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Now you know the answer to your other question, on WHY there is BuzzTV 5 and 6 on the Powerstation

Another thing you can try is to go Settings->Apps->Special app access->Energy optimization Scroll down to "Google Play Store" and turn off the Energy optimization for the Play store.

If you go into settings, and then apps, find and select the play store and try to "uninstall updates", does it work any better ?

Did you buy an IPTV subscription ? The Box does NOT include an IPTV subscription. The box only includes the software needed to watch IPTV, you still need to get a subscrption. If you already have an account/service, did you verify with your reseller that the account has not expired ? IF the box was already configured with an account, go to the servers screen, and then select the MAC, XC API and M3U tab until you see one with an entry in it, and go down and select it. And while you are there, does the entry show an expiry date ?

First of all, this is the xrs4900 forum, not the E5. Secondly, this is a Bell issue. All these companies (including netflix, hulu, disney, etc..) want boxes to be certified, in order to allow them and properly work with their crappy apps (for DRM purposes). Sometimes there are workarounds to be able to trick these apps to sort of work with limitations, but other times there isn't. BuzzTV boxes are designed primarily as IPTV boxes, hence the BuzzTV app that is preinstalled on these boxes. For 3rd party apps, some will work, and some will not, and there is no guarantee or statement saying that anything else will work. I personally don't care for many 3rd party apps since IPTV services provide me all the media consumption that I need. However most of my buddies that use BuzzTV boxes for IPTV, often also have a cheap firestick or google streamer for all those other apps that insist on having "certified" devices to run on. You can try using AptoideTV store (which is preinstalled on buzztv boxes), and you can install different app versions if you want to check and see if there is any other version that works. Otherwise you can try to find different versions at various apk mirror sites and sideload them to see if one works as you would expect it. Good luck with that.

Unplugged the power and then plugged it back in ? or just using remote ?

I used micron enterprise class drives and quite a few Kingston KC3000 series with great results. But infant mortality can happen with any brand, and that is why I typically put all drives through a short burn-in period before putting into production machines. Either way, this has NOTHING to do with BuzzTV 6, so this is the last reply in this thread.

As mentioned, it came preinstalled on mine also. Even if you get one that "works" you will need to use the mouse cursor option, since the box is NOT netflix certified and the app is very restricted on non-certified devices.

Timeshift does NOT work with all streams. Are you using TS or HLS streams ? And if your drive is toast (from the sounds of the other post you made - in the wrong section), then obviously timeshift will not work.

That's a possible sign of an nvme drive that is failing. Recently happened to another user. Infant mortality on these drives is not uncommon even on the name brands. https://stbtalk.com/topic/14665-no-response-when-selecting-updates/#findComment-39821 BTW: Samsung 990 Pro is overkill for a media box.

Like allaboutbuzz mentioned, that app does depend on a lot of 3rd party external apps (and it's dependencies have changed a lot in the last few months). So unless you know what you are doing, you will have a hard time. "Advanced Download manager" is available from Google Play store ( search for "com.dv.adm", "ADM" or ecven "Advanced Download Manager" and you'll find it ). BeeTV supports one other download manager also which I don't recall, and I am not in front of it now. But you do need to pre-install the dependencies for any of the options to work. But like I mentioned, even BuzzTV 5 (which is also installed on the P6), with a proper service provider, works flawlessly for download VOD. Bottom line, the problem is NOT the box, it is the setup of your apps. However this is where I will stop, since this is a Buzz/BuzzTV support Forum, NOT a 3rd party app support forum. There are other forums out there if you need support for specific 3rd party apps.

I just used BuzzTV 5 and downloaded a movie and worked without a hitch. Also used BeeTV which I have installed and configured it to download using Advanced Download Manager, and I downloaded another movie without an issue also. This one download nice and fast, since ADM split it into 4 threads so took about 4 minutes to download. BuzzTV is set to download to internal storage. And I have ADM set to download to my installed Nvme SSD drive. Keep in mind that this box runs on AndroidTV 13. So your apps need to be AndroidTV 13 compatible. BuzzTV 6 does not have download option yet, it is in the plans as far as I know.

Keep in mind that the B5 is an entry level box and it only has USB2 ports (no USB3) so transfer speed would be limited. Also many of the cheaper kingston USB sticks are known to be very slow in write speeds, hence the cheap price. Recordings would be limited to low bitrate and assuning you are not doing much since the CPU is also entry level. If the stream get's interrupted or glitches a little, the recording will stop.

Can you post more details ? What specific X5 model do you have (there are a few different models). What firmware and software version are you presently running (because the X5 has no gotten an update in quite a while - ) ? Have you tried changing the player, just as a test (from menu->settings->configuration there should be an option on the top to change player). So all the channels numbers and EPG show up, but stream is black ? Just curious, do you have a VPN available ? If so, try installing and using VPN. Many ISP are now blocking certain destinations during some times of the day and VPN is the only option in many cases.

There is no way for you to delete it. It is part of the BuzzTV 4 package and this box is very unlikely to get any new updates. The last one was over 4 years ago. It is a very old box, so don't expect any new updates. It is running Android 7.x and BuzzTV 4. BuzzTV is already on Android 13, and BuzzTV 6 on their Powerstation. They still actively support boxes running BuzzTV 5 and BuzzTV 6.