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mkerdman

03-06-07, 08:32 PM

I finally got around to hooking up a firewire cable to my HD cable box and downloaded the Prince halftime performance at the Super Bowl. The resulting file, captured via CapDVHS, comes in at about 1.6GB [all 12 some odd minutes of it], anyway, my TViX chokes on attempting to play it. [it looks stunning on my PC] I had CapDVHS output an mpg file and am streaming it via NFS from an Infrant over a wired connection -- any idea on how to make it stream or is the 1.6GB file way too large for the TViX to handle [as an aside, I've successfully streamed 8GB DVD .ISOs over the same connection]

I was just about to finally buy a TVIX M-5000 primarily to playback R5000-HD HDTV recordings over a wired network captured as 720P/1080i .ts transport streams at 8.5/GB/hr. (same format/bitrate as MyHD recordings).

Will that be at all problematic or, is it a solid, proven function of the TVIX M-5000?

TPeterson

03-07-07, 03:28 AM

Mac and Murray--

The 1.6-GB file size is not an issue. (Mac--try running your file through a repairing filter, such as in VideoReDo--I'd suggest MPEG2Repair, but I think it handles only TS, not PS, inputs) I've played many over 5-GB TS files on TViX without problems, so long as they don't have internal H2M edit points (which sometimes work OK and sometimes cause various problems) and I don't try to FF/REW. A workaround for the H2M cutpoint problem is to save the H2M output as "clips" so that there are no internal cuts. Then, assuming that you used suitable sequentially numbered file names, the TViX just plays them one after another with brief pauses between clips.

nlindholm

03-07-07, 06:27 AM

DVDwizard

03-07-07, 08:17 AM

That's why i want to setup a NAS server.
i created one with FreeNAS, but the NFS settings are a little trickey...
What problems are you having with the setup? I have a couple FreeNAS servers running for my TVIXs.

ziv_r

03-07-07, 08:22 AM

I've made some reading since i posted that message, but still i want to be sure:
In the Services: NFS, i've enabled the NFS, set Authorised network = 255.255.255.0 / 24
map to root = yes
Is that all the settings needed to be done in the FreeNAS?
(and of course change the ip in the TViX net accesss menu)

DVDwizard

03-07-07, 08:27 AM

ziv_r,

The authorized network needs to reflect the IP range of your network, not the netmask. Something like 192.169.1.0 (look at the IP address of your computer, then just replace the last triplet with a zero.)

Then when you set up the TVIX, the name is entered like this: /mnt/YOURMOUNTPOINTNAME

ziv_r

03-07-07, 08:35 AM

Thanks!
I'll try it.

dcohen

03-07-07, 10:18 AM

I'm getting close to buying a TViX 5000, and am just wondering about the best way to connect it to my TV.

I have a 32" CRT TV, old but still very good. So it does not have HDMI, DVI, etc. sockets, and I do noot expect to use HD programs. As I am in England, the possible inputs are composite, s-video (via s-video cable or scart) and RGB scart, but not the kind of component input that works with the TViX.

I know the theoretical view about best quality, but first I am wondering how much difference it makes in practice. Second, I gather that it is possible to buy a connector/converter to go from the TViX's component outputs into an RGB scart, but that this is expensive. Should I expect s-video to be good enough? I know that if the TViX had an RGB scart output that is what I would want to use

nlindholm

03-07-07, 10:30 AM

TPeterson

03-07-07, 11:28 AM

As I am in England, the possible inputs are composite, s-video (via s-video cable or scart) and RGB scart....

I know that if the TViX had an RGB scart output that is what I would want to useI have no experience with scart, but is its RGB the same as VGA RGB? If so, you probably can use the RGB output that's part of the TViX DVI-I output with a suitable adapter cable.

macattackman

03-07-07, 07:17 PM

I ran my file through MPEG2Repair but couldn't display it on my PC, so I didn't offload it to my TViX yet. I'll look into downloading VideoReDo (I have VideReDo Plus and it wouldn't read the file).

I'll keep you updated.

Mac and Murray--

The 1.6-GB file size is not an issue. (Mac--try running your file through a repairing filter, such as in VideoReDo--I'd suggest MPEG2Repair, but I think it handles only TS, not PS, inputs) I've played many over 5-GB TS files on TViX without problems, so long as they don't have internal H2M edit points (which sometimes work OK and sometimes cause various problems) and I don't try to FF/REW. A workaround for the H2M cutpoint problem is to save the H2M output as "clips" so that there are no internal cuts. Then, assuming that you used suitable sequentially numbered file names, the TViX just plays them one after another with brief pauses between clips.

jofa

03-08-07, 02:51 AM

Hi All

I got a new sensational question for you. :-)
My setup is PC to TViX (through WLAN) and an external HDD connected to my TViX through USB2 Cable. That way I have alot of Disc space for mp3 files and movies without having to move the TViX to the PC so often. I Have FlashFXP connecting my PC to the TViX and whenether I need to, I move files wirelessly with remarkable speed between the two so no problems there. ( 750 Mb avi file takes 6 minutes or so) Is it possible however to (through FTP) transfer files from the PC to the external HDD directly the same way I do now between PC and TViX ?
In other words, can I somehow see the external HDD (maxtor) drive in the folders belonging to the TViX ?
Sorry if it sounds weird but difficult to explain !
Thanks for any answer in advance

Nik
Guess I'll post my usual link then ;)
http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq/FAQM5000Ufirst.aspx?act=RD&id=136&pg=0&CATID=3&SCATID=2

I think that explains it rather well....

I have some problems with the direct link, probably due to my company network. you can also try this link to General questions after purchase (http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq/FAQM5000Ufirst.aspx?act=SCAT&CATID=3&SCATID=2) and click on "How to use FTP with client..."

/J

nlindholm

03-08-07, 02:56 AM

Guess I'll post my usual link then ;)
http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq/FAQM5000Ufirst.aspx?act=RD&id=136&pg=0&CATID=3&SCATID=2

I think that explains it rather well....

I have some problems with the direct link, probably due to my company network. you can also try this link to General questions after purchase (http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq/FAQM5000Ufirst.aspx?act=SCAT&CATID=3&SCATID=2) and click on "How to use FTP with client..."

/J

:o I am embarrassed Jofa. Sorry !
I guess it's the old RTFM all over again. And to make it worse I have been wondering what the "USB" things were in my FTP client and didn't try clicking on either of them :o :o :o :o RTFM - det é sen gammalt !

I dig a hole now and go lie in it for a while ;) :D

Thanks
Nik

jofa

03-08-07, 03:21 AM

For the record: I didn't say it.....
:)

Meenenator

03-08-07, 04:20 AM

I have no experience with scart, but is its RGB the same as VGA RGB? If so, you probably can use the RGB output that's part of the TViX DVI-I output with a suitable adapter cable.

I do not think that will work... although I'm not completely sure. I think there is more on a VGA RGB signal that just the RGB, sync etc is needed.

At the moment I'm using the analog output(RGBHV) from a DVDO VP30 to a small 17" LCD monitor using a 5BNC to VGA cable. So Horisontal and Vertical Sync?? is needed I presume.

I recon the best way is to do Svideo to a CRT telly.
It is easy and give a fairly good picture.

It it probably better to invest your money on a good sized LCD telly. They are getting cheaper by the minute.

jofa

03-08-07, 06:48 AM

Somewhere it's probably possible to buy a cable that does VGA -> SCART RGB but they don't seem very common.
Here's an instructions on how to make your own VGA -> SCART cable:
http://www.idiots.org.uk/vga_rgb_scart/

Then I guess you'll need a DVI-I -> VGA adaptor as well:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product_list.asp?cat_id=2801

When you're done with soldering or if you manage to buy the cable I guess it should work with the Tvix set to RGB out and proper output. 576i PAL is my guess for an ordinary European TV but I'm not sure.

I'd go with the LCD/Plasma suggestion for the HD experience :D

/J

dcohen

03-08-07, 07:24 AM

DVDwizard

03-08-07, 07:37 AM

S-video will be straightforward. But I was wondering if the quality was good enough. If it isn't I might just not bother with the TViX at all, and just make DVDs from the TV progrmas.
The quality thru s-video will be just the same as if you connect a DVD player thru s-video. You won't get the benefit of progressive scan (not sure if your TV can do that anyway), but it should be quite watchable.

Mike

dcohen

03-08-07, 10:38 AM

Thanks, that's helpful. Not that my DVD is connected via s-video (it uses RGB, as does my PVR). My VCR uses s-video, but since I tended to use it in LP mode, I have never made a direct comparison.

pjc91

03-08-07, 10:51 AM

Hi everybody

I'm from france, so sorry for my english.

I'hve been reading this post for long time, and it has been very useful for me.

I would like to know if it's possible to read EVO file on the 5000 unit. As i know , it does exist 2 stream format : Mpg and VC1.

Do you have any experience on that , or do you know any tool to convert ?

Thank
:)

ajalger

03-08-07, 11:10 AM

I would like to know if it's possible to read EVO file on the 5000 unit. As i know , it does exist 2 stream format : Mpg and VC1.

Do you have any experience on that , or do you know any tool to convert ?

I can tell you it won't play the VC1 files as far as I can tell. There is a program that will export the VC1 and AC3. I have been looking for a way to mux the VC1+AC3 and transcode into something that the TViX will play. So far I haven't found a solution. BluRay on the other hand can be done pretty easily. Maybe someone else has found something.

tolax

03-08-07, 11:17 AM

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

I definitely DO NOT want to get a new TV.

I had hoped someone knew of a component to RGB scart converter that was not expensive. the only ones I have seen are too expensive to be worth while.

S-video will be straightforward. But I was wondering if the quality was good enough. If it isn't I might just not bother with the TViX at all, and just make DVDs from the TV progrmas.

I thought Component to Scart unit were very cheap. While since I lived in the UK but I remember picking up a unit for less than £10.

Quick search on google showed then for £7 (just enjoying typing ALT-156 again) :)

dcohen

03-08-07, 01:21 PM

jofa

03-08-07, 02:47 PM

As far as I can see from a detailed Google search, for items and for general information, scart to component is easy but component to scart is hard and expensive. I guess I'll have to stick with s-video if the quality is good enough - or just not bother with the machine at all.

I'm not sure I follow your discussion here, but if you connect DVI to VGA and then solder your own VGA -> SCART cable, according to the link in my previous post, you don't need any conversion.
What you get is not component to scart, but VGA RGB to scart...

Or is there something wrong in that assumption?

I got curious about this and googled around and found this (http://cgi.*********/BRAND-NEW-RGB-VGA-TO-SCART-AND-S-VIDEO-CABLE_W0QQitemZ250091170305QQcategoryZ15067QQrdZ1QQssPageNam eZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem)
on ebay, by searching "VGA to RGB". A bit uncertain though if they actually are RGB or S-video... however that conversion is made.
All that should be needed then is the DVI to VGA adaptor.

WHY on earth does the AVS forum automaticly change my URL to stars (*) ????
What the h**l?!?! I can't even spell out the url...
3rd attempt editing... The *** shall must be replaced with e b a y . c o m without spaces.
:mad:

/J

Meenenator

03-09-07, 06:01 AM

As far as I can see from a detailed Google search, for items and for general information, scart to component is easy but component to scart is hard and expensive. I guess I'll have to stick with s-video if the quality is good enough - or just not bother with the machine at all.

This one will do VGA to svideo: http://www.svideo.com/vga2video2.html
Same as this one (US only): http://www.svideo.com/pctvez.html

I'm not where you are going with this, since the tvix has a svideo output, and your TV has a svideo input.

The only possible gain you will have with a SCART RGB would be a slightly better picture (if I read jofa's links correctly)
However, the VGA/component output from the tvix are not the best.
I tried component and DVI outputs, and the DVI was superior.

These guys also has some converters: http://www.syncblaster.com/syncblaster_products.html
As well as these guys: http://www.threedoubleyou.com/otherconverters.htm

Another good thread on the subject: http://www.avforums.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-43445.html

I will see if I can get more info the subject later (I need to get back to work...)

M.

DVDwizard

03-09-07, 08:49 AM

Thanks, that's helpful. Not that my DVD is connected via s-video (it uses RGB, as does my PVR). My VCR uses s-video, but since I tended to use it in LP mode, I have never made a direct comparison.
I think this will solve your problem:

http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/YUV-RGB-SCART.html?id=VigBu7XY

The TVIX can output RGB or Component, so this adapter should be all you need to get it working with the SCART input of your TV.

Mike

dcohen

03-09-07, 02:49 PM

I'm not where you are going with this, since the tvix has a svideo output, and your TV has a svideo input.

The only possible gain you will have with a SCART RGB would be a slightly better picture (if I read jofa's links correctly)
However, the VGA/component output from the tvix are not the best.
I tried component and DVI outputs, and the DVI was superior.

M.

That's part of the information I am looking for. RGB is better than s-video, but is it *significantly* better or only *slightly* better?

The avforums thread was very informative. The converters you mentioned I knew about, but they are way too expensive to go this way.

By the way, what is the difference between YUV and YPbPr? I think the TViX uses the latter. Apparently my TV can use the former, but as I would need to put ywp putputs into one input on my TV, and the other one is not YUV, that probably won't work.

I guess I can just experiment. I was rather hoping that someone would say that they had tried s-video and the quality was high.

forkart

03-10-07, 01:30 AM

Hi Drew,

I would like to simulate playback on .iso file from my WinXP. Do you know which media player is able to play .iso directly ?
You will need magiciso to mount iso file as virtual cd or burn iso file to cd.
http://www.magiciso.com/

dcohen

03-10-07, 10:20 AM

Well, I discovered that some of the equipment I already had could go through s-video instead of rgb. So I experimented and the quality is certainly good enough for use (maybe some of the brightness/contrast settings may need adjusting, but no more). So that solves the major issue.

Another query. I am thinking of fitting my own hard drive as it is much cheaper, probably the Seagate Barracuda 750Gb. I take it that there should be no issues with th drive (it is an IDE drive, of course).

Looking at the 5000 manual, it says "1. Assembling the TViX HD is very easy. Just follow the instructions below: Use a driver and screw the hard disk on to the guide board. Set the jumper to ‘Single Master’. "

Is the "guide board" referred to part of the TViX (when bought without a drive), or part of what is supplied when one buys a hard drive, or is it an item that has to be purchased as an extra?

ziv_r

03-10-07, 10:25 AM

The "guide board" is a plastic-silver attchment that need to be attched to the hard drive before you install it inside the TViX.

tolax

03-10-07, 12:24 PM

The "guide board" is a plastic-silver attchment that need to be attched to the hard drive before you install it inside the TViX.

and it is included with the Tvix - you might even get two if I remember correctly.

dcohen

03-10-07, 08:02 PM

Thanks for the information that the guide board is included when one buys the TViX without a hard drive.

That's the final thing I needed to know before purchase. Like many others, I may well have questions afterwards.

MichaGue

03-12-07, 03:22 PM

I miss the possibility to jump to different folders by pressing the button with the first letter of the folder on the remote control. I have about 200 hundred folders in my audio folder and it is hard to go there step by step (up/down button) or side by side (next track button).

Is there another possibility to solve my problem?

ajs6000

03-27-07, 03:54 AM

For Info:

New beta (2.1.5) available at:

ftp://ftp.dvico.com/Products/TViX/FirmWare/M-5000/Beta/

Meenenator

03-27-07, 10:32 AM

For Info:

New beta (2.1.5) available at:

ftp://ftp.dvico.com/Products/TViX/FirmWare/M-5000/Beta/

I tried it out yesterday, but didn't see any apparent changes in there.
The thing I did manage was to play back .idx and .sub files on divx/xvid files (instead of .srt only)
I haven't been able to do that before, although I have read that people have been able to do this since 1.9.x or before... wonder why I haven't been able to do that before.

It also seems that there was an issue with the fan. It was faster than slow 2 which I usually uses, and it didn't respnded to change either.
When turning it off, the fan did not stop within reasonable time, as well as the output was active. I downgraded to 2.1.3b... will try more later.

ziv_r

03-27-07, 01:40 PM

Meenenator,
How did you turned off the fan?
i didnt see that option.

Vicens2

03-28-07, 04:19 AM

Meenenator,
How did you turned off the fan?
i didnt see that option.

It's not posible to turn of the fun. He is talking about turning off the Tvix, isn't it?

Meenenator

03-28-07, 04:26 AM

nlindholm

03-28-07, 04:46 AM

Hehe... its not possible to turn off the fan, just reduce its speed.

So I was mentioning that the fan did not turn itself off after I shut down the unit. I had to use the power-switch.

I have seen this on some instances before on older FW, so this might be a one of those instances. I will see if I will try some more.

I did try 2.1.3b again yesterday. And this time I was able to use .idx and .sub subtext. No idea why since I tried that... Oh well, I'm happy it works at least.

I have had success with .sub since 2.0.9 fw. I am currently at 2.1.4 and I am
so happy with how my M5000A works that they need to come up with something
really exiting (like being able to scroll mp3 files without it stoping) before I change
fw again. .srt .sub works fine.
I do however have problems with the sync of the subs. If its too fast and I sync
it by reducing the speed to say 3,0 it will run perfectly for a while and then I have
to adjust it more and more until I am "up to" about 12 - 14 before it settles again.
It's a minor problem for me but kinda bad for my wife since she's unhappy about
touching anything once it's working (no irony attempt there guys :D )

Nik

ziv_r

03-28-07, 04:48 AM

sub/idx files work great for all types of video files and resolutions since FW 1.85

jmpaq

03-29-07, 02:08 PM

tolax

03-29-07, 02:22 PM

I have mine in the living room with an internal seagate 750Mb drive.

Mine is only turned on when I am watching something. (Harmony remote control does the business) and it is never loud enough to be an issue.

If I turn the unit on though with no TV I can certainly hear the unit from 10ft away.

I would not describe the unit as noisy though - no more than the buzz from the Plasma TV, the clicking of the comcast DVR, etc etc. :)

Hope this helps.

tolax

nlindholm

03-30-07, 02:30 AM

HI, I want to buy an M-5000U for my living room But I'm afraid of the fan noise in the device. I propose to use it with the quietest disk possible (Maxtor IMHO).
Can anyone tell me if the device is quiet , a bit noisy or very noisy.
Even better if someone has measure the real noise level.

thanks
jmpaq

It's all relative my dear ;) I agree it is not an issue at all since when it's "on"
it should presumably be playing something :cool: and the noise is nowhere
near the hiddious sound of an Xbox. Continuing that comparison I can say that
the PS3 makes alot more noise but even that little beauty is perfectly cool to me
If you must have it on for no reason and listen to it then YES there is a noise
similiar to a small (quiet) pc. But then again I have been playing in rockbands
for the last 10 years and my tinnitus probably plays tricks on me :D
Not a reason for NOT buying I would summarize it though !

Nik

Meenenator

03-30-07, 07:31 AM

I have had success with .sub since 2.0.9 fw. I am currently at 2.1.4 and I am
so happy with how my M5000A works that they need to come up with something
really exiting (like being able to scroll mp3 files without it stoping) before I change
fw again. .srt .sub works fine.
I do however have problems with the sync of the subs. If its too fast and I sync
it by reducing the speed to say 3,0 it will run perfectly for a while and then I have
to adjust it more and more until I am "up to" about 12 - 14 before it settles again.
It's a minor problem for me but kinda bad for my wife since she's unhappy about
touching anything once it's working (no irony attempt there guys :D )

Nik

You are probably right about the support for .sub (and .idx). I tried 2.1.3b a few days ago, and it worked for that also. A bit strange since there is not long ago I had to convert most of my .sub into .srt manually. Oh well, no biggie... Lets stop discussion .sub. ;)
You are using 2.1.4? You sure? Can't say I have seen that one on the FTP server or similar. 2.1.3b and 2.1.5 are the latest betas, and I thought 2.1.0 was the latest production firmware. Mmmh?

Do you have a link to 2.1.4 (if it is a production firmware)?

M.

ajs6000

03-30-07, 07:32 AM

jmpaq,

The main source of noise from this unit is the hard drive. I found the hard drive noise very distracting and removed the drive an opted for storing all material on a remote server (in the loft!) and accessing it via NFS. This works superbly and I can now set the fan speed to slow.

Also, I suggest you wait for the 5100 that's due to be launched in April/May before buying.

See:
http://www.minhembio.com/forum/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=33217

This uses the EM8623L chipset that supports HDMI and H264, plus has a 200Mhz processor compared with the current 166Mhz

Meenenator

03-30-07, 07:39 AM

It seems like DVICO finally have gotten their webpage updated with new products.

Quite a few new products:
Tuners for 4000 and 5000 models, as well as models with integrated tuners (both US and Europe).

Nothing new for us hardcore forum users, but interesting none the least.

http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/products/default.aspx

M.

nlindholm

03-30-07, 07:51 AM

You are probably right about the support for .sub (and .idx). I tried 2.1.3b a few days ago, and it worked for that also. A bit strange since there is not long ago I had to convert most of my .sub into .srt manually. Oh well, no biggie... Lets stop discussion .sub. ;)
You are using 2.1.4? You sure? Can't say I have seen that one on the FTP server or similar. 2.1.3b and 2.1.5 are the latest betas, and I thought 2.1.0 was the latest production firmware. Mmmh?

Do you have a link to 2.1.4 (if it is a production firmware)?

M.

You got me wondering now .... :confused: Could the 2.1.4 be in my dreams?
I need to get home and check and I will post it here in a few hours. I was sure
I had the 2.1.4 but if "mighty meenenator" ;) can't find it I might (must) be
wrong. It's definately "no longer" up on their FTP site
"I'll Be Back" :cool:

nlindholm

03-30-07, 12:16 PM

You got me wondering now .... :confused: Could the 2.1.4 be in my dreams?
I need to get home and check and I will post it here in a few hours. I was sure
I had the 2.1.4 but if "mighty meenenator" ;) can't find it I might (must) be
wrong. It's definately "no longer" up on their FTP site
"I'll Be Back" :cool:

I'm back and I blush :(

Sorry if I misled anyone here meenenator "no pune intented" ;)
2.1.3 is the one I try... Still wont change though cus why change it if it all works?

Nice weekend
/N

Meenenator

03-30-07, 07:20 PM

I'm back and I blush :(

Sorry if I misled anyone here meenenator "no pune intented" ;)
2.1.3 is the one I try... Still wont change though cus why change it if it all works?

Nice weekend
/N

No pune taken ;)

Glad we got that sorted out...hehe. So you are happy with 2.1.3b?
It works 95% of the time for me. The one thing that bugs me is that it not always turn itself properly off (the fan is active, or devices connected to it still get a keep-alive signal (no picture though)). That bugs me a bit...

I'm to curios to just use one F/W-version. Yeah I know... I should stick with a working one. Maybe I like the pain? :p

A nice weekend to all!

M.

nlindholm

04-02-07, 04:32 AM

No pune taken ;)

Glad we got that sorted out...hehe. So you are happy with 2.1.3b?
It works 95% of the time for me. The one thing that bugs me is that it not always turn itself properly off (the fan is active, or devices connected to it still get a keep-alive signal (no picture though)). That bugs me a bit...

I'm to curios to just use one F/W-version. Yeah I know... I should stick with a working one. Maybe I like the pain? :p

A nice weekend to all!

M.

Well I'm a curious bugger myself so I installed the 2.1.5 yesterday. Seems to be
working fine. :p
/n

ps any chance you can take a look at my problem over at
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=821744 ?
It's for "your eyes only meenenator ;)

Meenenator

04-02-07, 05:29 AM

Well I'm a curious bugger myself so I installed the 2.1.5 yesterday. Seems to be
working fine. :p
/n

ps any chance you can take a look at my problem over at
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=821744 ?
It's for "your eyes only meenenator ;)

Have you got the fan-speed control to work allright?
I flashed back to 2.1.5 yesterday, but I'm not able to control the fans anymore(nothing happens when I change fan-speed). I suspect it to be stucked at slow 2/normal. I usually run a slow 1 due to no internal drive.
I also (sometimes) have trouble shutting it completely off...

nlindholm

04-02-07, 05:43 AM

Have you got the fan-speed control to work allright?
I flashed back to 2.1.5 yesterday, but I'm not able to control the fans anymore(nothing happens when I change fan-speed). I suspect it to be stucked at slow 2/normal. I usually run a slow 1 due to no internal drive.
I also (sometimes) have trouble shutting it completely off...

Never messed with mine. I have 250Gb HDD istalled in my M5000A and
fan speed set to "normal". Cannot see the point in changing that because
it works (sorry I not That Curious ;) ) It works fine (same same) with any
fw I have istalled sofar

/Nik

Meenenator

04-02-07, 05:49 AM

Never messed with mine. I have 250Gb HDD istalled in my M5000A and
fan speed set to "normal". Cannot see the point in changing that because
it works (sorry I not That Curious ;) ) It works fine (same same) with any
fw I have istalled sofar

/Nik

I understand. I also would have it on "normal" if I had an internal drive in there...
So let me rephrase my question... ;) could you select fast 1 or 2, and not just normal?

nlindholm

04-02-07, 05:55 AM

I understand. I also would have it on "normal" if I had an internal drive in there...
So let me rephrase my question... ;) could you select fast 1 or 2, and not just normal?

Illl check when I get home and post it mate.

tara
/n

nlindholm

04-02-07, 08:08 AM

On a different note alltogether

can I ask the forum here if you have to have ports open in your router to stream files from
your PC to the TViX if you are using TViX Netshare ?

/N

TPeterson

04-02-07, 10:20 AM

I didn't explicitly open any on my Netgear router for this, but there may have already been some open from previous experiments with UPnP servers.

nlindholm

04-02-07, 10:29 AM

I didn't explicitly open any on my Netgear router for this, but there may have already been some open from previous experiments with UPnP servers.

Ok TPeterson Thanks.
Think I am crossposting this by misstake. Cheers :p

qz3fwd

04-02-07, 12:13 PM

You can find:
tvix_2.1.3_ntsc_kor.zip
tvix_2.1.5_A5_ntsc_kor.zip
in the BETA directory at:
ftp://ftp.dvico.com/Products/TViX/Firmware/M-5000/Beta/

qz3fwd

04-02-07, 12:17 PM

I'll take:
1 x M-4000SA
1 x T410 Tuner
2 x T510 Tuners

Now, we just need dc to list them so that we can place our orders!

Thank You

nlindholm

04-02-07, 12:31 PM

I understand. I also would have it on "normal" if I had an internal drive in there...
So let me rephrase my question... ;) could you select fast 1 or 2, and not just normal?

Yes I sure can meenenator (in case your gotten tired of the other thread with me and only read this ;) )
All speeds works perfect and I now run 2.1.5 ( I'm sure :D ) so no probs there

Meenenator

04-03-07, 04:05 AM

Yes I sure can meenenator (in case your gotten tired of the other thread with me and only read this ;) )
All speeds works perfect and I now run 2.1.5 ( I'm sure :D ) so no probs there

That is good to hear. My unit is a little more buggy it seems. It will not change fan speed regardless. I have even re-flashed a few times. It is no biggie though, so I will let it rest there for a while.
Although yesterday it powered off all right.

What do bothers me is that DVICo doesnt't add a list of what is changed in their beta-releases. It would sure be helpful for us "can't-wait-have-to-try-it-out-just-to-curious-guys" :o

nlindholm

04-03-07, 04:34 AM

[QUOTE=
What do bothers me is that DVICo doesnt't add a list of what is changed in their beta-releases. It would sure be helpful for us "can't-wait-have-to-try-it-out-just-to-curious-guys" :o[/QUOTE]

It's Korean SPAM mate :eek:

Seriously.... I agree ! Shouldn't have to be a case of "trial and error" but as long
as they keep em coming, there's at least 2 guys out there ready to "check it out" ;)

Meenenator

04-03-07, 04:40 AM

It's Korean SPAM mate :eek:

Seriously.... I agree ! Shouldn't have to be a case of "trial and error" but as long
as they keep em coming, there's at least 2 guys out there ready to "check it out" ;)

LOL!

I do suspect that many of the beta-firmwares to be bugfixes for the add-on tuners, but there could be useful stuff in them as well, but it is hard to find it.
The scroll-option is new I think (haven't used it before), but now you can scroll the whole picture in any direction.

Nlindholm... while I'm at it. Which netshare version are you using? The latest 1.08?

M.

nlindholm

04-03-07, 04:51 AM

LOL!

I do suspect that many of the beta-firmwares to be bugfixes for the add-on tuners, but there could be useful stuff in them as well, but it is hard to find it.
The scroll-option is new I think (haven't used it before), but now you can scroll the whole picture in any direction.

Nlindholm... while I'm at it. Which netshare version are you using? The latest 1.08?

M.

1.08 yes mate. and reseved ip for both tvix and pc in the router so they never change. I'm seriously beginning to beliveve its the pci card cause it's been giving me hell since I bought it (uppgraded from a 54 mpbs card in order to stream quicker) The old one never gave me "blue screen" and when I had it i watch AVI files perfectly. I just couldn't get around watching ISO or dvd files so I uppgraded which goes to show (yet again) NEVER CHANGE if it works. Do you think I should reisntall the old pci card? What will the difference be as to internet speed (downloads) and streaming with 54 as to 108 ? Is 108 worth the hassle ? :confused:

Meenenator

04-03-07, 05:49 AM

1.08 yes mate. and reseved ip for both tvix and pc in the router so they never change. I'm seriously beginning to beliveve its the pci card cause it's been giving me hell since I bought it (uppgraded from a 54 mpbs card in order to stream quicker) The old one never gave me "blue screen" and when I had it i watch AVI files perfectly. I just couldn't get around watching ISO or dvd files so I uppgraded which goes to show (yet again) NEVER CHANGE if it works. Do you think I should reisntall the old pci card? What will the difference be as to internet speed (downloads) and streaming with 54 as to 108 ? Is 108 worth the hassle ? :confused:

Ok, so you are doing wireless to your tvix. At 54 or 108Mb?

You are also using a router w/wireless and wired connection to your PC(w/netshare) or are all components wireless (both PC and tvix)?

I have no experience with 108, and I would suspect that support on the tvix wrt 108 USB wifi adapters could be limited (for the moment at least).

Wrt. download speed I do not believe 54Mb would be any problem. Although you swedes have an incredible speed compared to us, so it could be that you have a good 100Mb line... so as long as your wireless speed is higher than your ISP-provided speed you are on the right side.

One thing though. If both your tvix and PC are running wireless, I think that they "share" the 54Mb bandwidth, and as such you have half for each (maybe not entirely true).

Is it easy for you to check the connection with a Ethernet cable? As it would be an easy test to check if that works or not, and such you could eliminate Netshare as the problem if it works.

I did upgrade an old laptop from 11Mb to 54Mb, and since then I had various trouble, especially with signal strength and connection speed. The overall average speed is better, but at a cost of bad signal strength and that the connection drops out now and then... Irritating.
Haven't tried to stream using Netshare and wireless from the laptop yet.

M.

nlindholm

04-03-07, 06:24 AM

Ok, so you are doing wireless to your tvix. At 54 or 108Mb?

You are also using a router w/wireless and wired connection to your PC(w/netshare) or are all components wireless (both PC and tvix)?

I have no experience with 108, and I would suspect that support on the tvix wrt 108 USB wifi adapters could be limited (for the moment at least).

Wrt. download speed I do not believe 54Mb would be any problem. Although you swedes have an incredible speed compared to us, so it could be that you have a good 100Mb line... so as long as your wireless speed is higher than your ISP-provided speed you are on the right side.

One thing though. If both your tvix and PC are running wireless, I think that they "share" the 54Mb bandwidth, and as such you have half for each (maybe not entirely true).

Is it easy for you to check the connection with a Ethernet cable? As it would be an easy test to check if that works or not, and such you could eliminate Netshare as the problem if it works.

I did upgrade an old laptop from 11Mb to 54Mb, and since then I had various trouble, especially with signal strength and connection speed. The overall average speed is better, but at a cost of bad signal strength and that the connection drops out now and then... Irritating.
Haven't tried to stream using Netshare and wireless from the laptop yet.

M.

meenenator, first let me say thanks for taking the time to help. I really appriciate it :p Ok lets go through my setup here as I understand about 60 pct of what you are saying... :o :o

Im not doing wireless TO my tvix(ie wifi usb stick etc). It is hooked up with a straight LAN cable to my Router (and router is connected to the modem with "twisted" ethernet cable)

My PC which is 20 meters away in another room however, is wireless with a WPN311 netgear card to the Rangemax WPN 824 netgear router. They are both 108 mpbs and those were the ones I uppgraded.
Yepps we do have good speed on the internet here in Sweden :) 24 mb up and
1 mb down I think I have.
So when you say wireless I assume you mean I have a wifi connection between Tvix and router yes ? I don't !
Here is what I will do tonight. I will install the 54 mpbs network card again and see if I with that have better luck in watching something. If I get success I KNOW that its the 108 card that is at fault ... I guess that's a first "given" I must do don't you ?

/Nik

Meenenator

04-03-07, 06:39 AM

meenenator, first let me say thanks for taking the time to help. I really appriciate it :p Ok lets go through my setup here as I understand about 60 pct of what you are saying... :o :o

Im not doing wireless TO my tvix(ie wifi usb stick etc). It is hooked up with a straight LAN cable to my Router (and router is connected to the modem with "twisted" ethernet cable)

My PC which is 20 meters away in another room however, is wireless with a WPN311 netgear card to the Rangemax WPN 824 netgear router. They are both 108 mpbs and those were the ones I uppgraded.
Yepps we do have good speed on the internet here in Sweden :) 24 mb up and
1 mb down I think I have.
So when you say wireless to assume I have a wifi connection between Tvix and router yes ? I don't !
Here is what I will do tonight. I will install the 54 mpbs network card again and see if I with that have better luck in watching something. If I get success I KNOW that its the 108 card that is at fault ... I guess that's a first "given" I must do don't you ?

/Nik

Ok, thanks for the update. I understand your setup now.

You could try two things:
1. Try your 54Mb card
2. Try a Ethernet-cable (LAN-cable) between your router and PC. (15-20m cable is quite cheap... or move your PC for the duration of the test)
3. try to set the speed on wireless to 54Mb using current HW.

The latter will remove any problems with wireless, and to verify that Netshare is indeed working fine.
If you try your 54Mb card you will still be doing wireless, but if that works ok, you can blame the 108Mb card of yours.

I see that you are using Netgear equp. on both router and wireless. That is probably ok as they are prone to work better than if one of your component have been from another supplier.

So 24Mb down/1Mb up or is it the other way? :p (in either case a good speed...). We got oil, you got internet speed ;) Although oil doesn't help me much. Still 11kr/liter ($1.57/liter) for petrol (damn government...hehe)

nlindholm

04-03-07, 06:47 AM

Ok, thanks for the update. I understand your setup now.

You could try two things:
1. Try your 54Mb card
2. Try a Ethernet-cable (LAN-cable) between your router and PC. (15-20m cable is quite cheap... or move your PC for the duration of the test)
3. try to set the speed on wireless to 54Mb using current HW.

The latter will remove any problems with wireless, and to verify that Netshare is indeed working fine.
If you try your 54Mb card you will still be doing wireless, but if that works ok, you can blame the 108Mb card of yours.

I see that you are using Netgear equp. on both router and wireless. That is probably ok as they are prone to work better than if one of your component have been from another supplier.

So 24Mb down/1Mb up or is it the other way? :p (in either case a good speed...). We got oil, you got internet speed ;) Although oil doesn't help me much. Still 11kr/liter ($1.57/liter) for petrol (damn government...hehe)

11 NOK = 12,65 SEK Yupp sound about right :mad:

I will try it in order 3 - 1 - 2 becuase I dont wat to run a 15 meter cable in the flat.
I will post the results here... Wish me luck !
/N
Anyways, It's me who should be thanking you my friend

nlindholm

04-04-07, 05:05 AM

11 NOK = 12,65 SEK Yupp sound about right :mad:

I will try it in order 3 - 1 - 2 becuase I dont wat to run a 15 meter cable in the flat.
I will post the results here... Wish me luck !
/N
Anyways, It's me who should be thanking you my friend

Results sofar Meenenator:

I have only tried #3 ie I disconnected the "Auto 108 mpbs" in my Netgear Router (thats the only way to switch channel :( ) and changed router to 54 b and g plus I switched channel from 6 (which at least 1, somtimes 3 others use in my hood) to channel 2 which I seem to be alone using. Sofar (that is 3 different avi files plus one Dvd file streams good) Haven't had time to strean the whole movie file on either but this is an approvement cus the dvd doesn't "hack" and after 35 min into "happy feet" which is a avi file it's still running. I do however have problems still like when I hit stop the playback I get 1 second of "flickering purple" before is stops. I can live with that but it's annoying. If I reeboot both pc and tvix it dissapears temporarily but comes back. There is problems with rewind over the network and I cannot seem to find out how bookmarking works (like how to get to a bookmark?) But all in all it seems "better" at the moment. I will leave for easter holiday now and test a switch of pci card when I come back. I am just troubbled that changing it to 54mpbs for good will bring my transfer speed, download speed and streaming speed down from what I had with 108 mpbs.. Oh well: Can't win the all eh ?

/N

Meenenator

04-04-07, 05:54 AM

Results sofar Meenenator:

I have only tried #3 ie I disconnected the "Auto 108 mpbs" in my Netgear Router (thats the only way to switch channel :( ) and changed router to 54 b and g plus I switched channel from 6 (which at least 1, somtimes 3 others use in my hood) to channel 2 which I seem to be alone using. Sofar (that is 3 different avi files plus one Dvd file streams good) Haven't had time to strean the whole movie file on either but this is an approvement cus the dvd doesn't "hack" and after 35 min into "happy feet" which is a avi file it's still running. I do however have problems still like when I hit stop the playback I get 1 second of "flickering purple" before is stops. I can live with that but it's annoying. If I reeboot both pc and tvix it dissapears temporarily but comes back. There is problems with rewind over the network and I cannot seem to find out how bookmarking works (like how to get to a bookmark?) But all in all it seems "better" at the moment. I will leave for easter holiday now and test a switch of pci card when I come back. I am just troubbled that changing it to 54mpbs for good will bring my transfer speed, download speed and streaming speed down from what I had with 108 mpbs.. Oh well: Can't win the all eh ?

/N

Allright, thanks for the update.
So it seems to be working slightly better?
I can understand that you do not want to reduce speed to 54. If you are getting good results on 54, we have a least identified what might be wrong, and can go from there.
You could also try out the NFS server alternatives that I posted in the SFU thread to see if that might help also.

Wrt. bookmark it is very simple. Every time you stop a movie the tvix will make a bookmark (goes for all movies incl. DVD). To recall a bookmark just press the bookmark button and select one of the last bookmarks (the bookmark button is placed over the button "3" or something similar). Great function btw.

You say that the picture goes temp. blank.
If I assume right you have selected "auto PAL/NTSC" in the setup.
If you play back a file with another FPS (frame per second) than you have selected as primary (You can choose either PAL or NTSC as your primary "screen" ("screen" in lack of better wording... ;) )) the tvix will automatic adjust to the new FPS.

Ouch... that was badly explained :o
Example:
You have selected PAL as your prefered output. You are playing Happy Feet.avi which might be a 23.976fps file. The tvix will then select NTSC. While doing that the screen will flicker and get black for a second or two.
On the other hand if you play back a 25fps file (PAL) your screen will not go blank/black. And the same goes if you are using NTSC as output, and are playing back a PAL movie.

Hope that shed some lights on something ;)

Yeah, I'm starting my Easter holiday later today as well. Just need to finish some work first. Have a nice holiday!

Meenenator

04-05-07, 07:57 PM

Hi all!
I need to ask you guys for some ideas/support here now as I have been struggling with SFU for a few weeks now, without any luck.

After a while playing back a file I get an error "File is not supported. File is corrupted or not supported format".
I know the files are good, and that the error most probably is the closest one they have ;)

Let me first tell you about my setup.
-Running 2.1.5 (now downgraded to 2.1.0) on my 5000-model.
-Running XP2, latest patch installed
-Have installed SFU using the pixel magic guide.I have mapped the admin user on my PC to root in the user name mapping, as well as admin group to root (as described in the PM guide, except I changed the guest to admin-user)
-Set up 2 shares, which I see and can browse
-Wired Gb connection from my PC thru a Dlink 4300 router (fw 1.6) into the tvix

Everything seems ok, as I can browse the shares, I can start music, pictures and video. However after some time (2min, 5min, 30min...) it all stops and I get the error above.
After that I have a hard time browsing the share, most content within folders are empty.

What have I done or tried so far:
-updated SFU with the applicable SFU hotfixes from MS (NFS server, user name mapping and the rollup hotfix). Same file error as above.
-enabled the guest account, and mapped that in user name mapping (result was that tvix did a blue screen (kinda) and turned off)
-added a tvixhd1 user w/limited access (w/pw=tvixhd1). Same file error as above.
-checked the logs from the NFS server, all ok there
-Read a lot about the subject and other users problems/solutions (apparently no effect other than telling me I'm on the right track)
-probably a lot more, but forgotten I did it

However, I have been able to provoke this error by either FFW/FRW or skip to next movie.
I also have a feeling that this is something on the PC and not the tvix, as I'm using a ReadyNAS w/NFS and NO problem. Same goes with Netshare or ProNFS server from another PC.

I have now done a repair of the SFU installing and are going another round with it, but I'm getting ready to throw it out quite soon. So any ideas from this community would be highly appreciated.

M.

jofa

04-08-07, 01:29 PM

Meenenator

04-08-07, 07:22 PM

Meenenator: I have seen the same error message when the file I try to play is used by another program. (Yes that is a lousy error message). Are you by any chance sharing your "holiday movies" with some file sharing program?

/J
hehe... no programs are using any of the files I try to playback (they are even on a separate computer).
I have lately uninstalled SFU and are trying out ProNFS and Allegro ($40/$65). They work wonderfully, and haven't let me down at all this easter.
(I have also been so "fortunate" that I strained my arm badly on the slopes this friday, and need to keep the arm still all day... 5 movies so far today... freshing up on those B5 movies a bit ;) ).

I will see if I even want to bother with SFU again. It does integrate smoothly into the Xp shell, and is free.... but is it worth all the potensial trouble for a few bucks saved?

nlindholm

04-10-07, 02:50 AM

Allright, thanks for the update.
So it seems to be working slightly better?
I can understand that you do not want to reduce speed to 54. If you are getting good results on 54, we have a least identified what might be wrong, and can go from there.
You could also try out the NFS server alternatives that I posted in the SFU thread to see if that might help also.

Wrt. bookmark it is very simple. Every time you stop a movie the tvix will make a bookmark (goes for all movies incl. DVD). To recall a bookmark just press the bookmark button and select one of the last bookmarks (the bookmark button is placed over the button "3" or something similar). Great function btw.

You say that the picture goes temp. blank.
If I assume right you have selected "auto PAL/NTSC" in the setup.
If you play back a file with another FPS (frame per second) than you have selected as primary (You can choose either PAL or NTSC as your primary "screen" ("screen" in lack of better wording... ;) )) the tvix will automatic adjust to the new FPS.

Ouch... that was badly explained :o
Example:
You have selected PAL as your prefered output. You are playing Happy Feet.avi which might be a 23.976fps file. The tvix will then select NTSC. While doing that the screen will flicker and get black for a second or two.
On the other hand if you play back a 25fps file (PAL) your screen will not go blank/black. And the same goes if you are using NTSC as output, and are playing back a PAL movie.

Hope that shed some lights on something ;)

Yeah, I'm starting my Easter holiday later today as well. Just need to finish some work first. Have a nice holiday!

Hi Meenenator (and the rest of the community)
thanks for the update on bookmark and the "flickering" in my pic when I stop a NTSC movie. Tvix seems to do this only after a while you see so it is not when its adjusting back from a PAL movie to NTSC (but hey I can live with the 1/2 sec purple if thats all there is)
I did set my router to a channel that nobody in my neighbourghood uses and presto : yesterday I saw a fullength movie all the way with no stops whatsoever. Sadly this will bring the speed down to 54 mpbs but to be honest it doesn't matter at all if I can stream with it. The problems are that downloading from the net will be slower but that's ok as well if the system stabilizes. I think I found what my problem was.
Unfortunately for you, judging by you problems, you have exactly the same as I had and if you have any chance, I would propose that you swithed router. I had a 4300 D-link before the Netgear one and for some reason I never got it to work. It feels like it searches for something (like ports or different channels or between b and g ? whathaveyou) every ones in a while and that was what was causing problems.

If you cannot test with another router, make sure the d link 4300 has the right setup. If you are using 108 mpbs and channel 6 then switch to another one and try. I don't think tvix likes having "108 mpbs auto" mode because I feel it does a little searching between g and b. But hey, this is my strict amatoer thoughts here...

Hope your arm gets bettter ! :D

/N

Meenenator

04-10-07, 09:01 AM

Hi Meenenator (and the rest of the community)
thanks for the update on bookmark and the "flickering" in my pic when I stop a NTSC movie. Tvix seems to do this only after a while you see so it is not when its adjusting back from a PAL movie to NTSC (but hey I can live with the 1/2 sec purple if thats all there is)
I did set my router to a channel that nobody in my neighbourghood uses and presto : yesterday I saw a fullength movie all the way with no stops whatsoever. Sadly this will bring the speed down to 54 mpbs but to be honest it doesn't matter at all if I can stream with it. The problems are that downloading from the net will be slower but that's ok as well if the system stabilizes. I think I found what my problem was.
Unfortunately for you, judging by you problems, you have exactly the same as I had and if you have any chance, I would propose that you swithed router. I had a 4300 D-link before the Netgear one and for some reason I never got it to work. It feels like it searches for something (like ports or different channels or between b and g ? whathaveyou) every ones in a while and that was what was causing problems.

If you cannot test with another router, make sure the d link 4300 has the right setup. If you are using 108 mpbs and channel 6 then switch to another one and try. I don't think tvix likes having "108 mpbs auto" mode because I feel it does a little searching between g and b. But hey, this is my strict amatoer thoughts here...

Hope your arm gets bettter ! :D

/N

Thanks for the sympathy about my arm. It's still hanging on... Back at work (as most of you are), although only at half-speed as I only can write with one arm ;)

Good to hear that you got your wireless up and working!
Not sure if I can blame my 4300 for my SFU troubles as I'm running Allegro NFS server now with no problems. I might even buy the program... if it is working this good.

Well, back to work everybody.

M.

TPeterson

04-10-07, 11:08 AM

I did set my router to a channel that nobody in my neighbourghood uses and presto : yesterday I saw a fullength movie all the way with no stops whatsoever.So, I get an "I told you so" out of this. EMI/RFI was at the root after all. :D

nlindholm

04-13-07, 03:25 AM

So, I get an "I told you so" out of this. EMI/RFI was at the root after all. :D

:p :p I suppose you would have gotten one "Told you so" straight away if I
could understand what EMI/RFI meant :D

You'll get a gold star now though. Thanks TPeterson ;)
It's sad though that it doesn't work with "auto 108 mpbs" I have to settle for slower internet (and slower FTP) but a stable streaming process. In the perfect world one shouldn't cancel the other :(

/N

realthing

04-22-07, 10:37 AM

hey i got a question have a tvix 5000 and thinking off uppgrading to the new tvix 5100sh thats coming in may but its quite expensive 500euro is it worth it ??

tolax

04-22-07, 11:16 AM

hey i got a question have a tvix 5000 and thinking off uppgrading to the new tvix 5100sh thats coming in may but its quite expensive 500euro is it worth it ??

This seems to be a 'half way house' solution as far as I can see with regard to h264. If I was buying a new unit now I would wait for it. As I already have a 5000 though I'm going to skip this one and wait for the next generation (end of the year?) which will hopefully have full h264 support.

Now if only they would QAM support I would be a happy man. :)

tolax

nlindholm

04-24-07, 07:17 AM

Sorry to sound like an absolute novice, but how do i upgrade the firmware on the m5000??
ive done exactly what it says in the manual, but it doens't say how to locate the downloaded fwp file.
ive tried navigating to the root folder using the video option but the fwp file doesn't display.

Any help appreciated

Did you unzip it and when you say downloaded do you mean you transferred it to TVix ?

/Nik

iwanrs

04-24-07, 09:23 PM

This seems to be a 'half way house' solution as far as I can see with regard to h264. If I was buying a new unit now I would wait for it. As I already have a 5000 though I'm going to skip this one and wait for the next generation (end of the year?) which will hopefully have full h264 support.

Now if only they would QAM support I would be a happy man. :)

tolax

YES, when is the NEWer model with new chip and capable of H264 and 1080P available, it is long overdue!??? :eek:

originalsnuffy

04-24-07, 11:39 PM

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=825089

This is the thread that addresses the new models.

TVIXBox

04-26-07, 12:34 AM

Here is the link to how to update the firmware:

http://forum.tvixbox.com/viewtopic.php?p=401#401

As the last poster said, confirm the file you copy to the TVIX Box does not have a .zip extension.

If you are still having problems, please post again on either forum but describe your issue in a bit more detail.

Thanks,
Paul Valente
www.tvixbox.com

tinhan

04-27-07, 04:51 AM

HDMI TROUBLE

I just got the panasonic ae1000u projector, it has hdmi inputs and the tvix works with dvi>hdmi adapter but not on all files, while playing some 1080i.ts files it will black out on me, it looks as though the projector loses the connection, it blacks out for a second then comes back, then blacks out again, over and over...I've tried changing resolution, played with ntsc/pal settings, nothing helps...
Anyone else run into this problem with hdmi?
I'd settle for the dvi>vga connection(no problems with this connection) but it's just not as sharp.

Any input is appreciated...

-UPDATE-
OK so i figured out that the black outs stop when I switch the signal to pal(50hz) but of course it looks jerky like its missing frames, do some dvr recorded .ts files have 60hz drop out or is it just my tvix player?

ajalger

04-29-07, 07:48 AM

tinhan.. do you have a sample file? I can certainly try it out on my player..

jofa

04-29-07, 11:54 AM

Maybe this is only news to me, but here's a little tip:
The Tvix can play DTS Audio files if they are renamed to .wav
This means that DTS Audio CDs and DVD Audio can be played. :rolleyes:

/J

originalsnuffy

04-29-07, 05:20 PM

On my upstairs Denon, with a 5000 and files named .wav, dts tracks can definitely be played. My downstairs Onkyo, however, can't play the dts files (I get white noise). So it may be receiver dependent.

Jofa; what does one rename the dvd audio files? That would be cool if they played off the 5000; I had the impression that there was no way to do this.

jofa

04-30-07, 03:44 AM

Well,
I'm still rather novice at these high end audio formats, but as I understand it's like this:
"DVD Audio" can have several audio formats (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Audio )
So it's not just to rename the "DVD Audio files". The audio track has to be extracted using DVD audio backup tools. Then the resulting file can be renamed to wav.

I don't think the MLP format will play.

I have only tested a few files so far.

The playback ability will be depending on the receiver. I only have one receiver to test with, a Marants SR-7001.

The news value how ever was obviously 0 :p maye except for the renaming part.
I logged in and checked the My Q&A. The below is from 2006-11-30
Hello,

If you want to play DTS WAV files, you must set the volume to 25 and set Output type for DTS to Digital so your recievers can decode it. If you does not have DTS, you can not listen DTS WAV files.

TVIX does not support analog output.

Yann told about this tip. Thank you Yann

I'll experiment more with DVD Audio later and see if I can find out which formats that I can play.
/J

Edit: replaced my own rememberings and speculations regarding volume setting with the source.

originalsnuffy

04-30-07, 09:48 PM

tinhan

05-01-07, 03:36 AM

tinhan.. do you have a sample file? I can certainly try it out on my player..

Sent you a pm, Thanks!

mypie

05-02-07, 09:33 AM

Anyone looking to sell me Tvix M5000? Since the new one is out i thought i could find a good deal on a used one here...

nlindholm

05-02-07, 09:39 AM

Anyone looking to sell me Tvix M5000? Since the new one is out i thought i could find a good deal on a used one here...

:D

Can't knock you for trying dude :rolleyes: ;) :D ;) :rolleyes:

but Not from me :eek: (lol)

jofa

05-03-07, 04:23 AM

Jofa;

We are back to where we started. I know how to play back the DTS files from my 5000 over the Denon. There is no way to play back a DVD-Audio file in native format due to the MLP and most likely some kind of encryption scheme.

I sure would like to have somebody explain to me why my Integra Onkyo does not handle the same DTS files that the Denon accepts happily.

For that matter...I continue to wonder why HDCD wav files no longer trigger the HDCD "filter" on my Denon or in Windows Media Player when they have been ripped to the hard drive. I also wonder what the work around is (create some form of CD pseudo wrapper on the hard drive, I suppose).
ok,
I was a bit over enthusiastic. These are my findings:
DTS files playes fine, even 96 kHz/24 bit ones.
There are methods to extract the DVD Audio to WAV files but unfortunately that doesn't really help anything.
WAV PCM files with 96 kHz, but only 16 bit, plays fine with 2 channels.
WAV PCM files with 96 kHz, 16 bit, 5.1 channels plays 2 channels.....
WAV PCM 96/24 only produces white noise, or does not play at all. It depended on the way I created the WAV file.

If this is due to my receivers non ability to decode 96/24 PCM or the Tvix ability to read it is for me unknown....

I'm now curious to what will happen if I FLAC the 96/24 WAV files.....
Does FLAC support multichannel?
Will FLAC support 24 bit input WAV files and preserve the sound quality?
What does the Tvix actually do with the FLAC sound?
I mean, what bit rate will it output? What resolution 24 bit? 16 bit?
Does it even output it digitally?

Any suggestions?
/J

questing222

05-06-07, 06:44 AM

is there a way of zooming in and out to a preferred level with the tvix m5000??
i can only seem to use the 3 main zoom functions (Fullpicture/widescreen, zoomed to fit screen and squished to fit screen)

Any way of taking the widescreen zoom and just zooming in on the picture a tad??

DVDwizard

05-06-07, 08:17 AM

is there a way of zooming in and out to a preferred level with the tvix m5000??
Once you've pushed the zoom button, just use the arrow buttons on the remote to zoom to the desired level. To clear the setting, just cycle through the settings with the zoom button again.

nlindholm

05-07-07, 02:23 AM

Once you've pushed the zoom button, just use the arrow buttons on the remote to zoom to the desired level. To clear the setting, just cycle through the settings with the zoom button again.

Wow ! I didn't know that... Great info guys :cool:

I knew I would learn alot by subscribing to this thread :)

Thanks
Nik

Meenenator

05-10-07, 10:35 AM

Just wondering if other people have played around with jumboframes (JF) on a GbLan in which the tvix is connected to?

I have been running a GbLan for a long time now, with very poor performance. I gave up on the issue a long time ago.
But lately I got myself a 8port Gb switch with support for JF, so I plunged into the problem once again. Fairly ok success wrt speed when JF enabled (300% increase... from 120Mb to 370Mb). It is still bad...but I was a happy man, until I found out that I couldn't play anything from the tvix from the JF enabled PCs.
Bummer...
I could access the shares, view their content, but playback was not possible.

At the moment I have spent what feels like an eternity the last week in getting the performance up without JF. Still not there, but I'm learning a lot about windows registry, Tcpip etc... :p

My setup:
2 Gb enabled PCs w/Gb on mainboard(LOM) connected to a Netshare GS108 switch. A D-Link 4300 (gigabit router) w/DHCP connected to the internet and the switch.
A Infrant NAS and the tvix connected to the switch as well.
A 100Mb switch between the tvix and the Netshare switch (which I will remove when I'm finished playing around with a "lousy" PS3 I have loaned... hehe)

A bit confused as I though that JF did not pass onto 100Mb network (tvix is only 100Mb), and that they was supposed to "auto-negotiate" down to a 1500MTU between the PC and the tvix.

While I'm at it. Anybody out there with decent speed on a Gb LAN using 1500MTU size? What are your TCPIP and AFD settings?
Can't say I have broken it yet, as I'm up to only about 17-20% in some cases now.
Will try out some new AFD settings tonight (increase defaultreceivewindow etc.)

Thanks!

M.

VespaMan

05-10-07, 01:05 PM

A bit confused as I though that JF did not pass onto 100Mb network (tvix is only 100Mb), and that they was supposed to "auto-negotiate" down to a 1500MTU between the PC and the tvix.

While I'm at it. Anybody out there with decent speed on a Gb LAN using 1500MTU size? What are your TCPIP and AFD settings?
Can't say I have broken it yet, as I'm up to only about 17-20% in some cases now.
Will try out some new AFD settings tonight (increase defaultreceivewindow etc.)

Thanks!

M.

Well, I have been running gigabit for maybe 4 years, and while I did experiment with jumboframes in the beginning, I soon realized that this was not for me.
The only way to mix jumbo frames with normal frames afaik, is to use a router that does re-packeting. In a normal network there's simply just a lot of work to do jumbo frames. And too many devices that do not support it. Remember, a switch cannot do packet /re/assembly.

And also, there really not much speed improvement unless you are running Windows. (Are you?).
I did some tests in the beginning and got something like 750mbit/s on the computer I had at thime (XP1800 using a 64bit PCI NIC), and around 900 on a later 865 board, which I am still running diskless. All this on linux.

If you are running windows, different versions and (obviously) firewall settings will make a difference. I read somewhere that Vista is 25% slower in tcp than XP for instance. I have no clue if this is true or not.

I am assuming that you have a decent computer in both ends (CPU and NIC), and that you measuring using some testprogram, otherwise, you will be limited by the disk/cpu performance..

ajs6000

05-10-07, 02:06 PM

Meenenator,

Regarding Gblan, I have 6 Windows XP Pro PC's (don't ask!) connected via a Netgear GS116 Gigabit switch and find that I can achieve about 42MB's (MegaBytes) between two equally specified PC's (reading an ISO file from one and writing to the other) using 1500 byte frames
This is about 15MB's slower than the actual read/write speed of locally attached Hard Drives.
The PC's in question have dual PCI-X 133MHz buses with the network card on one and disk controller on the other. Quad Xeon 3.06 MHz processors and 8Gb of RAM

However, I have found this drops to about 15-20MB's when copying between different specified machines. The most significant impact is lower processor (Non multiple) speed, slower memory, disks and single PCI 33/66MHz bus. The Gigabit cards in all the PC's are identical.

I also, like you, had to change the default windows TCPIP settings. The following article may help:

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3485486

Also the following utility may be of help in a 2000/XP environment:

http://www.cablenut.com/

I am currently setting up two Windows Vista PC's using PCIe(X8) disk controllers with Quad core processors and expect (hope!) this will achieve above 60MB's using 1500 byte frames.

With regard to Jumbo Frames ,as you point out the TVIX does not support this. I'm currently testing Jumbo frame support in a backup and recovery environment using Vlans to link the 100mb lan to the 1Gb and 10Gb lans. I will let you know what sort of increase is achieved using 9000 byte frames over 1500 byte frames in a windows environment. However, I don't see JF and 1Gb being supported by TVIX within the current hardware.

Meenenator

05-10-07, 06:18 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Yeah, this Gb issue is working on my nerves. Have tried more tonight with only a slight improvement. Can't for the life of it find the limiting factor.
Running Xp Sp2 on both PCs (PC#1 X2 4600+, Raid0, Nforce4. PC#2 3500+, single SATA, Nforce4)

I have been calculating BDP, WINS, TcpWindowsize, DefaultReceivewindows etc... for days now :mad:
Are testing with Iperf 1.7 and 2.02. I managed pretty good speed with Iperf (no HDD involved) and JF, up to 900Mbps. With JF off I'm down below 300Mbps (again no HDD). Using XP normal filecopy (drag and drop) I'm down in the 200Mbps area or less (usually less).
So its bugs me a bit as I would except that my HW would be able to do more speed.
Oh well... I have one option left (if I give up) and that is to get another Gb card in one of the PCs and then just connect the 2 PCs together (on a different IP-range), enable JF for decent speed. While at the same time connect the other LAN port to the switch as I do today using non-JF. At least I will get decent speed copying between the two PCs which are my intention doing this.

Anyway, thank you both for the feedback. And do keep us posted about the quad core CPUs ;)

sirpoff

05-22-07, 07:54 AM

Anyone heard anything about new SW for 4000/5000?
Havent been any uppdates in a really long time.

// Poff

Meenenator

05-22-07, 10:06 AM

Anyone heard anything about new SW for 4000/5000?
Havent been any uppdates in a really long time.

// Poff

What are you running these days?
I'm up to 2.1.5b, and wondering if I should install 2.1.7b.
They are all beta, but heck... thats half the fun ;)

2.15b are stable in my opinion.

I do think that the latest firmware versions (after 2.1.3) mainly fixes bugs with the add-on tuners.
Get them here: ftp://ftp.dvico.com/Products/TViX/Firmware/M-5000/Beta/ (weird, can't find the 2.1.7b).
2.1.7b should hopefully be here http://rapidshare.com/files/28854341/tvix_2.1.7_pal_eng_a9.fwp

sirpoff

05-23-07, 08:49 AM

Meenenator

05-23-07, 09:39 AM

I use the 2.1.5_A5 that you find in the Divci beta folder.

I did not know that a 2.1.7 was out, as it’s not appearing in the beta folder.

I mainly wait for a better mp3 GUI that has been promised for a long time.
Otherwise I’m quite happy with the performance of 2.1.5, some restarts now and then, otherwise fine.

// Poff
Yes, I also see some dodgy behaviour now and then, but very very seldom during playback. Most of the issues I have is during power-down, as the fan don't spin down and the output is active... (active is that respect that my scaler doesn't turn off, no picture etc, just active)
Have had a few playback issues when FFW/goto etc., but I think that is more a problem with the file itself, not the tvix.
In total, very stable...

sirpoff

05-30-07, 07:08 AM

Now the 2.1.7 is in the beta folder.
Anyone who tested it?

nlindholm

05-30-07, 07:14 AM

Now the 2.1.7 is in the beta folder.
Anyone who tested it?

Not me
Got a bit fed up with testing stuff when the one I had was doing great but have
you read anything whats new in it ? I might be tempted again ;)

I run 2.1.5

Meenenator

05-30-07, 10:21 AM

I think its only stuff for the tuner... I haven't upgraded either. Still on 2.1.5...

nlindholm

05-31-07, 05:49 AM

Meenenator

05-31-07, 06:04 AM

Hey Guys

Got a question for all M5000A users out there

I have my TviX (with HDD) connected to TV set and Router (Wired to router
wireless btw Router and PC) and all is working fine. I get whatever is in my
tvixhd1 folder displayed on tv screen and stream everything fine. B U T
I have recently bought a ps3 from which I now can do the same plus I can
copy over what's on the PC to the ps3 from the tv display.
I am just wondering if the same would be possible with my Tvix and if so
how?

If not it would be a beatiful feature in any FW update :cool:

The latest firmware for the 41/51000 do have this option. Just hope it will be implemented in the 4/5000 as well.

So you are saying that the PS3 can playback everything the Tvix can?
Or are you transcoding your xvids etc on a PC (in realtime) and using Upnp.
Had a PS3 on loan (just until the day before 1.80 was released...typical...). Neat little bugger, but I wasn't able to do much streaming with it then.
Still awaiting the truth from a friend of mine which is into Upnp and PS3.

nlindholm

05-31-07, 07:06 AM

The latest firmware for the 41/51000 do have this option. Just hope it will be implemented in the 4/5000 as well.

So you are saying that the PS3 can playback everything the Tvix can?
Or are you transcoding your xvids etc on a PC (in realtime) and using Upnp.
Had a PS3 on loan (just until the day before 1.80 was released...typical...). Neat little bugger, but I wasn't able to do much streaming with it then.
Still awaiting the truth from a friend of mine which is into Upnp and PS3.

Yes and No :p

I can stream mp3, photos and mpeg 2 files only and it "has" to be done* through
WMP11 which has DLNA something or another (has to do with uPnP right ?)
You can download TVersity to your PC though which re encodes XviD and DivX
on the fly but I cant be bothered since I have the TviX. New in the update is an
upscaler aswell so you can watch DVD's in 1080p if your TV allows it. In short
SONY is getting there :D :cool: but it's still 1-0 to TviX when it comes to what
you can and cannot play mediawise.

OK meenenator thanks for your answer. What I asked for would be very good
indeed cause I don't have to go to my pc and FTP stuff to the TviX or external
HDD.... Simply download it from my couch if I don't feel like streaming it ;) ;)

* when I say "Has" it can be done with other software that has DLNA as well

jofa

06-13-07, 03:52 AM

Now 2.1.4 is available as non Beta fimrware it appears. At least on the FTP server, but not on the web pages yet.
That's interesting since last beta was 2.1.5 and 2.1.7....

ftp://ftp.dvico.com/Products/TViX/FirmWare/M-5000/

Not much to expect in there I guess.... Anyone tried it?
/J

voxmortis

06-14-07, 02:03 AM

I've been testing 2.1.7 for a couple of weeks now.

The M-5000A has rebooted a couple of times in those 2 weeks for no particular reason - sounds devastating, a loud thunk sound on your TV, picture flashes off... the box then reboots itself and works fine.

Apart from that - it seems to work fine :) The GUI is still unprofessional though. Looks like a ZX Spectrum next to MCE.

QUESTION...

Has anyone else (in any version of the firmware) found that their WMV HD or DIVX HD files have audio that goes in and out of sync? I've made a film and want to show it in high def from the TVIX... but the audio is noticably out. (btw, the files play perfectly in every media player I try on a PC - WMV9, 1920x1080, 2pass VBR, 25Mbps)

I've raised a Q&A on tvix.co.kr, and they're looking at it. I'm hoping I'm not the only person, but I guess the number of users really using it for true High Def content is still low.

Meenenator

06-14-07, 06:54 AM

I've been testing 2.1.7 for a couple of weeks now.

QUESTION...

Has anyone else (in any version of the firmware) found that their WMV HD or DIVX HD files have audio that goes in and out of sync? I've made a film and want to show it in high def from the TVIX... but the audio is noticably out. (btw, the files play perfectly in every media player I try on a PC - WMV9, 1920x1080, 2pass VBR, 25Mbps)

I have been watching a few divx HD, WMV HD (mainly 720p I think), and all of them have played flawlessly with audio in sync.
When thinking of it, the few 1080p I've tried also played well.

Try using CBR instead of VBR. There might be an issue there, as the Tvix is not sooo keen on VBR in movies (I think I read that somewhere).

M.

voxmortis

06-14-07, 08:56 PM

Thanks, M.

I'll try to recode using CBR for video and audio.

If I hear anything back of their support people, then I'll post it here.

Meenenator

06-15-07, 08:53 AM

Thanks, M.

I'll try to recode using CBR for video and audio.

If I hear anything back of their support people, then I'll post it here.

I only think you need to focus on CBR for audio ;)

bpm_in_tky

06-22-07, 08:56 PM

Has anyone tried the 2.1.9 firmware? It was posted on 6/22/2007

I can't seem to find a change log anywhere..

jofa

06-23-07, 03:37 PM

I've tried it now.
It didn't toast the 5000, and it's now possible to select AAC audio out digital or analogue. And it also plays AAC audio files named .aac. That's news to me but maybe it did before....

/J

Nemesis3

06-30-07, 01:22 PM

Hey guys still running the 2.1.0 Anyone have any change log info from 2.1.0 to 2.1.9 or if no change logs just features you have noticed that has changed etc? Hard to update the bug list etc unless I know what has been done.

originalsnuffy

07-01-07, 12:18 AM

I am not finding a 2.1.9. Where is this posted? Thanks.

jofa

07-01-07, 03:23 AM

Yes, this is really weird. They removed it a few days ago.....?!
Yesterday there was a 2.1.4 available.
I wonder what they are doing....

/J

veslan

07-06-07, 11:51 AM

there is new beta ver 2.2.0 :)

voxmortis

07-10-07, 09:52 PM

Good news - I'll try the 2.2.0 beta... any news on what it fixes and any new features?

tedler

07-11-07, 10:58 AM

Nothing new I could see.
In fact, it introduced problems with MPEG2 playback.
Certain of my MPEG2's that played fine in 2.1.4 now come up with a bright pink screen of artifacts in 2.2.0.

I reverted back to the old build and all is fine.

The new build still doesn't fix the occasional "remote control lag" issue, where pressing the buttons (except for the power button) on the remote doesn't always register with the TViX unit (especially upon initial boot-up after not being used for some time), then after playing a video for about 5 minutes, all of the button presses are processed correctly and work fine.
Maybe it's just my hardware that's buggy.

TPeterson

07-11-07, 11:30 AM

tedler

07-11-07, 01:15 PM

What is your display device? I've discovered quite a literature on IR interference from LCD backlights and plasma displays--which tends to go away after the display has been on for a while. "A while" depends upon the display and varies from a minute or so to a half hour or so. My TViX was deaf to the remote for about 30 minutes after turning on my Sammy LN-T5265.

One fix that seems to work (for my Samsung and by other reports) is to put a layer or two of masking tape over the IR sensor of the device that's suffering the interference, in this case, the TViX.

WOW! I had no idea that this might be the problem! I will try it when I get home. I have a 40" Samsung LCD right above the unit. I will also try no turning on the TV set tonight, just the TViX, and attempt to navigate the menus.
I'll report back.

THANKS!

tedler

07-11-07, 09:00 PM

That was it! LCD TV was causing some sort of IR interference.

Thanks for your help! :)

Meenenator

07-12-07, 08:45 AM

Nothing new I could see.
In fact, it introduced problems with MPEG2 playback.
Certain of my MPEG2's that played fine in 2.1.4 now come up with a bright pink screen of artifacts in 2.2.0.

I reverted back to the old build and all is fine.

I also installed 2.2.0 a few days ago. Haven't seen much difference. Played a few files and saw little or no difference.
Can't say I have tried mpgs yet. Will check it out when I have the time.

It is strange though that dvico doesn't include a file that tells us what have been fixed. They do it on the 41/5100. Maybe not a file, but at least post it somewhere for us users.

M.

KAXKID

07-12-07, 11:37 AM

I also installed 2.2.0 a few days ago. Haven't seen much difference. Played a few files and saw little or no difference.
Can't say I have tried mpgs yet. Will check it out when I have the time.

It is strange though that dvico doesn't include a file that tells us what have been fixed. They do it on the 41/5100. Maybe not a file, but at least post it somewhere for us users.

M.
today, the public release of 2.2.0 was posted with a list of changes here:
http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/support/M5000Firmware.aspx

TPeterson

07-12-07, 12:29 PM

This is very good news indeed! It appears from those release notes that DViCo is officially supporting the M5000P tuner at last.

tedler

07-12-07, 01:32 PM

That IS good news that they are still even supporting the 4000/5000.

I am very pleased with my unit. It does everything I expected it to do. Namely, I am no longer tied to DVDs and DVD players, DRM, etc... I can now view on my TV what I did on my PC, without having to get up to change a thing.

BreyMaastricht

07-12-07, 05:42 PM

That was it! LCD TV was causing some sort of IR interference.

Hello all,

I even have a stranger story:
My Tvix was deaf for my remote......
But not anymore after I turned off the Ambilight of my Philips LCD TV :eek: . Without the Ambilight my Tvix listens suddenly to my remote !!

This took quite some time to discover this...... :mad:

My Tvix is directly next to my LCD TV.

Kind regards,
Brey from the Netherlands

Meenenator

07-13-07, 03:45 AM

today, the public release of 2.2.0 was posted with a list of changes here:
http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/support/M5000Firmware.aspx
Good good...

So it's a official/public release now. That explains the changelist.

Thanks!

M.

Chad-R

07-28-07, 06:32 PM

Meenenator

07-31-07, 04:25 AM

I've only used my TViX a little bit and only to view rips of my DVDs. I was just now trying to view some video files I have from video camera and downloads. I pretty quickly noticed that WMV9 files would not allow FF and would always stop play back if trying to FF or RR. I re-encoded it using SUPER to AVI/MPEG-4/MP3. This allowed FF and RR, etc... Of course when using SUPER there are a world of options when re-encoding files.... output container, video codec, audio codec, video size, frame/sec, bit rate, etc.... I'm only slightly familiar with exactly what these are.

Can someone knowledgeable in video format/codec's give some general direction on what specs would be best (with reasonable re-encoding time) for use on my TViX. Thanks for any help in the right direction.

Haven't tried Super that much. Looks powerful though.
Can't say that I have trouble FF/RR on my WMV9 files so it just might be the Super program messing things up.
Have you tried the WMV9 codec pack or encoding pack from Microsoft. It is free of charge. I have used that a few times. Not to cryptic either. You should be able to find at Microsoft website. Sorry that I don't remember the name.
Have done a few re-encoding of 720p files into WMV9 using that.

When re-encoding stuff I rarely ever have a higher bitrate than what the original file's bitrate. Waste of space.
Same goes with frame/sec and video size.
MP3 is a easy audio codec, xvid/divx as well as WMV9 is also easy to use.

When re-encoding I normally use Virtualdub. It is free as well.

Codecs etc can be found at videohelp.com under the tools/codec section. Maybe also the WMV9 pack I mentioned.

M.

kraterz

07-31-07, 10:08 AM

One more vote for SUPER, in combination with GSpot (comes with K-lite mega codec pack). This is an unbeatable combo, able to analyse the codec for audio/video, and convert from/to any format you can throw at it. All my unplayable media now work fine after converting using Gspot/SUPER.

me32dh

08-11-07, 03:13 AM

I've been using a TVIX 4000 PA box for a few months, and its great. However, I've just been trying out Netgears EVA 8000 and have the following observations:

The EVA 8000 supports DERM, via Windows Media Connect. Can this be a future upgrade for the TVIX? As this seems the way forwards for sites like lovefilm

There is no fan in the EVA 8000, which is bliss! I know you can change the fan speed in the TVIX, but has anyone mounted a big external heat sink to the back of the unit to replace the fan? Or upgraded the fan to a quieter unit?

One really annoying feature of the EVA 8000 is it searches the network for all media files and then lists all directories in one list. Therefore, any junk sub directories with all your reject photos in appear in the main directory listing! The TVIX directory listing is so much better. And there's no need to keep performing a re-scan of files like the EVA.

I've also noticed slight pausing on play back on the EVA 8000, something the TVIX never suffers from.

With the EVA 8000 you have to zoom into EACH photo to get it to fill the width of the widescreen. How mad is that?! TVIX will maintain the zoom setting, which is brilliant. A big plus point for me.

Apart from the DRM support, and the slight niggle with the fan, the TVIX is the better product in my view.

Excellent to see another firmware upgrade. Just please keep them coming! :)
esp. if you can get DRM to work via media connect.

qz3fwd

09-04-07, 05:42 PM

Now-Dvico just needs to release the T510 tuner and I'll be all set.

Jet-X

09-08-07, 05:57 PM

As an FYI (I own a 4000, 5000, and a 4100), I had a problem with my Tvix 5000 when I replaced a hard drive (the short IDE cable broke), and when attempting to replace it (it was in the IDE connector boardset really tight), the board cracked upon replacement. No, I wasn't too hard with it, but it wouldn't come out.

I emailed TViX (Dvico) about a replacement board - they responded they couldn't sell me a replacement board (it's a very small boardset connected via other small IDE cables - no soldering or anything complicated). When I sent repeated messages that I've got an unusable piece of equipment, and could they discuss repair with an authorized facility, etc. my messages went unanswered. It's been over 3 months now...(and they're generally really quick to respond to tech support questions - except when it involves replacement hardware).

My point? If something goes wrong with your Tvix box, buyer beware - support past anything your dealer gives you is non-existant. It pisses me off as a long time Tvix user, and this is the first time I've encountered this. Unfortunately, Tomacro might be getting my money in the future if I can't get any kind of support.

FYI

TPeterson

09-08-07, 06:06 PM

With so many AVS posts, you should already know better than to be cross posting like this!

Jet-X

09-08-07, 07:43 PM

With so many AVS posts, you should already know better than to be cross posting like this!

Given that many users that have the 4100/5100, they're not likely to read the 5000/4000 thread, and since I have both, it's directly applicable.

originalsnuffy

09-09-07, 02:35 PM

Did you contact the original place of purchase for some help in working with TVIX?

Otherwise, may be you can contact the factory TVIX reseller from So Calif. about your problems. I forgot their name, but it was the one from the TVIX website. Digital Connection was out of stock at the time, so I bought my 5000 directly from them. At the time, their return policy was not very good compared with Digital Connection, but then again the unit was in stock.

I bought my 4000 from Digital Connection. They also seem to be close to TVIX, but of course are a separate entity.

MichaGue

09-19-07, 03:24 PM

Hello AVSforum,

I started a development of a wireless remote control for the tvix. The remote control uses radio transmission and includes a tft-screen. At the moment you will find the progress of the development only in a german forum: TWiMeC (http://www.hdd-player.de/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1429.msg8140#new)

If the project is finished, I will publish a construction manual in german and english.

Best regards,
Michael

http://www.ixus-world.de/bilder/TWiMeC/Controller_04.jpg

Kei Clark

09-19-07, 04:05 PM

My point? If something goes wrong with your Tvix box, buyer beware - support past anything your dealer gives you is non-existant. It pisses me off as a long time Tvix user, and this is the first time I've encountered this. Unfortunately, Tomacro might be getting my money in the future if I can't get any kind of support.

FYI

It really depends on the dealer and how far they want to go to support the product. We do repairs on these units when needed and can acquire the replacements part for our customers. We had an issue recently with the power supply boards and were sent replacements which we did in-house. Have you tried contacting your dealer?

Jet-X

09-19-07, 05:26 PM

It really depends on the dealer and how far they want to go to support the product. We do repairs on these units when needed and can acquire the replacements part for our customers. We had an issue recently with the power supply boards and were sent replacements which we did in-house. Have you tried contacting your dealer?

I sent you an PM but never heard back.

As for my dealer, long gone (out of business).

Jet-X

09-19-07, 05:27 PM

I started a development of a wireless remote control for the tvix.

If the project is finished, I will publish a construction manual in german and english.

How about build to order?

Kei Clark

09-19-07, 09:21 PM

Jet-X,

If I overlooked your PM, my apologies. I normally direct technical issues (that requires more than answering a question) to the staff at the office as I'm normally not there. The staff will ask you for sales information and may resist as we have yet to do anything other than RMA warranty repairs and do not know what DVICO charges for spare parts. I know what's inside the M4000/4100, but have never took apart a 5000 so I don't personally know what part you require.

Jet-X

09-20-07, 01:11 PM

Jet-X,

If I overlooked your PM, my apologies.

Kei, I in essence need another M-7000 connector board, and another 4" IDE cable. That's it.

Kei Clark

09-20-07, 02:02 PM

Jex-X,

Since you are local to us, you should just call our office. My understanding is that there are differences in the boards uses in the M5000A/M5000U. They can open the appropriate unit to check and ensure they get the right part. Note that we will need to order the part from Korea so it will be attached to the next shipment which may not come until end of October.

Kei Clark

09-20-07, 03:20 PM

Jet-X,

I found out more about the construction of the M5000AU, apparently the IDE cable is connected to the main board with a ribbon. If you broke the connector to the main board, it will be a costly repair as that is the core component of the box. This seems to differ from the design you described which places the IDE connector on a separate board, which according to our tech is the board that feeds the rear connections, and would have been an easy replacement.

portuga100

10-08-07, 11:12 AM

Hi

just a quick question (i have not read all 64pages)

Can this mediaplayer read x264 films em matroska container (*.mkv)?

originalsnuffy

10-08-07, 12:43 PM

The 4000 and 5000 have no x264 support at all. Nor MKV. Look to the new generations for that.

Kei Clark

10-20-07, 07:11 PM

Not meant to be a sales solicitation, but rather a public service announcement :)

For those with the older M5000 models that wished for a better remote, you can order it separately here (https://www.digitalconnection.com/store/Product_Details.asp?ProductCode=TVIXREM).

I trust you'll find navigation more responsive and much smoother.

nlindholm

10-22-07, 02:56 AM

Meenenator

10-22-07, 04:51 AM

Hi,

It's been a while since I checked in here so exscuse me for not reading through 64 pages.
I have a 5000 that I bought a year ago and was wondering if any progress has been made
(in an update for instance) in the appalling user interface that the 5000 has?

Thank you for you reply and keep up all good work on this forum

/nik

ps. what's the latest fw for the 5000A btw? ds.

hehe... I know... as soon as the devices just work, one forget to check back now and then.

No changes to the GUI.
Latest FW is 2.2.0.0 I think. I find it very stable.

Have moved to a 5100 myself, but I keep looking into this thread as well.

M.

nlindholm

10-22-07, 04:55 AM

Cool.

thanks my Norwegian friend (lol)

DemonicDM

11-12-07, 05:18 PM

Tvix home site down?

Kei Clark

11-12-07, 06:20 PM

Tvix home site down?

Don't think so, it works for me.

http://www.tvix.co.kr/

DemonicDM

11-13-07, 10:20 AM

strange.. i get: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage alltime. anyone else from sweden with same problem.. or its just me.

edit:
site is working but just not for me. maybe they blocking my ip.. hehe.. and no my firewall is not blocking tvix.

TPeterson

11-13-07, 10:35 AM

Sounds as though you have an IP address resolution problem caused by bum data in the DNS you're using. Can you select a different DNS from your ISP?

Another possibility is that you're using an out-of-date lmhosts file on your PC

DemonicDM

11-13-07, 10:54 AM

I asked some of my friends, all have same problem. so, its not only me and not only my ISP

TPeterson

11-13-07, 05:06 PM

I still think that it's a DNS problem.

Try pasting this into your browser: http://121.165.117.22/eng/

Hmm...guess I should've tried that meself before posting it. Seems that the supposed numeric equivalent to the URL that works for me "http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/" isn't working! I suppose that means that DViCo is up to some sort of reconstruction at the moment. But I have no idea why the text URL works for some of us and not for others.

nlindholm

11-14-07, 02:33 AM

DemonicDM

11-14-07, 01:46 PM

Not even http://121.165 working. but stil I am glad, that you nlindholm "can get it up". ;) just for your sake. hehe
I found what i was looking for so no lost.

demon.

Magic J

11-14-07, 09:47 PM

Can I put a CAT5 between the M5000 and the MyBook World ethernet port and communicate? If so, what type of setup needs to be done? Has anyone tried this?

craigdthom

12-05-07, 05:16 PM

Hello All,

I am currently using the M5000U with the f/w Ver 2.2.0A
Are we limited to the types of internet radio statios the TVIX will play.

I can play those from shoutcast, but below is the URL from my local radio station that streams their braodcast ... Is this at all possible to play this stream via the TVIX and if so ...HOW

h-tee-tee-pee://74.201.24.4:80/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_radioone-wpzefm?MSWMExt=.asf

Thanks in Advance
-Craig

nlindholm

12-06-07, 02:16 AM

Hi there,

Recieved alot of DVR-MS files from my dad the other day and tried to play them on
the M5000A. Sadly it didn't work. I am new to that format. I allways use MPEG and
DivX files and I was wondering if I do something wrong or if they're not supposed to
be playable on the TviX? How can I convert them so as to stream them? They don't
even play on my PC (XP home). I did just change the extension to MPG and I could
then watch them (though very stuttering sound and pic) on the PC but streaming
still didn't work. I can't use my DVD to iPod converter either. PLEASE HELP ME .....

/nick

jofa

12-06-07, 06:47 AM

originalsnuffy

12-06-07, 07:56 AM

nlindholm

12-10-07, 02:10 AM

nlindholm--

you have windows media center files. They can be converted with proper software. As I understand it, videoredo will convert these files but it has to be "activated" or run on a media with windows media center installed (this includes vista home premium).

Thanks for info snuffy:p. Found the sowftware

That sukks :confused:...i thought I would be able to reformat them into DVD
or something so I could watch them on my TV..: (any format really as long as
I can use my TviX):(

DemonicDM

03-05-08, 01:40 PM

nlindholm

03-06-08, 02:45 AM

Anyone else having problem with ftp speed after update? very low speed. I use wireless with excellent signal and topest speed. and yes.. i restarted tvix ftpserver and my router

edit

nop, tested with other firmware. Same problem.

Can I ask what version firmware we are talking about? I've got the 5000A
and haven't chenged in ages on the notion that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
sort of thing. Sorry for stealing the thread Demonic but haven't been on this
forum for a while and need to know if your update would work on my device
as well?:o

DemonicDM

03-06-08, 03:22 AM

Can I ask what version firmware we are talking about? I've got the 5000A
and haven't chenged in ages on the notion that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
sort of thing. Sorry for stealing the thread Demonic but haven't been on this
forum for a while and need to know if your update would work on my device
as well?:o

The problem isnt the latest update, it works fine. lates firmware is 2.2.7.
but i dont know why the speed of FTP is down from 18mbs to under 1 mbs.
now i am testing with 2.2.0 same problem. So it must be something with my Tvix..

originalsnuffy

03-06-08, 07:56 AM

After updates, it is possible to lose some settings you made before. I'd check out the network settings in the TVIX. I know I lost some critical settings in my 5000, and netshare stopped working for a while unit I realized the problem was no in my PC (where I had been focused) but in the TVIX itself.

DemonicDM

03-09-08, 12:44 PM

only ftp speed is problem. from 20 mbits/s to 1 mbits/s.

Vladas

03-23-08, 01:35 AM

Tvix don't plays internet radio. When I click on .m3u file, tvix buffering but not plays.

Noony

03-23-08, 07:51 AM

Vladas,

Copy the text below into a txt file then rename it to .m3u and see if this station works!

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,85.159.184.44:80
http://85.159.184.44:80

Vladas

03-23-08, 12:35 PM

Hi Noony,
I tryed. Tvix buffering and shuts down.
By my opinion, problem is in Dlink router LAN settings.

Vladas

03-24-08, 12:08 AM

In other forum I readied that firmware 2.2.7 has broken radio.
I "upgraded" back to 2.2.0 and now is all OK

DemonicDM

03-26-08, 10:41 PM

Something is wrong with 2.2.7. when it plays movies it also shows 3 line at upper right corner all the time.
like this
-
-
-

TPeterson

03-26-08, 10:48 PM

That's detritus from an OSD message. You can make it go away by pressing the pause/play key twice.

DemonicDM

04-02-08, 01:20 PM

That's detritus from an OSD message. You can make it go away by pressing the pause/play key twice.

Thanks for help, but its still a bug

TPeterson

04-02-08, 06:50 PM

Duh.

MichaGue

04-17-08, 02:25 AM

Hello,

thanks to the guys from http://www.opentvix.com now it is possible to change the whole GUI of a TViX. I did it with my M-5000 and now the userinterface looks pretty good.

You need a tool named tvixer ( http://wiki.opentvix.com/Tvixer ) to decrypt the firmware. After that you can change the graphics and encrypt the firmware again. Realy helpfull is the following discussion on opentvix ( http://forum.opentvix.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35 ).

You will see some pictures of my changed GUI on flickr ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/25673795@N05/ )

The new GUI is based on the firmware tvix_2.2.0_pal_eng.fwp. You can download it here:
http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=460697

Please keep in mind that you update your TViX at your own risk.

The used iconset can be downloaded here:
http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=460699

There is still one little problem in the GUI. In the main menu, by clicking the up/down button, the color of the text (VIDEO, AUDIO, PHOTO, ...) does not change, although the needed graphics is included. We will see if I can solve the problem in the next days.

Best regards,
Michael

MichaGue

04-17-08, 03:57 AM

Okay, the problem is solved. The graphic "img_star_all_181830.png" must use inicated colours.

You will find a fixed firmware here: http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=460735

Please keep in mind that you update your TViX at your own risk.

Best regards,
Michael

craigdthom

05-25-08, 07:59 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by craigdthom
Hello All,

I am currently using the M5000U with the f/w Ver 2.2.0A
Are we limited to the types of internet radio statios the TVIX will play.

I can play those from shoutcast, but below is the URL from my local radio station that streams their braodcast ... Is this at all possible to play this stream via the TVIX and if so ...HOW

h-tee-tee-pee://74.201.24.4:80/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_radioone-wpzefm?MSWMExt=.asf

Thanks in Advance
-Craig

No you can't play that. Only shoutcast streams. But you can of course have your PC to "re-stream" this stream to a shoutcast stream.
At least in theory. I have no guide for you how to.

/J

I'm still attempting to complete this "Theory"

Does anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this "ReStream" theory using softsqueeze

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=12413026&postcount=1928

-Craig

t0lik

05-31-08, 08:24 PM

I'm having issues using anything above 480P as an output to my Integra 9.8 processor via HDMI (using DVI-to-HDMI adapter and coax digital out for audio). When I select any other higher resolution, screen goes blank or shows frozen image from some directTV chanel (who knows why). Every other device I have connected to HDMI ports on Integra works perfectly (Directv receiver and PS3.. and some dvd players before PS3). Anyone have any idea why I cant use 720p or 1080i out?

VespaMan

06-01-08, 03:33 AM

I think that the set-up of the DVI is not compatible with your Integra.

I tried the 5000 with a Yamaha 3800, a Denon 3808, and finally an Onkyo 905 with the 5000, and of those, it was only the Yamaha that did fully work. The Denon had issues with the OSD, and the Onkyo did not work at all.
Mailing DVico, they said that they will not do any changes addressing this, saying something along the line that DVI is part of the problem. (I honestly think that it may be the fault of the AVP just as well, or a combination).

The 5100 and the 6500 with hdmi works better. (I have now a 6500, which works well with the 905 @ 1080p, but not (at least with my set-up) 1080i.

The tricky thing with hdmi, is that the source, the AVP and the screen all interacts, and in my case, I think that the 1080i failing may be because of bad EDID in my HDFury.

TxNate

07-04-08, 09:07 PM

I've had the M-5000 for over a year now and have played many videos (mostly avi) via an external USB HDD. It does not have an internal HDD.

I also had not upgraded the firmware as I had no reason to do so - everything worked fine.

About a month ago it just stopped playing video. Audio (mp3) and photos are played without a hitch. It reads USB HDD fine and sees the video files, it also reads the file name and when I select a video it says "Playing xxx.avi", but the the unit freezes and is unresponsive to any command except Power. I have to turn the unit off and back on. I've tried new video files and ones it had previously played with no problem.

I decided to upgrade the firmware to 2.1.0 and it upgraded without a problem, yet the video issue remains. I then downloaded firmware 1.8.5 and "downgraded" without a problem - still will not play video.

I'm praying it's not simply "broken" as it has not suffered any damage - just stopped playing video one day for no apparent reason. I do not want to have to pay for a brand new digital media player when this one SHOULD work.

If anyone has suggestions I would greatly appreciate any & all advise.

Thank you!

TPeterson

07-04-08, 09:24 PM

TxNate

07-04-08, 09:31 PM

Nate, it seems to me likely that something is broken in your TViX. Have you tried other video outputs than the one you've been using? If none of them work, then it may be that your TViX' main chip is faulty.

Video outs work fine, I've used all of them on multiple LCDs and the image is fine. Like I said, it plays music & displays images without any problems, but when I attempt to play a video file (e.g. avi, mpeg) it displays "Loading...<filename>" and locks up.

I presume if it's the main chip then I'm hosed? Does anyone do repairs on these in the US?

TPeterson

07-04-08, 11:04 PM

Sorry, I didn't take in the part about "photos" playing. Yes, if reloading the once-working firmware doesn't fix it, then my guess is that the CPU is faulty. I suggest that you contact your vendor to see what options you may have.

bianic

09-03-08, 01:24 AM

Hello. A couple of days ago i bought the m5100U

The major drawback is the total lack of support. It isn't plug and play how I hoped!

The site and manual does not cover many of my questions;

when I connect tvix to tv with an Ordinary (Composite) TV Output, I can't see anything on screen
despite I press the tv out button repeatly on my tvix remote control and also of my tv remote control;

Tvix displays message BOOT and the yellow light of power starts to flash.
What does it mean?

What can I do to resolve this trouble?

any help will be greatly appreciated :confused:

TPeterson

09-04-08, 12:14 AM

bianic--

Doesn't sound very good for your unit. I suggest that you have a conversation with your dealer about an RMA.

jofa

09-12-08, 05:41 AM

bianic:
Try to follow this and see if it helps:
http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq/FAQM5000Ufirst.aspx?act=RD&id=56&pg=0&CATID=3&SCATID=2

If i remember correct you can also create the tvixfw folder in the root of a usb stick and do the same thing.

Good luck
//Jofa

homan

09-29-08, 07:56 AM

I have a Tvix HD M 5000U with the latest firmware. I use my Tvix for music with an internal harddrive and for movies with an USB-Harddrive(Lacie 500 gig). Everything has worked fine untill I tried to play some avi-files from a new uploader. The files works fine playing on my computor but not on the Tvix. There is no sound(only a clicking anoying sound) and picture becomes a strutting slowmotion. The only thing that I can find different with his files is the audiofreq. which is 44.1 Khz allmost all my other working Avi-files has 48 Khz, but I have played 44.1 Khz with good result. Is it possible the reason for not working in my Tvix?, or is it a codecproblem? Due to the circumstances that all my avi files works fine in my Tvix but not his files, shows that it's nothing wrong with my Tvix or uploads etc. I have tried to download files from this uploader with 4 different occasions, and none of the files is playable. I can however watch them in my PC with XP home without the problems above! Help!

One problem that I have noticed with this files are VBR in AUDIO detected, which means Variabel bitrate which is not standard for an AVI-file, Maybe that makes my Tvix pissed!
//Homan

fredmontano

03-18-09, 08:05 PM

Okay, the problem is solved. The graphic "img_star_all_181830.png" must use inicated colours.

Please keep in mind that you update your TViX at your own risk.

Best regards,
Michael

I tried the previous file you posted and was able to use that modded firmware to my M400PA. However, as you said the problem with the main menu is still there. I then tried to download the fixed firmware but the problem is that the link is dead. :(

Can you please post an updated/working link for the fixed firmware?

Thanks

originalsnuffy

03-19-09, 09:16 AM

Anybody have any thoughts why a .ts file would have no audio on the 5000 but work fine on a popcorn hour?

originalsnuffy

05-06-09, 09:29 PM

Hi-jack posted some beta firmware for the 4000 (and therefore 5000,yes?) on his forums.

Anybody tried it yet?

It supposedly fixes the annoying three dots in the top right issue.

pbarlis

08-23-09, 09:32 PM

I bought my TVIX M-5000U used with a 300GB PATA HD already installed. I just recently purchased a new 750GB PATA HD for it and put it in but I can't get my computer to read it. I am not sure if its because I am now running windows vista or if I did not install the new HD right. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

TPeterson

08-23-09, 11:45 PM

I am not sure if...I did not install the new HD{D} right.How did you install the HDD? Did you format it either before inserting it into the box, or afterward by hooking the TViX up to your PC as a USB external HDD, or not at all? If the latter, that's your problem right there. ;)

pbarlis

08-23-09, 11:58 PM

How did you install the HDD? Did you format it either before inserting it into the box, or afterward by hooking the TViX up to your PC as a USB external HDD, or not at all? If the latter, that's your problem right there. ;)

Hey thanks so much for replying! Yeah... I just took the HDD out of the box and put it into the TVIX. I set the jumper to cable select instead of master. Then I connected the TVIX to my laptop via USB and my laptop won't recognize it. How do I format the HDD? It came with a cd but i'm not sure that's the way to go since my computer won't even recognize it.

TPeterson

08-24-09, 12:17 AM

Check Chapter 8 (pp 45ff) in the fine manual (ftp://ftp.dvico.com/Manual/TViX/M5000/2.0.5/TViX_M5000_English.pdf).

kungfooboi

01-15-10, 03:57 PM

Hi,

My tvix (M50000U) recently stopped connecting to the tv. It works fine and responds when connected to the computer, but it just won't recognize when connected to the television. When all the cables are connected to the television and I turn on the necessary switch on the tvix, it just says 'buffering' but nothing shows up on the television screen or the digital lettering/numbering screen located on the top of my tvix as well.

I am currently running on tvix 2.0.5 ntsc and have downloaded the latest 2.2.7 pal, but have yet to load it onto the tvix.

Please help!

ravs78

03-09-10, 07:29 AM

Dear all,

I've also created a new thread regarding my issue, but no answer so far. So I might get some information here:

"I've been trying and looking for on the net and user manuals how to set up NSF for playback files I have on my MacBook.

That's why I do have:
TViX M-5000A. Firmware 2.2.0.A
MacBook with MAC OS 10.5
NFS Manager 3.3

I've added within the NFS Manager the folder I want to share under NFS Server section, Share Definitions part. The folder is called /Users/my_name/Music/mp3. In the Options, I've checked "Share Read Only". On User Mapping, I've tried all four options (with no success).

When I test the server, via the NFS Manager, everything is Ok.

On the TViX, I've indicated the name of the server (the same I see in NFS Server when testing: my_name-mackbook) and the corresponding IP address.

When I try to connect to it, I get: Error - Unable to connect to disk.

Can some body help please ??? I don’t know what I’m doing wrong :-S

P.S. I'd like to do this without any configuration via the CLI."

Cheers,

-- rafael

originalsnuffy

09-04-10, 11:14 PM

If anybody still fools with these old devices.....

I am thinking or removing the 750gb drive from my 5000 and selling it on ebay (they still have value it seems). I would still want to use the device. I have a 500gb SATA drive lying around.

Anybody have experience putting a sata drive in these units (using a SATA to IDE adaptor)? Or in the parallel (IDE) version of the 4000? I ask about the 4000 only because I can remove the drive from that and put it into the 5000 if it turns out to be easier to retrofit a SATA drive with the IDE/SATA adaptor.

Thanks. (I did do a search and nothing came up in this thread).