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#1
Would not tinker with TVHeadend except when the IceBox is a backup. And if you are happy with the possible need to do a soft reset.

The IceBox team (aka Daniel Hall) is working on a fix, so I would not resort to tinkering unless channels are "physically" absent or have not been mapped, and a soft reset has not fixed things.
#2
Quote from: TimC on March 28, 2024, 11:25:24 AM
Quote from: raymondjpg on March 28, 2024, 10:01:59 AMYou could try the Force Scan option in the Web UI Configuration|Networks|Force Scan.

Youve lost me there Raymond. How do you get to "Web UI Configuration|Networks|Force Scan"?

The reference is to the TVHeadend webserver, which is localed on the IceBox. To accessit, in your  preferred web browser, enter the following location:
http://{IP address of the IceBox}:9981/
The click on the "Configuration" tab, then on "DVB inputs", then on "Networks". I have never tried this; but that is where you go. Cannot say if it will do what you want.
#3
Quote from: panio-man on March 28, 2024, 09:26:47 AMHi

My icetv is 11.03 but have done several reboots yet no 11.06 install has happened.

I even did a soft reset still no update.

Any thoughts on how to get the update?

Thanks Ron

I cannot find a link for downloading 11.06 - I am chasing it up with the development team.
#4
Are you using an IceTV IceBox or a BYOB? If a BYOB what CPU does it have, and how much RAM?
#5
Also check the video output setting - should be 50 not 60.
#6
General / Re: Add Skip Thoughts
March 27, 2024, 12:55:11 PM
My understanding is that reconfiguring the skip buttons is on the to be done list - "remove" 10 minutes and adjust the rest.
#7
General / Re: Add Skip Thoughts
March 27, 2024, 07:31:26 AM
The left and right buttons can be used to manually skip; the more times you press the larger the skip. You can customize the skip.

I do not know of an easy way to manually add a break; you may need to edit the text file that contains the information. You could try using bookmark instead, but that is rather messy.

I would not be surprised if there was a setting to pre/post pad the break - the underlying engine has a high degree of customization.
#8
General / Re: Remote observation.
March 26, 2024, 06:36:13 PM
Ian, thanks for the information

Ian
#9
Getting Help / Re: Cannot install latest update
March 26, 2024, 02:58:46 PM
Could it be a hidden directory problem? The update folder is, if I recall a hidden directory (.update). If I recall correctly, in early builds you had to expressly select show hidden folders un SMB/KODI setting. However that may have been during pre-release beta testing.

I always found Windows 10 to be messy when it come to SMB connections; Windows 11 is somewhat more reliable.

You could try transferring it by sftp (ftp is not supported); the .update directory is a subdirectory of the storage directory. You will have to enable SSH in IceBox settings. User name is "root".
#10
Quote from: DeltaMikeCharlie on March 25, 2024, 03:37:08 PMWell spotted.  I copied the wrong file.  They were next to each other in the list and I must have mis-clicked.

Sincere apologies.

I have done the same thing more than once
#11
BYOB / Re: Automatic commerical detection
March 25, 2024, 10:30:43 AM
My recollection is that Kodie rebuilds the recording list each time it is loaded; I have deleted recordings using SMB several times in the past and it has not caused any problems.
#12
In capital cities 10 HD has two (logical) channels, 1 and 15. There are other instances such as 7 SD (7 and 71), ABC SD (2 and 21), 9 SD (9 and 91). [9Go! also has two LCNs.] Changes to the TVHeadend configuration has resulted in "duplicates".

Duplicates can also result when you can receive transmission from two or more transmitters - I now get two C31 (both identified as being LCN 44). Previously only one was activated; presumably the one with the best signal.
#13
As far as I can work out, to use a technical term, the guide on the IceBox is %%@&*. It worked properly throughout the beta testing but decided to go feral in the last build (the release build). If you use "All channels" all the channels are present (but no necessarily in the order you would expect). ["All TV Channels" may also work.] If you select the guide for a particular network, some channels can be missing (indeed some networks can be missing), similarly the SD Channels and SD Channels can have channels mission.

The incorrect ordering of channels may be due to channels numbers not being assigned when the scan is run (I have this on the Nine and Seven networks on my two BYOB), or channel tags going missing. The cause is still being investigated. Once a solution is found, as the problem is with TVHeadend, new firmware will not be needed, just an update to the TVHeadend add-on, which requires no user intervention.

It is possible to "fix" some or all of the problems using the TVHeadend web server, but it may not be worth the effort.
#14
Glad that you managed to get it sorted.

Cannot remember if I had similar problems when testing the new build. Did a lot at upgrade tests with various builds and it just becomes a blur.
#15
Another beta tester testimonial.
The advertising break detection is sufficiently accurate for a good user experience. Occasionally I have seen the detected break being short than the actual break. I do not recall problems with the start. Very occasionally I have found an break not being detected.

Closed captions (subtitles) now work reliably, and in color - sometimes multiple colors to differential what different characters are saying. To get the best closed caption experience the recordings are now use MKV container rather than *.ts (transport stream). I did not test the new build with *.ts rather than *.mkv, but have done so with earlier builds.