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I'm assuming you are using the USB3 port ? Well looks like there is obviously something it does not like with the PNY stick. All the sticks I use with my buzz boxes are either Sandisk or Kingston and so far have not had an issue. I did try an "adata" once and had all sorts of weird issues with it. Needless to say it was removed and now used for tossing around files to friends. Do you have a different USB stick you can try ?

I believe Public is at 775 https://stbtalk.com/index.php?/topic/4776-new-official-x5-firmware-buzz-5-app-update-october-12th-2022/ @sunnycPM your MAC, box model and current firmware to allaboutbuzz, and be can check if something was missed or overlooked and not targeted for your current version. HE is only back on Monday, so don't expect a reply on the weekend, but he can take care of it.

Is your powerkey definition set to suspend or shutdown ? If it is not already, set it to shutdown. This will at least ensure a clean boot every time. Also, for closing apps, you can press the "home" key a few times, which triggers an internal mechanism that closes running apps. after i gave opened a few different apps, I will press the "home" button 4 or 5 times and it will close running apps. What other 3rd party apps have you installed on the box (and from what source - an app store of side loaded hacked versions) ? Maybe one of the apps is misbehaving and affecting others. Worst case, you can do a factory reset of your box and start clean and see if the problem persists afterwards. Something is obviously corrupted or misbehaving for some reason.

Nothing out of the box. The files are stored directly on the U5 storage device and it is not shared to external (no integrated SMB server). And even if it was, there would not necessarily be an easy way to determine what each recorded file was since the naming convention is not really too obvious, and the relationship of filename to actual program description/contents is in another file which the BuzzTV app uses.

Once in the EPG, If you press the "RED" button on your remote, you should see all the categories pop up on the left. You can then go up/down to select the category you want (I assume Favorites) and press OK. Then you can move up/down in the EPG itself and select a channel and press OK to change to that channel.

When you say "would not be able to use the drive outside of the X5 128 AX" that would not be correct, since that would be formatting it as internal storage, where the Android OS is "adopting" the filesystem. This can cause an issue since if it is formatted using that method, then there is a possibility that when you install applications, it would go to that drive (since it assumes it is part of the internal storage). If you have a decent quality USB key, you can even format it on a PC if you please. However on a PC in order to get the most out of the key with no limitations, change the file system type to "exFAT". Not FAT32 or NTFS. FAT32 has a 2GB file size limitation. For small recording or downloads it is not a problem. But if you want to download large movies, this will be an issue. When you go to Settings -> Device Preferences -> Storage. What do you see ? OK, on top you have Device Storage, and it should list Internal Shared storage, and it should say "Total space: 115GB". Then if it is done correctly, you should see Removable storage, with the name of the USB key underneath it, and then Total Space: xxGB where xx is the size of the key (similar to image I attached). Also, make sure you are using the correct port. I am assuming the X5 AX Special edition is similar to the X5 (non SE), as it has 2 USB ports on the side. One is a USB 2.0 one (black internal connector), and the other one is a USB 3.0 (Blue internal connector). Ideally your key is a USB3 key, and to take advantage of it's full speed, you should insert it into the one with the Blue connector.

The E5 uses a USBC power input. So if you have a USB charger from an android phone or tablet, you can probably use that to try to power the box also.

The xrs4900 uses a 12V power supply, unlike the 5V ones used by most other buzztv boxes. The only only other BuzzTV box that uses a 12V is the U5. So if you used the power supply from another BuzzTV box, then the power may NOT be the same. Have you tried connecting the box to another TV (or even a computer monitor) ? If the Blue light comes on, the device is probably powering off. You can even way 3 or 4 minutes, then try pressing the Power button on the Remote and see if the device shuts down within a few seconds.

And you are sure the outlet has power ? Strange. If you move it back to original location, with original cable and stuff ?

OK, please explain one thing. You say that "the machine only boots up to the main page and wont go any farther". But then you say "instead of displaying my channels, it goes to the Brazil channel list". If it doesn't go past the main page, then HOW do you see the channels ? Also, there is a possibility that your Service provider has done a complete renumbering of their channels, reordering of the categories, and can throw everything off. If you don't want to go all the way to a Factory reset, you can just create a new Server Entry, and that way all you need to do is just retag your "favorites". If you choose to do a Factory reset, here is a link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TKa88hjjrg

The fact that you got a new service and ran it with STBEmu first, may have locked the service to STBEmu (lock on serial number, Device ID1 or DeviceID2, Client type, etc..). So you need to disconnect STBEmu, then have them reset the MAC, and then once confirmed, then try it on the Buzz. Some servers will lock onto some aspect of the first conenction in order to protect the users from getting their accounts hijacked. Anyhow, the Dev is back on Monday usually, he may ask you for some more details on which server, etc..

To SINNER (rigt above my post), who you also just replied to

You say "was" having.. Does this mean you figured out the problem ? Does that portal work with STBEmu (assuming it is a MAC bases sub) ? Just curious. You pic is blanked out, but it looks like there is some sort of URL redirections. Maybe it is something in the redirections that it does not like. IF you try with STBEmu and can confirm it works, then you'll probably have to wait till Monday when the dev is back online. But if you can provide any test results with STBEmu to ensure it works with that, then it would make it easier to try to reproduce.

It's just to test and see if the problem is the portal/service or Buzz. Sometimes servers make changes to the portal that have adverse effects on some devices. Not saying STBEmu is you permanent solution. It is just to test and pinpoint the source if the issue. Yes BuzzTV5 should work correctly.

Have you tried another app like STBEmu, like nbs recommended above. STBEmu is perfect for MAC subs, and it does support catchup.

The easiest way by far on any android device is to create a DHCP reservation on your router and you can provide it any custom DNS servers you want. Some routers (like ASUS) even give you the option to have different groups of machines and each group can get different DNS, Ex: 1 set can get whatever the ISP provides, another can use your PiHole personal server, and other group can use OpenDNS servers. I used to do that many years ago with my Asus router, and All my kids devices (PCs, tablets, etc..) would use OpenDNS with custom category restrictions. All my Media boxes would use my own PiHole to avoid ads in some "shady" apps I used to use back then. And everything else I had set for a combo of google and cloudflare DNS servers. Worked well. Another option is a small app which I have used on a few phones a while ago called "DNSChanger" by "frostnerd". It is a little app, also available in the google play store (and it is open source - Licensed underGPLv3), which you can create a set of alternate servers and when you turn on the app, it uses the alternate servers. The app has the option to auto start on boot, or as soon you connect to WIFI. I have not tried t on a Buzz box, but I'm sure it would work in some form. I don't have a 4000, but at least on my xrs4900, if you are connected via Ethernet, and you go into settings, under network, you can scroll down and you have the option to change your IP settings. So you can change from DHCP to static IP, and define your own gateway, and DNS if you prefer. But that is only available on wired ethernet connection.

I am assuming you have at least tried to unplug the power on the box wait 5 or 10 seconds and then plug it back in ? If something in the hardware is stuck in a strange state, a reboot alone is sometimes not sufficient.

But he says that " pluto tv and cyberlink and other apps work fine". So if there is no internet, the other apps should not work either.

Next time, please start your own thread. First of all, you resurrected a 3 month old thread. Secondly, it is NOT the same buzz box (original post is for an xrs4900, and you are talking about a U5). And surely not the same BuzzTV version. What version of BuzzTV are you using ? What type of sub do you have ? MAC or XC based ? Check to see when you are in Live TV, under Settings->Configuration, all the way at the bottom, do you have an option to change the stream type (TS, HLS/M3U, RTMP) ? If so, try changing the stream type and see if it makes a difference. I believe some providers will dynamically change streams, so that will end up stopping the recordings since the original stream is no longer available. PS: If this doesn't make a difference, then please post the details in your own thread under the correct category (for the U5), to continue the discussion. Thank you.

That is 100% true. I just double checked again and as long as the U5 is plugged in, as soon as you plug the USB-C to a PC, you will see it as an external drive.

Lol.. If you checked the Link to allaboutbuzz's reply which I included in my reply, you would understand. Some people want to be able to add more than one EPG source. So one primary (as we have now), and then some other ones as secondary, etc.. to fill in the gaps that the primary one does not fulfill. It's not a bad idea, but the logic behind how to implement it can become a little messy, so it would certainly require quite a bit of testing. Some even asked for an option to add secondary EPG sources to XC subs. I would personally love to see support in M3U playlists for the url-tvg tag. That way, you can just provide a playlist, and the EPG url would be embedded in the M3U file. Example: #EXTM3U url-tvg="https://github.com/.../EPG/epg.xml" or even better yet, in .gz format which many EPG xml providers offer to significantly decrease the transfer since it is just text and super compressible. #EXTM3U url-tvg="https://github.com/.../EPG/epg.xml.gz"

Only single EPG source is supported at the moment. There are plans to eventually implement it, but no timeline for now.

Like I asked other users.. Are you using the Power supply that came with the unit ? The xrs4900 and the U5 use a 12V power supply. Most of the other Buzz boxes, use a 5V power supply. I know many people when they get a new box, to make things quick, they tend to reuse the existing HDMI, ethernet and even power cables from a previous box. Even though this will power up the box, it will not have enough power for the HDD. Just checking.

Talk to your service. VOD works perfectly fine with both of my services. Problem is not the box.

As DU mentioned, if you have an option, you NEED to ensure it is formatted as Portable Storage and NOT Internal Storage.