New azbox software out

[Mr Tony]

for SD it depends on the bandwidth but I bet you could do a long time depending on the bandwidth

 

[vanalex]

They put out a new version this afternoon, azbox-0.9.4283-patch.bin. Downloading now and will try it out when I get home and the kids to bed. These are the comments for the release: udp stream | play recorded file issue | record at twin tuner | edit favorite list | blind scan issue.

Dan.

 

[Mr Tony]

blind scan still shows only one symbol rate

 

[Lak7]

Did anyone try the Blind Scan with nothing entered into the Scan Rate?

 

[Mr Tony]

just did...wont find anything

 

[mr.crane]

I want to buy AZbox, but not until Blind Scan is Fixed!

 

[mr3p]

is there any news/rumor of the "plus" models, which supposedly have hardware blindscan, being released here in the US?

 

[AcWxRadar]

Am I just naive? Or am I missing something?

In regards to "BLIND SCAN":

If we can manually enter a TP, polarity, SR and data type and scan for a signal, then alter the data and scan again and again and again until we have covered every SR, TP, polarity and transmission type to seek out a signal, why can this not be programmed to perform what we can do manually and call it a blind scan?

Seems to me that it shouldn't be that difficult to compile a program to do just this and have it work. I am sure that it would be a lengthy scan, but if they offered user settable limits on the scan parameters, you could manage it.

RADAR

 

[Hindu55]

Am I just naive? Or am I missing something?

Seems to me that it shouldn't be that difficult to compile a program to do just this and have it work. I am sure that it would be a lengthy scan, but if they offered user settable limits on the scan parameters, you could manage it.

RADAR

I second that!

 

[brentb636]

Would you like to estimate how many unique combinations that would be ? Over 100, I think , with a freq step rate of 5. My Vantage 1100S, with a hardware Blindscan, takes about 15 minutes to blindscan a Ku bird ( DVB-S, DVB-S2) , and it seems like a terribly long wait. I don't think I could stand a software blindscan, the game would be over before the scan finished, sad to say . I've done software blindscan with the TT3200 and transedit, and NEVER had the patience to see it through the process. We're talking the better part of a day with the TT3200 scenario, and I don't see why the same freq range would be any different on an AZbox.

 

[Mr Tony]

what happened to the daily website update?
getting "not valid" now

 

[Jim S.]

Welcome to AZBox • Login

Since 23.11.2009 we've been releasing the Daily Firmware releases. The purpose was to give every user the opportunity to use the daily builds. In fact, many, many users have been using them, creating amazing amounts of feedback. So, in that aspect, the Daily project was a complete success. But, in practical terms, with the speed in which those releases are being made, we don't have enough time to analyze and test the feedback our users create after testing it. This creates a bigger problem, because we don't have time enough to send the developers any bug reports, and even when we do, they are already outdated. When we can't test and improve our firmware based on those tests and the user feedback, we waste time and efforts.

So, from today on, we are closing the Daily Project.

Instead, all the Firmware releases are from now on made with a periodicity of 2 or 3 releases per week. Hopefully that will give everyone involved time enough to test and provide feedback on the releases. From now on, it's allowed and expected for the users of this forum to report all the Bugs on the respective sections.

Update your boxes to download from this address: AZBox Daily Snapshot

 

[Mr Tony]

thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

After setting a recording for 22 hours, I found the same results. One file which was 32.2 GB in size, and it would not play, period.

Therefore, I have a suspicion that a limit is still in place (32.2 GB).
EDIT: I just finished recording 4 hours from PBS HD East. The file size indicates 32.0 GB, but the entire program is perfect at playback. Obviously, the duration limit for a HD source such as PBS HD is near four hours (since it shows fouled with 32.2 GB but is OK at 32.0 GB). I will try to record the same channel again with a longer duration later until I detect when the problem actually arises - with this specific source.

RADAR

I wonder if it has to do with HD signals only?

Today I recorded 6 hours of a 4:2:0 SD channel (feed actually) and when I checked it was 42.0GB and it played back just fine

 

[brentb636]

I wonder if it has to do with HD signals only?

Today I recorded 6 hours of a 4:2:0 SD channel (feed actually) and when I checked it was 42.0GB and it played back just fine

That certainly argues against a 32GB limit of some sort. This is pretty mysterious.

 

[cracklincrotch]

Anybody tried the new streaming feature that allows you to stream FROM the Azbox and TO something else?

Little bit buggy, in that I occasionally couldn't stop and restart a stream from the Azbox unless I powered it off and back on again. I confirmed the lack of an output stream using tcpdump on another linux box. Also doesn't like streaming the higher bitrates - works just like recording them does. It can also wipe out a wireless N network. My wife made sure I understood her feelings on the topic.

I was able to stream a CBB came to a buddy of mine 15 minutes away. He needed a new pair of underwear when I sent him a game he couldn't get through cable or a small dish.

 

[AcWxRadar]

I wonder if it has to do with HD signals only?

Today I recorded 6 hours of a 4:2:0 SD channel (feed actually) and when I checked it was 42.0GB and it played back just fine

It may be that the programming of the AZBox treats the HD and SD signals uniquely different and not with any linear scaling of any sort. I was expecting that there would be some total GB limit to both (both SD and HD having that same limit) but with the total program time being scaled depending upon what source (HD or SD) the program was. i.e. If you could only record 4 hours of HD and playback properly, maybe you could record 8 hours or 16 hours of SD before the playback would start messing up.

This may not be the case. Maybe you can record forever on SD without a problem, but recording any HD program is simply still not perfected at all, regardless of the lifting of the file size limits (due to other reasons).

I really wish OpenSat would explain it better, instead of just throwing it out there for us to figure out and analyze it ourselves to determine what they mean.

AHHHH! I am so confused! Hee Hee

It is still better than it was, even if it is not perfected yet.

RADAR

 

[AcWxRadar]

Anybody tried the new streaming feature that allows you to stream FROM the Azbox and TO something else?

Little bit buggy, in that I occasionally couldn't stop and restart a stream from the Azbox unless I powered it off and back on again. I confirmed the lack of an output stream using tcpdump on another linux box. Also doesn't like streaming the higher bitrates - works just like recording them does. It can also wipe out a wireless N network. My wife made sure I understood her feelings on the topic.

I was able to stream a CBB came to a buddy of mine 15 minutes away. He needed a new pair of underwear when I sent him a game he couldn't get through cable or a small dish.

Cracklin,

I haven't tried this yet. To be honest, I am not sure what to do to even get started. I haven't investigated this option at all, YET.

RADAR

 

[cracklincrotch]

It streams out a UDP stream. I tried this with VLC yesterday.

The address the Azbox by default uses a multicast address of 224.1.1.100 for streams, allowing you to pick up the stream with any computer on your network. You can change this to a specific computer's IP if you want, ie 172.16.1.1. Port number is the port that the stream will be sent to. The duration is obvious, but doesn't seem to work. A one minute stream went on until I stopped it.

On the receiving side in VLC I went to the "Media" menu, "Open Network Stream", selected a UDP stream, put in 224.1.1.100 for the IP, and changed the port from 1234 to 9000. Clicked on "Play" and voila.

I then used my PC to stream to a buddy. Using VLC I reduced the bandwidth/quality to pipe it out of the house. To do so I went to the "Media" menu again, clicked on "Streaming" near the bottom. Clicked on the "Network" tab. Set the protocol to udp, Address to his IP, and clicked on Stream. On the next screen I clicked on Next. Changed the Destination to UDP and put a check mark into "Display locally" so I could see what he should be seeing. Then I clicked on the "Add" button and keyed in his IP again. You can change the transcoding options to fit any bandwidth requirements, adjust resolution, etc. Then I hit stream.

I told him to open a network stream in his VLC and bam! CBB on his laptop. He couldn't believe his eyes.

 

[AcWxRadar]

It streams out a UDP stream. I tried this with VLC yesterday.

The address the Azbox by default uses a multicast address of 224.1.1.100 for streams, allowing you to pick up the stream with any computer on your network. You can change this to a specific computer's IP if you want, ie 172.16.1.1. Port number is the port that the stream will be sent to. The duration is obvious, but doesn't seem to work. A one minute stream went on until I stopped it.

On the receiving side in VLC I went to the "Media" menu, "Open Network Stream", selected a UDP stream, put in 224.1.1.100 for the IP, and changed the port from 1234 to 9000. Clicked on "Play" and voila.

I then used my PC to stream to a buddy. Using VLC I reduced the bandwidth/quality to pipe it out of the house. To do so I went to the "Media" menu again, clicked on "Streaming" near the bottom. Clicked on the "Network" tab. Set the protocol to udp, Address to his IP, and clicked on Stream. On the next screen I clicked on Next. Changed the Destination to UDP and put a check mark into "Display locally" so I could see what he should be seeing. Then I clicked on the "Add" button and keyed in his IP again. You can change the transcoding options to fit any bandwidth requirements, adjust resolution, etc. Then I hit stream.

I told him to open a network stream in his VLC and bam! CBB on his laptop. He couldn't believe his eyes.

Cracklin,


I will have to experiment with this in the next two days that I am off from work if I can "wiggle the time" to do so into all my other agendas. Thanks.

RADAR