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In setting, HDMI, disable the CEC stuff. That way the box does not follow the TV. Next time specify which box you have.

Some are too stubborn. I am hoping if they are reselling, that they know about a MAC reset. It happened to me once with one of my subs. Would not work with my buzz box, but worked fine with my generic android box and stbemu (using same MAC). Thought it was something I did wrong. Eventually asked and it was reset, and it came up like magic. Nowadays most of my subs are username/passwd XC API based, except for a few that don't offer that.

Your supplier is clueless. Why would you install STBEmu when you have a Buzz box, makes no sense. Only reason to use STBEmu on a Buzz box is if you want to test a MAC sub that is registered to a different MAC than the one on your box (since you can't edit the MAC on of the Android 9+ boxes. Ask them to do a MAC reset and should be fine. If they don't know how, time to find a new supplier/reseller.

As of this moment, the latest 4500 is: Firmware: V20220106 and BuzzTV 5.0.783 Looking for new firmware to fix something specific ?

The purpose is to see if the issue is with the WiFi connection, or something to do with the codecs/players and the service combination. I know it is not the way you want to use it, but it is just a test to narrow down the source of the problem. Are you using a MAC or XC API/M3U type of connection ? As another test, If you are using MAC then maybe try to install STBEmu Pro (I know the interface is far from ideal), but just to see if it also has an issue on the box. And if you using XC API, maybe try using IPTV Smarters to see if it is any better on the box. The tests are just to narrow down the source of the problem. My HD5 is not my primary box, but this afternoon while I was doing some work in the basement I decided to use it, and yes I also connected it via WiFi, same firmware and BuzzTV5 as yours and with 2 of my services, it was rock solid without any major glitches. Actually maybe 1 or 2 minor glitches over the 4 hours I had it on. But don't know if it was due to the box itself, or maybe my kids downloading something (when they update their steam game library the hog the network - I have been meaning to add a QoS queue to minimize the impact, but have been too lazy). Considering you have done numerous resets, I am assuming you have NOT enabled the Timeshift (TS) option that is under the Menu->PVR->PVR Options section ? I did not test it on the HD5, but a while back I did have issues on one of my other boxes and the TS feature.

Reason I ask, is that many people tend to just use the cable it comes with, but don't use the USB power adapter that is in the box (since they figure they already have so many). The power adapter in the box is rated for 2A. Many TVs will still only provide 500mA or 1A at most on their USB ports. Also, old USB power bricks are the same. When the box can't get the full power it needs it does start to do funny things. Hence why I asked if you are using the USB power brick that was included with the box (and not something else). BTW: Just to see if it something in the WiFi it doesn't like, do you by any chance have the OPTION to try the box with an Ethernet cable ? Also, in the LiveTV settings, do you have Timeshift (TS) enabled ? If so, try turning it off and then exit and restart LiveTV.

Just curious, Are you using the power adapter and cable that came in the box, or are you powering it up with something else (ie: using TV USB power or some other adapter you had lying around) ?

Glad it worked. Subsequent updates will come in as expected via OTA.

There is your problem You downloaded all the files together from the mega.nz file instead of one at a time. Mega ZIPS up all the files and created a file called "X5 boot files.zip" which contains the 3 files. Try downloading the files one by one, and put them at the base/root of the SD card and you will be fine. I'd tell you to unzip the file or move the files, but not sure if you have just a single ZIP file and the browser if just opening the ZIP file to show you contents. OR if it has already been unzipped to a folder in root. Hence why I tell you to redownload them, one by one. Download the 2 tiny files first, and then download the one larger IMG file (since it takes a little longer).

If you go into file/browser on the X5 and you select the SD card, do you see the 3 files (without selecting any subfolder after choosing the card) ? I'm assuming you formatted the card using FAT32 ? Not NTFS or anything else ? If you do have another SD card, then it does not hurt to try another card. I have had some cards in the past which seem to work great for storing files and pictures, but no devices would be able to use them for recovery/boot type updates. Not saying that is the issue, but you mentioned that you have other cards, so why not try with another one.

If you are willing to do a factory reset, then you can always follow this procedure: https://stbtalk.com/index.php?/topic/300-factory-reset-hard-reset-xr4500-xrs4500/ It's for an xrs4500, but the procedure is identical for the 4900.

On the U5 ? I'm on FW version: V20221011 and 5.0.775 and don't have power options available on the U5. I DO have that on my xrs4900, but not on the U5 (at least not on public release software version). Unless my box is missing some update.

I you referring to after a power on, or after entering LiveTV ? After a Power ON, by default it goes to the Main menu. If it is starting LiveTV automatically, the from the LiveTV, press menu, settings, configuration, and then near the buttom you have an option to "Start Live TV on", you can turn it off. That way when it powers on, it will stay in the main menu. Now, if you start LiveTV, by default it will connect to the last server you were connected to, and to the last channel as far as I know. Pretty sure this is default bahaviour and has been as far back as I can remember. What you can do, is from Buzz Utilities, you can go into the Remote Control app, and configure one of the colored buttons as a shortcut, to launch the "server Settings" option, which would than NOT launch any specific service and you would need to go through and select a service to connect to. That way, when you boot the device and you are in the home screen, you can just press the colored button to launch the Server Settings and select what you want.

We may never know. According to his profile, he last visited October 12

Thanks, Funny, i have this feature already off right now and still getting the freezing. Thinking about to activate it and use external (microSD) card to use as buffer. How's everyones experience with this and any tips or tricks ? In terms of speed, and longevity, you are probably better off with a decent USB3 key instead (I would not recommend MicroSD). You need to be able to get some decent read/write speeds if you intend to use TS. Keep in mind that it is constantly writing/recording everything you are watching. And make sure you use the USB3 port on the box, not the USB2 port. I don't use TS, but I do have my buffer (which is a separate thing) set to 6 seconds, in order to be able to tolerate a few hiccups which could be due to my network (when kids are trying to download the latest update to their steam game at full speed). But keep in mind that no matter what buffers you set up, if the stream issues are from the server, no buffer will be able to help.

Instead of suspend, have you tried doing shutdowns instead ? Change your powerkey definition to shutdown instead of suspend ? Even many windows machines are braindead when coming out of a suspend mode. With the exception of my Surface Pro, I don't use suspend for any of my devices any more. They either stay on, or shutdown.

An EPG url does not "magically" work There are tags in the M3U which match up with channel-id tags in the EPG xml to know what channel lines up with what part of the EPG. So if the tags from your specific provider do not match up with the tags in his EPG XML, then you will get nothing, even though your box has downloaded the whole EPG. I maintain my own M3U list for some international streams for family, and when I change EPG provider, I often have to go through my whole M3U file and change/associate the tags in the M3U with the corresponding channel-id in the EPG file. So you may have been lucky that your provider was using the same EPG source as acidjesuz at the time (so the tags matched). Your IPTV provider may now use a completely different provider and the tags may no longer match. You could download a copy of your M3U file from your provider and then download a copy of the EPG xml file and compare the tvg-id/tvg-name tags in your M3U file and search through your EPG file to see if they exist/have a corresponding match. Example: in the EPG file you posted above, SYFY channel uses a channel id of "I122.11097.schedulesdirect.org" in the EPG XML file. If your provider does NOT use that as the tvg-id/tvg-name for the SyFy channel in the M3U file, there will never be a direct match. And considering how specific that channel-id is (that it includes the epg source name) unless your IPTV provider uses the exact same source. I've seen other EPG sources use channel-id for this channel like just "syfy", "syfy.us" "us.syfy" "us-syfy" etc... You get the picture. So if M3U uses one name, and XML uses another, the box is just wasting time and bandwidth to download the XML file which it can never match any entries to anything. As soon as you use 2 different sources for M3U and EPG, you make many assumptions that they will have matching tags, and that those tags will not change internally. And since you do not "control" one or the other, it is hard to guarantee a match. Have you tried using your M3U/IPTV providers EPG to see if that works ? Odds are better that their EPG would have mostly matching tags with their M3U file PS: have you tried loading up something like Smarters IPTV app to see if that will work with your M3U/EPG combo ?

Have you confirmed that the tvg-id/tvg-name tags used on your server M3U for each channel, match exactly as in the acidjesuz povided xml file ? If provider changed their EPG provider and then changed their ID tags at one point, this could have an impact that there would be no matching EPG tags.

I've used M3U and EPG URL on many occasions and on 3 or 4 different servers (on many different boxes). Even have an M3U list that I maintain for some streams, and using a "public" EPG list, works quite well for the few channels I have tagged properly in my M3U to match the EPG list. So it does work. You sure your EPG URL is formatted correctly for your server ? example: http://yourserver.xyz/xmltv.php?username=XXXXX&password=XXXXXX&type=m3u_plus The only thing I don't know is if Buzz (on M3U) supports the embedded xml tags to define EPG sources using the #EXTM3U url-tvg="" or x-tvg-url="" tags. And if so, does it support only uncompressed xml files or does it also support xml.gz (gzipped) format versions ?

What firmware are you on ? If you go to updates, what firmware is listed as being installed ?

I have 10+ boxes over 4 services and they all work perfectly fine even with all the latest updates. You sure your sub has not expired ? Not issues with the server ? Using MAC, XC or M3U ?

YEs.. My bad.. That is what I meant..

First of all, what box are you using ? This honestly sounds like some sort of permission issue (like windows displaying on top of other app or something like that). Typically when you scroll over the Settings icon on the top you don't even need to click OK, it should automatically open a window to the right of it, and only then if you press OK would you go into settings. Otherwise you could scroll around in there and go to Server Settings, and other options. I would say try to switch theme to buzzTV modern 2, which you can then just scroll off to the right, and you would switch to settings screen, but if you can't get into settings, it would be hard to switch theme

Same here. I have never had to set screen resolutions. Pretty sure the box gets the equivalent of an EDID from the screen/TV it is connected to, to know the capabilities. Unless you are using the old "A/V" port for basic composite video

Posts are perfect here also. Nothing blank. Maybe it is a forum theme issue. If you go to the bottom of this page, there is a small dropdown for "theme". Many things are broken in anything by the "4.4 default" theme.