Latest Ceton InfiniTV 4 Info Thread - Page 52

Yeah, no fix for the pixelation problem.

The issue must be a tough one to solve. Could be a PlayReady issue since it seems to be on copy once content.

Weird thing is that it isn't apparent as other times. Some premium channels would have the pixelation strip once a minute or so. Other times it will be fine for 20 minutes. For example, I flipped on a movie on HBO2 HD as I typed this and within 2 minutes got a pixelization strip. Waited another 10 minutes before hitting submit and haven't seen another one.

Who knows.

After a week or so with my PCIe version I am overall very very happy. I do get the no tuners available or subscription required message every now and again. Usually it will fix itself but occasionally with require a restart. The only frustrating part is the times it seems it locks up is with the no tuners message and it won't let me out of it and go back to the guide or even main WMC screen to look at diagnostics, all I can do is go to recorded TV. All in all I would buy again in an istant. I really like $2.50 vs. $40+ for four tuners from the cable company.

I have the same pixelation issues on the premium channels as well. HBO/Starz/Showtime etc.. it does it every couple minutes for me..

How long will it be before we see a fix for the Media Center Ceton Diagnostics page showing the correct computers assigned to a tuner.
Seems like an easy fix. There hasn't been a software update since last October. Any other software company would have fixed such an obvious flaw within a week. Kind of sucks that us with a pcie version have to wait for ceton to figure out that usb fiasco before we see a software update.

I still have issues with Diagnostics taking forever to find the tuner, even though it's currently in use - seems like there's a relation to it's use and being found; usure of why it wouldn't immediately be found if I'm using it to watch TV at the same time.

I'm sure it's pretty hectic with Ceton right now - USB rebooting issue is probably their top priority at this point (and rightly so); hopefully following those resolutions they can work on the pixelation issue and then any other lower priority issues with diagnostics.

I tend to feel the same. Seems like the support for their original product has been falling behind since the release of their latest products. Hopefully they don't release anything at CES... or we'll be waiting another year for pixelation fix

Eric, All: Well it happened again last night. Started up the PC and no tuners found message in WMS. Reboot PC again did not help. Pull power off the Ceton and bingo, tuners right on line again.

Question: Is doing a full shutdown of the PC with the USB CetonInf4 still powered contributing to this issue? Maybe a no-no or maybe some PC settings I need to change? Have had no failures while running, no dropped recordings etc.

Ditto here ... I'm 28 days into my NewEgg 30 day return policy; trying to plead with them to do a straight up swap for the PCI-Express version. Otherwise I guess I'll return for refund and see if they will at least waive re-stocking fee. For some reason the USB version is about $30 cheaper right now, so I'll probably have to pay the difference.

The best NewEgg could do for me was waive the re-stocking fee and issue a refund. I have to ship back at my expense and re-buy the PCI-e version.

So what issues can I expect moving the already-paired CableCARD to the new tuner ? Can it be re-paired with new tuner (or does it even need to be?), or should I swap it out for a new CableCARD while I'm waiting ? (Cox, Phoenix)

You're gonna have to call the cable company to have it un-paired and repaired to your new device. Might as well wait until you get the PCIe version so you can do it all in one call. Just tell them you exchanged tuners, and need to unpair the cablecard from the old device and repair it to the new one.

If they start getting confused, tell them your TIVO died and you bought a new one.

Had a weird one last night. Was watching TV through a 360 extender and up comes "no tuner to satisfy your request" or something close to that. Weird thing was the audio of the show still played and there were no conflicts.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/c...nder-hands-on/

Should be a good competition to the Dish DVR that was announced at CES as well.

I get that one from time to time as well. Seems like the Ceton needs to reboot (not the computer, just the Ceton) occasionally, this is the first time. If I wait 10 mins or so, it will come back. Go into the card diagnostics and I'll see that it rebooted (PCIE version).

OMG, please, oh please, let it have good media compatiblity. I'll sell all my XB360s in a heartbeat and buy these, almost regardless of the cost, if they will play media files and live TV well.

The XB360 is very good at live TV. MKVs, not so much.

Wow, that Echo could be a game changer if it works as advertised and is priced right.

Nice work Ceton, now if you could just give me unallocated tuner pooling on my pci-e tuner...

If you can add xbmc/plex etc to it and it streams media well i am sold!

Edit: and it is funny because a few days ago I asked eric if they had and plans for an extender and he never responded so i had my doubts, but they did!

Rest assured that we understand format compatibility is important, and we fully expect to be compatible with all popular formats (ie, stuff that does not play on the 360 should play on us)

Re: Not responding, unfortunately, sometimes I'm put in a position where I really can't say what I do and don't know. This has been one of those times. Speaking of which, there's a few nifty features that I don't see mentioned in the Engadget article - I need to see if I can share those with you. Should be able to find out in a bit.

That would be really sweet - especially at the right price! The Engadget article says 2012, and I know these things are notoriously hard to pin down, but can you refine that down to a half/quarter of the year?

Great to hear, and the more info the better. Thanks again!

Doh! Now we know why the bugs in their current products are not getting fixed. They are putting most of their resources into developing a new Ceton DVR and extender.

What a tease!

Eric, I posted a question in the other thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1386351

I'm pointing it out in case you haven't see that thread, maybe we can keep/move discussion of your new DVR/Extender there? There are (probably) a lot of SageTV users who are looking for a multi-room system with good media support and have been disappointed to not find anything. If your extender does have good format support and can work with other tuners it could get a good number of SageTV refugees.

Thanks ... does the CableCARD need to physically remain in the USB tuner for the "unpairing", and then be switched to the PCI-e tuner for the re-pairing, or can it be in the PCI-e for the whole time ?

This is truly a game changer if it can handle all my MKV's and TV. To think I was so fed up with the xbox that I added a second HTPC.

I hope one of those features is native automatic commercial skipping that works well and you don't have to mess with it much to get working. Yea I know probably not going to happen but I can dream.

Agreed, losing the ability to have commercial skip is my principal concern with the new box.

I also get this pixelation issue all the time with my PCie Ceton Tuner. Last I heard they were looking into it but that was in Nov. 2011. Erickotz any chance we could get an update on this as it appears numerous users are still experiencing the problem?

Although that would be impressive, I don't see how this could possibly work with copy once content (which is very prevalent with TWC) as the recordings can't be altered, no? If so, I couldn't see Ceton putting effort into it... let's hope I'm wrong!

All the commercial skipping software has to do is analyze the file and create a separate file (such as .xml) that has the skip location timestamps defined. The player would use that file to automatically skip to the correct location in the show. I think that is similar to what the programs do anyway, they just have trouble analyzing the .wtv files.