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post #661 of 3441
3/31/08 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by TPeterson View Post

1.2.13 isn't "official" either, as it's just intended for the designated beta testers (for whom there was a change log ). When DViCo posts a new firmware officially, they put a change log on their website in the proper firmware download section. I don't see that it's legitimate to complain that they don't release information about codes that they don't want you to use anyway!

i understand what you are saying...but even internally...and not-for-public----1.1 to 1.2 without something inbetween actually released...seems odd for them ...
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post #662 of 3441
3/31/08 at 7:22pm
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Originally Posted by Bloodsack View Post

Well I've picked up my Tvix 6500 3rd batch with heat sink unit. I haven't tested it yet. I've been putting all my stuff back on it. I bought a new 750gig HDD to go with it. Been transfering files for over a hour now and so far the unit isn't very hot at all. With my older one it would be hot enough to cook a egg on it.

So far,so good(knock on wood) **

waiting for those all important mkvhd's to be tested?

mine's been running for 2 hours now w/o a heat sink...and it's lukewarm....it's good you got that screwed up one replaced...
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post #663 of 3441
3/31/08 at 7:26pm
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Originally Posted by hoangpv View Post

Hi,

I just bought a Tvix 6500A, which played *.mkv and *.iso OK. It also play DVD directly from my slim USB-DVD connected to the 6500's USB 2.0 port. The only problem so far is that every time I eject a DVD from the drive and insert a new one, the USB icon is disabled so I cannot access the USB-DVD (the USB-DVD is still powered, but not played). I have to unplug the USB cable, and replug, and the 6500A recognizes the USB-DVD again. It is quite annoying inserting the disk, unplug and replug all the time. Does anyone have a trick / workaround for this issue that can help me? Thank you very much.

hoangpv

and you are running the latest fw? they mentioned something about compatibility in the latest to-do list

i have been using an external bluray in a usb case without issues
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post #664 of 3441
3/31/08 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by Bloodsack View Post

I'm still getting mkvhd's going black and then the unit freezes? on 2 files it stopped in the same place. I tried them on my pc and they work fine......so I quess what I'm tying to ask is.....would a firmware update fix these to play without stopping on my tvix?


i agree with the suggestion to supply a sample

get ahold of mkvmerge gui and you can extract a small piece of the offending video very easily (use google)

you should also use your player on the pc side and get some stats as to bitrate/codec/framerate etc etc
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post #665 of 3441
3/31/08 at 7:44pm
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Originally Posted by sgeorge999 View Post

i understand what you are saying...but even internally...and not-for-public----1.1 to 1.2 without something inbetween actually released...seems odd for them ...

They've never explained their numbering system to me and I've never actually tried to decipher it. Suffice to say, they're not American programmers and they don't necessarily follow American-programmer conventions and customs. (Another Korean company with which I've dealt didn't bother with changing version numbers on non-major code revisions at all until their American partners complained about how confusing it was for them)

It's just a number--don't over interpret it.
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post #666 of 3441
4/1/08 at 12:06am
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Originally Posted by TPeterson View Post

Files that reproducibly misbehave are very likely amenable to a firmware fix. The question is "how soon?" You can increase the likelihood of that fix appearing quickly by supplying DViCo with a short sample that demonstrates the misbehavior. Is that possible for these?

I made a sample. I looked on the DViCo site and don't know where or who to send it too?
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post #667 of 3441
4/1/08 at 7:42am
The 3rd Revision TVIX M-6500A is now in stock and shipping!

Overheating, USB and HDD problems fixed.

http://www.onlybestrated.com/tvix-m6...635-p-172.html

Glad that's the one I'm getting. being shipped today. can't wait. This will replace my 4100
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post #668 of 3441
4/1/08 at 8:15am
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Originally Posted by Raven_ View Post

The 2nd Revision TVIX M-6500A is now in stock and shipping!

Overheating, USB and HDD problems fixed.

http://www.onlybestrated.com/tvix-m6...635-p-172.html

Glad that's the one I'm getting. being shipped today. can't wait. This will replace my 4100

The 3rd batch....yup I got mine
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post #669 of 3441
4/1/08 at 8:21am
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Originally Posted by Bloodsack View Post

The 3rd batch....yup I got mine

oups, yeah edited

How do you find your 3rd revision? all problems solved or almost?
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post #670 of 3441
4/1/08 at 9:03am
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Originally Posted by Bloodsack View Post

I made a sample {of a 6500A misbehaving file}. I looked on the DViCo site and don't know where or who to send it too?

Register on the FAQ/Q&A site and post saying that you have an example of a problem file type for the M-6500A. Describe what goes wrong when you play it and ask for instructions to upload it to the DViCo FTP.
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post #671 of 3441
4/1/08 at 9:46am
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Originally Posted by Raven_ View Post

oups, yeah edited

How do you find your 3rd revision? all problems solved or almost?

I think the one they got is the 3rd batch. The clocks works and the heat problem is gone. I'm only having some mkv files not work right. Other then that it works good.
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post #672 of 3441
4/1/08 at 9:48am
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Originally Posted by TPeterson View Post

Register on the FAQ/Q&A site and post saying that you have an example of a problem file type for the M-6500A. Describe what goes wrong when you play it and ask for instructions to upload it to the DViCo FTP.


Thanks. I found that faq and emailed them about my problem. I never ftp'ed in my life and wouldn't know how too? I did tell them how should I go about getting it to them?
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post #673 of 3441
4/1/08 at 12:32pm
Ok, had issues with random lockups...that I’m rather sure were _NOT_ strictly heat issues.

New 500G Cuda from Segate and it works great. Haven’t had a lock up yet. Fan now set back down to normal and even after 2 hours unit is not more than warm to touch...

SO spending the cash for a good drive seems to be a good move (as usual) Also, have yet to try a quality USB drive but the cheap USB drives I did try gave the same results as the old buggy internal... so I suspect when I do find a good one it will work fine.

TP or Raven – Is there a way to tell from the outside if it is 1st 2nd or 3rd batch?
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post #674 of 3441
4/1/08 at 12:42pm
Oh and maybe something new but I see Beta versions at 1.2.2 ,1.2.3 and 1.2.23
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post #675 of 3441
4/1/08 at 2:04pm
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Originally Posted by rndthought View Post

Ok, had issues with random lockups...that I'm rather sure were _NOT_ strictly heat issues.

New 500G Cuda from Segate and it works great. Haven't had a lock up yet. Fan now set back down to normal and even after 2 hours unit is not more than warm to touch...

SO spending the cash for a good drive seems to be a good move (as usual) Also, have yet to try a quality USB drive but the cheap USB drives I did try gave the same results as the old buggy internal... so I suspect when I do find a good one it will work fine.

TP or Raven - Is there a way to tell from the outside if it is 1st 2nd or 3rd batch?


i have been using all sorts of wacky usb cases (20 at last count) all with 750s, 500, 320s, 2 400 IDE, some 250s

azio, old maxtor, antec, hell, I have even used usb cable converters like the one granite makes, 2.5 drives external cases, WD my books, iomega...all sorts...and ALL work ...the only thing is that the 6500 unlike the 4100 doesn't like "extended" partitions
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post #676 of 3441
4/1/08 at 2:05pm
is there going to be anyway to retrofit the improvements to the older rev unit?
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post #677 of 3441
4/1/08 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by sgeorge999 View Post

i have been using all sorts of wacky usb cases...and ALL work....

Same here. I found some USB flash drives that didn't get recognized, but after I sent samples to DViCo they found and fixed that problem too.
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post #678 of 3441
4/1/08 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by sgeorge999 View Post

is there going to be anyway to retrofit the improvements to the older rev unit?

Last I read from DViCo's website, they plan to replace all of the early units with the improved ones.
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post #679 of 3441
4/1/08 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by rndthought View Post

TP or Raven - Is there a way to tell from the outside if it is 1st 2nd or 3rd batch?

Dunno, since I've not seen anything but an original-batch unit.

Kei would know though.
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post #680 of 3441
4/1/08 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by rndthought View Post

Oh and maybe something new but I see Beta versions at 1.2.2 ,1.2.3 and 1.2.23


Where do you see these at?
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post #681 of 3441
4/1/08 at 11:30pm
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Originally Posted by TPeterson View Post

Kei would know though.

Actually, I wouldn't be able to by sight. I would ask your vendor, they should be able to tell by serial number. We haven't received the new units yet, and DVICO will announce how they will take care of updates shortly.
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post #682 of 3441
4/2/08 at 6:33am
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Originally Posted by spinsic View Post

Where do you see these at?

At the bottom of the page... Dates are way old so don't know what's up with that...
http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/support/betafirmware.aspx

If the link doesn't work go to the tvix.co.kr website > Downlaod > Beta...
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post #683 of 3441
4/2/08 at 6:40am
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Originally Posted by TPeterson View Post

Same here. I found some USB flash drives that didn't get recognized, but after I sent samples to DViCo they found and fixed that problem too.

Oh also forgot to mention, before I was doing FAT32 now using NTFS... This is probably the main reason everything works now.
No more borrowing things from my MAC friends...
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post #684 of 3441
4/2/08 at 8:47am
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Originally Posted by sgeorge999 View Post

...the only thing is that the 6500 unlike the 4100 doesn't like "extended" partitions

??? Thinking that maybe this was the key to some people's problems, I used Partition Magic to convert a primary partition to a logical one inside an extended partition...and the M-6500A liked it just fine. How are you creating yours that don't work? (I have found that HDD formatted as system drives for Thinkpads aren't recognized by TViX when put into USB enclosures and used as-is, but I expect that has to do with the funky hidden IBM "system recovery" stuff on the drive, which one probably wants to get rid of via reformatting anyway, as it's just taking up space)
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post #685 of 3441
4/2/08 at 8:50am
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Originally Posted by rndthought View Post

At the bottom of the page... Dates are way old so don't know what's up with that...
http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/support/betafirmware.aspx

If the link doesn't work go to the tvix.co.kr website > Downlaod > Beta...

Those are misplaced fw images for the M-4100. Don't try to load them into the M-6500A--if you were to succeed you'd almost certainly turn the box into a doorstop.
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post #686 of 3441
4/2/08 at 9:29am
Can someone please tell me where to send my sample of my MKV that turns my tvix black screen then freezes?
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post #687 of 3441
4/2/08 at 2:37pm
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Originally Posted by TPeterson View Post

??? Thinking that maybe this was the key to some people's problems, I used Partition Magic to convert a primary partition to a logical one inside an extended partition...and the M-6500A liked it just fine. How are you creating yours that don't work? (I have found that HDD formatted as system drives for Thinkpads aren't recognized by TViX when put into USB enclosures and used as-is, but I expect that has to do with the funky hidden IBM "system recovery" stuff on the drive, which one probably wants to get rid of via reformatting anyway, as it's just taking up space)

I used windows to format a 750g pata drive into 7 logical partitions for my mvix. My 6500 couldn't recognize any of it. I had to reformat using primary partitions for tvix to see it. I think I read in the manual that the 6500 can detect up to 4 partitions, which is the maximum number of primary you can have on a single drive. I've had no luck with logical partitions...
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post #688 of 3441
4/2/08 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by TPeterson View Post

??? Thinking that maybe this was the key to some people's problems, I used Partition Magic to convert a primary partition to a logical one inside an extended partition...and the M-6500A liked it just fine. How are you creating yours that don't work? (I have found that HDD formatted as system drives for Thinkpads aren't recognized by TViX when put into USB enclosures and used as-is, but I expect that has to do with the funky hidden IBM "system recovery" stuff on the drive, which one probably wants to get rid of via reformatting anyway, as it's just taking up space)



just normal administrative tools in control panel, extended partition, make logical drive etc etc...they worked in the 4100

so i used partition magic to convert the extended partition to a primary and all is well on the 6500.

I have used boot drives for dell machine that have that 30mb hidden partition without any problems, they show up in the manager
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post #689 of 3441
4/2/08 at 3:55pm
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Originally Posted by Bloodsack View Post

Can someone please tell me where to send my sample of my MKV that turns my tvix black screen then freezes?

If you posted to the Q&A/FAQ site, as I understand that you did, you'll be getting a reply (perhaps only posted to the web forum?--not sure about that part) from DViCo.
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post #690 of 3441
4/2/08 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by sgeorge999 View Post

just normal administrative tools in control panel, extended partition, make logical drive etc etc...they worked in the 4100

so i used partition magic to convert the extended partition to a primary and all is well on the 6500.

So the mystery lives on.
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I have used boot drives for dell machine that have that 30mb hidden partition without any problems, they show up in the manager

Dell is not so devious as IBM, whose hidden stuff on HDD fails to show any traces in any HDD utility that I've ever tried.
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