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Just received this email: Beyonwiz T4 We are extremely proud to announce the the arrival of what we believe is the most powerful stand-alone PVR ever developed, the Beyonwiz T4. The T4 has 4 integrated tuners allowing you to record up to 10 channels from 4 different networks simultaneously! Now most of you will say that you will not need to record that much TV, but with the networks trending towards more live sport and more extended cooking and reno shows that seem to never end, you really have no choice but to apply padding on your recordings of up to 20 - 30mins or you run the risk of missing the end of your show. Adding padding on your recordings would usually create conflicts on a 2 tuner PVR but on the T4 you will almost never get a conflict, its like having 2 PVRs in one, and with the T4 you just set your padding once and it will automatically add onto all your recordings no matter where you set them.

The Beyonwiz T4 based around a Dual Core 2 x 1300Mhz MIPS processor and is packed with 2GB of RAM and 2GB of Flash memory, this makes navigating around the UI lightning fast and multi-tasking a breeze. Another noticeable difference from the previously release T3 model is that the T4 has an OLED display allowing you to choose between skins to show as much or as little info as you like, it will make an awesome addition to any home entertainment system. We have also added a HDMI Inut port on the T4 so you can use your T4 like a switch and also utilize Picture and Picture and recording, great for transferring your home movies across or keeping an eye on your sleeping baby. Also new to this model is Transcoding, this will decrease the size of the stream file so users can stream Live TV or Recordings wirelessly to their connected devices with no interruptions. The T4 has a built in 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet port or you can purchase a Wireless USB Dongle separately if wired internet is not an option, you can also run it fully independent of an internet connection if you wish. Another new development is with our new backlit remote control, you can now change between 3 code-sets so you can operate multiple Beyonwiz T3 and T4 in the same space with no conflicts, perfect for professional AV installs.

The T4 will network with perfectly with a T3 or another T4 so you can record and playback files from any room on any device, you can even network with your old DP-series PVRs and use the DP as a client allowing you to stream any recordings from the T4 and play them back on a DP-series in another room. The Beyonwiz T4 will come in 6 Flavours, Barebone (No Internal HDD), 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and a whopping 6TB ranging in price from $599 - $1099.

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The T4 will start shipping from next week and you can order now directly from. When are we going to get a machine down under that can do what the latest TiVo can do? It won't happen - purely because they will 'Australian-ise' the unit.then commercial channels will do their very best not to work with the local Tivo company. So until these issues are finally sorted, we will always be behind the 8-ball regarding PVR's, Tivo and Pay-TV, etc. We should be able to have one HD unit to cover all.like the US. CES - Nevada 2015: 'Bad news for Australian TiVo fans at the 2015 International CES: any chance of regular services resuming in the near future seems infinitesimal after staff at the US personal video recorder’s booth said there were no updates to current stasis that has been in effect since licensee Hybrid TV, co-owned by Channel Seven, chose to discontinue importing and marketing the famed set top box. TiVo had a very celebrated launch in Australia in mid-2008 and initial sales and consumer feedback were excellent, but the lack of support from the other networks and restrictions placed on the device by Hybrid TV, notably lack of Foxtel compatibility, saw its popularity begin to dwindle through 2011.

By 2012, Hybrid TV had essentially given up on the device, leaving thousands of local consumers upset that their purchase was no longer being fully supported. At the TiVo stand today, where the company’s latest models were on display and receiving widespread acclaim, several company employees said there was no visibility on any change to this state of inactivity, making TiVo not so much a sleeping giant but a comatose one. The only foreseeable way TiVo could return to Australia and be successful would be for a new (non-network affiliated) distributor to take over as licensee and to import and sell the latest models, without any restrictions on Foxtel/Free to air compatibility and ad skipping. As for the new products, TiVo showcased a new 24TB hard drive at the CES this week – that’s big enough to record three years of TV programming or 5,000 movies, the company said.'

So BeyonWiz T4 looks to be the thing for the near future, I think. I would love to know if the device could record Foxtel to a USB drive & in what format?

The T4 has HDMI-input recording, so it would appear recording to a T4-destination (internal / external HDD, network share) would be possible - 'HDMI input Switching, Timeshift and Recording To switch to the device you have connected to your HDMI input press the Blue button on your T4 RCU and select Turn on HDMI-IN Full screen mode. Once in full screen mode you can Record from the external device by pressing the record button, great for backing up your home movies to Hard Drive.' It doesn't support input from an HDCP-device though (but as mentioned on the Wiz forum, you could probably use a HDMI splitter to get around that). The recorded file would be a standard Transport Stream, as far as I know. HDMI input timer recording isn't yet available, according to the T4 user manual - 'HDMI input Timeshift and Timer Recording These features are currently under development and may or may not become available via Software update in the future.'

Appears to be a bit of an unknown right at this moment, so possibly it's a wait and see. Does it do catch up TV? I presume that it would have YouTube. Catch Up TV – Yes, HbbTV is supported; although as I understand it, currently working only for non-commercial ABC & SBS, as I believe 7/9/10 commercial services' Catch Ups are restricted to FreeviewPlus certification which the T3/T4 don't have. Youtube – Yes, a plugin exists from the T3 days; 'There are already many plugins that have been made available in other markets that users can install on their T3 such as Plex App, Web Browsers, Air Player, Flickr, shoutcast, Youtube, Media Portal and IPTV channels from around the world, Beyonwiz are also in talks with local IPTV providers to provide local content in the near future.' Plus, according to the Beyonwiz forum, there's a direct main menu 'YouTubeTV' option as the API has changed.

Well PeterU is one of the local devs, (perhaps the main dev?) of the T4, so it's not surprising he's an early adaptor:) As for the spec, seems pretty close to my VU+ DUO2 in most respects, main differences being 4 inbuilt tuners and HDMI input, but then again my DUO2 has built in wifi, but I need to use USB tuners to go beyond 2 DVB-T tuners. So swings and roundabouts, but overall it looks really nice, is a good price (much cheaper than what I paid for the DUO2) and it has all of the bug fixes / enhancements BW have done to Enigma2 for the T3, including ICETV support. If your looking for a good Australianised Enigma2 based PVR, then no need to look any further. If this had been out a year ago I would not have gone with the DUO2, but such is life. Does anyone know if this unit can stream live tv to another device such as a WDTV or jailbroken apple TV 2?

If not is there some way that this can be achieved? I have a TV that is not near an antenna point. How about stream live TV from the T3/T4 to a Computer/tablet, then casting/mirroring to the TV?

If the TV has a browser, you could stream live TV (or recorded content) via the T3/T4's browser interface (Open Webif). There is a 'hidden' browser on some of the WDTV Live models - How suitable it would be to stream from the T3/T4 would have to be tested by someone who currently has both. The same thread has mention of using 'Miracast' from an Android tablet to the WDTV.

On the Wiz forum, member 'craigh' reports he streams live TV from his T3 via a Kodi media player. My only concern was the warranty If you know what you are doing,no problem 'If you have an Internal Hard Drive installed into a T-Series Barebone unit and you have it done by a professional or you have sufficient experience (i.e.

Have built PCs or similar) and as long and any faults are not a result of damage while installing a HDD then it will not affect the warranty status of the product and we will service it as normal under the manufacturers warranty. We would like to stress that you should have a professional do it, if you have sufficient experience to attempt it yourself it is most important that the PVR switched off and is disconnected from the Power and all other devices, do not remove the lid while the PVR is plugged in under any circumstances or you will die!' I have been beta testing the T4, and can indeed confirm that it is a great unit.

You are pretty much just looking at a beefed up T3. As was pointed out, the source code is largely common between the two, you just get more 'stuff' with the T4. • HDMI Input. Can record, view, or do PiP. • OLED front panel (has more text lines and variable size/font and can display a channel logo) • 4 Tuners of course (different brand to the T3's, but as far as my testing goes, identical in performance, though they provide different strength figures) • Faster.

The GUI is a LOT faster than the T3, and the boot time is around 40s from deep standby. • Gigabit Ethernet. This can push up to 50MB/s via FTP, and perhaps faster depending on what the box is doing and how fast your harddisk is.

• 1080p60 output capability (and all the other lower bandwidth modes). Those are the big ticket items. I am probably forgetting something there. The T3 and T4 happily talk to each-other on my network. The T4 can even 'borrow' one of the T3 tuners, and stream over the network if it runs out of its own tuners.

Recordings made on one can be played on the other, and the playback progress is saved with the file. You can set them up so that all recordings get put on only one box if you want, and just use one of them as a diskless unit (though you probably still want something there for timeshifting.an SSD works!). Borrowing tuners that's very cool!!

Unfortunately you can't record from a 'standby tuner' (borrowed), but that might could possibly later (I have no insight into that). How have you found file playback any thing it doesn't like? Just the same as the T3 in that regard.

I do like that it can cope with a 1080p50 file natively without having to render at 1080i50 (and that also means that ABC24 which runs at 720p50 will also upscale to 1080p50 properly). It doesn't have any capability to play back any of the h.264 High Profile encoded videos I have, but not many consumer products can yet. Nice to hear that someone got the email regarding shipping. When did you order?

I am putting in my own HDD. I wonder if I should put it in before the firmware update? I ordered the unit (bare bones) on the 9th.but it was processed on the 10th, the email says. They did comment that all current orders would be shipped by close of business today. So if you are in this first shipment block (and haven't already received an email), I assume you will get a Confirmation of Shipping today.

Yes, based on the email they sent me yesterday.everything (including the HDD) must be installed/connected, prior to first switching on and installing the firmware update, but do not switch on the unit at any time prior to this. I feel so sorry for you.

I also have the Tivo from 2008, still going strong, in one of the bedrooms.and it was worth every cent. However, my biggest gripe has been how the boxes were never updated, nor the Wi-Fi toggles upgraded to 802.11n – when the US was selling them 3 years ago.

Also, box restrictions and that none of the Australian TV channels really embraced the unit – apart from Channel 7. It was almost as if they had been delivered a large container of the units, messed with them, got rid of them, then wiped their hands of the whole thing. I wish Tivo (USA) had run the whole thing. But my BW's with IceTV have been excellent overall.and looking forward to the latest T4 unit. No Skipping – FF and REW only – would probably be what he is referring to. Skipping was never a standard function of the Tivo.

There was a keypress hack on overseas models which was disabled here. Tivo still has the best method of ad skipping that I have encountered in any PVR. It has an automatic jump back feature so you can skip a block of ads in a few seconds and land at exactly the right spot even when the length of the breaks keep changing.

You also get to see one or two frames from each add so you know what you have missed. Occasionally TV stations get sneaky and put things in between ads. I would love to see a seamless FF/RW like the Tivo has on other machines but I suspect it is proprietary.

I understand it isn't easy to transfer recordings off the Tivo without some (expensive) propriety extras You need a Home Network Package, which is basically just a code. It was originally sold for $99, but they had different deals and giveaways over the years. It was a bit of an odd way that Tivo chose to market in Australia, but at least they avoided ongoing fees like they had overseas. You still get free guide data with Tivo to this day which lets you do series recordings and web based scheduling.

There is no need to pay for third party guide services. I still use my Tivo but if something amazingly better came along I would jump at it. I'm not convinced the T4 will pass the family acceptance test and is worth the upgrade yet. My unit arrived today. Followed all the enclosed instructions. (or so I thought) Yes there was also a 3month trial of ICE TV so that was an option later on to be set up.

After fitting a WD Purple 2TB HDD, wrong way around in the first case, I replaced the rack screws, 5 screws for the lid, and then, moved the unit to connect to an easy to connect TV. Loop cables fitted.

They were a very firm fit and easily fitted. Supplied HDMI cable connected to the TV in, and power to the unit with rear switch off.

Network cable connected, then inserted the supplied USB stick to the front port. Switched on the unit and display on the T4 went through its upgrade process.

Then I was curious as to why no display was on the TV screen. Was it on the correct input? What else could it be. Lets check the hdmi cable at the PVR end. Fully inserted, yes, Ooops HDMI in instead of HDMI out.

(You Wally) Fixed that and all displayed on screen as expected. After the advised approx 10 min time for the upgrade, the unit was rebooted with thr front button. The HDD was found and formatted. Only took about 30secs. Scan for services took a little while, and all displayed as expected. A network setup was also done quick and easy.

Deleted the mandatory Shopping Channels and then the EPG was populated for the channel I was on. Switched to various channels missing information and finally all Guide information was displayed. Then I was advised that an online update was available did I want to proceed. Took some time and again followed by a reboot and all was rosy in the garden. Now to discover how to set view timers for the 5 transponders so that the FTA EPG is fully populated. All this must be done before handing it over to my wife whose unit it is to become, replacing a TRF2400. My first impressions have been favourable.

Build quality seemed up to scratch, but if I must say I miss already the SmartEPG onscreen layout options. Will not get time to do anymore till tomorrow when I put it in place in the family Room TV cabinet. Deleted the mandatory Shopping Channels and then the EPG was populated for the channel I was on. You should never never delete or otherwise edit the Terrestrial TV bouquet on the T series PVRs. Bad and unpredictable things can happen. You should instead select the channels that you want and add them to the Favourites bouquet.

You should perform another scan and set up your Favourites before doing much else. I found the HDMI-IN socket was a very tight fit. So if/when the time comes to test that, just be mindful that the cable is inserted all the way in. Now to discover how to set view timers for the 5 transponders so that the FTA EPG is fully populated.

I don't have a T-series. If it were me, I'd activate the Ice TV sub – then you'd get an EPG refresh every 15 (I think) mins:) If not using Ice TV, you may want to look at using the 'EPGRefresh' plugin to do the equivalent of the 'view' timers. I think you can create a 'bouquet' (set of favourites) containing one channel from each of the broadcasters and use that in the plugin - You may also want to examine the EPG settings and don't fiddle with them until you know what trouble you may get into from your missus - setting: Setup->TV->EPG->refresh_every(hours) / save_every(hours).

You should instead select the channels that you want and add them to the Favourites bouquet. You should perform another scan and set up your Favourites before doing much else. I have done the rescan. Exactly how do I do that. Perhaps a mention of the specific Manual page numbers Video 'How to Enable Favourites' - FAQ: Creating, managing and using Favourites lists - Also on another point how do I get a list of all the current channels on the screen, as on the Topfield there was a List button? In the T4 user manual it states to use the up / down arrow keys - 'UP/DOWN key If you press UP or DOWN key, Channel Selection menu appears. You can move up and down to select the channel that you want to tune into.'

Also on another point how do I get a list of all the current channels on the screen, as on the Topfield there was a List button? The 'Favourites' button will display all of the channels in the currently selected bouquet. This is called the 'Channel List'. If you do *not* have the 'Up' and 'Down' keys set as skip keys (the default setting), then they will also display the 'Channel List'. There is also a 'Single EPG' style that you can use in favour of the regular EPG. It's not great IMHO, but is available. Exactly how do I do that.

Perhaps a mention of the specific Manual page numbers. I don't have a manual handy to check, but it is quite easy. Just open the bouquet that has all of the channels that you want to select from. Highlight the channel that you want as a favourite.

Press the 'Menu' button. Select the option that allows you to copy the channel to another bouquet (sorry cant remember what it is off the top of my head). Then just select the destination bouquet. In your case, I recommend adding the channels to your Favourites bouquet. There are similar options in there for changing the order of channels in your Favourites bouquet. You just have to enable channel move mode, then you can simply click 'OK' on a channel, move it, then click 'OK' again to drop it in the position that you want it. The 'Favourites' button will display all of the channels in the currently selected bouquet.

This is called the 'Channel List'. If you do *not* have the 'Up' and 'Down' keys set as skip keys (the default setting), then they will also display the 'Channel List'. Ah, so that's another shithouse edit job DTC did on the T3 ->T4 manual copy/paste then:) So the arrow up/down originally displayed the channel list on a T3, then along came a firmware update and assigned the skip functions to those keys so they no longer default function in that manner.

The T3 manual was then badly hacked to become the T4 manual, and the error about the default function of the arrow up/down manifests itself – yes? So one has to map another key to do this function? Or use the not-so-accessible 'FAV' button. Ah, so that's another shithouse edit job DTC did on the T3 ->T4 manual copy/paste then:) Yea, the functionality changed (for the better) in an earlier firmware update for the T3 and the manual was never updated properly. So one has to map another key to do this function? Or use the not-so-accessible 'FAV' button. The change was first made on the T3 and the Fav button on the T3 is very easy to reach.

No-one was really happy with the T4 remote. It is not very good.

You can retain the channel list function on the arrow keys and instead use the numberpad for skips instead, lots of choices. Fav is not remappable. I use a universal remote so can map however I please.

The T4 can be set to use a T3 remote, and you can order one of those separately as an option. Ok first up I must admit that I have not had much time to play with this unit so hopefully my opinion may change. I got the unit setup quite quickly & all seemed Ok. First gripe, that remote, awful. I was using it in a dark room & the backlighting switches off almost immediately.

I cant tell you how many times I pressed the 'back' key & got an onscreen message along the lines of not available. I dont think that 'back' ever worked. 'Exit' does work. I had to press buttons repeatedly to get anything to work. When browsing the shared files the interface looked like a tacky version of windows. Nothing seemed to be intuitive from my perspective. On a positive note IceTv loaded perfectly & the EPG looks really good.

I will have more of a play later today. I would love to report back in a positive manner, fingers crossed. What are your first impressions on this unit? Mine are not very good. I don't know if I have got a dud unit but nothing seems to be intuitive and lots of simple things don't seem to work.

Not had much time to check out, but after eventually getting it installed (damn power cable was a nightmare) - it would not reboot after firmware upgrade - just a black screen. So I switched off and then switched on at the back, and everything was fine. Used my T3 settings backup to setup.and it then downloaded all packages and plug ins, etc. The only real hassle I have had so far was getting my IceTV subscription to work. I must have 'logged in' about 8 times, before it finally populated the EPG. It kept asking for the password, which is an absolute nightmare to keep typing - and should have come from my settings backup I would have thought. Will check it out more this weekend - but 'so far - so good'.

Did you change the T4's name after the settings restore? Yeah, there was a couple of tweaks required, name, video setting to 1080p, etc.generally everything worked. I had even gone online prior to turning the unit on and changing Device at IceTV, etc. But 'everything' seems to be working OK, when I quickly checked this morning.I will check more this weekend with usage and looking things over. By the way, the T3 remote wiorks with it fine I found, if no on e likes the T4 remote. Once all running, I usually use my Harmony One Universal remote for everything. The front panel display on mine is on an angle of about 20 degrees.

It looks really bad. Another user has reported that their front panel came loose as well. Might have been something dodgy in the production units.

My pre-production unit was ok. I recommend that you join the Beyonwiz forums and ask questions over there. Lots of people available to help.

As stated, the Enigma PVRs are a little more work to set up, but are VERY customisable. What is it that you have found not working?? Bystronic Bysoft 7 Download.

HDMI in recording works, but is a bit fiddly at the moment. You can do instant recordings if you are currently watching the HDMI 'channel', but setting up a timer using the normal timer interface makes it hard to select 'HDMI' as a channel. There might be a fix in for this soon. Received my T4 this morning and installed the 4TB HDD. One thing was that it did not include a USB stick, but after phoning support was emailed the required file.

Plugged the USB in the front port and the T4 started to go through the setup process, didn't access the USB stick, which is the same stick I use for the T3. It appears as though the software had already been installed, I was under the assumption that this would not be the case, but everything is up and running OK after some online updates.

Was there any noticeable drop in picture quality, compared to the source? Not to my eye. I am told that the HDMI-IN uses the T4's trancoding hardware which currently has an upper limit of 720p output resolution.

I had been testing using broadcast TV as a source, which is pretty bad to begin with. The T4 did not make that any worse than it already was. Due to HDCP, I was not able to test any Bluray source material for example. I think what the T4 might be doing is that for any signal with a higher than 720p bitrate, it would transcode to 720p, and then the T4 would then scale the output to whatever your normal output resolution is. I might need to have a look at that scenario though.

I briefly looked at playing something back from a HDD connected to my router and I was disappointed to see a lot of non video files being displayed. Yes, that is a common mistake, and more of a failure of the user interface. The media sources that you see in the main setup menu is not the best place to play media files from. The main menu media sources opens the T4's file manager.

File manager is a tool for copying and moving your files, so it will show all of them. What you want to do is use the media player. To open that, just press the 'Media' button while watching Live TV. That takes you into a much cleaner interface for playing your files (hides non-media stuff). I am glad the factory reset sorted things out. BTW, the factory reset feature is currently not a full clean reset.it still leaves stuff around. This is being worked on at the moment.

Your best option for taking the T4 back to a clean start is to load the firmware back on with a USB update. That will format the T4's flash file system and load on a brand spanking new OS. The only plugin I use nowdays is the 'Plex' client. It actually works pretty well on the T4. I used to use the EPGRefresh plugin when I was using the FTA EPG (I use Ice now and don't need to refresh the EPG).

EPGRefresh has a few options that 'break' the plugin, but if it is set up ok, it works fine. There are some people who were using the 'Always show the clock on the front panel' plugin with the T3. Not sure what that will do on the T4 with its OLED screen though. Not a feature I was particularly interested in. All the really good plugins were integrated into the base firmware I think.

There is a lot of niche stuff that you can look at though. If you are feeling brave, you could also explore some of the European Enigma2 forums and look for plugins there.

You can install plugins from non-repository sources, but you are taking an additional risk of incompatibility. Bascially, there are a lot of plugins there, and some are not all that useful in the Australian FTA market, and some do not really make sense for the T series. I'd been meaning to see if the 'Transmission' Bittorrent client was functional at some point. The HDMI-IN on the T4 is a new feature for the Wiz, and is still having some of the kinks ironed out. During beta there were several issues that were all sorted out.

The Woz developers are in close contact with Broadcom to sort out any driver issues that may remain with the input, and things like this are being looked into. I don't think any promises can be made, but don't loose all hope, as these things can often be fixed:). Perhaps in the meantime you can explore the problem on the PC. See if there are any particular settings that are triggering the frame drops. Things like colour dynamic range, or audio formats (try changing mutli channel to stereo if you haven't already).

Has anyone used a splitter that has been successful? If so could you advise or PM me? From my understanding, all splitters are not created equally. The early model ones could indeed remove HDCP from the signal, but all the more recent ones have had that ability killed (I'm guessing to avoid law suits). There are also reports of chaining 2 splitters together, to get rid of HDCP. There are a number of posts around the web about splitters, but most are old, or are very technical. You would have to try and find an older model, or try your luck from some shonky seller in china.

If you do find one, let me know! Edit - You could also try getting a hdmi to component cable and connect that to a component to hdmi cable. I have no knowledge of whether this would work, but it seems reasonable.;). Look forward to seeing how you go Good news! The splitter DOES remove HDCP.

Plugged my PS3 (which has HDCP) into the splitter, plugged the splitter into the T4 'hdmi in', Netflix shows up. The bad news. It's unwatchable.:( It's doing exactly the same thing as my xbox 360 and pc (no hdcp on either), and dropping frames every second.

It's actually quite pitiful. But here's the kick in the teeth. When I plug my Topfield 2400 pvr into the hdmi in, the video is silky smooth.

Unless someone can find a reason for the dropped frames (and fix it), the T4 is pretty much next to useless as far as HDMI recording (from certain devices) is concerned. If someone has better luck with another device (without dropped frames) please let us know. I've spent 2 days testing multiple devices (ps3, xbox 360, WD Live Streaming, PC, & 2 Laptops) with multiple video sources (youtube, video files on my network, foxtel play & netflix) and I have come to these inescapable conclusions. All devices playing Netflix (whether natively, or through the splitter to disable HDCP) lose frames (jerky picture) when played/recorded through the T4. All devices playing every other video source (whether natively, or through the splitter to disable HDCP) do NOT lose frames when played/recorded through the T4. I don't believe that Beyonwiz are going to be able to fix this as it seems such a wacky problem. The upshot of this is that if you intend to buy the T4 solely to record Netflix.

Save your money and look for another solution. I've already done my dough.:roll. Pretty sure I have the T4 has become the front runner to replace my ageing Topfiled.

Was looking at the latest Panasonic DVR's (with built in Blu-ray drive), until I discovered 1 major issue with the Panasonic units – It cant record while watching Netflix (or just about anything else)!! So couple of question about the T4, sorry if these questions have already been answered. Does it have the ability to watch Netflix? If so can it still record at the same time!

Does it have the ability to utilize 'Freeview plus catchup' channels? (currently use Xbox One for catch up channels). Regards Adrian. Does it have the ability to watch Netflix? If so can it still record at the same time! Does it have the ability to utilize 'Freeview plus catchup' channels?

(currently use Xbox One for catch up channels). Unfortunately the answer is no to both of those. It will likely never have a native Netflix capability. Netflix is would require a plugin to be written, and I doubt the Netflix beancounters would consider the small Beyonwiz market as being worth the development effort. The T4 can play iView, and the very broken SBS catchup TV service, but all of the commercial stations Freeview offerings are encrypted, and I'd say unlikely to release decryption keys to Beyonwiz. OK Turpy, can you transfer the recorded file onto a usb stick and check the container contents (video and audio types) with say VLC on a computer? The files are Video720p25 h.264 Audio AAC@48kHz Stereo In a.ts container.

The T4 doesn't use colour buttons to skip, but it does have a lot of options. By default, Up-Down-Left-Right buttons are set to skip. The skip periods are customisable values in seconds, but you can't set negative values (ie.

You can't set the Left button to skip forward etc). You can also optionally turn on the keypad buttons for skipping as well.

In that mode you can set the following pairs of skip keys: 1-3, 4-5, 7-9. Again, these are all customisable, but you set the skip periods for pairs of keys rather than individually (1 and 3 are back and forward with the same period etc.) I prefer to just use the direction keys, and leave the keypad enabled for changing channels. The 'record by name' feature is called 'Autotimers' in the Beyonwiz world. You can set up Autotimers to record by a keyword in the show title, or description, or quite a number of other criteria. It can be set to only look for certain times of the day, or certain days of the week etc. They're quite powerful.

Then of course you have IceTV which can do the same thing. You get a free month subscription to it when you buy a Wiz, and then have to pay a fee to use it thereafter. Ice will allow you to easily set up series recordings, and rule based recording, and can be easily set when you are away from home. Is there any update on when timer recording may be enabled for HDMI input? Timer recording is already enabled for HDMI. If you are on the latest beta firmware (recommended), then you just need to do a re-scan of your channels. The HDMI-IN will appear as an extra channel at the end of the list.

You can then copy that input to any bouquet that you want, or simply reference it from there for any timers you want to set. You can also set USB as the default recording folder if you really want your instant recordings to go to the USB drive. You could also just record to the internal drive, and then get the T4 to copy the recording to the USB drive (or anywhere else for that matter) later, but of course that will take time for a long recording. Copies take place in the background, so you can keep doing other things on the T4. And of course, as-per the previous comments, you may not even have to put the file on to the USB drive depending on how you have your network set up. The T4 will happily let any other device on the network play recordings straight off it.

MrQuade, where is the beta firmware, I assume it isn't the same as the T3 beta? Is it the beta online? The HDMI on mine is not appearing as an extra channel.

The USB image can be found in the same spot as the T3 beta, but it is a different download. See here: Make sure you switch your T4 over to the beta update feed once you have installed the beta firmware too. Instructions are in the prior link, but can also be found here: The beta image is from June 24, but the HDMI-IN improvements were made available in an online update on July 1.

I am used to using a DP-P1 but I acquired a T4 within the last few weeks, simply because my ancient 'backstop' Topfield TP5000 failed and I occasionally need to record more than two programs at the same time. (At the time I purchased the T4 I did not realise what a recent release the it is.) However, permit me to observe that I find the EPG on the T4 difficult to use (as compared to the DP-P1), since I have yet to find a way to 'skip' 24 hours forwards (or backwards). Can anyone please enlighten me on the way in which to do this? I cannot get my P2 to play files from the T4. They are not showing at all.

I don't yet have a T-series, but as I understand it, the T4 has a Samba server and this needs to be running for a (Windows) PC, a DP-series, or any other device that uses Sambe/CIFS Windows-style sharing. You'll need the Samba configuration setup in the network services section on the T4 - Menu >Setup >Network >Network Services >Samba On the Samba setup screen (which should show Autostart (Enabled) & Running in Green), press MENU Set the same workgroup name that your PCs, DP-P2 (or WDTV Live for example) are using. After changing and saving your workgroup name, restart the T4 network: Menu >Setup >Network >Network Restart Check Windows File Explorer (refresh) to see if the T4 has exported the share beyonwizt4 or static-ip-address-of-T4 Then try the DP-P2 If you're to share the T4 and also your PC, I'm guessing you'll have to use the same username and password across all three. Setup the networking in Setup >Network >Windows Sharing.

If you connect the external harddisk on the eSATA port, then it is no different to the internal drive. So you can easily record 8 shows (as rated), but 12-16 wouldn't be out of the question. If you connect via USB2.0, then it's not so certain. I am sure someone has reported 8 successful simultaneous recordings that way. I'd only recommend that you install a nominal internal drive that can be formatted in the T series native ext4 format. That allows for all of the tricky editing functions that are required to save timeshifted shows.

Even a 100Gb+ SSD mounted in the T series would be plenty to take care of timeshifting duties. Not sure if it is a stupid question but would recording to an external HDD or a USB drive result in better playback on the HDD compared to the USB drive? Not sure exactly what you are asking there. Are you asking if recording to an external drive helps when playing media that is located on the internal drive? There should be no real bottleneck in disk throughput when referring to an internal or external eSATA hardisk. Consider that a HD recording requires up 1-2MB/s to be written to or read from the disk at worst.

Most low RPM disks are easily capable of maintaining a 50MB/s read/write rate, though that would be affected by how randomly the disk heads are being asked to move. The only common task that can push the limits of the disk is a file copy between locally connected disks or to a gigabit connected network share. Disk copies tend to happen at lower priority, so should still not interfere with recording or playback though. I have seen the T4 copy a file to my NAS at up to 40-50MB/s when I had halted all other disk activity. This was when the T4 was fitted with an internal Samsung 1.5TB Ecogreen drive. Or are you asking how USB compares to eSATA when connecting external drives? USB is a bit more taxing on the CPU than SATA, and generally suffers from higher latency and lower performance because of that.

However, given the T4 will barely tax the disks during normal operation, it hardly matters. Several users have used a USB drive as their only storage and have happily made 8 or more simultaneous recordings without issue. If you plan to connect an external drive to the T4 semi permanently, then I would recommend eSATA connections where possible. But if you plan to be removing the disk regularly, then USB is fine too. If you have other USB devices connected to the T4 when attempting to upgrade firmware from a USB stick, then you can sometimes run into problems with detecting the presence of the stick. That's why it is recommended to unplug all other devices when upgrading firmware. How was the quality bad?

Dropped frames and broken picture? What device did you play back the file on?

Did you try copying the recording to the internal drive and play it back from there to see if the quality improved? That would tell you if the recording was bad or the playback was bad. Recording to a cheap USB stick (not sure if you're was or not) is not a great idea since the flash memory on those things can be painfully slow. It should work, just that you wouldn't want to record more than one at once or timeshifting to our at the same time. An external hardisk recording will normally be indistinguishable from one done to an internal hardisk. Hi, well the thing to keep in mind is that the BW T range are based on an open source PVR software called Enigma which originated in Europe, I think Germany by Dreambox..

BW have their own development stream of this software and have been tweaking it for Australian use and adding ICETV support, and various bug fixes. The only negative I would say about the T series (or any Enigma based PVR for that matter) is that the GUI is quite extensive and can be overwhelming for a non technical user, so you could feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of options. On the plus side this makes it very versatile, esp with numerous 'add-ons' that can be installed to expand it's functionality. The Skippa from ICETV in comparision has a very user friendly interface (from the pics I have seen) and seems to have been designed for the average non techie user. It has three tuners (the BW T3 has 3, the BW T4 has 4) and of course ICETV support. It also has some add skipping system the BW T series does not, though that will come at a annual cost if you missed out on their promotional deal.

Overall the T4 is probably a more complete, and versatile PVR than the Skippa, with better h/w, but the Enigma GUI can be confusing/overwhelming to the 1st timer or casual user, however this is offset somewhat by the BW forums where BW owners are very active, esp helping new owners, plus there are quite a few How-To posts for common issues The Skippa on the other hand appears to have a relatively easy to use GUI, has the 3 tuners, ICETV, add skipping, but less powerful h/w (CPU, RAM). I suggest you check out the Skippa threads and have a good read. Other's may agree/disagree with my comments.:) Craig.

The Skippa from ICETV in comparision has a very user friendly interface I only have a Wiz P1, so not sure how much that differs to the T3/T4 from the perspective of interface, but it was known as not having a particularly user friendly GUI. My wife can use it fine, as the EPG and playback screens are easy to read and access. Having a look at some YouTube videos of the T3, it seems pretty simple. Depending on who you are, I would suspect that once you have it set up, usually it gets left alone with only EPG and playback getting frequent use. A huge turn off for me about the Skippa is the EPG only shows four lines. That would drive me insane having so little info in front of me. The T3/T4 has more info to see what’s going on all at once.

I guess for some, having less info is easier for them. I am not sure how to copy it to my favourites though Same way that you created your Favourites list in the first place:). Just open the Terrestrial TV LCN bouquet, highlight the HDMI-IN channel then press the 'MENU' button. There will be an option in there to copy the channel to your Favorites bouquet.

To set a timer for HDMI-IN just open the timer interface and create a new timer from scratch. In the field that asks you for which channel to record from, just select the HDMI-IN channel like any other one. Can you play a show recorded on the T4 on your iPad? Yes, there are a handful of apps on iTunes for streaming video from 'Enigma2' DVRs.

The Beyonwiz T series are an Enigma2 based box that is somewhat customised to the Aussie market. There is a specific Beyonwiz app being developed that is in testing at the moment. That shouldn't be too long before it is also available on iTunes.

You can stream live TV and recorded TV, and the T4 is even capable of transcoding the video into a lower bitrate format if you wanted to stream over the Internet. Not sure of iOS capabilities, but Android is also capable of streaming recordings over DLNA and Samba shares from the T series units as well. Are people buying the bare bones device and putting in their own hardrives? Is this better (no doubt better value) than buying say the 4TB unit direct from beyonwiz?

Is it relatively easy? I have changed HDD in my PC, and what is a good HD, the Western Digital Red 4tb? Bang for buck. Get a bare bones.

The hard drive markup is ludicrous! If you've changed a HDD in a pc, then this will be easy for you. I think most are buying WD reds, but I'm using a Seagate 2TB USB expansion drive (removed from the case) which I had in a drawer (don't even remember buying it.lol). I've had no problems with it. I have a LG TV and i have given up using the internet browser it offers inc Youtube, simply way too slow.

I go back to my pc in another room. Can one run a browser direct from the T4 that is as fast or closer to a PC? What about connecting a keyboard to type? The T4 has a browser, but I couldn't really say if it was any better than the one in your LG TV. It works but I doubt it will blow anyones socks off. You can connect a USB keyboard to the T4 and use it to type URLs, or even use it in place of the T4's remote. A wired keyboard will work fine, and any wireless keyboard that has its own dongle and doesn't require special Windows drivers should work fine too.

I have even personally tried a generic Bluetooth keyboard with a small Bluetooth dongle fitted to the T3 and that worked fine as well. You need to install a 'btmanager' plugin on the T3/T4 to be able to pair the keyboard, but once that is done, it should just work. What bugs me is how PVR manufacturers can still release units with 'issues', I really don't get how this happens. The 'issues' are generally software related. With the complexities of today's machines, it would take a lot of man hours to make them perfect.

It could literally take years, by which time it would be outdated by newer hardware and software. Software companies found out long ago, that the best way to find bugs, is to get the user to do the work for them.

This way they get the product out quicker, and they don't have to spend money on quality assurance. Don't get me wrong, I hate it too, but that's the reality. Currently I use Plex via Ethernet from the pc in my study to broadcast to my LG TV The T4 has a Plex Plugin (3rd party). I've used it and it works fine (apart from a couple of button options that cause the machine to burst into flames.

You soon learn which ones to avoid. I would also like to be able to record FTA TV then access it on my study PC via the network to edit it, save on that computer etc.

No problems with that. The T4 comes up as a Folder under Networks, so you could just copy and paste files from one to the other. Keen to get thoughts on what people think about this unit as an upgrade Pros- They have finally got the hdmi recording working quite well.

Great for accessing network media. In addition, very easy to access (view/copy) its own files from a PC. Lots of user options (time skipping, epg setup, network, user created plugins). Ability to record a multitude of programs at the same time. Very modern GUI.

IceTV Cons- IceTV. Somehow, between Beyonwiz and Icetv, they have managed to royally stuff up the implementation. Some of the best features of IceTv (repeat flags, show information – actors, year, series/episode) aren't available in the T series PVR's.

A complete and utter balls up.:( Software Support. There are NO paid staff that support the firmware. It's left to some (arguably short-tempered – in my experience) Beyonwiz forum members to fix/implement updates.

I'm sure MrQuade will turn up in a bit to have his say. Luckily, he's one of the good guys.:) Aside from the Cons, it is a good machine. I'd suggest you go to the and have a look around. Major issues. Yes, the old 7000/7100s of 2008 vintage were the first HD PVRs and had a bad reputation but they were the first on the market. Early adopters and all that. When they were superseded by the TMS range (TRF-7100+/7160/7170/7260/2400/2460) everything changed.

TAPs were back and so was the huge support from the European developer/enthusiast community. Topfield are still 'up there' with functionality but definitely don't have the pretty interface many people think is more important. Edit>>Having bagged the 7100, I must mention that the one I bought in 2008 is still going strong at the daughter's place, hooked up to the NEC plasma of the same vintage. Does T4 support Kodi? Was that you who recently posted a similar question in the Beyonwiz forums? That question was someone asking if the T4 could *RUN* Kodi.which it can't. I'll paste my reply from there in any case: ************ No.

There is no build of Kodi that is compatible with the T series hardware or any other enigma based PVR. The T series has its own very capable media player but is not as pretty as Kodi and doesn't fetch cover art and other meta data. The T series does have a Plex client you can install though. If you want Kodi, then I recommend that you buy a mini PC or go for something cheaper in a single board computer like a Raspberry Pi 2. ************* That being said: The T4 can act as a tuner backend for a separate Kodi machine running the VU+ PVR plugin though. What that means is that you can install the VU+ plugin on your other Kodi box, and point it at the T4's IP address. You can then use Kodi to watch and record TV, and it will use the tuners on the T4.

That saves you having to install PVR backends on your Kodi box, and fitting it out with its own tuners. Kodi will also happily play recordings made by the T4 over the network.

All those features work with the T2, T3, and T4 units. Do you mean hardware issues? Well perhaps. It started in early August when I got the first T4.

Installed the drive, attached T4 to my TV put in the USB delivered software which loaded up to a point where I was instructed to remove the USB and press the power button. There after nothing. Someone suggested to get in contact with the sellers which in turn sent out a new replacement. Same thing happened again.

Unit is now packed up for (hopefully) repair rather than exchange. I can understand one new unit failure.

But as I said. When installing the initial software. You're on your own.

The $600 pvr that doesn't support Kodi is shame. What do you mean by this exactly?

How do you want it to 'support Kodi'? I have been taking it as assuming you want to run Kodi on the box itself, am I right? It seems to me like an odd thing to go and buy a ready-made fit-for-purpose PVR and hack it to run Kodi when you can get any number of other devices that can run Kodi for far less money? The T4 is a PVR. It records TV and HDMI sources, can stream TV and recordings to networked devices, and plays back 3rd party media media from local disks or via network. If you have Kodi on another box, you can play back recordings from the T4, and you can even configure Kodi to use the T4 as a tuner backend as I described.

You can go out and buy a Raspberry Pi for $50, install Kodi on that, and leverage off the T4's recording capabilities. The T4 can present media with poster art and other niceties if you install the Plex plugin (Dreamplex). It's still not quite as pretty as Kodi, or other Plex clients, but it does add a bit of flair.

The reason that the T4 can't run Kodi, is that noone has written a version of Kodi that supports the Broadcom MIPS SoC that the T4 (and most other Enigma2 PVRs) is built upon. I'm considering purchasing a T4 and wanted to know where it's at in terms of reliability? Does it perform the PVR functions (set up timers, rec, playback, subtitles, ff, rewind, skip, move, copy, delete, etc.) reliability and consistently? What isn't working the way it should? How quickly are any issues being resolved? In other words, can I buy it and use it now or will I have to wait for a software update or three before it works as advertised (which shouldn't be hard given how little detail there is on the website).

Does it perform the PVR functions (set up timers, rec, playback, subtitles, ff, rewind, skip, move, copy, delete, etc.) reliability and consistently? What isn't working the way it should? How quickly are any issues being resolved? The T4 is still fairly new and hasn't had a full non-beta firmware release since it was released. It has had a couple of betas that went to the public for testing, and they are largely ok. The last beta has one issue that is stopping a full release.

Some users are having trouble scanning for stations. The T4 will randomly skip some channels. I don't see this problem in my reception area, and the issue is still being tracked down. I expect it is just a driver problem and will be sorted shortly. The whole T series is based on the same firmware, and the T4 benefits from the year and a half of improvement that has been made to the T3. Firmware development is ongoing and the community is very open to suggestions for improvement, and will definitely scramble to fix any bugs that are discovered by users.

The basic functionality such as recording, playback, trickplaying etc works pretty much as expected and is reliable. You may find the odd media file that doesn't trickplay properly, but that is usually only when the file is broken for some reason. The T series own recordings are no problem though. Some users have found that the pause and frame advance functionality is not to their preference (frame advance only steps between i-frames, and not p-frames), and there is no fast-play with sound. The T series currently doesn't support frame preview when skipping either.that means that you can skip through a video, but it will not show a video frame at every hop. There are a few improvement requests in the pipeline to make navigating the timeshift buffer a bit smoother as well.

Currently, the T series save each show in a new file when it buffers live TV. This currently means you have to press the chapter skip buttons to skip back to previous shows rather than just REW or skipping back to them. Some users have also been caught out that you have to press 'STOP' to drop out of timeshift mode. There is a request to automatically return to live TV when the end of the timeshift buffer is reached. Overall the whole T series works really well, and the features that you get for beign able to easily copy recordings to your PC, and stream live TV or recordings to phones, tablets an PCs is brilliant.

How can you delete shared locations? In what way do you mean?

Do you want to stop sharing the contents of the T4's filesystem over Samba? If so, I am not sure if there is a way to do that from the GUI. You can directly edit the Samba config file on the T4 and stop sharing either root, or your harddisk from there. File is at the following location: /etc/samba/smb.conf You can just comment out the shares that you don't want. After that you can restart the Samba service from the normal GUI, command line, or simply reboot the T4. Well, for good or ill I have purchased a Beyonwiz T4 2000. Due in Perth next week.

I hope this will be good for our future. Fetch will be unsupported once TPG takes over iinet. I believe that 2 Beyonwiz units will talk to each other so that will eventually replace our very old just going TIVOs. I just hope in our retirement we can manage our favorite free to air recording. You know endless Midsummer Murders @ 2.6 average an episode (with subtitles). We feel somewhat let down by the demise of TIVO then Fetch. Anyhow most reviews of Beyonwiz has been positive and the support and forum good.

The Barebones T4 and the 3TB HDD I ordered on the same day, both arrived (at the same time) today. The T4 is working fine now, but installing the HDD was a bit different to the photos I had seen of a T3 HDD install. For anyone else attempting it, here's what you need to do: • remove the HDD caddy • connect the power connector to the motherboard • attach the HDD to the caddy and reinstall the caddy • attach the combined power + SATA connector to the HDD • attach the SATA connector to the motherboard Why? Because the connection on the motherboard for the HDD's power, is underneath the HDD caddy, and one of the screws that secures the caddy to the T4 is directly below the combined power + SATA connector you attach to the HDD. No USB in the box. OS was already installed. Seemed to hang during the HDD format (never moved from 0/100), however a reboot and everything was normal and the HDD was formatted.

Now if only I could work out how to delete the crap (advertising) channels. Yes, pay heed. Don't manually edit the Terrestrial TV LCN bouquet as directed by others. However, to edit a bouquet, and indeed to perform most other context specific actions like sort, copy, settings, etc, you can press the MENU button on your remote.

If you look at any screen you happen to be in, there will be hint icons displayed at the bottom of the screen to tell you if there are any buttons that perform special actions. Typically, you will see a hint icon for MENU, TEXT, INFO, and HELP, along with the colour buttons. I would have appreciated a version of the update details where there would be, a list the bugs fixed This was included in the email that Beyonwiz sent out (I got it today): Changes: • Skin and user interface improvements. • New Splash screen announcing WizOS App support • Updates to upstream plugins. • Fixed T4 bug where sometimes a scan for channels would not find all services.

• Updated Beyonwiz T4 drivers – fixes for PIP and HDMI input issues. • GUI improvements for HDMI input • DLNA server setup • channel scan settings, movie player settings, colons in folder names • Remove faulty, unmaintained AirPlayer plugin from list of available plugins. • Fixed T4 tuner allocation regression from beta release 20150814, which could result in black screens. • Fixed T4 bug where several recordings starting at exactly the same time could result in blank recordings. • Fixes for T4 HDMI input recording from sources that use frame rates other than 50 or 25 Hz. It is highly recommended that if you record such sources, you turn on the autoresolution option in AV setup. • The audio decoder can now recover after seeing compressed audio on HDMI in and therefore a reboot to restore audio is no longer required.

Compressed audio bitstreams are still not supported on HDMI input – the source must provide decoded PCM audio. • Workaround for empty recordings when multiple timers start at exactly the same time on the T4. • Performance improvements for playing TS files from SMB/CIFS network drives. (In some corner cases the T4 performance has improved from 0.5MB/s to 40MB/s). • Fix bug #398: Crash when pressing 'TEXT' on Network services setup numeric settings fields.

• New method for restoring settings from backup. Should fix the issue seen in last beta where restoring settings did not work. • Improvements to Samba software packaging. • Updated Beyonwiz T2 drivers – improved front panel power LED function. • SSD optimisations. SSDs are formatted and mounted with TRIM/discard option.

• Fine tuning of pre-installed packages for T2. • Samba software used to interconnect with Windows networks • Many other small fixes and enhancements. That's a cool feature.

Is Plex capable of this too? I'm a Plex user and would be nice to get TV on all our devices using PMS I have gotten Plex running on the T3 and T4, but not the other way around myself. I did a quick search and found this plugin which may or may not be in a working state. Another search for a Windows Media Centre plugin for Plex gives me this link: Which seems to indicate it is possible to integrate something like an EPG and see recordings and the like. I have no idea if the Enigma plugin I linked had any of that type of functionality built in. On the simple side of things, it looks like it may be possible to simply set up your Live TV channels as network locations as described here: It looks like some Enigma2 based PVRs can be added as a Tuxbox device for limited functionality.

I'll have a go at it tonight if I have some time. Has any body successfully connected a Logitech Harmony 785 remote to the Beyonwiz T4? I can get the Harmony to drive the T4 in the device mode but when I connect it via the Activities function via the sequence: 1 Sony TV on 2 Beyonwiz T4 on 3 All other Devices off 4 TV HDMI 1 on The T4 activates through TV's HDMI 1 on the last channel watched but no buttons except the power off button work. When I try to have the Harmony remote learn the T4 remote's codes the Logitech Web setup says I have the correct keys set. Logitech help desk is only open for one hour during weekdays and I can find no help in their knowledge base. Operating in device mode is cumbersom as I have to turn the TV's HDMI 1 on with a seperate remote or use the harmony remote to control the TV's input to HDMI 1 first.

Can any one help me? The T series PVRs work with the Harmony remotes quite well. I definitely know of another user specifically using the 785 without any issues.

I personally use the Harmony Ultimate with my T2, T3, and T4. Does the T4's IR activity LED flash when you try to control it in activity mode? I am assuming it flashes properly when you are in device mode.

Do you actually have any T4 functions mapped to keys in activity mode? It's possible that the Activity simply doesn't have any keys assigned to control the T4 functions.perhaps the Activity setup wizard had a bit of a hiccup. I know that is probably a dumb question, but I have to ask to be sure. Has any body set up a cromecast in the t4's HDMI IN port and if so how in simple steps please. It might not be all that simple, to set up depending on your skill level. There is a 'problem' with the Chromecast, in that it enforces HDCP on it's HDMI port.

HDCP is High 'Definition Content Protection', which essentially means, that the video is scrambled (encrypted) so that only registered compatible HDCP receivers can display the video. Video recorders like the T4 can't be HDCP compliant because otherwise, a user could simply record whatever was received on their HDMI ports, and content providers don't want you doing that. This is annoying, because that is exactly what you are buying your HDMI recorder to do, right? If you want to record (or even display) HDCP content through the T4 HDMI input, then you need to remove the HDCP encryption. There are posts earlier in this thread that discuss the removal of HDCP through the use of a HDMI splitter device.

Typically cheap ($20-30) HDMI v1.3b (not v1.4) splitters that you can buy from discount outlets will do the job. If you don't want to record from the Chromecast, just watch and use it, then simply plug it straight into a spare HDMI input on your TV or AV receiver. You can still use it that way and display all of your content on the TV, you just can't record from it. If you want to plug in any non HDCP or HDCP-stripped content on your T4 (including a Chromecast with splitter), that is easy. Just press the BLUE button from Live TV, and select one of the two options relating to displaying HDMI-IN (One is for full-screen, the other is for Picture in Picture).

Alternatively, if you are running on the latest firmware, then do a full channel scan to find all of the TV stations in your area, then you will find that there is a HDMI-IN 'channel' in your 'Terrestrial TV LCN' bouquet. In this instance, activating the HDMI-IN is as easy as zapping (changing channel) to your HDMI-IN channel. If your T4 is connected to the Internet, then you should have already received an online update notice. So make sure you perform a channel scan to get the HDMI-IN channel as described. If you didn't get the online update for whatever reason, you can apply it manually using instructions and downloads this link (latest version as of today). Quade, Re your Harmony remote: in activity mode does it recognise i.e. Operate the TV and STB functions of the T4 like the T4 remote does.

My T4 remote TV button takes me to my Sony TV which I can then operate as though I'm using my Sony remote. To return to the T4 firstly I have to change the Sony to the HDMI 1 input and then select the STB button on the T4s remote.

This puts me back in STB mode. I cant seem to assign or train any of the spare buttons on my Harmony to do this. The TV button on the lower suite of buttons on the T4 remote just allows me to change the T4's TV channels.

You need to customise the Watch Beyonwiz activity (or whatever you have called it). You want to change the function of the Vol+ and Vol- keys to the TV volume controls for example, and assign any other buttons that you would commonly use on the TV while you are watching the Beyonwiz. Harmony remotes are activity based, so if you want to watch the TV using the TV's own tuner, then you can simply make an activity called 'Watch TV' which only includes your Sony TV device. That activity should be configured to use the TV's tuner as the 'input'. The ' Watch Beyonwiz' activity would include the T4 and the Sony TV devices, you'd configure the activity to automatically switch to HDMI1 on the TV.

As I mentioned earlier, you can then assign each button to whichever command you like from either T4 or Sony TV device. A few gripes about the T4. First, choosing to reboot just turns off the T4.

It does not restart. The only way to restart it then, is to turn the power off and back on. That's not a reboot. Second, the 2x rewind is not 2x. It's a least 4x. Also why isn't there a 1x rewind and, perhaps I missed it, but is there a ½x, ¼x or 1/8x slow play function?

Third, when you set up favourites to eliminate the crap (shopping) channels, you can no longer use the channel numbers to jump directly to the channel as, say, Go! (channel 99) is now channel 16, so you have to press 16 to go straight to it, instead of 99. On my old Topfield I just deleted the crap channels (and they disappeared completely, thank god) and it didn't affect the channel numbering of the remaining channels. When using favourites, it didn't change the channel numbering, only the order (and the channels available) when using channel_up or channel_down. Why can't the T4 do the same? Fourth, when I finish watching a program and want to delete it, I press Media and then delete it.

It gets moved to Trash. But why does it keep playing. Surely if I've deleted it, I no longer won't to keep watching the recording('s padding).

Why doesn't the T4 also stop playing the recording? And finally why did they give me a T3 manual with a T4? It says T4 on the cover, but it's clear it's actually a T3 manual, with some changes, perhaps.

There's a lot to like about the T4, but also some improvements needed to be up to standard in some areas/functions, which is worrying, as the software is not new, just the hardware. First, choosing to reboot just turns off the T4. It does not restart. The only way to restart it then, is to turn the power off and back on.

That's not a reboot. That's a known issue and there is a new update to the front panel firmware in the works for it.

Second, the 2x rewind is not 2x. It's a least 4x. Also why isn't there a 1x rewind and, perhaps I missed it, but is there a ½x, ¼x or 1/8x slow play function? There is a slow play function. You need to pause playback and then you can use the >>and. There is a slow play function.

You need to pause playback and then you can use the >>and. Thanks (is that another undocumented feature?), but what about a 1x rewind and a 2x rewind that is actually 2x, not 4x or more? It may be covered in the pop-up help screen that you get when you press 'HELP'. But because the keys are context sensitive, then all their functions may not be covered (since FF and REW is the basic case function). REW is a tricky thing to get the speed right on. The way I think it works is that the media player steps back through the i-frames in the media file, and it depends how far apart that the i-frames appear as to how fast the picture rewinds. To get more fine grained control, the p-frames would have to be derived from the i-frame in reverse, and it could require more CPU power than the poor old SoC in the T4 can handle.

I'd encourage you to use skips more. I know it is yet another piece of advise to change the way you use the box, but FF and REW are less efficient. The T4 has a *lot* of flexibility with the way it handles skipping.

I don't wish to go through the 'fun' of setting up a universal remote, thanks. I'm a human who knows that ABC1 is channel 2 and the T4 is a PVR that makes ABC1 channel 1, 2 or 14 depending on which bouquet you're using. That is just stupid. And yet, I find it odd to waste my time remembering arbitrary LCN associations with channels, to each his own:). As soon as I got my first digital STB back in the day, I stopped using direct channel number entry entirely. But that is just me.

Your preference is for direct number entry, and that's cool, but unfortunately it is not something that Enigma can do without a fairly major re-write according to the devs. It's 'in the pipe' already, but the devs don't have a lot of motivation for it. As for universal remotes, it really is worthwhile having one. A Logitech Harmony like mine is a very versatile little beast and dead-simple to set up.

All wizard based with a little tweaking. It'd take a couple of hours of your time, and you can put away a dozen or so other remotes and rely on the Harmony automation. It also lets you shelve the T4 remote, which is *TERRIBLE*. Finally, to eliminate the shopping channels and retain the same channel numbering, I believe I have to delete them on the T4, and then edit the bouquet file to put the blank service line in the place that the deleted channel previously occupied, correct?

You don't want to edit the Terrestrial TV LCN bouquet at all. That is generated by the T4 and will be overwritten if you ever do a re-scan.

Editing stuff in there may have undesirable results. You can make a copy of it and edit the copy, and call it whatever you like though. Rename it as the favourites bouquet. If you read the thread I linked, it should answer your questions.

The T4 should have been programmed to stop playing the file, if the file is deleted. Poor programming. If you feel strongly about it, then you can make a request to the 'features and bugs' section of the BW forums. Funnily enough there was a report this week from a user who was watching a recording that was in the recycle bin already, and the cleanup period rolled around while he was watching.bang, playback stopped:). I'd encourage you to use skips more. I already use them, lots, but sometimes even a 10 second skip back, is 5 seconds too long.

And since you seem to know everything about the T4, is there a way to jump to a point, say 45% or 70%, through the recording? And yet, I find it odd to waste my time remembering arbitrary LCN associations with channels, to each his own:). Too late for me. I know them, especially since the LCN's don't actually change, just the channel names (excluding those stupid shopping channels). Your preference is for direct number entry, and that's cool Having read the thread you linked to in your previous post it seems it's not just my preference. It also lets you shelve the T4 remote, which is *TERRIBLE*.

I keep reading statements like this and don't understand it. Yes it's not pretty, but as someone coming from a Topfield, not a T3, I can't understand what the fuss is. Re backlighting, press the top right button first (STB) if you need backlighting for another button, or better still, get a lamp and use it. Funnily enough there was a report this week from a user who was watching a recording that was in the recycle bin already, and the cleanup period rolled around while he was watching.bang, playback stopped:). Yep read that. In my opinion 2 days is way too short.

Totally different to what I'm asking for however. And finally, is it just me, or do others see a vertical line running down the bridge of people's noses, when using this PVR.

I have a new TV too, so I'm not sure if it's the TV or the PVR that's responsible, but the lines are definitely there. And now I know they are, I keep seeing them! As for universal remotes, it really is worthwhile having one. A Logitech Harmony like mine is a very versatile little beast and dead-simple to set up.

Ok this has inspired me. I'm going to get a harmony remote. Any tips on which model to get?

There appears to be quite a wide range of harmony remotes. Does anyone know of any restrictions with them – or any specific models? Are they good enough to work as a complete replacement or do you still need to keep the T4 remote handy for the occasional function? Any tips on getting them set up? I'm assuming Beyonwiz T3/T4 doesn't show up in their device list? I am using ddns which means that I can remotely login to the Web interface to add timers etc. I can't seem to get the T4 to stream over the net.

Can anyone help me with this? Is there a specific port that needs to be open? Whenever the. M3u is opened by VLC I get an error message. I can download directly from the Web interface but it is painfully slow. Is there a way to remotely ftp the file quicker?

I am not overly clued up with these things. I would also like to be able to use ddns with the remote app but don't seem to be able to get that working properly either. And since you seem to know everything about the T4, is there a way to jump to a point, say 45% or 70%, through the recording? If you enable the 'skip bar' which is invoked with a long-press of any of the skip buttons. You can then press the number keys 1-9 and skip directly to 10%-90%. I think that is how it is done from memory.not one I use normally.

The skip bar also allows you to move the playback pointer anywhere you want in the timeline in 1% increments. Yep read that. In my opinion 2 days is way too short. Totally different to what I'm asking for however. Yea, I know, I just found it an odd little coincidence. It does demonstrate that when the file is *actually* deleted, then playback does stop though:) The time is completely configurable as well. 2 was just the duration that the user in question had set his to.

I can't understand what the fuss is. Re backlighting, press the top right button first (STB) if you need backlighting for another button, or better still, get a lamp and use it. The shape doesn't fit the hand well, and the button layout is not good. As an example, 'FAV' needs to be closer to hand than it is.however, since I use FAV to change channels, and you use the numbers, then we have probably found out why I hate the placement so much;) And finally, is it just me, or do others see a vertical line running down the bridge of people's noses, when using this PVR. I have a new TV too, so I'm not sure if it's the TV or the PVR that's responsible, but the lines are definitely there. And now I know they are, I keep seeing them! That's an oddly specific picture issue!

Just you I am afraid (well not me at least). Check the sharpness setting on your TV as a start and turn it down to zero (I assume you are using HDMI). Is there a specific port that needs to be open? Whenever the.

M3u is opened by VLC I get an error message. TCP 8001 I can download directly from the Web interface but it is painfully slow. Is there a way to remotely ftp the file quicker?

I am not overly clued up with these things. The T4 has TCP and SSH capabilities that you can use to download files. It also shares all files via Samba over the network and can also be configured do so via NFS. FTP should be fastest, and you can push 50MB/s, so that's pretty speedy. Any tips on which model to get? There appears to be quite a wide range of harmony remotes.

Does anyone know of any restrictions with them – or any specific models? Some support different numbers of devices, other have touchscreens, some are network enabled. I went for broke and got the 'harmony Ultimate' with touchscreen, WiFi and Bluetooth, with support for phone/tablet interfaces. Highly recommended, but around $300 on EBay, and WAY more in stores. I used to have a Harmony 785, which is now sadly discontinued. It had a non-touch LCD screen, and was pretty much no-fuss.

Are they good enough to work as a complete replacement or do you still need to keep the T4 remote handy for the occasional function? Zero need for beeping the old remote. You can access all buttons from the Harmony. Any tips on getting them set up? I'm assuming Beyonwiz T3/T4 doesn't show up in their device list? The T series in in the Harmony supported database.

The T series can be programmed to respond to any one of 6 different code sets, so that you can have up to 6 units in the same IR broadcast area without interference. Out of the box, they will all respond to all 6 code sets. The T3 code set is the 0xABCD set (you will see this in the Remote Setup portion of the T4's menus) The T2 and T4 are both configured for the 0x02f2 code set. Tested it and and only 10% or 20%, not 15% from number buttons. Yep, 9 buttons and 9 x 10% increments available.

I think having a single button press shortcut would be preferable to having to enter for two keypad presses each time or key in a percentage and confirm with 'OK'. Sizzla Praise Ye Jah Rar Files. It's just meant to get you most of the way to where you need to be and then fine tune with regular skips. I know that personally, I would pretty much never have any idea if a particular scene was 40% in or 43% into a recording.

I lobbied to get them to enable those direct skips into regular playback, without having to invoke the skip bar first.they didn't go for that for the sake of consistency. The keypad can be set up to be another three sets of relative skip buttons, so they didn't want to confuse things too much when the default setting was to disable keypad skips entirely. The ability to disable keypad skips was added (and made the default setting) so that the user could still change channels while timshifting. Previously, once you were in timeshift mode, you couldn't change channel using the keypad number keys.

Now *THAT* would have annoyed you I bet:). Too late for me. I know them, especially since the LCN's don't actually change, just the channel names (excluding those stupid shopping channels).

Yeah I miss being able to just hit the channel I'm after. Pretty much avoid the number pad these days as I have often enough gone to skip using the number pad and changed channels instead! Alternatively, have gone to change channels and been in timeshift.

Just given up on the number pad. Really liked the binary search from my Topfield 5000 and had a look at trying to code it for the T series PVRs but had NFI. Might revisit around xmas. I have set my left to -5sec, right +10sec, up +3min and down -1.5min. Gives me 5sec granularity but not too many presses to get around. Yep, 9 buttons and 9 x 10% increments available.

Actually 10, as 0 takes you to 0%. Now *THAT* would have annoyed you I bet:). Nuh, as I don't use timeshift. If I did though. Yeah I miss being able to just hit the channel I'm after You can also pad out your favourites boutique, to keep the channels at their correct LCN.

Really liked the binary search from my Topfield 5000 10% increments, with a 4 user configurable skip buttons is a reasonable alternative though. Boy, the 5000 series with TAPs, set the bar pretty high for future PVR's.

Re editing the boutiques on the PC, Notepad is no good as it doesn't recognise line breaks, Word does, but adds other stuff and I don't have PSPad on this PC. Should I try Wordpad, stick with Notepad (painful) or is Word ok to use? Use Notepad++ Thanks Circus Of Death, worked a treat. Especially the show all characters option.

I'm happy to say there is now no trace of those dreaded shopping channels in my T4, with all the LCN's unchanged. And I have a favourites boutique with the duplicate channels removed (One SD on 12, ABC on 21, SBS 3 on 33, 7 Digital on 70 & 7 Digital 1 on 71).

So I can channel flick using channel_up or channel_down, use the number keys to go directly to a channel or use the channel list via the FAV key. Kind of like setting up a universal remote – a bit of work to set up, so it's easier to use later. And yes I know I'll have too repeat this exercise if I rescan any service with shopping channels. Wake me when that happens. Then I probably copy & paste any changes in to my current boutiques. Now, if only the T4 could use IceTV for the TV service and the broadcast EPG for the radio service, I could see Double J's program guide, without disabling IceTV first.

I have setup my T4 with DDNS & I can login to it and do a few things. I was wondering if I could FTP into it with FileZilla remotely & be able to download files faster than doing this with the web interface which takes many hours to do a single recording. I can connect fine but I get the following error. Connection established, waiting for welcome message. Status: Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS.

Command: USER root Response: 331 Password required for root Command: PASS Response: 530 Login incorrect. Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do what I am trying & if so how I can fix this error? I thought that I would be able to download remotely a lot faster this way. Yes my settings are identical. I am using the IP address of the T4 from another network, i.e I am not at home.

The error that I get is the following. I have hidden the IP address with some X's. Status: Connecting to 101.XXX.57.XXX:21. Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message.

Status: Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS. Command: USER root Response: 331 Password required for root Command: PASS Response: 530 Login incorrect. Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server. I have setup my T4 with DDNS & I can login to it and do a few things.

I was wondering if I could FTP into it with FileZilla remotely & be able to download files faster than doing this with the web interface which takes many hours to do a single recording. Just a question. When You say that it takes many hours to download a show via FTP.

I hadn't realised you were talking about doing it over your Internet connection.Just a question. When you said that it takes many hours to download a show via FTP. I hadn't realised you were talking about doing it over your Internet connection rather than the local LAN. What is the actual download speed that is reported by your web browser? What is the uplink speed of your Internet connection? Are you on ADSL? Typical ADSL uplink speeds will be around 900kbps, so you can reasonably expect an upload speed of somewhere close to 100kB/s.

For a typical recording of about 2GB in size, you are talking a transfer time of almost 6 hours no matter what method you use. Just a question.

When You say that it takes many hours to download a show via FTP. I hadn't realised you were talking about doing it over your Internet connection.Just a question. When you said that it takes many hours to download a show via FTP. I hadn't realised you were talking about doing it over your Internet connection rather than the local LAN. I have only been able to download remotely via the Beyonwiz internet page. It looks like it will take many hours like you said. I wanted to see if I could connect via FTP & if it would be quicker.

Even if I can remotely connect via FTP does this mean that it will be just as slow? If so I am wasting my time trying to get it setup lol. Even if I can remotely connect via FTP does this mean that it will be just as slow? If so I am wasting my time trying to get it setup lol Very likely. The absolute speed limit of your connection and the size of the file will be the determining factor. If you have ADSL, and are seeing download speeds around 100kB/s when you download via the web, then you will not see much improvement when using FTP.

The usual speedup that you see on FTP is on a Gigabit LAN. FTP uses less CPU on the T4, so your speeds will jump from 30MB/s up to 50MB/s purely because the CPU has less protocol overhead to deal with when using FTP. So what exactly did you do? Do you mind posting a section of the text file? Make sure you make a copy of your Terrestrial TV LCN bouquet and edit the copy, not the original. Basically all you need to do is count the number of lines to find the LCNs that you want to hide/delete, and replace those lines with a dummy line instead. BigBobOZ, unless you delete the channels from the T4 first, they will still show in the bouquet list, only without a name.

So first make a note of the LCN's of any channels you don't want and then delete the channels on the T4. Note you will be unable to watch those channels after doing so. This screws up your LCN's, as the deleted channels cause any channels later in the terrestrial tv bouquet, to have their LCN reduced by one, for each channel you delete. So if you delete all 6 shopping channels, Go!' S LCN changes from 99 to 93.

Then edit the terrestrial tv bouquet file (on a PC) to add the dummy line (#SERVICE 1:832:d:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:) to the lines where the deleted channels used to be. This restores the LCN's to their correct position.

Copy to the T4 and reboot the T4. If you want to get rid of the duplicate channels too, you could do that by copying the contents of your new terrestrial tv bouquet to your favourites tv bouquet and replacing the duplicate channels with the dummy line (#SERVICE 1:832:d:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:) in the favourites tv bouquet. I hope that helps. BigBobOZ, unless you delete the channels from the T4 first, they will still show in the bouquet list, only without a name. So first make a note of the LCN's of any channels you don't want and then delete the channels on the T4.

Note you will be unable to watch those channels after doing so. This step isn't strictly required. You can simply overwrite the services that you don't want with the dummy service as I described in my post, and you will not end up with any blank entries showing. In fact you should explicitly avoid editing a padded bouquet from the GUI until the current round of editing improvements makes it into the firmware, as there is a combination of actions that you can take when editing padded bouquets that will cause the T series PVRs to crash. Copy to the T4 and reboot the T4.

Yes, this is required. You can either reboot, or press 'MENU' while in your Channel List, and select 'Reload Services'.

That's the one I bought and works fine. However, the description on the webpage is now different to what it was a few months ago. He now states it is 1.4 (in bold), whereas before it didn't say 1.4. Without buying another, it's hard to know if its the same one, or an updated model. Just confirmed that unit on ebay works a treat. The packaging and all the materials say it is HDMI 1.4, but it does an effective job at allowing HDCP protected content into the T4:). So luck of the draw when it comes to 1.4 units.you may find that some work and some will not.

My Beyonwiz DP-P2 2TB just bit the dust and I'm seriously thinking of getting the T4. I can see it's considerably smaller than the DP-P2 but my DP-P2 tends to get quite hot (when it was working LOL). What's the T4 like in terms of heat?

I'd be concerned it might overheat in the summer. Also, are their any showstopper bugs with the T4? I remember it took my DP-P2, and previously the DP-S1 a while to mature and get rid of a lot of the bugs. The thing that concerns me is beyonwiz are already selling refurbished T4's that they've confirmed on their Facebook page as being ones with faults that they've fixed and re-boxed. I don't want to particularly buy something that has a high failure rate. Reading through this thread there's a lot of info that's a bit over my head. We have a DP-P2 which has been 'retired' as it goes green screen randomly.

We replaced it with a Topfield that we've been really disappointed with. (can't remember the model.) We don't have any of the pay TV packages and watch FTA channels exclusively. What we loved about the 'Wiz was its interface – it just worked in sync with the way our brains work.

It worked flawlessly. Until the flaws developed. The other thing we loved about it, which the Toppy did, but not as well, was the skip function. I had the UP and DOWN button skipping forward and backward by 3 minutes.

The right button skipped 10 seconds forward, the left button skipped backwards 5 seconds. I can usually get through the commercials within 2 or 3 button pushes.

Sorry if I'm waffling. My question(s) are.

A) is the interface/operating system and setup procedures of the T4 similar to that of the DP-P2? B) can I set up the skip buttons like I've described above. C) I read somewhere in this quite long thread that you can't edit with the T3 or T4. Does that mean you can't top & tail recordings and/or remove commercials? And I guess I should ask.

D) is it worth buying? Sorry if I'm waffling. My question(s) are. A) is the interface/operating system and setup procedures of the T4 similar to that of the DP-P2?

The setup and interface is very different. I would personally describe it as not as polished looking, but it is very powerful and more customisable. One of the power users on the Beyonwiz forums is developing his own 'skin' for the T series PVRs which has potential to look quite nice. Have a look through their Youtube channel for some examples of what the interface looks like: B) can I set up the skip buttons like I've described above. Yes you can set up the up/down/left/right buttons to skip in any increments that you like. You can't make up skip back etc like you could with the DP series though.up is always forward. You can also enable the keypad to act as another set of skip keys too.

Very flexible. C) I read somewhere in this quite long thread that you can't edit with the T3 or T4.

Does that mean you can't top & tail recordings and/or remove commercials? You can edit with the T series. Originally you could not, but the community discovered a nice plugin that would allow your cut edits to be permanently written to recordings. This was popular enough that it was added to the base firmware and has been there for quite some time. Also, are their any showstopper bugs with the T4? I remember it took my DP-P2, and previously the DP-S1 a while to mature and get rid of a lot of the bugs.

There are no real showstoppers in the T4 since its first official firmware upgrade. All the basic PVR features just work. The HDMI-IN recording is still a bit glitchy, but is being worked on. There are a few behavioural quirks that may irk you having come from a DP. Timeshifting isn't quite as seamless and transparent as on the DPs (Each show in the timeshift buffer is saved in its own file, so to go back past the start of a show, you have to use the track skip button rather than just skipping or rewinding back as one example). You are also not able to change to a channel that is currently recording, and simply skip back into the recording, the timeshift only starts from the time when you switched to that channel.

You can however just play the recording that is in progress, but that means having to open the media player to do so.so just an extra step. It's all the new networking features, and the tuners that will impress you though.

No need to worry about padding priority any more.the T4 just doesn't care how many recordings you have going at once, and they are happy to overlap each-other on the same or different channels. It's been tested successfully with 16 simultaneous recordings across all four tuners. You also don't need to mess about with WizFX or YARDWiz for copying recordings. All recordings are simply shared on your network via a Windows share or over DLNA for any other device to read. You can even record directly onto your PC's shared harddisk and not use the T4's harddisk at all! The media player is a lot more powerful than the DP series, and it will happily play HD 1080p60 h.264 material.

There is a Plex client plugin available that can pretty up your media with posters and metadata if you want to use it, but otherwise, the media interface is nice and basic.list of files.play files:) All the features come at the cost of some complexity with setting it all up initially, but that only needs to be done once, and it really isn't that tricky. Just to clarify, its only the UP button that's exclusively forward? The down & left button can be configured to skip backwards?

Yea, sorry I didn't explain that well. UP is always forward. DOWN is always backward. LEFT always backwards. RIGHT is always forwards. The DPs would let you set any of those buttons to be either forward or backward.gawd knows why. Also, the DPs would let you have separate values for recordings or media.the T series does not.

All recordings and media are treated the same. Also also, the DP series allow you to skip by seconds, or by percentage. The T series skips are all by seconds, however, it does have a 'skipbar' mode that is percentage based (activated by long-pressing a skip key). I edited my last post with a link to the Beyonwiz Youtube channel if you want to see the box in action. There are a few behavioural quirks that may irk you having come from a DP.

Timeshifting isn't quite as seamless and transparent as on the DPs (Each show in the timeshift buffer is saved in its own file, so to go back past the start of a show, you have to use the track skip button rather than just skipping or rewinding back as one example). With the timeshifting on the DP-P2 you didn't even see the files being recorded. It was invisible to the user. Obviously if you record instead of timeshift the files were visible though. You are also not able to change to a channel that is currently recording This is a big one for me.

I tend to record shows and occasionally go to the channel to check it out. Seems a little silly to not allow you to view the channel that you're recording. I'm sure I'd get used to it though. I had a look at the videos of the T4 and while the UI is a little different to the DP series, I'm sure I'd get used to it.

I do like a couple of the features though. If those behavioural quirks are the only issues then I am tempted. I do kind of wish they'd allow you watch the channel you're recording though without having to go to the media player to do it.

There seems to be a problem with the T4 miniDLNA. I am not able to share videos from the T4s across my network. It worked originally but now they don't stream to the iPad VLC, they are not even visible.

The problem may have occurred when I set up a share folder on the iMac. It is the only thing I can think of. There was an internet outage last weekend and the local network was turned off a few times. But now it's all up and running – the T4s see each other and play each other's recordings but are invisible on my local network. This is a big one for me.

I tend to record shows and occasionally go to the channel to check it out. Seems a little silly to not allow you to view the channel that you're recording.

I'm sure I'd get used to it though. No, you may have misunderstood there, you possibly didn't see the second half of my sentence. You *can* change to a channel that is currently recording, and watch that channel, that is no issue whatsoever. What you can't so is skip back into the recording as if it were part of the timeshift buffer.

The timeshift buffer and the recording are treated as completely separate. For example, say it is 7:15 and you are watching channel 10, and had a recording on channel 7 that started at 7:00. On the DP, you could change channel to channel 7 and then skip back to 7:00 and watch the start of the recorded program just using the timeshift keys. On the T series, if you changed to channel 7, you would only be able to skip back to 7:15, not the 7:00.

If you wanted to go back to 7:00, youd have to open your Media player and play the recording that had started at 7:00. There seems to be a problem with the T4 miniDLNA. I find the best idea is to avoid using DLNA alltogether if it can be helped. And that is not because of the T4. DLNA is a terrible and unpredictable media streaming protocol in my experience with a variety of devices. Either the file browsing buggers up, or your media renderer ends up chucking a wobbly due to some little incompatibility. In addition, it prevents you from easily accessing alternate audio tracks and subtitles (unless it is fudged through transcoding, which is computationally intensive).

It is much easier to just connect to the T4's shared folder and play the files straight off it as if it was a harddisk connected to your PC. I want the T4 to boot to the last Chanel I watched before powering down or at least boot to the EPG. At the moment it either asks me if I want terrestrial TV LCN, Last scanned or Favorites (TV). Some times it boots up showing the radio bouquet. Are you using a Harmony remote to control your T4? It sounds as if you are using a Harmony, and have configured the T4 to switch to the 'TV' input when switching to the 'Beyonwiz' activity.

The problem is, there is no 'TV Input' on the T4.the 'TV' button is actually used for switching to the bouquet list.which is what you are seeing. What my wife wants to do is watch T4 recordings on her iPad.

The WizOz pixilates so we were using VLC player. Can that connect to a T4 shared folder. The 10.1.1.13 IP address of the T4 does not work. Perhaps it needs some prefix.

You should be able to use the WizOS app in conjunction with VLC. At least, this is the case for the Android version. I am not sure about the iOS version, I haven't tried that. You can open the 'Global options' for WizOS, and change the 'Default player' to be 'VLC' instead of the 'Embedded player'. That way, you can still use WizOS to browse the EPG and look for recordings, but it will use VLC to actually play the video.

You can also watch LiveTV in this fashion too. You should also be able to watch recordings by using the T4's Web Interface, but that is bit clunkier. As for the DLNA issues, it could be a sticky issue. You are best off continung the troubleshooting you have been doing on the Beyonwiz forums for that issue. Magic autodiscovering protocols like DLNA are great and all, right up until something goes wrong, and then things get really hard to diagnose. When did you send them an email?

I sent them one a day or two ago and got a response within minutes. While I haven't ordered one yet I think I read on their website it's about a week. I could be wrong though.

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Orders are dispatched within 1 – 3 business days (Refurbished stock may require a up to 5 business days for Quality Assurance purposes). Shipping times are estimated at between 3-7 business days depending on your location within Australia. Last night after a lot of research I pulled the pin and purchased a T4 to replace an ailing Tivo. Looking forward to it's arrival.

I see a few of us have done the same. So a question for those of you who already have the toy.err. Box, any suggestions on day1+ setup? I've gone barebones and will be putting in a 2TB HDD, and then installing the firmware. I know to add my favourite channels to the favourites list vs deleting them from the default list.

But what else? Any suggested things to check/do first? One thing that trips many people up, is adjusting the GUI size to compensate for overscan. By default the T series shrinks the GUI so there is a border showing around the edge. It is pretty easy to remove the border and expand the GUI to full screen size, but many people do not do it. My advice is to just go through ALL of the setup menus and have a look at what options are available.

There are a lot of clever little functions hidden away. But don't fiddle unless you know what it does;) Ask first;). Also be aware that many screen have 'hidden' settings, signified by a 'MENU' icon prompt in the lower left hand part of the screen. Be sure to explore those for more tweaking options. Have a look through the available plugins, but beware. Not all of the plugins have been tested or even work well. These plugins are harvested from the wider Enigma development community and may be designed to work on different brands or in different regions.

Again, best to ask, or only install ones that you have seen success stories for.or at least, be prepared to reflash firmware if something goes drastically wrong (not really a painful process:)). Edit: oh and join the Beyonwiz forums and vendor from the community.

Make improvement suggestions, some will actually be implemented:). Hey MrQuade, what is your overall impression of the T4 compared to the other offerings. I honestly don't think that the user interface on the T series looks as nice as the DP's one. It has more features and shows more information on screen at once, but it doesn't have that feel of being a slick consumer product. The DPs has some crazy looking fonts, buy overall just felt more 'solid' than the T series to me.

Opinions can vary though. The T series wears its software innards on its sleeve so to speak. You can definitely tell it is running Linux, since there is a bit of jargon that shows through, and the filesystem is not hidden from the user if you explore even a little. All that being said, if you are a technically inclined person like myself, the freedom and power that the T series offers you is amazing. If you don't like something, there is a good chance there is an option to change, or a plugin to install that can address the problem. And of that doesn't work and you have the programming chops, there is nothing stopping you from simply changing it yourself. I absolutely love the T series boxes for the power and features they have.

My old DP-S1 PVR lasted maybe a fortnight after I got my T3 and I have never looked back. Streaming live video, 4 tuners, more powerful media player, share recordings on the network, record directly to a NAS, 1080p output, variable refresh rates.

Way more capable. It still has a few quirks that I would like to see sorted out, particularly aground time shifting, but the great thing about it is that the community is keen to respond to change requests and the whole T series is constantly improving. If you are happy to ride it a couple of bumps then you will not be disappointed by a T4. Our T4s are now fully integrated with our network.

We can view recordings on a third TV, The miniDLNA is working so we can view either T4's recordings on iPads using third party iOS video apps. The WizOz app works well, is fast and does not pixilated on playback WiFi keyboards work well for typing text – and more I think. The Beyonwiz forum is very supportive and helpful.

Most of our original problems were simply a settling in, my network connections (I do my own wiring) and a familiarization process, that went awry with a weekend local internet outage. All very good. Just a quick question or two. As i've mentioned previously my DP-P2 2TB kicked the bucket recently with the 0000 error which by all accounts is probably the Power supply issue.

It had a 2TB hard drive (not sure if that's one or two drives though). If I get the T4 Bare Bones version; 1.

Can I use the existing 2TB from the P2 in the T4 (without having to reformat)? I'm hoping to have access to the existing recorded shows. Is it just as easy to install the HDD into the T4 as it is a PC? I'm just tossing up whether to just get a new 2TB version, or get the bare bones version and try and use the existing HDD from my P2. Can I use the existing 2TB from the P2 in the T4 (without having to reformat)? I'm hoping to have access to the existing recorded shows. Perhaps, but you wouldn't want to.

The DP series formatted their harddisks in a variant of FAT32 that used custom sized clusters. Linux based devices such as the Beyonwiz PVRs and other Linux PCs can read them ok, but Windows could not.

The T series use ext3/4 as their default disk format. They need this for some of the more advanced features for file linking and the like. If your T4 disk is not ext3/4 formatted then you loose a few file editing capabilities and it limits what you can do with timeshifting. Also, the T series PVRs are not able to read DP series recordings.

The T series saves recordings as.ts files, and while it has a very powerful and flexible media player that can play almost any other format, the DP series native recording format was a custom format. DPs save recordings as hundreds of individual 32MB.twiz files. You will see these if you have ever copied a recording off a DP box using WizFX or YARDWiz. My advice (and what I did), is to copy all of the recordings off your DP box using one of those tools, and ensure that you save them as.ts files. When the T4 arrives, swap the harddisk over, format it, and then copy all of the files back over to the T4, where it will now be able to play them. I took the extra step of converting all of mine to.mkv format to save a bit of space. Now you might be kind of stuck if your DP-P2 is non-functional.

You may be able to plug the DP's harddisk into the T4 as-is, and prior to formatting, be able to see the recordings over the network from your PC. From there you can use YARDWiz to convert the files to.ts format and save them to your PC.

Once done, you can format the T4 and be on your way. It might be easier to just buy a new harddisk for the T4, and you can always just plug the DP's drive into the back of the T4 using USB or eSATA and do the recording conversion at your leisure. Is it just as easy to install the HDD into the T4 as it is a PC? The cables are very short, and you do have to pay attention to orientation and proper cable routing, but it is dead simple.

Just make sure the cables do not touch the sensitive parts of the T4 like the front panel, or any of the hot components, and you'll be fine. Just a quick question or two. As i've mentioned previously my DP-P2 2TB kicked the bucket recently with the 0000 error which by all accounts is probably the Power supply issue.

I believe ERROR 0000 can also come about from a tripped power supply if the P2 was running at the time of a power outage. Apparently the power supply can 'lockup'. If this was the case for you, unplug the P2 from the wall for a few minutes and then try again.

This happened to me on two different DP's. Forum member warkus/Mark can have your DP-P2 power supply repaired (for quite a reasonable cost I believe). See here for one of his guides and contact detail info -, but note the P2 power supply repair is in - It had a 2TB hard drive (not sure if that's one or two drives though). If I get the T4 Bare Bones version; 1. Can I use the existing 2TB from the P2 in the T4 (without having to reformat)? I'm hoping to have access to the existing recorded shows.

Answered by MrQuade, but some additional copying ideas in this post might help – 2. Is it just as easy to install the HDD into the T4 as it is a PC? HDD install pics linked from earlier in the current thread – ETA_2016's install points (also this thread) – I'm just tossing up whether to just get a new 2TB version, or get the bare bones version and try and use the existing HDD from my P2.

Are the P2s still available? I don't think as new units anyway, a refurbished unit might randomly popup on the Wiz shop. If this was the case for you, unplug the P2 from the wall for a few minutes and then try again.

That was my first test when it occurred, and it's still doing it so I am pretty confident it's the power supply. I thought about getting it fixed, doing it myself, and also buying a refurbished P2 (if I could find one) but at the end of the day, there are too many compelling reasons to go for the T4. So far there are only two negatives to buying the T4 that I can forsee. The quirkiness of the timers and time shift (which I'll eventually get used to if they don't get sorted out in a future firmware), and the price. Things that I like are the app, and web interface for streaming, and configuring settings, and the auto timer sounds intriguing.

Speaking of which. Can anyone shed more light on the Auto Timer function? Do you need IceTV for it to work? I'm just trying to work out what the benefit of IceTV is these days. I used to have IceTV and it's advantages at the time were a 7 day EPG, and ability to record series, and set recordings remotely. Am I correct in thinking the T4 can do all that even without IceTV? Things that I like are the app, and web interface for streaming, and configuring settings, and the auto timer sounds intriguing.

Speaking of which. Can anyone shed more light on the Auto Timer function? Do you need IceTV for it to work? I'm just trying to work out what the benefit of IceTV is these days. I used to have IceTV and it's advantages at the time were a 7 day EPG, and ability to record series, and set recordings remotely.

Am I correct in thinking the T4 can do all that even without IceTV? Autotimer is pretty simple. You define a set of rules for shows to search for, and if a show pops up in the EPG that matches your search criteria, it will set a timer to record it.

You can tell it to search by name or program description, and restrict the search range to certains days, or certain times of day. It's a pretty powerful system, but what it can't do is ignore repeats.

As you know of course, that's where Ice is good. You can simply flag a series to record, and choose if you want repeats or not. The FTA EPG does not reliably flag shows as repeats, so you can never tell.

Ice also send a weeks worth of EPG which is refreshed by the T4 regularly. The FTA guide only refreshes for a particular channel when you visit that channel. However, that being said, the FTA EPG is often far more accurate than the Ice EPG. The programs sometimes change at the last minute, and the start times are adjusted to the minute, rather than the nearest 5 minutes. It means that your FTA autotimers often need less padding. You can also download a plugin for the T4 called EPGRefresh. This will will let you pick a quiet time of day for the T4 to wake up and do a sweep of all channels to refresh the EPG, then go back to sleep.

Sort of solves that problem:). Yes, the remote recording capability of Ice is very handy, and the T4 can do that via its web interface too.

The T4 has little security applied out of the box, so exposing its web interface to the Internet is not something you want to do. You can lock it down if you can open a VPN to your home network though. I subscribe to Ice, because I find it convenient. I just ordered a T4 2TB. Hopefully I'll have it by next weekend;) I'm sure you will – I think it's about 3-days from despatch to Brisvegas:) I ordered on a Monday (3pm AEST), despatch on a Tues, delivery in Perth the following Tuesday. If you reply back to the shipping email you'll get from Beyonwiz Bshop and ask for a tracking number, you'll be able use that to see when it's received in Chullora for shipping and also when it's in Brissie. You'll get a 3-month trial of Ice TV with the T-series, so you'll have time to evaluate it c.f.

I've only had my T4 for 4 days and not setup Ice TV for it yet as I'm waiting for Ice to release their 'box swap' ability this coming week (I've still got 3 'in-use' DP-series units), but by using Autotimers on it I've noticed a bug - if you have Autotimers set for different programs and those programs are scheduled consecutively, then the 2nd generated timer gets the same name as the 1st. By real example, GO! Next Monday has – 10:00am Spongebob Squarepants 10:30am Rabbids Invasion I had these setup last Friday for my son, both generated timers got named 'Spongebob Squarepants'. It may be this known issue, I've not yet checked that mentioned setting - If you want to avoid repeats using Autotimers given the lack of that detail in the FTA EPG, one way is to restrict the 'time window' to that of the regular show for in-season shows.

I've only had my T4 for 4 days and not setup Ice TV for it yet as I'm waiting for Ice to release their 'box swap' ability this coming week (I've still got 3 'in-use' DP-series units), but by using Autotimers on it I've noticed a bug - if you have Autotimers set for different programs and those programs are scheduled consecutively, then the 2nd generated timer gets the same name as the 1st. By real example, GO! Next Monday has – 10:00am Spongebob Squarepants 10:30am Rabbids Invasion Yea. That's one thing with autotimers.

You can end up with wiggy behaviour when you have consecutive recordings set up and padding that encompases a significant percentage of the runtime of one or both of the recorded events. It's something that has been investigated a few times, but the code that controls program naming and EPG/timer interaction is apparently a bit convoluted. The safest option is to set the Autotimers 'Guess' setting to disabled, and ensure your padding is as small as possible. The issues crop up most frequently on ABC children's television, mostly because of the short event length.

The safest option is to set the Autotimers 'Guess' setting to disabled, and ensure your padding is as small as possible. I disabled the setting 'Guess existing timer based on begin/end', and deleted the generated timers that were created from the 2 relevant AutoTimers. I modified both AutoTimers and set the 'custom offset' to 10 minutes to reduce the post-padding time for the new generated timers (leaving my system post-padding set at its 25 mins value). Once the AutoTimers plugin had re-generated the timers (being impatient, I used OpenWebif to 'Parse'), those resultant timers had the expected program names. I've avoided this thread (and the BW forums) for awhile, due to a certain individual on the BW forums (I'm sure you know who I mean MrQuade;) ), but i thought I'd pop in for a bit. Huh, yeah that works. Completely looked past the extra direction pad.

Do you assign anything to the up arrow? Probably a pointless reply since you asked weeks ago, but. I assigned the TV function. This way I have the Guide button for the EPG, the Down arrow for the Media files, the Up arrow for the TV function (which I use to toggle between full/partial EPG displays), and the Pause button for Timers.

Edit: oh and join the Beyonwiz forums and vendor from the community. Make improvement suggestions, some will actually be implemented:) If you can avoid a certain god-like presence in there.;) It's a pretty powerful system, but what it can't do is ignore repeats. Actually, you now can ignore Repeat shows with Autotimers, now that IceTv have got their act together. As long as you have the 'Custom repeat flag' added to the title (this is setup in the IceTv website for your account), then when you create an Autotimer (making sure that 'search type' is set to 'exact match'), it will ignore any titles that have the 'repeat' flag in the title. The title you want to record is NCIS. Create an autotimer with 'Match Title' set to NCIS. Any repeat shows will have [R] added to the title by IceTv, which won't match what's in 'Match Title'.:).

I've avoided this thread (and the BW forums) for awhile, due to a certain individual on the BW forums (I'm sure you know who I mean MrQuade;) ), but i thought I'd pop in for a bit.;) Actually, you now can ignore Repeat shows with Autotimers, now that IceTv have got their act together. Yep, absolutely.

The autotimers can absolutely be set up to filter out keywords, and it can be used to detect the IceTV inserted repeat indication. But of course it means you still need to be an Ice subscriber. I guess just to address the query about 'do I need to subscribe to Ice', the answer is still 'yes' if repeats are an issue. Just by curiosity, how long after people have placed orders did the website stop saying Processing and you got the tracking details? Did you have to ask for the tracking details or was it automatic. Good question.

I ordered mine on the 25th and the website still says Processing.? I bought mine late on Wednesday evening. I couldn't find anything on the website indicating the order status, So I sent them an email requesting a delivery estimate on Thursday afternoon, got the tracking number on Friday, which indicated that it had been shipped on Friday and it was delivered to the Sunshine Coast on Monday. OK, as I said in the previous post, it arrived yesterday.

I waited til everybody had gone to bed before getting stuck in. It's a surprise which will coincide with the wife's birthday tomorrow. First impressions and some questions. The 'User Manual' is good looking and colourful, but pretty useless. If you're upgrading the firmware, the up button is THE BUTTON ON THE UNIT, not the button on the remote. It says this VERY CLEARLY in the instructions, but I read it 4 times before noticing. Take your time reading the instructions.

I can't get the network working. I know the cable and home network is good, because I used the LAN cable out of the X Box right next to it. X Box connects, 'Wiz doesn't. I like the look. Someone said it's not as 'slick' as the DPs, but it looks fresh and attractive to me. And no blinding blue 'ring of fire' on the front panel. It took me a while to set up the favourites as the unit wouldn't respond to the steps described in the instructions.

I think it may have been because the firmware upgrade didn't actually work the first 4 times I tried. I got there in the end.

Here's a question. On the EPG, after the update, on the left side, the services without a 'picon' (7, 9 & 10 networks) are too far to the left and therefore slightly off.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History and description [ ] The Linux-based production software originally used by Dreambox was originally developed for, by the Tuxbox project. The Dbox2 was a proprietary design distributed by for their services. The of KirchMedia flooded the market with unsold boxes available for Linux enthusiasts.

The Dreambox shares the basic design of the DBox2, including the Ethernet port and the PowerPC processor. Its is officially user-upgradable, since it is a Linux-based computer, as opposed to third-party 'patching' of alternate receivers. All units support Dream's own (CA) system, with software-emulated (CAMs) available for many alternate CA systems. The built-in interface allows networked computers to access the recordings on the internal hard disks on some Dreambox models.

It also enables the receiver to store digital copies of DVB on or broadcast the streams as to and clients. Unlike many PC based systems that use type of DVB receiver cards, the built-in conditional access allows receiving and storing encrypted content. In 2007, Dream Multimedia also introduced a non-Linux based Dreambox receiver, the DM100, their sole to date, still featuring an Ethernet port. It has a USB-B port for service instead of the RS232 or mini-USB connectors found on other models. Unlike all other Dreamboxes, it features an CPU instead of PowerPC or MIPS. Dreambox models [ ] There are a number of different models of Dreambox available. DM 7000-S The DM 7000 is based around the IBM STB04500 controller, featuring a PowerPC processor subsystem and hardware MPEG decoding, has 64 of, 8 MiB of memory (directly executable), a slot, a dual reader, a card reader, a 1.1 port, and an (also known as ) interface for attaching an internal 3.5 in to convert the unit into a.

Accepts only 230 V AC power. Because the boot loader resides in flash memory, this model may require the use of a in case of bad flashing which destroyed the boot loader.

However, a bad flash will occur under rare scenarios, and rarely, almost never, will you need a JTAG. DM 5600, DM 5620 [ ].

DM 500 The DM500 is the successor to the DM5620 and is the smallest and cheapest Dreambox. It is based around an IBM Digital Set-Top Box Integrated Controller, featuring notably a 252 MHz processor subsystem, hardware video and audio decoding and smart card interfaces. The DM500 features 32 MB of RAM and 8 MB of NOR flash memory, of which 5 MB are used for read-only firmware ( and filesystems), 256 kB by the boot loader and the rest by a writable filesystem. It has the standard features of a free-to-air (FTA) satellite receiver, plus extensive networking connectivity and a single smart card reader.

It does not feature a 7-segment LED display, normally found in other FTA decoders. Also has the ability to be used on Digital satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcasts (also known as DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T). The DM500+ model has 96 MB of RAM instead of 32, and 32 MB of NAND flash instead of 8 MB of NOR flash. This makes it similar to the DM600 PVR model. It is only available in DVB-S versions.

The new DM500HD was announced in on May 26, 2009. The price will be between € 350 and € 400. DM 7020 [ ] The DM 7020 is essentially an updated DM 7000 with 96 MiB of RAM, 32 MiB of (disk-like) and an RF modulator. Changes were also made on the software side, utilizing Open Embedded for the base Linux operating system.

Because the flash memory of this model is not directly executable, the primary boot loader resides in ROM and can recover corrupted secondary boot loader in flash by loading from the serial port. There are some 2 (beta) images already available for this model.

DM 7025, DM 7025+ [ ] The DM 7025 is similar to the DM7020 but with the ability to add a second 'snap-in' that makes it possible to watch one program while recording another. It is possible to change the tuner module, selecting between any two of Satellite, Terrestrial or Cable versions.

Internally, it features a 226 from, integrating a 300 MHz CPU core instead of the traditional PowerPC found in other models, and has 128 MiB of RAM. It uses 2, this is a complete rewrite of the original Enigma GUI, and is still going through growing pains as features that were present in Enigma are added to Enigma2.

Enigma2 is -based instead of C code. The DM 7025 has the ability to decode MPEG-2 HD as well. Unfortunately, it must downconvert this to 480i or 576i to display it. The DM 7025+ model features an (OLED) display instead of an LCD one, an eject button on the Common Interface slot and improved power supply. DM 600 PVR [ ] The DM 600 PVR is the same small size as the DM 500 but includes an IDE interface allowing to add an internal 2.5 in laptop-type hard disk drive, the box will only recognise 5600rpm drives. On the outside it adds an output connector and an analog modem port. It is built around the same IBM STBx25xx integrated controller, but features 32 MiB of flash and 96 MiB of RAM, of which 64 MiB are user-accessible.

It is possible to change the tuner module, selecting between Satellite, Terrestrial and Cable versions. There is still just one SCART connector and no 7-segment LED display, just 2 status LEDs. The provided remote control unit is the same one supplied with the 7000, 7020 and 7025 and allows one to control the TV set as well. DM 800HD PVR / DM 800 HD se [ ] This is essentially a version of the DM 600, featuring a single pluggable tuner (/, or ), a 300 MHz processor, 64 MiB of, 256 MiB of RAM and room for an internal 2.5 in.

It also features one, two 2.0, one and one 10/100 Mbit/s interfaces. It has an display. DM 800HD se was introduced in late 2010. The main differences of the DM800HD se compared to the DM 800HD are a 400 MHz processor, a HDMI connector and a color display. Another difference is the improved system chip in DM800se providing native DIVX support among other improvements. DM 8000 HD PVR [ ]. DM 8000 HD PVR This is the PVR.

Like the DM-7025, it supports pluggable tuner modules. In addition to High Definition, it has an upgrade for a DVD drive (slot in). And it has USB 2.0. Physically on the box it has one DVI-port, but with the supplied you get HDMI video. Originally announced to become available in the beginning of 2007, its release date was pushed back.

The product then began shipping on. The planned features were revised as well. Originally, this model was supposed to have 128 MiB of RAM (now 256), 32 MiB of flash (now 256 MiB) and a 300 MHz processor (now 400 MHz Broadcom 7400). Other Linux-based HD receivers became available in the meantime. [ ] In June 2012, Dream Multimedia announced the discontinuation of the DM 8000 HD PVR because several electronic components are no longer available. It was also announced, that no direct successor will be developed since Dream Multimedia is already working at 'Project Goliath'.

'Project Goliath' [ ] 'Project Goliath', announced in June 2012, is supposed to be a possible successor of several Dreambox models. According to Dream Multimedia, it is a 'totally new hardware and software product, combining all the features of the successful Dreambox series, and indeed will go beyond that'. Alternative firmware and plug-ins [ ] The factory-installed distribution on the Dreambox is mostly available under the (GPL) and uses standard Linux 's, including Linux DVB API and Linux Infrared Remote Control ().

Several models (7025, 800 and 8000) use as a multimedia framework. This configuration encourages enthusiasts to modify its functions, particularly in the form of so-called images. Plug-ins [ ] There are also many third party addons and available that will extend the functionality of the Dreambox too.

Some plugins are model specific, while others run all boxes. Plugins such as Jukebox and playback, also external guides, a are available, and a interface for on demand. Games are also abundant like and. In addition, unofficial third-party conditional access software modules (CAMs or emulators) are widely circulated on the that the CA systems developed by (), Irdeto,,, and other proprietary vendors.

Some Dreambox owners use these softcams in conjunction with software to access pay TV services without a subscription card inserted in every connected box. This practice may be illegal in some jurisdictions and third-party software for this purpose is neither officially endorsed nor supported by Dream Multimedia and voids the official warranty.

Clones [ ] Clones of the DM500-S are wide spread. As a result, Dream Multimedia introduced the DM500+, with changes to try to prevent further counterfeiting. Clones also exist of DM500, DM800, DM800se and DM800se V2 built around the same commodity IBM SoC chip and hence having identical or slightly superior features they are also sold without the Dreambox brand name (e.g., the Envision 500S, with 48 megabytes of RAM instead of 32, also available in a 500C cable version, the Eagle box or the Linbox 5558, or Sunray DM800se). They have a retail price approaching that of non-Linux receivers, generally a fraction of the Dreambox 500 price. Since they contain a copy of the copyrighted original DM500 bootloader program, the legality of these devices is questionable. In April 2008, Dream Multimedia allegedly introduced a time bomb into their latest flash to disable the boot loader on counterfeit models.

An unofficial firmware group called Gemini who used the latest flash drivers in their firmware, found that flash corruption would be caused on clone DM500-S receivers. Other developers of unofficial firmware groups would find boxes to be affected by this if they use the latest drivers, providing another time bomb is to be introduced. See also [ ] • • • • - the original placeshifting device, developed by Ken Schaffer • • • • - another connected device based on the IBM STB02500 chip • • • • • References [ ]. • April 5, 2008, at the.

• • • • • • 7025 do support HDTV from DVB-S tuner (MPEG2 HD only) streamed to a PC; (MPEG4 H.264 doesn't work) • In order to use model DM 7000 within North America, a stepup is needed to run the Dreambox on 230 V. This is the only model Dreambox that requires this when used in North America. Archived from on 2012-11-03.

Retrieved 2012-10-05. DM8000 technical data • DM8000 Production is shut down • Goliath – more than just digital TV •.

Archived from on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-03.

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