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#71

General / Re: New firmware released for ...

Last post by nedsnow - April 20, 2024, 01:29:16 PM

However, the most significant problem was with the ad skipping whereby after the ad break, the video repeatedly cut off and on, until finally there was just a blank screen.

That looks more like a HDMI issue.  Do you have a HDMI cable connected directly to your TV or is there something else in between, e.g. an AV Amplifier, a HDMI extender, HDMI splitter, HDMI switch, etc.)?

Sometimes with HDMI, something that interrupts the data flow can trigger the receiving device to go through a housekeeping check which results in a bit of flashing while the HDMI reconfigures itself. Sometimes the result can be a blank screen.  The more devices in the chain, the worse the flashing can get.

Usually a directly connected TV doesn't do that, but a bad cable may cause something similar.
 

I don't think HDMI is the issue. I am having the same symptoms on various recordings. Today, I was watching a recording of the PBS Newshour, when it started having intermittent black screens, then just went back to the menu. When I tried to restart it, it said "Failed to Start" on both Resume and Play from Beginning. I tried to reboot from the power menu, but the box crashed (looked like a kernel panic), so I did a long press of the Power button and it rebooted successfully. I then played the same recording, and it played without any black screens or other issues.

I'm also having a number of other anomalous problems. Sometimes when I select a recording to play, I just get a black screen. When I press "Back", it goes back to the menu, but I can see the recording playing in the background. When I select it again, it plays.

Something new today: I tried to watch live TV, but I get a message from TVHeadEnd saying "No Free Adapter Available". I rebooted a few times, but got the same result. I looked at the TVHeadEnd web page, and Configuration->DVB Inputs->TV Adapters is an empty folder. Something must have gone wrong during my efforts to watch the PBS Newshour this morning. I unplugged the tuners and plugged them in again, and they have come back. Unfortunately, I didn't do it in time to get today's recording of the PBS Newshour.

During one of the many reboots I've done this week, the box updated itself, so I'm on 11.6.2 now. It retained my channel settings, which is one good thing.

#72

IceTV EPG Content / Re: Fish Forever

Last post by Lisa - April 20, 2024, 01:09:41 PM

Hi Adrian,

Fish Forever has now been updated for tomorrow.

cheers,  Lisa

[just as I am about to click on "post"]

#73

Getting Help / Re: Screen resolution does not...

Last post by IanL-S - April 20, 2024, 09:10:14 AM

Third time lucky? Keep on loosing connection to IceTV forum - just as I am about to click on "post".

No idea about diagnostic; well beyond my expertise.

Could be a BIOS issue, a firmware issue, or just bad luck.

During beta testing, if I recall correctly, using HDMI2 solved the problem. But the unit I was using had slightly different hardware - DIV output as well as 2 HDMI ports.

I assume you have tied different HDMI cables? They can fail or just not get on with the HDMI port on the TV or the IceBox.

#74

Getting Help / Re: Screen resolution does not...

Last post by MD - April 20, 2024, 09:06:08 AM

The two port's outputs are the same as the IceBox is a miniPC which, in its original state, could support two monitors.  It's not commercially possible for us to order specials so one should simply use the most convenient one. A reboot may be necessary if you swap.

My IceBox has a better, sharper, picture than my BWiz V2 but I had to adjust my Sony 65" TV picture settings for its specific HDMI input, as I had also previously done for a different HDMI input for the V2.  Have you tried that approach?

#75

IceTV EPG Content / Re: Fish Forever

Last post by MD - April 20, 2024, 08:28:51 AM

...and it will be fixed before it airs.

#76

Getting Help / Re: Screen resolution does not...

Last post by TimC - April 20, 2024, 02:04:19 AM

Try plugging in the HDMI cable to the other port on the IceBox; during beta testing hardware assistance was only working on one of the two ports.

Is there a way to confirm which of the ports (In relation to the power lead) has the hardware assistance?

#77

IceTV EPG Content / Re: Fish Forever

Last post by aeb001 - April 19, 2024, 10:58:10 PM

Team I notified 2 days ago of the wrong episode being listed but its still not been fixed.
https://www.yourtv.com.au/search?q=fish+forever&region=75

#78

Getting Help / Re: Screen resolution does not...

Last post by IanL-S - April 19, 2024, 04:40:20 PM

Another possibility is that (for some reason) the IceBox is decoding the signal using software rather than hardware assistance that is built into the CPU. My recollection is that hardware assistance maxes out at 1080p, one reason reason not to set output at 4K. Recent CPUs may have more advanced hardware assistance.

Try plugging in the HDMI cable to the other port on the IceBox; during beta testing hardware assistance was only working on one of the two ports.

#79

BYOB / Re: Automatic commerical detec...

Last post by raymondjpg - April 19, 2024, 03:59:44 PM

I have had a look through this one, and it looks like there was a bug that was causing commercial detection to still trigger when it was disabled. This was also causing existing commercial detection files to not be removed (so for older recordings ads were still being skipped during playback)

An update is going out this afternoon that will fix this, so the post processor command can be left as is.

It looks like the update has resolved this issue. Thanks!

#80

IceTV EPG Content / Re: Kindig Customs

Last post by Lisa - April 19, 2024, 03:50:49 PM

Hi Adrian,

yes, continue using TVdb as the go to for Ep and Series numbers.
I just came across that digiguide in a google search..if its UK based, lets forget that one.

cheers,  Lisa