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No we haven't narrowed that down , but considering there have been literally 100s of updates since the release you are running, no one will be spending time to try to debug something unless you at least have the latest version (which are the moment is 5.0.765, updated yesterday). But I installed the xbox app also, and I can tell you that the app is NOT properly designed my Microsloth to work with a TV remote (I know of many apps like this). They give very little love to any non-windows devices. I can scroll around the various selectable option using the dpad, but hitting OK does nothing. BUT.... If I hit the mouse cursor button on the remote, then put the mouse cursor onto the option I want to select and press the OK button (which when in mouse cursor mode - acts like a left mouse click), it works. Buzz cannot fix the issues of poor developers who do not consider the various platforms. I also tested it, but using a regular USB mouse from a PC and had no issues with the mouse to select and left click what I needed. The app is designed for use on Android phones, and Tablets, which would have standard touch input in most cases, so they probably did not even consider a TV remote as input. Considering that, I would be very cautious in pursing the use of these half-@ssed apps. Also, not sure what type of gaming experience you are expecting. Trying to run games on a $150 device designed primarily for video streaming, that were designed to run on a $500 game console with dedicated gaming graphics hardware. GPU power is not even remotely comparable. And don't forget the general purpose CPU on these boxes, vs the very purpose specific ones used on gaming consoles. Keep your expectations in check. 2 days ago, I asked if you can use a regular PC mouse to see if that works any better in the app for you. Did you try it ?

When you say "self powered" do you mean they get their power from the USB connection, or that they have their own external power supply ? Also, when you say it is dismissive, is it because it does not recognize your partitions, or the drive as a whole ? Have you tried going into settings, and and then under storage, and seeing if it sees the drive itself (even thought it may not recognize the partition) ? It may not recognize the formatting on the drive. I'm assuming you formatted the drive on a windows machine ? The fact that it is 6TB, it was initialized as GPT, and not MBR ? And assuming NTFS filesystem if you have 1 large 6TB volume ? Considering the xrs4000 is an older device (running Android 9 if I recall - could be wrong), not sure what built in support it has for GPT vs MBR disks. And also the FAT32/exFAT/NTFS support. And for NTFS, it depends on which version, since it has evolved quite a bit. I rarely use any large disks (anything more than 2TB) on my devices, since all my media is streamed from my NAS with one large 96TB volume. I don't have a 4000, but I do have a 4500 (which is pretty close). And the largest single disk I have are a few 4TB La Cie externally power USB drives, so I can run a few tests later this weekend. Over the years there were many limitations in windows and many linux.android kernels, in regards to max disk sizes they supported, max partition sizes they supported (ie: 2TB classis limit), and even partition types/version they supported. So obviously if the drives are good, you are surely running into one of these limitations.

From the LiveTV screen (when watching TV), press the MENU button on the remote (will open side menu), and there is a version number at the bottom of it. That is what we need.

What version of BuzzTV are you running (in LiveTV, hit the menu button and should be at the bottom). With WiFi, for me it used to take 30 to 45 seconds before searching and connecting again. With Ethernet it was 5 to 10 seconds at most. This can vary depending on WiFi access points, and DHCP server from router. However at one point I decided that I was better of setting it to shutdown instead, so that way I knew that every time I powered on, it was a clean boot. The extra minute or 2 would not make a difference anyhow.

Can you just connect a mouse to the unit temporarily to see if you can use that

Would help if you post WHAT box model you are using, and the version of BUZZTV 5 which you have also (menu button, and it is on the bottom).

S/PDIF ? That would be the optical output.. And the Optical output for sure does NOT support ATMOS. Are you using the optical output ? Digital optical doesn’t support Dolby Atmos because it can’t transmit the Dolby Digital Plus or Dolby TrueHD audio codecs (both of which can contain Dolby Atmos audio). "As a matter of fact, the optical cable can process either 2 channels of uncompressed pulse code modulation (PCM) audio or up to 5.1 channels of compressed audio. In addition, the 5.1 channels of audio support are either via the Dolby Digital or the DTS Digital Surround audio codecs. Unfortunately, both of these codecs do not support Dolby Atmos." You should probably turn S/PDIF off, and allow it to auto send everything over HDMI ARC.

You mention you are using VLC, I am assuming when you say it is "enabled" you mean you have enabled "Digital audio output (passthrough)" is also enabled on VLC ? Doesn't take much for ATMOS to not work. Actually we say that ATMOS is supported passthrough only. Well this pretty much removes netflix from the list of apps which will ever be able to play ATMOS on "most" android boxes (with few exceptions. Netflix for some dumb reason has decided that it "requires that playback devices be capable of decoding Dolby Atmos natively, instead of simply being able to pass through Dolby Atmos to an Atmos-capable soundbar or A/V receiver.". There is a nice article on digitaltrends, which gives a nice details explanation and examples on what is needed, and when Atmos can fail (which in some cases is quite unexpected). https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/dolby-atmos-sound/ What is your setup ? TV, soundbar, receiver, etc. ? How are you sending your stream to your TV ? Are you going from buzz->TV->audio equipment ? of buzz->audio equipment-> passthrough to TV ? TV have HDMI ARC or eARC ? There are compatibility issues in some situations (read the HDMI section in the article above.

Obviously it also depends on your source. As far as I know, even services like Netflix will only encode Dolby atmos on UltraHD streams, and even that is NOT on all streams. Most IPTV services (which is what these devices specialize with), do not include Dolby Atmos in the re-encoded streams, even if some had Atmos at source.

I know this was an issue with many Hulu users back in January of this year when Nvidia rolled out Android 11 on the nvidia shield. They had many compatibility issues with Android 11. Quite possibly they have not ironed out all of the issues. Many users also reported similar issues when google deployed Android 11 on the pixel 3 older device Sounds like they are not giving much love to their Android app. Kind of scary to see how common this issue is amongst Android users.

Is your player connected WiFi or wired ? If you are WiFi, would you have the option to hardwire it for testing ? Not sure of your geographical location, but are you running VPN for Hulu (depending on your location obviously) ? If so, are you running the VPN on the box, or at the router level ? If you are running it on the box, are you sure it is not the VPN client that is causing the issue ? Oh ya, forgot to add.. Do you have a USB stick or SD card installed ? If so, did you format it as portable storage or as internal memory ? If you installed it as internal memory, the App may be installed on the external media which some apps really don't like.

True.. Depending on how many apps you have installed and how many other recording, if you are using only internal storage, there may be a fiesystem full issue FAT32 is the reason for the 4GB limit per file (if using external portable storage). However I have a 64GB stick which I formatted on my windows PC which defaults to exFAT, which does NOT have the 4GB limit. And my X5 is perfectly happy with that stick as removable storage. Also, not sure if the PVR module would fail after 4GB, or would it just create a multis-egmented recording (ie: over multiple files) ? I have not tried to do a large recording, but unless there is some artificial hardcoded limit, it will not be the filesystem which will restrict the file size to 4GB if you are using exFAT. I know recently I had copied 9GB+ movie files onto USB sticks to play on my box using MXplayer. Now if you go to the older boxes (using Android 9 or lower), I have not tested exFAT on those, since I typically stream most media from my NAS. I can run some tests on my 4500 tomorrow, and test that out if the 4GB limit is an issue - by just recording some super long show (but doubt that is the issue here unless they are using a SUPER high bitrate stream).

Terry, one potential issues I see with your method is the implication of Tivimate in this whole equation. The way the recording probably works is using one of the basic kernel level signals (SIGALRM, etc...) to wake up the device and then trigger the recording. The fact that Tivimate also has recording options (even though you are not using them), I have no clue how it handles, initializes or masks any of these signals. In theory inter-process signals should not affect each other, but if you will be doing the test next time, stay within the buzzTV 5, and don't use tivimate for now. I obviously have not coded any of these pieces of software, so not 100% sure how they each implement these features, but when signals, alarms, timers ,etc.. are involved, when you debug, try to involve the least number of variables and work your way up.

The permission thing should only be happen the "first" time you ever do it. After that it should work as expected. IS it happening ALL the the time, or did you just test it once and post ? Do you have one button recording enabled ? When you schedule a recording, are you doing that manually, or selecting a show through the EPG ? While in the EPG, you can go to a show in the future, and hit OK, and it ill popup a menu which allows you to set a reminder, or schedule a recording. PS: Since many shows are delayed by a minute or 2, I strongly recommend people enable the "Extra recording time" option in the PVR options. Something like 3 to 5 minutes would be perfect, that way, your show does not get cut 1 or 2 minutes before it is finished

This forum is just for the STB boxes. We do not mention or promote any specific services. On one of my servers, I know that some channels do support it. But I rarely turn it on, so can't tell you how many of the 1000s of channel support it

Your worries about privacy and all are a moot point. You checked those in at the door. Let's see... You log into this forum to b!tch and whine regularly.. The IP you connect from is logged against your user name.. And your Buzz box, connects to the buzz servers regularly, to see if there is any update available (and for users not on beta list, there is not), and your IP is logged again. Quick cross reference through the logs on both sides, you can match user, to IP. And then you can match the MAC request to the IP it came from. Simple as that. So you are just forcing people to waste time tracking you down, rather than just providing the MAC to those who support the box. Didn't ask you to post it publicly (and if you had, it would have been edited and removed). But instead of saying "thanks", you just complain again.

V2220106 is correct, but that is just firmware/OS related. But for BuzzTV App, there is an update nearly every week (sometimes multiple per week). PM allaboutbuzz and get yourself on the list for regular beta updates if you want. And NO, they will not be posted publicly for everyone to manually download/install. They are OTA only, and only to those on the beta list. The version you have is probably the first version they pushed, where you had to enter "2015" after you check update from homepage. This pushed BuzzTV 5 to your box, but did not add you to automatic buzztv 5 updates by default.

Well, I agree that having the option to save favorites to a USB stick would be nice and surely Buzz will consider it as a future feature to add to buzz5. However the fact that you say the 4900 is forgotten, you are dead wrong. The 4900 gets updates even MORE often that the 2 latest boxes, since the BuzzTV 5 updates are primarily released on the 4900 and then later do I see them on the X5. Only detail is, that the 4900 needs to be on the beta list (PM to allaboutbuzz). I have had days with 2 updates in the same day on the 4900. So saying that the 4900 has been forgotten is WAY OFF. At the moment, BuzzTV 5 on the 4900 is strictly on Beta (until further notice), but it has not been forgotten by far.

OK.. You don't need to pair the remote if you prefer to use IR only. The IR on the Buzz boxes is a lot better than many cheap Chinese boxes and does not need VERY direct line of site, since it does spread quite well But I do find that the range will drop quite a bit as the batteries get low, especially if backlight is on. On the older BT200 at least I think the BT also took priority over IR if the remote was paired, and battery was low. I even had a remote which I thought I damaged the IR, because the BT was working fine but the IR had ZERO response. During testing of different boxes, I often use the same remote. On one box, I'll have it paired with BT (and box hidden behind screen to avoid IR affect it, and on the other box, I will use only the IR portion. And it worked fine until one day the IR stopped (hence I thought it was broken since the BT still worked fine). Then I put in a fresh set of batteries, and all worked perfectly again. Controlling your TV, has nothing to do with the BT function of the remote. BT will allow you to control the box even if you do not have line of sight or even want to hide the box behind the TV. Also has a pretty decent range in my experience. Keep in mind however, that if you are VERY close to other RF signals, or in an area with a lot of RF, BT effective distance can be affected.

You can try to unpair and then repair the remote if you want. It sometimes helps. Go to Setting -> Remotes and accessories. Then select the BT400 if it is there, and select "unpair". Then from the "Remotes and Accessories" menu, select "Add accessory", and then put the remote into Pairing mode (simultaneously press and hold the OK button and Home button for 4 seconds, until the LED starts blinking. The remote is now in pairing mode and should be seen by your box. In case you need it, the manual for the BT400 remote can be found on the Buzz site. https://buzztv.com/site/smart-remote/ I don't point the remote to the box either. So I can't say I have tested the IR much, except for some minor debugging when testing/playing with the bluetooth. The BT works pretty sell so far.

When you go into Live TV, it starts with your last connected service without issues ? No server popup ? When it does happen, and you press HOME on the remote, and then go into live TV, it works fine ?

Just curious.. Any real reason it would make a difference really for a video streaming box ? There is not many apps that insist on anything more recent than 9 anyhow.

Some services have backup streams, in case the primary stream goes down. One of my services for example, when watching the cooking channel Canada sometimes will switch to cooking channel USA. This is often due to a glitch in the main stream, so it switches to the backup stream. This has nothing to do with the box itself (it's just showing you the stream), but rather the server and streams of the service you are subscribed to.

Only thing I can think of, is that BuzzTV app is set to "start Live TV at startup". And you may have had a profile (MAG or XC or M3U) which you deleted. So now upon power up, the BuzzTV app tries to launch, and since there is no profile defined, it goes to Server settings.

I just used the Preinstalled Prime Video app, and even though I don't have prime (so can't check any prime content), I logged in with my amazon account and went to the Ring Of Power series, and downloaded the Season 1 Sneak Peak, Official Trailer, and the Teaser Trailer, and had no issue playing back either 3 of them from "My Stuff" downloads. I even started streaming the trailer for 30 seconds on my phone, and then when I logged into the app on my box, it realized I had stopped at 30 seconds and offered to resume where I left off. What error are you getting ?