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Are you using an IceTV IceBox or a BYOB? If a BYOB what CPU does it have, and how much RAM?

Also check the video output setting - should be 50 not 60.

My understanding is that reconfiguring the skip buttons is on the to be done list - "remove" 10 minutes and adjust the rest.

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.

Ian, thanks for the information

Ian

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".

Well 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

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.

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.

["All channels"]

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.

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.

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.

I have not seen this for a long time - but I have been running beta firmware since before Christmas so my experience is not reliable.

I suggest that you put in a support request.

It would also be a good idea to post in the IceBox section of the forum rather than here.

[DVB-T]

There is something odd with your TV adapters list. Only the DVB-T should be in bold; the DVB-C should not be bold. This could cause all sorts of confusion.

Hi Ian,

Maybe an artifact of the browser or ???. I clicked on each of the DVB-C entries which brings up a side panel with their settings. All of them are disabled. Only DVB-T ones are selected. I didn't make any changes in that screen.

Cheers,

Mike.

Glad that the tuners are correctly configured.

Hope that many of the user issues are fixed in the next firmware update. We are currently beta testing it. No ETA for its release.

[DVB-T]

There is something odd with your TV adapters list. Only the DVB-T should be in bold; the DVB-C should not be bold. This could cause all sorts of confusion.