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Is VLC the primary or secondary player ?? Do you know what the other Buzz player is ??

Chris, I am having similar audio sync issues with the Buzz X5 app with primary player. TiviMate with MX Player Pro on my X5 does not seem to exhibit this issue . For me, it makes watching live TV a total PITA having to refresh the channel. Sometimes it can be a only slight mis-sync and we can live with it, other times it is totally disruptive and we have to switch to TiviMate or my other Android TV device. I also find that the secondary player is better from an audio sync standpoint, but it doesn't seem to have as good a picture as the primary player. I will give it a longer trial and see if this impression persists. Wish there was an option to select MX Player Pro or VLC as an external player. Could be that one or both of these are the Buzz "built-in" players, but I have not seen this info anywhere on the blog. Not sure what technical issue could be the cause of this audio sync issue ?

Installed update on my X5 10 minutes ago. Have just used Live TV so far.

allaboutbuzz, After you setup an overnight recording and shut the TV off, does the X5 then go into an identical "standyby" mode (red light) whether it is set to "Shutdown" or "Suspend" -- OR with "Shutdown" does it fully power down and then wake up to record using the built-in RTC battery inside the X5 ??

allaboutbuzz, Do you recommend that we set the Powerkey definition to "Suspend" or "Shutdown" for the most reliable recording -- or does it matter ?? Is there any "user" setting that would enable me to keep the X5 powered on -- blue light (vs going into standby) when the TV is powered OFF ??

Terry, I really appreciate the work and sharing that you and Emporium have contributed on this thread. I have experienced uncertain recording performance with my X5 as well. Correctly or mistakenly after weeks of experimenting, my concern was that the X5 power status EVEN WITH CEC OFF, was responding to the status of the TV (as Emporium also posted several times). This may not be the cause of the unpredictability of recording ( I experienced recording durations of 2% to 95% of the show I was recording). I have 2 other Android TV boxes, and neither responds automatically to the power status of other devices and record perfectly with TiviMate. I have started leaving the TV on and muted when recording, and it has recorded perfectly. Your recent postings seem to indicate successful recording with the X5, even when it goes into the "suspend" state (red light) which is encouraging. Based on your experience, yesterday I set a recording for a 2 hour movie and turned my other system component OFF, and it recorded just fine. There have been no OTAs since I previously was having issues, so hard to explain. I had switched to using my KM2 for recording only and the X5 for everything else, but I'll use the X5 more for less important recordings to see how it goes. Terry, please don't throw in the towel on this blog. The X5 with Android TV 11 is relatively new and not without issues that I'm sure will be addressed in future updates. Mike in Las Vegas and @allaboutbuzz are very knowledgeable and helpful when engaged. dishuser is not going to win any "Miss Congeniality Award", so don't overreact to his curtness. My hope is that allaboutbuzz would address why the X5 with CEC OFF responds to the power status of other devices/TV. I experimented with changing the power definition to "suspend" vs "shutdown" (with CEC still OFF) and when I turned off the TV the X5 light turned red and it become totally non-responsive (would not turn back on with the remote or when TV turned back on). I had to unplug the power to get it to reboot and changed back to "shutdown". Maybe this "codependency" of the x5 with CEC OFF is by design ? I thought maybe it was just my box until I read your posts and those by Emporium.

Terry, When you try some of these recordings, will you select at least one 2 hour show and shut your TV OFF prior to the start of the show to be recorded ?? Maybe also try starting a recording of an ongoing show, see the notice of recording started, and then shutoff the TV. In both cases do nothing to the X5.

Terry, Are you still having any recording issues as outlined previously ?? It seemed at one point you were concerned that since the X5 went into a "suspend" mode when your TV was powered off, that it was prematurely terminating recordings already in progress and preventing future recordings by not waking up from whatever state it went into when the TV turned off. Are your recordings of current and future shows working correctly now as well as when recording back to back shows on the same channel ??

Terry, In your July 24 post, you relayed "I toggled the CEC(TV) OFF. If I physically UNPLUG my TV, while watching X5, the X5 turns off and the X5 remote will NOT turn it back on. When I am watching X5, and I UNPLUG the HDMI cable from the X5 to the TV, the X5 turns off and the X5 remote will NOT turn it back on. The reason I am making such a big deal out of this is because I am getting unreliable recording. Emporium confirmed this using a computer monitor (without CEC). He posted, “So it looks like the X5, even though CEC is switched off, it still detects monitor being turned off, and it goes into a Standby mode. And obviously, the remote has no way to wake it up, since the remote device is still powered off. IF I turn on the monitor, the box turns on and is ready before my monitor even has a chance to initialize. So it seems like the X5, regardless if you have turned off the CEC option in the settings, it ignores it, and still follows the remote device state. Just wondering if you had any update on this issue or had a PM from Buzz ?