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I have been running my P1 for a couple of weeks now and it's been reasonably OK, the main issue I see is the guide has mysterious gaps. Today I see that there is no data at all for SBS or ABC, it comes good for tomorrow, then it runs out again on Wed.  Is this a known issue?

I've just bought a DP-P1 and installed the new firmware.  I have a couple of questions those of you with more experience of this product can probably easily answer.

1. Is there timer padding on this pvr?
2. If I hit manual record while watching live, it seems to store the show starting from the current time, rather than what's in the buffer. Is that normal, and is there a way to record the whole buffer too?
3. Is there a quick access to the recordings file, it seems cumbersome to have to load the file player then several more keystrokes to play a file?
4. Is there a  Beyonwiz forum somewhere I should monitor?

Thanks

Peter

Any updates?

I haven't heard anything, still waiting for judgement.

I'm not familiar with EyeTV or the Mac, but most likely cause is that the Mac timeszone is set incorretcly; it might be showing the right time but the both the time and timezone need to be right.

Peter

I sat through the final day of the hearing last week and made a few notes. You can see my summary of the issues (my personal view only, of course) on my blog: http://www.vogelross.com.au/blog

Peter Vogel

Thanks for the comments - be assured this forum and the emails have not been ignored, as I said the problem is that it's not a simple matter and we have to weigh up the effort/return carefully. We have only a small development team and everything must be appropriately prioritised.

We are discussing options and will keep you informed via this frum.

The suggestions/discussion are most appreciated.

Peter

PeterU is correct, we are very busiy preparing for the hearing starting on 14th October.  We also have some problems to solve regarding how we can release the PIMP protocol to the community without it being utilised to facilitate use with free scraped guides. This is what happened with the TF5000, we spend a lot of time and money getting the EPG functionality built into the TAP environment which has been used mainly for scraped guides not the subscription service we provide.

While I can understand the attraction of circumventing a subscription fee, we have mouths to feed and need a large subscriber base to fund development. 

We released the WiFi router firmware as open-source for the developer community however qas far as I know no-one has made any use of this, and thetyoe of development being considered now for Topfield PIMP would ideally be done on the router.

So as I said the business case for IceTV is a bit uncertain.  The door is certainly still open, but we are wary of releasing proprietary code that might be used mainly to enhance the free epg solutions.

Peter Vogel
CTO IceTV

This is on the todo list but unfortunately not a high priority.  We will investigate in the next week or two.

Peter Vogel
CTO IceTV

To expand further on Mitch's comment, our commentary on Nine's programs are not just a cheap shot.  

We are trying in a humorous way to convey to the public that Nine have not only sued us but they are refusing  to communicate with us except in court.

In a reasonable commercial world I would expect that if someone has a grievance with you, they should first attempt to resolve it by negotiation.  The Federal Court should not be their first port of call.

We have invited Nine to meet with us and understand the issues however they have refused to do so. Eddie McGuide has not returned our calls.

The consequence is that our float failed and now we are spending vast amounts of money on a legal defence that we should not be subject to until after alternative dispute resolution has been exhausted.

You, as an IceTV subscriber, are not getting the benefit of new and improved services as your subscription fees are going into the pockets of the lawyers rather than our developers.

As Mitch said, our "political" commentary is not intended to detract from the information presented, if we have slipped up please let us know which programs have been impacted so we can correct them.

Best regards,

Peter Vogel

CTO IceTV

Just to get this straight, is the problem that the IceBox2 fetches and installs the TAP even if all days to upload are not checked?  If that is the case, please provide details of how we can reproduce this.

Also, are there cases where you wnat to fetch the Ice EPG but not the TAP?

Thanks

Peter

...do I need to purchase a seperate "product" to use IceTV with Web Scheduler, when I've got a subscription already? (For MCE2005)

No problem, you can use up to three devices of any type on the one account, so long as it's all for you and you're not sharing teh one account with a friend.

Best regards,

Peter Vogel

We launched a new offer on Saturday which is pretty attractive - see www.icetv.com.au/referral

For a limited time you can get up to 12 months IceTV subscription for as little as $13, through our new Refer a Friend offer...

All you have to do is tell your "early adopter" friends about IceTV. For every month they buy you get a month for free! (12 months max.)

Just get a friend to enter your IceTV User ID when they register with IceTV and you will automatically be sent an email confirming that the bonus subscription has been added to your account.


Full details here: www.icetv.com.au/referral

Thanks for the heads-up Impact.  As it happens we launched a new offer on Saturday which is pretty attractive - see www.icetv.com.au/referral

Peter

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Thanks everyone for your superb effort!

Peter


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Unfortunately it’s not so simple to PIMP a Toppy. The Toppy is not connected to the internet even when used with the WiFi router. The intelligence needs to be provided in the router itself which means writing the code within the restrictions of that small embedded device.

Then the router needs to communicate with the Toppy via file transfers since the private message USB protocol API does not work (Toppy bugs).

So what seems like a straightforward task rapidly blows into many hundreds of hours of engineering time which takes a lot of subscribers to fund, at the $3 per week we get in return.

Of course we are doing all we can to find a commercially viable solution, maybe by cooperating with the open-source community.  Stay tuned.

Peter Vogel
CTO IceTV