WizZilla has arrived

glow · Post by **glow** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 19:57

There were definitely bugs in 01.05.320 that caused inconsistent data when using Keep A-B. The most common symptom was that a file transfer with WizFX or WizZilla would transfer a bit more past the B tail point, typically until the end of the 32MB file.
Peter put in a workaround in getwizpnp 0.4.3a to overcome this.

At least this part seems to have been fixed by 01.05.346. When I top and tail with Keep A-B, WizFX no longer transfers past B.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 20:22

I followed some of your posts on that find, glow. I guessed that was what I had been experiencing in my test result 2 when using WizFX. Good to see it has been fixed in 01.05.346.

With 01.05.346 have you experienced any recordings cut short after being edited (keep A-B) & copied with WizZilla, similar to what I have found?
With some of the networks now cutting out most, or in some cases all of the credits at the end, the climax of the show can be missed if the recording doesn?t fully copy.

I guess the workaround if using 01.05.320 is to edit at least 2 minutes past the end of the show if using the current version of WizZilla, & then check the end of the recording after it has been copied before deleting off the Int HDD.

glow · Post by **glow** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 21:04

sub3R wrote:With 01.05.346 have you experienced any recordings cut short after being edited (keep A-B) & copied with WizZilla, similar to what I have found?
With some of the networks now cutting out most, or in some cases all of the credits at the end, the climax of the show can be missed if the recording doesn?t fully copy.

I guess the workaround if using 01.05.320 is to edit at least 2 minutes past the end of the show if using the current version of WizZilla, & then check the end of the recording after it has been copied before deleting off the Int HDD.

Actually I rarely use WizZilla these days.
I find it quicker to use WizFX.
Just seems to take ages for WizZilla to load all the detailed descriptions.
My P1 only has a half full 200GB disk, can't imagine how long it would take to load all the descriptions with a moderately full P2-2TB.

After transfer I always edit my recordings in ProjectX and check the end of the show has transferred.
I use the ProjectX post commands to automatically run Avidemux to convert to AVI.
I don't delete the original until I've made sure the AVI plays back on the Wiz.

glow · Post by **glow** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 23:11

sub3R wrote:With 01.05.346 have you experienced any recordings cut short after being edited (keep A-B) & copied with WizZilla, similar to what I have found?

Just tried one transfer with WizZilla and WizFX. Both were identical so ok for a sample size of 1.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:06

glow wrote:Just tried one transfer with WizZilla and WizFX. Both were identical so ok for a sample size of 1.

That?s good news glow - thanks for testing that.

I understand what you mean about taking a while for WizZilla to load all the detailed descriptions. Although if WizZilla is regularly run & refreshed, this only takes a short period due to the cache ? it only took 12 seconds on my S1?s 500GB Int HDD which has 407.9GB of 465.8GB used. WizZilla was last run & refreshed the day before this test. On the other hand, when I tried ?--list? with getwizpnp.exe 0.4.3a it took 40 seconds. So yes, an almost full 2TB drive would take a while. In this situation an option in WizZilla to not grab all the detailed descriptions would be handy.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:08

sub3R wrote:In the next couple of days I will copy across ?Wycliffe-5? a few more times to make sure this is repeatable.

I tried this three more times & all results were exactly the same as my Copy Results 5.
A good result.

prl · Post by **prl** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:31

glow wrote:
sub3R wrote:With 01.05.346 have you experienced any recordings cut short after being edited (keep A-B) & copied with WizZilla, similar to what I have found?
Just tried one transfer with WizZilla and WizFX. Both were identical so ok for a sample size of 1.

WizZilla (actually getWizPnP) can correctly transfer less data than WizFX on edited recordings, because in native copy mode, getWizPnP doesn't copy trailing parts of recording data files if they are not used by the recording. WizFX always copies the whole of any recording data file if it appears in the trunc file. Hence the difference in size in sub3r's 3. and 4., where the copy is correct, but WizFX copied 24MB of 172, but WizZilla/getWizPnP only copied 24MB.

netmask · Post by **netmask** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:32

glow wrote:
sub3R wrote:With 01.05.346 have you experienced any recordings cut short after being edited (keep A-B) & copied with WizZilla, similar to what I have found?

snip

After transfer I always edit my recordings in ProjectX and check the end of the show has transferred.
I use the ProjectX post commands to automatically run Avidemux to convert to AVI.
I don't delete the original until I've made sure the AVI plays back on the Wiz.

Hi glow

What are the commands for running avidemux from ProjectX ? And i wonder if Womble or Handbrake could be used instead?

prl · Post by **prl** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:35

sub3R wrote:The compiled getWizPnP.exe 0.4.3a worked fine Peter.
...

Does the getWizPnP included in the WizZilla distribution (0.4.2, IIRC) work? I'm trying to see whether this is/was a getWizPnP bug or if WizZilla somehow terminating the copy early.

I can't recall exactly where getWizPnP is in the WizZilla distribution, but I think it's in ProgramFiles>WizZilla>Utilities, or something like that.

It may give an error message when/if something goes wrong with the copy.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 20:33

prl wrote:Does the getWizPnP included in the WizZilla distribution (0.4.2, IIRC) work? I'm trying to see whether this is/was a getWizPnP bug or if WizZilla somehow terminating the copy early.
?.

Yes, that version works fine so far - the same copy results as version 0.4.3a. To make certain, I?ll continue using the earlier version for copying over the next few days.

?Properties > Version? for getWizPnP.exe used by WizZilla 1.1.0.60 indicates that this is ?file version 0.3.4.0?.

prl · Post by **prl** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 21:30

Seems I may be off the hook, then

glow · Post by **glow** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 22:47

netmask wrote:Hi glow

What are the commands for running avidemux from ProjectX ? And i wonder if Womble or Handbrake could be used instead?

I split this off into another thread since it's not really about WizZilla
ProjectX Postprocess post commands

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 13:00

prl wrote:Seems I may be off the hook, then

I think so, but I can?t be certain - unfortunately I haven?t been able to make ?Wycliffe-5? terminate early again with WizZilla. The only change I made was to re-index the DP-S1 HDD due to an SBS recording being temporarily lost after being re-named. I can?t see that fixing the problem though ? I think it is just an intermittent issue that doesn?t want to play ball at the moment.

Whenever time permits, mainly during the night, I?ll keep copying ?Wycliffe-5? & ?New Year Day Concert 2011? with WizZilla to see if I can replicate those two 'short copy' issues. I?ll also do the same using getWizPnP.exe 0.3.4.0.

So far, getWizPnP.exe 0.3.4.0 continues to copy reliably, even copying a number of recordings at a time.

I have some more observations on my ?Invalid argument to function: at line 6899 Event: TIMER1CTDOWN ? Dialog:0? issue, which I?ll post in a following post.

prl · Post by **prl** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 13:39

Thanks, Dennis. Please let me know if you find getWizPnP doing something odd.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 14:40

You?re welcome Peter, & yes, I will.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 15:00

Some more observations on my ?Invalid argument to function: at line 6899 Event: TIMER1CTDOWN ? Dialog:0? issue here.

On my PC I notice when a number of recordings are queued for download in WizZilla 1.1.0.60, the copy progress bar doesn?t progress to an indicated 100%.

At an indicated 98% or 99% the copy progress bar disappears, the queued recording that seems to have just been copied also disappears from the queue list, & the green tick disappears from the same recording in the main list.
Switching immediately to Windows Explorer (already open in another window) I can observe there are two more tvwiz files still to be copied for this same recording (I knew how many tvwiz files the recording folder contained). These two remaining files continue to copy but before the last tvwiz file copies to the HDD, & before WizZilla starts copying the next queued recording, WizZilla displays the ?Invalid argument to function: at line 6899 Event: TIMER1CTDOWN ? Dialog:0? error message. By clicking ?OK? on this error message, WizZilla shuts down & the next queued recording starts copying, & completes copying, in the background. The remaining queued recordings of course fail to copy.

At a guess, it seems that WizZilla isn?t waiting long enough for the last tvwiz file to copy. If this is the case, I wonder if the timeout allows for copying to Ext USB HDDs connected to older slower PCs? My much refurbished Windows Home XP SP3 PC is way overdue for replacement but still works reliably, although a lot slower than modern PCs (it is only a 2.4GHz P4 with 1GB of RAM, new power supply, upgraded HDDs etc etc).

I tried copying 4 short queued recordings with WizZilla to one of the PC?s Ext USB HDDs (the same one used in all previous tests) & I could get the exact same above failure sequence every time ? the timeout error message after the 1st queued recording almost copied.
By copying the same recordings to the PC's internal HDD in the same queue sequence, sometimes WizZilla would copy all recordings without fail, other times it would fail after almost copying the 2nd recording & other times after almost copying the 3rd recording. In each case Windows Explorer showed WizZilla had one tvwiz file still to copy before the error message came up ? as detailed above. This last file eventually copies. So copying to the Int HDD is slightly more reliable than copying to the Ext HDD.

I then tried copying the same 4 recordings in the same sequence, plus an additional 2 recordings, with getWizPnP.exe 0.3.4.0 to the PC?s Ext USB HDD, using the following command:
c:\>getwizpnp.exe -a -H (the S1?s fixed IP address) -p 49152 "RocKwiz-16 (BS)" "Rockwiz-10 (MM)" "Rockwiz-11 (BM)" "Rockwiz-12 (RM)" "Rockwiz-3 (WJ)" "Rockwiz-6 (SO'N)" -O "M:\PVR_copy-test6" -d ?resume
This version of getWizPnP.exe is used by WizZilla 1.1.0.60 & copied all these recordings, in sequence, reliably.

My PC, LAN & DP-S1 setup is the same as listed in my earlier post (see link at the top of this post).

Edit 4-Jan-11: The same above test using getWizPnP.exe 0.3.4.0, has been carried out a few more times with the same success.

prl · Post by **prl** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 15:43

sub3R wrote:...
At a guess, it seems that WizZilla isn?t waiting long enough for the last tvwiz file to copy. ...

That is also a possible explanation for the incomplete copies you were getting, if WizZilla is prematurely killing off the getWizPnP process doing the copy.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 17:49

My thoughts as well Peter.

I didn?t mention that because I felt I had already used up my share of guesses for the day.

prl · Post by **prl** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 21:32

sub3R wrote:My thoughts as well Peter. I didn?t mention that because I felt I had already used up my share of guesses for the day.

On this forum there is no daily limit on speculation

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:41

I posted this in another thread but it got lost:

I have a new P2 with 2TB disk, which is replacing my faithful (destroyed) P1.

When I run Wizzilla, I get the "GetWizPnP exited early" message.

Without Wizzilla, the BW is pretty much useless for me.

Is there a known workaround? Note that I cannot go to an earlier firmware as I have the 2TB P2.

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 13:00

Peter D wrote:I posted this in another thread but it got lost:

I have a new P2 with 2TB disk, which is replacing my faithful (destroyed) P1.

When I run Wizzilla, I get the "GetWizPnP exited early" message.

Without Wizzilla, the BW is pretty much useless for me.

Is there a known workaround? Note that I cannot go to an earlier firmware as I have the 2TB P2.

What firmware are you running on the P2? If it's 01.07.055, then the bug is in the Beyonwiz, not in WizZilla (or getWizPnP). If you don't like the error message, use WizFX instead, which won't give you an error, but will give you a corrupted recording instead.

You can probably get a more recent firmware release that fixes this problem by contacting Beyonwiz Support and explaining what the problem is. Several other forum members have already done this.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 13:20

Thanks,

I have 01.07.055.

I will give BW a call.

Peter

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 13:26

prl wrote:?.
What firmware are you running on the P2? If it's 01.07.055, then the bug is in the Beyonwiz, not in WizZilla (or getWizPnP). If you don't like the error message, use WizFX instead, which won't give you an error, but will give you a corrupted recording instead.
?.

I thought this issue was only a known problem with 01.05.334 f/w. Is it also a problem with 01.07.055?

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 14:13

Damn! Peter D, Dennis is quite right.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 08:26

Now I am confused.

Is this a known problem with 01.07.055?

And, is there a fix available ftom BeyonWiz support?

prl · Post by **prl** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 09:11

Peter D wrote:Now I am confused.

Is this a known problem with 01.07.055?

And, is there a fix available ftom BeyonWiz support?

No, I was the one confused. The problem I referred to is a problem in 01.05.334, as Dennis pointed out. It's not a known problem in 01.07.055, which is a later firmware than 01.05.334.

Do you get the "getWizPnP exited early" error on all recordings you try to copy from your P2, or only on some? Do you get this error immediately on starting the copy, or after the copy has run for a while? If the latter, does it happen reliably at about the same place in the recording? Do you get any of the recording copied onto your PC HDD?

Have you tried using WizFX to copy recordings that fail to copy using WizZilla?

It's possible to run getWizPnP (it's a command-line program) directly from the WizZilla installation. It may be worth trying that (I can step you through it) to see what error getWizPnP is getting.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 09:18

Wizill resumes from where it left off the previous attempt. Smetimes it will run for several minutes, sometimes less than a minute.

See next post.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 09:22

I called Technical Support and I have to say that I encountered the most friendly, helpful support person I have ever had. And he spoke clear aussie English.

He was well aware of the bug, and sent me a newer firmware 01.07.350.

And, if you are not aware, the numbering of the "07" firmware now matches the "05" series.

He also said that the 2TB version of the DP-P2 should have shipped with this version.

Hope this really fixes the problem. Find out tonight.

prl · Post by **prl** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 09:46

I've answered in the other topic where you posted. It's usually better to keep discussion of a problem in one topic. That makes it easier for other people to follow and to find later if they search.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:37

I agree, but I don't think too many people read the sofwtare forum.

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:57

Hi Peter D,

Peter D wrote:I agree, but I don't think too many people read the sofwtare forum.

The forum regulars, who provide most of the replies, generally visit all forums and examine all new posts. If we can contribute productively to the thread then we will usually respond.

In this forum there is *never* a need to cross post.

Regards,
Ian.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 16:19

I have posted a bit more information at the bottom of this post here under 'Added 7-Jan-11:' for the recording ?Wycliffe-5? that WizZilla was having intermittent trouble completely downloading.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 17:08

Guess what. It did not work.

I updated the firmware.

Used Wizilla to copy a file from BW to PC.

File is 3,521 MB. Fell over at 589 MB.

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:56

Peter D wrote:Guess what. It did not work.

I updated the firmware.

Used Wizilla to copy a file from BW to PC.

File is 3,521 MB. Fell over at 589 MB.

Sounds like it's time to start looking for the errors underlying the "getWizPnP exited early" error message.

Do you get this problem only with one recording, or with more than one? Have you tried copying other recordings?

I can't run WizZilla at the moment (on a Mac). Can someone help by telling us where to find/view WizZilla's logs?

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:54

In Windows XP ?wizilla.log? is in:
C:\Documents and Settings\(current user)\Local Settings\Temp\WizZilla

Change logging level in ?wizilla.ini? in:
C:\Documents and Settings\(current user)\Local Settings\Application Data\Two Wizards\WizZilla 1.0

The default level is 2 (LogLevel=2). Change to 5 for more info in 'wizzilla.log'.
Level 5 also gives additional log files & slows down listing all recordings from the wiz.

getWizPnP.exe (version 0.3.4.0) is in:
C:\Program Files\WizZilla 1.0\utils

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:53

Thanks, Dennis. Do you know what level logs error messages coming from getWizPnP? Or does getWizPnP have to be run by hand to see them?

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 13:46

I tried copying the same file again today. This time it got a lot further - 1540 MB.

The log file does not say much:

14:31:34 08-01-2011 - Processing 'Melbourne's New Year's Eve Celebrations Dec.31.2010_23.25'
14:31:34 08-01-2011 - Command is 'getwizpnp.exe -a -t -H 192.168.0.11 -p 49152 --BWName "Melbourne's New Year's Eve Celebrations Dec.31.2010_23.25" -O "D:\RecordedTV" -d --resume'
14:43:56 08-01-2011 - ERROR!!! - Download failed - GetWizPnP process exited early!

I will try it with more detailed logging.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 13:58

Third time it only did 360 MB.
Fourth time 65 MB

Seems to get worse over time.

Log file with Level 5 Logging did any have any extra information durnig the download bit.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 14:36

prl wrote:Thanks, Dennis. Do you know what level logs error messages coming from getWizPnP? Or does getWizPnP have to be run by hand to see them?

You?re welcome Peter. How do you tell what information is coming from WizZilla & what is coming from getWizPnP?
I haven?t tried to look for log files when running getWizPnP.exe.

The only two log levels I have tried are 2 & 5.
In level 2 only wizzilla.log is updated (additional log files listed below become available in level 5).

Looking at the existing log files in my C:\......\Temp\WizZilla directory:

In level 5 the following log files are available ?.

wizzilla.log ? with addition information over level 2. Although even set to level 5 it didn?t show any error message when ?Wycliffe-5? didn?t fully download.
ConnectList_(date & time).log ? this lists all recordings on the wiz.
Discovery_(date & time).log ? this only lists the discovered wizzes (Wiz name & IP address only).
Dryrun_(date & time).log ? this lists the same information as when running; c:\getwizpnp.exe -a -H (wiz IP address) --list -v "(recording name)". It also adds the recording name.
EpisodeDate_(date & time).log ? this lists similar information to Dryrun_(date & time).log.
listdebug_(date & time).log ? from what I can tell this appears to list all progressive steps. I don?t understand what they mean though.

Not much help I?m afraid but I can try a few things if you wish.

May I suggest that Peter D tries a download of the same file with getWizPnP.exe to see what happens?

Peter D ?. Is the troublesome recording an SBS recording? Has it been edited on the wiz? Does it have any bookmarks set? Does it play back normally on the wiz? Have you tried downloading in the wiz native format instead of .ts? Do other recordings download ok?

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 15:32

It was a Chanel 7 Standard Definition recording.

I have tried a Ch 9 SD recording and it failed at 262 MB.

And an ABC SD recording which failed at 39 MB.

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 17:06

Hi, Peter. Try running a DOS window (Start>Run..., then enter cmd in the typein box, and press OK. Then:

Code: Select all

c:
cd "\Program Files\WizZilla 1.0\utils"
getwizpnp.exe -a -t -H 192.168.0.11 -p 49152 --BWName "Melbourne's New Year's Eve Celebrations Dec.31.2010_23.25" -O "D:\RecordedTV" -d --resume -v

Enter the last one as all one line. You may want to copy/paste it from the post.

Copy/paste the output into a post here.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 20:48

Hi Peter D. If Peter?s (prl) last suggestion still doesn?t give a complete download I have another suggestion.

I have been wondering if a network problem is causing WizZilla to exit. I can bring up the error message you are getting by unplugging the Ethernet cable during a download & then reconnecting. After a while WizZilla displays the ?ERROR!!! - Download failed - GetWizPnP process exited early!? message & shuts down after clicking ?OK?. The log file also looks similar to what you posted.

Have you only had this WizZilla download problem since using your new DLink DIR-825 ?n? router with the DP-P2 or did you also have it with your old router & the DP-P2? Is it possible to rule out the wireless LAN by temporarily connecting to the P2 via wired LAN & then trying the same download with WizZilla?

Please give Peter?s suggestion a go first, plus anything else Peter suggests ? I would also like to know if you get a complete download using getWizPnP.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 06:54

1. This is a well known bug in the latest public release of the firmware. The later version was supposed to fix the problem, but it obvioulsy has not (at least in the 1.07 release; 1.05 might be OK).

2. It was happening with the previous router.

3. It still happens when I use a wired connecton

4. I tried running GetWizPnP directly but got an error:

Bad WizPnP response: No device description returned from http://192.168.0.11:49152/tvdevicedesc.xml
Can't get a device description for 192.168.0.11

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 07:01

When I switched to hard wired, the IP address changed to 12. I ran GetWizPnP again, and it fell over at 163 MB with the error:

<file name>.ts/0005: Bad Request
Download failed: Bad Request

where <file name> is the file name which I did not want to type in again.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:48

Hi Peter D. Ok, that eliminates the Wireless LAN.

I just tried downloading a recording in .ts format from our 2nd S1 still running 01.05.334 (which has this known problem) using WizZilla, & after downloading about 250MB I get the ?Download failed - GetWizPnP process exited early!? error message, which I expected. Clicking ?OK? for this error doesn?t shut WizZilla down.

I also tried downloading the same file in .ts format using getWizPnP.exe 0.3.4.0 & got the following:

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E:\>getwizpnp.exe -a -t -H <the S1?s fixed IP address> -p 49152 "Escape To The Country" -O "M:\PVR_copy-test3" -d --resume -v
Connecting to Wiz_02 <the S1?s fixed IP address>
7TWO on PRIME: Escape To The Country/Escape to the Country sets out to find the
perfect country house for families seeking to get away from the city. - Copy
    Sun Jan  9 20:28:00 2011 - Sun Jan  9 21:27:44 2011
    playtime:   59:44    recording size:   2127.8 MiB    bit rate:   4.7 Mib/s
    recording name: Escape To The Country - Sun Jan  9 2011.ts
|===========---------------------------------------| 2.9MiB/s  22% 468/2132MiBM:
\PVR_copy-test3\Escape To The Country - Sun Jan  9 2011.ts/0026: Bad Request

Download failed: Bad Request

This looks like what you are getting.

If you try WizFX you may find that WizFX ver:1.0.2.3 will appear to download correctly in the wiz native format but will miss downloading some .tvwiz files (0kB instead of 32,768kB), & downloading in .ts format will give some corruption of the downloaded recording. It won?t display any error messages when either occurs.

Peter D wrote:1. This is a well known bug in the latest public release of the firmware. The later version was supposed to fix the problem, but it obvioulsy has not (at least in the 1.07 release; 1.05 might be OK).
?.

I was aware of this in 01.05.334 but I didn?t know about this problem in 01.07.055 f/w.
Unless Peter (prl) or someone else can make any other suggestions, & seeing you can?t revert to older f/w that didn?t have this problem, it would be worth while ringing DPG again & reporting what you have found.

prl · Post by **prl** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:45

Hi Dennis. Do you see the same problem downloading that recording with getWizPnP 0.4.3? Do you still have the problem if you download in Beyonwiz native format rather than TS format?

I'm trying to tell whether the problem is the Beyonwiz firmware, an error in the trunc header file, or a getWIzPnP bug.

Peter D · Post by **Peter D** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:59

I called support again and have been given another version of the firmware (069). Will try it tonight.

sub3R · Post by **sub3R** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 13:06

Not a problem Peter (prl).

I just tried downloading the same recording in native format using WizZilla & had a similar result; header.tvwiz, stat, trunc, 0011 up to 0017 downloaded successfully but 0017, the last tvwiz file to download, only had 0kB (0011 to 0016 inclusive where all 32,768kB). The same error message came up. WizZilla didn?t shut down after clicking ?OK? for the error message.

The first 0kB tvwiz file using WizFX 1.0.1.4 was 0019 (0011 to 0018 inclusive where all 32,768kB). WizFX downloaded all tvwiz files (0011 to 0077) but 7 of these are 0kB.

This recording has been edited using ?keep A-B?. Both S1s are on a wired LAN with fixed IP addresses - one running 01.05.320 & the other running 01.05.334.

I?ll do the other tests after a couple of timer recordings have finished.

I?ll also make another recording (on the 01.05.334 S1) & see what happens when I download that recording without doing any A-B edits.

One thing I noticed when using 01.05.320; when I use --list -vvvv in getWizPnP.exe (both versions from memory) for another recording that contained a bookmark, getWizPnP.exe seems to stall with the cursor flashing just after listing the bookmark information. After waiting for about 20min I needed to do a <Ctrl C> to exit. I have saved the results for this & can post them later if you wish ? I don?t want to sidetrack this current problem.

prl · Post by **prl** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 13:20

Hi, Dennis. Does getWizPnP 0.4.3a work any better than the one distributed with WizZilla? There's a Windows binary version available, so you don't have to mess about with installing Perl.

BTW. That version uses --debug=... for getting information about the trubc file and various other obscure internals, rather than -vvvv...

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