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#1
Getting Help / Strange behaviour.
August 03, 2024, 03:17:25 PM
G'day,

Been having a field day with my Icebox watching the Olympics. Basically, nothing gets missed...except today.

The first thing that happened was ad skipping stopped. I went to the settings and turned it back on, but sill no skipping. Not the end of the world.

Things a little quiet so I thought I'd catch up om the rest of my recordings. I first went to check if any recordings were about to kick in, but no timer events were there at all. I then went to the recordings, but it was empty as well.

So I decided to do a shut down and power up.

Much to my relief the recordings were there, as were the timers.

I know the IceBox has had a good work out with essentially 12 hours of continuous recording every day.

So it'd true...turn it off and then back on.

Anyone else had similair things happen?
#2
General Discussions / IceTV App for iPhone update
July 15, 2024, 05:34:58 PM
G'day,

I updated my iPhone IceTV App to  version 3.1 earlier today.

The update process itself went through OK, but then when I went to update a timer I found the list empty.

Actually, ALL lists were empty.

I tried "flicking" the app off and restarting it by picking the app icon but no luck.

I had to sign out and then sign back in. This got the lists to show.

So, just check to make sure you have your lists.
#3
Getting Help / Re: Remote control problem
July 13, 2024, 03:46:55 PM
I hope this does not cause problems, but I decided to try an alternative way. I started using this to see if it worked, but have kept using it because it is better.

I bought an Android TV Box and it came with a USB Mini Wireless Keyboard. Then my TV failed and I got a Smart TV that made the Android TV Box redundant.

So, I decided to try it out and it worked. I tried to attach an image of the unit with an iPhone beside it for scale, but could not. Basically it is roughly the same size as an iPhone 13.



#4
General / Re: Strange recordings
July 13, 2024, 03:25:43 PM
I have had something similar happen to me. The duration was huge, and when I tried to play the recording, it ended in a few minutes. When I tried to use the forward and backward navigation  keys, the recording woul jump to the end and finish.

It was annoying but was able to use catch up TV.

This was quite a while back.
#5
I am in Sydney and have LCN 93 disabled and LCN 99 sselected in the web interface however I still ended up with LCN 93 after the lase update that did a channel scan.
#6
Getting Help / Re: Ad skipping not always picked up
June 06, 2024, 07:54:55 AM
Thanks. The Chase has no issues. I wasn't sure if the issue with Pointless and 9GEM was known.
#7
Getting Help / Ad skipping not always picked up
June 06, 2024, 07:25:00 AM
G'day,

So far, ad skipping is working well. The fly in the ointment seems to be 9GEM Sydney.

Generally, there does not appear to be a reliable detection of ads.

I record Pointless on 9GEM followed by The Chase UK on 7HD. Both are HD channels, however generally the 9GEM recording will have no ad skipping, except for the odd occasion when it is detected and works.

These are recorded at 2 pm and 3 pm, but watched around 6 or 7 pm.

Is there anything that can be tweaked?
#8
Changing the names of channels simply keeps someone employed for a little while,

What is really annoying is the way some programs overrun scheduled time slots.

It is not that they are live broadcasts. They are effectively edited highlights and the editors still cannot add up times and they overshoot by 30 minutes or more.

So far, two culprits are "Alone" and "The Summit".

No doubt it is just as annoying for those who watch them live as well as those who record them, because they stuff up the following programs as well.
#9
General / Recycle Bin
May 30, 2024, 10:08:50 PM
G'day,

Is there any recycle bin capability with the IceBox or is there one planned?
#10
Now that has gotten me wondering what is going on.

I was getting no ad skipping. I checked the folder and found NO 'commskip_running'. No amount of waiting saw it being created. I did a reboot and the file was created.

Since this morning, the file is no longer there. At the moment Pointless is being downloaded (in the post-padding part) and 'commskip_running' is nowhere to be seen.

When is the file created, or when does it need to be there?

I did a search for 'commskip_running' on the icebox drive and there is nothing found.
#11
General / Re: Ad skipping being blocked
May 15, 2024, 06:34:00 PM
Quote from: Aardvark on May 15, 2024, 05:16:06 PMDid you delete the commskip_running file?

Well, I found the post of where it would be \userdata\addon_data\service.icetv but there was no commskip_running file.

As there was a break in recordings, I did a reboot and when it started, the file was created.

I will have to wait for a new recording to complete to check.

So, when can this file be created or is a reboot  needed if not there.

Fingers crossed.
#12
General / Re: Ad skipping being blocked
May 15, 2024, 06:08:13 PM
Quote from: Aardvark on May 15, 2024, 05:16:06 PMDid you delete the commskip_running file?
No. I will give it a go.

Thanks.
#13
General / Re: Ad skipping being blocked
May 15, 2024, 04:50:41 PM
When I said the ad skipping was being blocked, it was more a case of the data that IceBox was using to detect an ad had been tweaked.

But now no channels are detecting ads so it is the system.

I have turned the setting off and then back on, but recordings after that are not detecting ads at all.

A case of wait and see.
#14
General / Ad skipping being blocked
May 14, 2024, 07:12:54 PM
G'day,
Looks like the 9 network are "blocking" ad skipping.

So far today (14 May, 2024 - Sydney) no 9 Network channels show any ad skipping.
#15
Yes, the two channels were different but it is only the next day that the recording was getting added.

I have now set the timer to 9HD only so hopefully, that should fix it.

I did have Enable Timer Conflict Avoidance ticked.

So, now to why I am getting BBC News st Six recorded when I have never recorded it through IceTV or otherwise.

Thsnkd.