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post #121 of 557
8/6/10 at 12:32pm
Does the FHD support PGS subtitles in MKV?
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post #122 of 557
8/6/10 at 1:15pm
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Does the FHD support PGS subtitles in MKV?

Upload a sample that includes that type of subtitle to www.rapidshare.com , pm me with the link , and I will then test it for you.. Cannot say better than that can I?

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Teddy
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post #123 of 557
8/8/10 at 5:00am
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

Upload a sample that includes that type of subtitle to www.rapidshare.com , pm me with the link , and I will then test it for you.. Cannot say better than that can I?

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Teddy

Here is a PGS mkv sample to test:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dmyi2i5outt
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post #124 of 557
8/8/10 at 10:03am
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Originally Posted by dbone1026 View Post

Here is a PGS mkv sample to test:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dmyi2i5outt

Damian,

I tested your file on the VMP75 and it didn't show any subtitles. However, I can say that it does show at least some PGS subtitles in the m2ts files even so they are not listed as supported. Look at my test results here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...1#post19020021
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post #125 of 557
8/8/10 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by Hoary View Post

Damian,

I tested your file on the VMP75 and it didn't show any subtitles. However, I can say that it does show at least some PGS subtitles in the m2ts files even so they are not listed as supported. Look at my test results here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...1#post19020021

Getting support for PGS files in mkvs is relatively new. Both the Dune and PCH just added, so hopefully soon it will be standard across all the media players to support.

The next issue on th topic of subtitles, does the Nixeus respect forced subtitle track flags in mkvs (seems like most players don't although hopefully this will get fixed soon)?
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post #126 of 557
8/8/10 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by dbone1026 View Post

Here is a PGS mkv sample to test:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dmyi2i5outt

Tested the file , it plays but without the subtitles.

If you would like to send me a sample of similar with forced subs I will try that also for you..

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Teddy
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post #127 of 557
8/9/10 at 10:47am
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Nixeus have now released the latest Beta of the firmware for the Fusion HD.

Please report any comments/issues either here or at the Yahoo group.

Details of where it can be downloaded from can be found here..

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nixeus_Fusion/files


Changelog:

Nixeus HD Firmware v01.11.12.17.37 Beta

This beta has been tested by Teddystacker and appears to work well.
Please post your comments/feedback at the Yahoo group or AVS thread.

1) Support added for "sort by date" - at this time, only single files are sorted by date - this is a VERY useful feature if you have a download directory with 100's of un-sorted files in it.It allows instant access to the most recent file.I know of no other media player that has this feature.

2) Support for "My Favorites" added this works on USB, HDD and network shares.At this time only single files are supported but hopefully Folder support will be added in a later firmware.To use this, browse to the file you want to bookmark using the file browser , then go to the options on the right hand pane , click on the star , and that file will be bookmarked.The go back to the main page and click on the Yellow star , you can then play your file directly from there.

3) Support BD ISO playback - BD-Lite Support now added ,it is hoped that this feature will again be added to in a later firmware.

4) Copy and delete feature from USB or HDD is now working again (see page 42 of the manual for full details).This was broken in the last beta firmware release.

5) Fixed date setting issue when first booting.
6) Fixed DVD menu not exiting correctly when USB removed.
7) Fixed DVD menu issue.
8) Fixed RSS "Value recording limit exceeded The following were not recorded" issue
9) Fixed YouTube homepage issue.
10) Better Twitter Support.
11) Rudimentary PAL TV System support - this is accessed via cycling through the "TV OUTPUT" options on the remote control , there is no option in the setup menu as yet , this will be added later.
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post #128 of 557
8/9/10 at 7:02pm
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

Nixeus have now released the latest Beta of the firmware for the Fusion HD.

Please report any comments/issues either here or at the Yahoo group.

Details of where it can be downloaded from can be found here..

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nixeus_Fusion/files


Changelog:

Nixeus HD Firmware v01.11.12.17.37 Beta

This beta has been tested by Teddystacker and appears to work well.
Please post your comments/feedback at the Yahoo group or AVS thread.

1) Support added for "sort by date" - at this time, only single files are sorted by date - this is a VERY useful feature if you have a download directory with 100's of un-sorted files in it.It allows instant access to the most recent file.I know of no other media player that has this feature.

2) Support for "My Favorites" added this works on USB, HDD and network shares.At this time only single files are supported but hopefully Folder support will be added in a later firmware.To use this, browse to the file you want to bookmark using the file browser , then go to the options on the right hand pane , click on the star , and that file will be bookmarked.The go back to the main page and click on the Yellow star , you can then play your file directly from there.

3) Support BD ISO playback - slightly improved , this feature will again be added to in a later firmware.

4) Copy and delete feature from USB or HDD is now working again (see page 42 of the manual for full details).This was broken in the last beta firmware release.

5) Fixed date setting issue when first booting.
6) Fixed DVD menu not exiting correctly when USB removed.
7) Fixed DVD menu issue.
8) Fixed RSS "Value recording limit exceeded The following were not recorded" issue
9) Fixed YouTube homepage issue.
10) Better Twitter Support.
11) Rudimentary PAL TV System support - this is accessed via cycling through the "TV OUTPUT" options on the remote control , there is no option in the setup menu as yet , this will be added later.
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Thanks Teddy...
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post #129 of 557
8/9/10 at 7:09pm
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

At The current time I don't think you will beat the $199+free ship+ Free HDMI cable these guys are offering:

http://www.xpcgear.com/nixeus-fusion...FQNHnQodFiGs4Q

There is also someone on Ebay a few cents cheaper with the same deal..


Regards,

Teddy

Cool... I also found this place selling it for a similar deal...

http://pc4usa.com/nixeus-fusion-hd-n...ia-player.aspx
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post #130 of 557
8/10/10 at 3:27am
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

Copy and delete feature from USB or HDD is now working again (see page 42 of the manual for full details).This was broken in the last beta firmware release.

There must be a newer manual than the one I got, mine only has 25 pages.
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post #131 of 557
8/10/10 at 3:48am
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Originally Posted by Shadowz View Post

There must be a newer manual than the one I got, mine only has 25 pages.

Yes there is , just check the Yahoo group in my sig , its a wealth of info :-)

Regards,

Teddy
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post #132 of 557
8/10/10 at 5:00am
Has anyone tested if the Fusion supports mkvs with header compression? I know it was discussed earlier but no one tested from what i can see. I tested on a couple of players already. For the Dune it works, for the PCH you need to have the latest beta RC2 fw for the mkv to play (hopefully public fw will be out shortly). You can see more information on header compression here:

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010...-side-effects/
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post #133 of 557
8/10/10 at 5:06am
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

3) Support BD ISO playback - slightly improved , this feature will again be added to in a later firmware.

What has improved ? Is it fully BD-Lite (ie. subtitle and audio tracks selectable during iso playback ) now ?
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post #134 of 557
8/10/10 at 5:14am
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Originally Posted by dbone1026 View Post

Has anyone tested if the Fusion supports mkvs with header compression? I know it was discussed earlier but no one tested from what i can see. I tested on a couple of players already. For the Dune it works, for the PCH you need to have the latest beta RC2 fw for the mkv to play (hopefully public fw will be out shortly). You can see more information on header compression here:

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010...-side-effects/

No, its not supported as yet.The test file you supplied has been passed onto the Nixeus engineers to see if support can be added.

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Teddy
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post #135 of 557
8/10/10 at 5:23am
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

No, its not supported as yet.The test file you supplied has been passed onto the Nixeus engineers to see if support can be added.

Regards

Teddy

Thanks. So for mkvs the following support hopefully will be added or still needs to be confirmed:

- PGS subtitle - not supported currently
- MKV chapter support - has anyone confirmed?
- IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle support - has anyone confirmed
- forced subtitles, does Nixeus respect?
- header compression - not supported currently
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post #136 of 557
8/10/10 at 5:27am
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Originally Posted by dbone1026 View Post

Thanks. So for mkvs the following support hopefully will be added or still needs to be confirmed:

- PGS subtitle - not supported currently
- MKV chapter support - has anyone confirmed?
- IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle support - has anyone confirmed
- forced subtitles, does Nixeus respect?
- header compression - not supported currently

If you supply sample files of these , I will gladly test for you.

- MKV chapter support
- IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle support

Just to be fair , the spec of the Nixeus does not advertise any of the above as supported..

Regards,

Teddy
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post #137 of 557
8/10/10 at 7:18am
Nixeus support has been great. If there is a file you want tested, either email them yourself or post a link here and like Teddy said, he can pass it along or someone can if he is not available.
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post #138 of 557
8/10/10 at 7:27am
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

If you supply sample files of these , I will gladly test for you.

- MKV chapter support
- IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle support

Just to be fair , the spec of the Nixeus does not advertise any of the above as supported..

Regards,

Teddy

No worries, not knocking the Nixeus, just trying to determine where it stands versus other players in regards to mkv support, and if not supported then hopefully can be passed along to the developers as a feature request. For mkv users (which are a large majority of the folks that use these types of players) the items I had listed above are usually high on the priority list

As far as chapter support, the files I have would be too big. One way to test, use MakeMKV and create an mkv from either a DVD or BluRay. When you play back on the Nixeus you can then test to see if chapters work, as MakeMKV will automatically generate/mux in the chapters. Most media players these days support mkv chapters, but I know there are a few that don't currently.

I will see if I can get a sample of 1080p subs as well as forced tracks
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post #139 of 557
8/10/10 at 7:42am
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

If you supply sample files of these , I will gladly test for you.

- MKV chapter support
- IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle support

Just to be fair , the spec of the Nixeus does not advertise any of the above as supported..

Regards,

Teddy

Yeah, that's good news, right? I know for sure Dune 3.0 doesn't support MKV chapter and IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle either. And that's all I need now for a decent media player.
One more thing needs to be confirmed. Does Nixeus Fusion HD support UTF-8 subtitles? Thanks.
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post #140 of 557
8/10/10 at 7:45am
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Originally Posted by Elpee View Post

Yeah, that's good news, right? I know for sure Dune 3.0 doesn't support MKV chapter and IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle either. And that's all I need now for a decent media player.
One more thing needs to be confirmed. Does Nixeus Fusion HD support UTF-8 subtitles? Thanks.

UTF-8 subtitles - no idea to be honest , but again if you supply a sample I will gladly test it for u

Regards

Teddy
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post #141 of 557
8/10/10 at 7:46am
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Yeah, that's good news, right? I know for sure Dune 3.0 doesn't support MKV chapter and IDX/SUB Hi Res (i.e. 1080p) subtitle either. And that's all I need now for a decent media player.
One more thing needs to be confirmed. Does Nixeus Fusion HD support UTF-8 subtitles? Thanks.

Correct, the Dune does not support mkv chapters (I have passed this along so hopefully it will get fixed). I have not found one player yet that supports 1080p IDX/SUB subtitles (outside of HTPCs of course), and not sure this will ever be supported since IDX/SUB subtitles are really for SD DVDs (480p) and now many players are supporting hi res subtitles in the form of PGS (1080p)
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post #142 of 557
8/10/10 at 8:49am
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

UTF-8 subtitles - no idea to be honest , but again if you supply a sample I will gladly test it for u

Regards

Teddy

Never mind. Thank you, Teddy. I know it supports English/ German/ French/ Italian/ Spanish/ Portuguese/ Turkish/ Nederlands/ Serbian/ Hebrew/ Traditional Chinese/ Russian/ Swedish/ Polish/ Czech/ Simplified Chinese/ Japanese (Korean coming soon).
When I tried to test streaming a high bitrate blu-ray rip (>40Mbps) over my gig network, Dune 3.0 played very smoothly, but my WDTV Live got stuttering every 5-6s. How about Fusion HD? Any confirmation? I believe Fusion HD and WDTV Live have the same chip Sigma 8655.
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post #143 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:07pm
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Originally Posted by wagabond View Post

What has improved ? Is it fully BD-Lite (ie. subtitle and audio tracks selectable during iso playback ) now ?

To be honest I don't really know what is officially classed as "BD-Lite , as I read different things in different places that I frequent.Let me explain how this works in the latest beta firmware and then maybe you can tell me if you consider this as "BD-Lite".

1) I created a .iso from a BR disk I own using Imgburn.
2) I Copied this to the FHD.
3) When you hit play a diaglogue box now pops up asking you "Do you wish to play the largest file on the disk" ,

If you say "YES" then the main title of the .iso starts to play automatically.While it is playing , you can hit the "Subtitle" button on the FHD remote and select which subtitle track and Audio track you wish.Once you exit the subtitle screen, the FHD reloads the file and then plays the different audio track and displays the subs.

If you say "No" then then the browser shows the directory structure of the .iso and you have to manually navigate to the .m2ts file you want to play.Again, once selected you can then select any alternate audio or subtitle track.

Do you think this qualfies as "BD-Lite"?

Please feel free to ask any other questions..

Regards

Teddy
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post #144 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:09pm
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

To be honest I don't really know what is officially classed as "BD-Lite , as I read different things in different places that I frequent.Let me explain how this works in the latest beta firmware and then maybe you can tell me if you consider this as "BD-Lite".

1) I created a .iso from a BR disk I own using Imgburn.
2) I Copied this to the FHD.
3) When you hit play a diaglogue box now pops up asking you "Do you wish to play the largest file on the disk" ,

If you say "YES" then the main title of the .iso starts to play automatically.While it is playing , you can hit the "Subtitle" button on the FHD remote and select which subtitle track and Audio track you wish.Once you exit the subtitle screen, the FHD reloads the file and then plays the different audio track and displays the subs.

If you say "No" then then the browser shows the directory structure of the .iso and you have to manually navigate to the .m2ts file you want to play.Again, once selected you can then select any alternate audio or subtitle track.

Do you think this qualfies as "BD-Lite"?

Please feel free to ask any other questions..

Regards

Teddy

So what happens for a Blu Ray that is seamless branched (i.e. the main movie is made up of multiple m2ts files)?
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post #145 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:10pm
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Originally Posted by Elpee View Post

Never mind. Thank you, Teddy. I know it supports English/ German/ French/ Italian/ Spanish/ Portuguese/ Turkish/ Nederlands/ Serbian/ Hebrew/ Traditional Chinese/ Russian/ Swedish/ Polish/ Czech/ Simplified Chinese/ Japanese (Korean coming soon).
When I tried to test streaming a high bitrate blu-ray rip (>40Mbps) over my gig network, Dune 3.0 played very smoothly, but my WDTV Live got stuttering every 5-6s. How about Fusion HD? Any confirmation? I believe Fusion HD and WDTV Live have the same chip Sigma 8655.

I could not fully test this myself for you , as the highest bitrate file I could find was a uncompressed .mvk of 24Mpbs - but it did play perfectly over my wired lan.

If anyone can point me to a >40Mbps file , then I will gladly test for you.But so far there have been no reports of any stuttering at all by Nixeus FHD users...

Regards,

Teddy
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post #146 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:14pm
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So what happens for a Blu Ray that is seamless branched (i.e. the main movie is made up of multiple m2ts files)?

Wow you guys sure give me a workout don't you? , I have to admit normally I like to spend more time watching stuff on my FHD than testings stuff :-)

I am glad that my wife did not ask me this many questions before she married me ha ha ha

I will look thru the few BR disks I have to see if I have one and report back..

Regards..
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post #147 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:15pm
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

I could not fully test this myself for you , as the highest bitrate file I could find was a uncompressed .mvk of 24Mpbs - but it did play perfectly over my wired lan.

If anyone can point me to a >40Mbps file , then I will gladly test for you.But so far there have been no reports of any stuttering at all by Nixeus FHD users...

Regards,

Teddy

Teddy,

Please feel free to test out:

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird90.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird80.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird70.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird60.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird50.mkv

from both wired network and also internal HD, and let us know
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post #148 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:15pm
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Originally Posted by teddystacker View Post

Wow you guys sure give me a workout don't you? , I have to admit normally I like to spend more time watching stuff on my FHD than testings stuff :-)

I am glad that my wife did not ask me this many questions before she married me ha ha ha

I will look thru the few BR disks I have to see if I have one and report back..

Regards..

Haha, no worries. From testing and reviewing a variety of players I have a list of questions that I typically get asked.
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post #149 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:17pm
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Teddy,

Please feel free to test out:

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird90.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird80.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird70.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird60.mkv

http://www.nmtfiles.info/DVD5Test/Bi...ing/bird50.mkv

from both wired network and also internal HD, and let us know

The infamous bird test, could you imagine what the ground looked like below where these birds flew over
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post #150 of 557
8/10/10 at 12:22pm
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The infamous bird test, could you imagine what the ground looked like below where these birds flew over

Off topic, but the 'real' infamous bird test is the one with 16 reference frames (the files linked above are ones with 4 reference frames)

I think FHD shouldn't have issue with the 16ref sample since WDTV Live plays it without problem, and both are based on same chipset.

What would be interesting is if the FHD plays it (the 16 ref sample) over wired network properly (WDTV Live doesn't). If it does, they may have a different networking stack compared to the stock one which comes with Sigma SDK.. Will try to test out if I go hands-on with one of the units
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