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Hi Phil-F,

Can you please check if a specific file is available on the IceBox as it sounds like the automatic commercial detection is no longer running, but the plugin thinks it is.
 
To check this you will need to connect to the IceBox over the network via SMB, then you need to go into the "Userdata" share. In there is a folder called "addon_data", go into it, then into a folder called "service.icetv".
 
In this folder have a look for the file 'commskip_running', and if you see it, then delete it. Within the next minute or so the file will be recreated as the next file is processed.
 
We are working on a way now to auto check for this eventuality, and its not a file to be deleted in most scenarios. If it has been a few days since any files were processed though, then it will need to be deleted this once.

Hi Tim,

If you have SSH access there are options to perform either another soft reset or hard reset to ensure that it's clean, however if you have backed up all the recordings (including the '.backups' folder) then a USB re-install might be the way to go, using the same procedure as for a BYOB install.

Hi Ian,

I could see two airings left only for the coming week, and have cancelled these two holdovers and it looks like they have not been re-created.

Hi Tim,

While this is an issue, this means that tvheadend was not running when the IceTV plugin tried to send it guide data, and is something that is going to be handled in the IceTV plugin going forward.

However, there is no way this would affect any other plugins on the IceBox.

You are likely right in that the issues you are facing would be DRM related, as such it's unlikely something we would look into too much.

The update folder is a shared folder via Samba, which points to '/storage/.update'

With regard to the Roadmap, Item 4 is a rewrite of the iPhone app.  When doing this, can you modify it to operate full screen on an iPad, please?  My wife decides what to record and she finds the current interface too small and "fiddly"

Ian

I can safely say you will be happy with the update, which should be out quite soon.

You should remove the USB tuner if there is no antenna attached as it will cause issues.

However, if you go into the TVHeadEnd web page (http://icebox_ip_address:9981) and then into "Configuration" => "DVB Inputs" => "TV adapters".

On this page you will see the HDHomeRun tuners, select each one, then on the Parameters on the right hand side ensure that "Enabled" is checked and that under "Networks" you have "DVB-T Network" selected. Make sure you click "Save" at the bottom of the parameters on each of the tuners, you must save before going to the next tuner.

It's a solid 'maybe'.

While it works fine with tvheadend, the current auto setup of the IceBox only supports configuration of directly attached tuners (either via USB or internally).

The proper way to get rid of overscan is to set your settings to "Expert" (this can be changed on any of the actual settings pages on the left hand side.

The setting to fix it is under "Settings" and then "Display", and when set to "Expert" the second last option is "Video calibration", this allows proper control of how big the IceBox output is.

Most TV's will have a setting for it, but it's not always called overscan sadly.

Do I need to do a hard reset and start from fresh?

If you don't have any recordings, a hard reset might be worth a try.
A hard reset will wipe them. If you don't care the go ahead.

If you do have recordings you want to keep, you could try copying them off onto another computer (provided you have space.
I find that a computer on the same network will show ICEBOX in the Network folder. 
Open it and navigate to the recordings folder and copy the contents to somewhere that has enough space (if you have space).

When the Icebox gets to the Login point, copy them back and log back in.   

Note: I haven't tried this, so there may be issues.  It may be that you may need to follow with a soft reset the recapture the recordings.

Good Luck.

If you do this, then you must get the '.backups' folder from the "Recordings" share as well, and ensure that they are copied back onto the IceBox before completing the IceTV setup wizard.

I made this diagram about a year ago.  It attempts to explain the various places that padding can be added and their related priorities.
https://forum.icetv.com.au/iceforum/index.php?topic=7572.0

Some slight changes are that there is no IceTV DVR profile anymore, we just use the default profile after changing it's profile to matroska.

I would add, this is for now, however the settings will all be synched together at some point.

It looks like my IceBox EPG is still showing program times one hour later than they should be. It's possible that a timer rule issue posted at https://forum.icetv.com.au/iceforum/index.php?topic=7932.0 is related.

There may be some clues as to what's happening in what is posted at https://tvheadend.org/d/5914-wrong-time-in-epg/3. Playing around with the EIT offset setting in Network config in the Web UI doesn't have any effect that I can see, as reported in this post, which also suggested no change in behaviour when running new network scan.

Is it all channels? or just some channels?

Did a bit of investigating and found one file back on 25 Mar which had been processed by Comskip

################################################################
Generated using donator Comskip 0.82.009
Time at start of run:
Tue Mar 26 00:11:43 2024
################################################################
Mpeg:    /storage/recordings/Whitstable Pearl/Whitstable Pearl-9Gem HD2024-03-2511-40.mkv
Exe    comskip.exe
Logo:    /storage/recordings/Whitstable Pearl/Whitstable Pearl-9Gem HD2024-03-2511-40.logo.txt
Ini:    /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.tvheadendicetv/comskip/comskip.ini


Looked in latest Addons log and found the following (and this program has no Comskip data)

2024-04-01 12:10:00.127 [  INFO] spawn: Sending: {'type': 'action', 'content': 'RunScript(service.icetv,register_commskip,"/storage/recordings/The Chelsea Detective/The Chelsea Detective-9Gem HD2024-04-0109-40.mkv")'}

Is this not working due to a typo commskip  rather than comskip as the exe is titled.

No, that command looks correct.

I have opened a ticket for you so we can grab your log file to try and find out what is going on.

Does this happen every time that you swap the IceBox?

Hi Daniel,

Yes, it does. This is the same connection I was using for my old Wiz up until a week or so ago. The only thing that has changed is the HDMI cable which I swapped out with the cable that came with the Icebox. Perhaps that is the problem and it somehow drops out for some reason. I shall play around and swap around some cables sometime tomorrow.

Cheers,
John

It's definitely worth trying a different cable, also if you have a 4K TV have you tried changing the Resolution back to 1080p as this will give a smoother experience and might help with this issue as well.