanical issue. If I recall correctly, the fan speed settings are hooked up in such a way that when you change the setting the fan speed changes in real time. If you set the speed of the fan to zero, wait for the fan to stop completely and then set the speed to...

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Half Round wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 01, 2021 17:13
Only other change to the T4 is my fix for 3.3v regulators- see attached.

Neat use of a buck converter instead of an LDO. I was contemplating something similar as it should cut power dissipation drastically.

This modification should have no effect on the operation of the fan.

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That does not look like full output of MediaInfo - the key information is missing. But, taking a guess at both of those files, it looks like you are not downloading the right format. If you want the best experience, you should download MKV files with H.265/HEVC and AC3/DD for 4k content. For FullHD ...

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Yes. VPN. It's probably best to use your router's VPN capabilities to allow secure access to your home network. Almost all modern routers that take security even half seriously will have provisions for establishing a VPN. If your router lacks VPN capability, you may be able to configure another devi...

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Is the front panel power button broken?

What happens when you press the front panel button while the V2 is on and showing live TV?

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Given that the problem gets worse as you daisy chain the tuners, my guess would be that the antenna signal/quality is poor. I suggest paying attention to the incoming cables and following them all the way to the antenna. Typically the cable connections and the physical antenna itself tend to deterio...

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That screenshot seems to show memory corruption on the frame buffer and the crash is also consistent with trashed memory. In terms of troubleshooting, I highly recommend a complete firmware reflash from USB, using 19.3_20211010, without restoring any settings backups. My suspicion is that this will ...

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The standard way to get those regulators off the board would be to pre-heat the entire PCB and then desolder using hot air. The PCB is designed to act as a heat sink and uses a lot of copper planes stitched using the vias to conduct heat away.

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Copy files off the problematic HDD and reformat the HDD using the V2 to convert it into ext4. Ideally you would have formatted the HDD using the V2 during the initial setup. Do not persist with NTFS. You will continue to experience problems if you continue using NTFS and the longer you do, the great...

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Wired Ethernet will default to DHCP and should be up on first boot.

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What did the IceTV customer support people say? Do they still provide phone support to paying customers?

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As I said much earlier in this thread: The first thing to try is to replace the batteries in the V2 remote. If they are weak the remote could do all sorts of strange things. The T4 remotes have certainly been known for causing problems like repeated key presses due to weak batteries. ... The next st...

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Can the old ones be removed with a simple rm -rf /opt/beyonwiz/beyonwizt4/17.5 /opt/beyonwiz/beyonwizv2/19.3 ? That should be fine. The SDKs are self contained full releases and are independent of each other. They should not be installing anything outside their own tree ( /opt/beyonwiz by default),...

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Updated SDKs based on 19.3 20211010 firmware are now available for download. The T4 SDK can also be used to build code for T2 and T3. The SDK requires a modern 64-bit Linux distribution and is provided as an install script. The installer will perform the correct relocation of the SDK to your install...

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I don't see how a simple external USB drive could possibly cause a KEY_DOWN event. Drive errors or USB disconnects do not somehow transform into input events. The V2 does not have a front panel that has a DOWN key, so it can't be a physical key switch problem. That leaves the front panel IR sensor a...

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Source: https://github.com/oe-alliance/TerrestrialScan Did this move to it's own repository from https://github.com/oe-alliance/oe-alliance-plugins/tree/master/TerrestrialScan ? Is the oe-alliance-plugins version still being updated? I can see some recent commits. The oe-alliance-plugins version wa...

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Bandplan for AUS was just simple arithmetic. Kinda, sorta, but yeah, but no. There's 9A as well as the +/- 125kHz interference offset. A simple implementation will mostly work for most people in most places, which is probably good enough to ship the product. The spectrum re-allocation introduced so...

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These features have been in the Beyonwiz firmware since 2014. They are extensively tested and have been tweaked over the years based on feedback from users who may be in what one would consider "challenging reception" areas. The initial implementation was fine tuned for best performance on...

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The solution in this situation is to have the hosting provider deploy Let's Encrypt certificates that use the alternate chain, without DST Root CA X3 in the chain. That's currently not possible using the hosting web interface. I lodged a support ticket asking for some help with this, but I have no ...

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An outright regulator failure will take a pair of tuners out, A+B or C+D. If you are seeing single tuner issues, the most likely reason is damage to the motherboard, to discrete components or to solder joints. If you have gone as far as removing the heat sinks, I'd continue the repair by thoroughly ...

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OK, I got to the bottom of it. The ca-certificates bundle is OK as it has ISRG Root X1. It also has the (now expired) DST Root CA X3. Unfortunately Let's Encrypt default certificate chain still includes a cross-sign that uses DST Root CA X3. Apparently they do that to maintain compatibility with ver...

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Hm, has the root certificate expired? Yep That's strange. I took extra care to update the ca-certificates package with the most recent version from oe-a just before building the release candidate firmware. I wanted to ensure that the root CA bundle contained all the changes to support the Let's Enc...

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I don't see anything wrong. Feeds are working as expected. The server logs don't show any outages, successfully serving well in excess of 10,000 requests per hour for every hour of the day in the past 7 days.

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Standard 3.5" SATA drive. Both full height and slim-line 3.5" drives will fit.

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Since PiP has no audio being decoded, there's no need to delay until audio and video are synchronised. The PiP video can be decoded as soon as the first i-frame arrives. For the main video, both video and audio streams need to be decoded and synchronised. Unfortunately the V2 drivers are nowhere nea...

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An existing token is disposed of using the Logout API as part of the login process. Token management should really be performed by the user from the website. The website token management functionality should be protected using stronger authentication than a simple token. The standard industry practi...

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Although the API for Logout is implemented in the plugin, what is the practical use case for showing it in the user interface? IMNSHO adding a Logout option just clutters the user interface and presents an opportunity for the user to put the plugin into an undesirable state. If you Logout, you'll pr...

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