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[mikemikemike]

angelrose, on Apr 27 2006, 12:43 PM, said:

There is now another digicrystal firmware download at http://www.digicryst...V314_270306.app.  Does anyone know what has been fixed/altered in this version?

It was released today, but is dated a month ago.

I noticed the file size of DigiCrystal9000V314_270306.app is much bigger than the 11-03-06 and 23-02-06 versions.  I loaded the 270306 version onto my PVR last night.  It overwrote all my Aussie program channels with European channels.  I needed to activate factory defaults to get them back.

I also could not activate those features available in the 23-02-06 version, such as viewing teletext on the channel being recorded, viewing now and next info on the channel being recorded, or accessing menu functions like setting new timers while recording, etc.

Not finding anything useful/new, I am back to the 23-0206 version now.

[nufced]

Hi. My first post as a NEWBIE.!!

Have a Supernet PVR. Has anyone tries to find out if the firmware can/has been altered to allow video INPUT.?
A scart can have input as well as output. The remote has a "AV" button that shows "AU" on the display.
Then unit could be used as a security monitor recorder for 28 hours.(or longer, if use big-disk-hack).

Any info, much appreciated.

[Neon Kitten]

nufced, on May 3 2006, 02:53 PM, said:

Have a Supernet PVR. Has anyone tries to find out if the firmware can/has been altered to allow video INPUT.?
A scart can have input as well as output. The remote has a "AV" button that shows "AU" on the display.
Then unit could be used as a security monitor recorder for 28 hours.(or longer, if use big-disk-hack).

That cannot be done, as these PVRs do not have an MPEG2 video encoder on board (indeed, no PVR does).

[Cookster670]

Hi Guys. Just wondering if anyone else has the same problem as me

I bought a Wintal PVR-x10 months ago.  Very occassionally it would hang during recording.  Typically during a long recording.

Recently i upgraded to the latest f.w (3.41b / Nov 05) from the wintal website to bring it up to an X10a. (with the split functions)

Now my recordings hang fairly regularly..in as little as 20-30 minutes.

By hang I mean that the tuner still works, but I can't stop, play, or turn off or do anything. I need to unplug the unit from the power to reset it.  I can playback the recording right up until the unit hung.

Any thoughts ?  The unit sit's on top of my dgtec hd tuner which runs pretty hot, so the only thing I can think of is that's over heating.  Interestingly, it NEVER hangs during playback, just recording.

the next thing for me to try is to completely relocate the x10a so it's not near the dgtec, but that would be a real pain in the butt, so i'm hopeing someone may have some advice regarding this.

[fossicker]

Cookster670, on May 14 2006, 06:49 AM, said:

Hi Guys. Just wondering if anyone else has the same problem as me

Read this thread

http://www.dtvforum....showtopic=31542

[indianna]

Hi all just have a question on the 23-02-2006 firmware.  I am currently using the hacked firmware version for larger drives. (see below), working well.   Will I trash the facility to add another large drive or the one I am using (ie firmware won't see it anymore) by using this firmware?

Reading the details on the 23-02-2006 firmware, it seems to add some useful functionality and is worth the upgrade....?

The unit I am using is a Supernet 8000T-PVR with the folling firmware revision.  

system info
Bootloader S/1.7

Firmware STBOS p/3.40 [B]
2005-04-14 13:37

interested in peoples thoughts, experiences

thanks Indianna

[AmazingJas]

fossicker, on Apr 7 2006, 12:02 AM, said:

If you press 'info' then 'list', it will set the current, or next if you select that, program to the timer.

Thankyou! Did not know that! Much appreciated  

[afmartyn]

Just wanted to point a potential trap that results in you loosing usable disk space. If you make a recording that ends up filling the disk then try splitting a recording into 2 parts then only the first part will appear in the recorded programs list. While the second part cannot be accessed it remains on the disk, the disk still says it is full and thus it reduces your usable disk space. My e-mails with Digicrystal confirm this is an issue and is present on all firmware versions. The erase disk command may reclaim the space but I have not been able to try this as I wanted to keep some recordings and Digicrystal woukld not say whether it would work.

Bottom line, don't try and split files when the disk is full.

[rogers]

Have mentioned this before in the forum and have been trying to download the "modified" firmware for my sons wintal. I get to the rapidshare site and click on the free download. Enter the code (have tried lower and uppercase) and everytime it says download invalid. I even tried this at a mates house who is more computer savy than I am and he could not get it to download either. Is there some steps I am missing. or is there any other way I can get hold of this software without going to the rapid share site.

Thanks in anticipation!

[Sway]

Does the Digicrystal buffer the last hour (for example) like the Toppy does?

Sway

[andw]

Sway, on Jul 9 2006, 06:21 PM, said:

Does the Digicrystal buffer the last hour (for example) like the Toppy does?

Sway

On the 9000 (and I presume the Wintal and Supernet), you need to physically start the PVR section by pressing PVR and record. Then it will record the channel, and you can do all the usual stuff.
But it does not automatically timeshift in the background.

[Sway]

Thanks Andy

[boxall]

Sway, on Jul 10 2006, 07:12 PM, said:

Thanks Andy

What does auto time shift mean anyway. The digicrystal does everything I have ever wanted...apart from dual tuners :-)

[andw]

boxall, on Jul 10 2006, 05:14 PM, said:

What does auto time shift mean anyway. The digicrystal does everything I have ever wanted...apart from dual tuners :-)

On some PVRs (including the new SDT-9070P) you can set it to 'always' timeshift, so that it is just always recording in the background whatever you are watching.
Makes it easier if you need to go answer the phone or whatever...

[The Witzl]

So has anyone tried to extract the raw data from one of the dual tuner Digicrystal PVR's yet?

I'm looking at buying the SDT-9060PVR and want to be fairly confident i can rip out the digital informatin and bung it on my PC and either store or burn to DVD...... if the same method can work on this model as it can for the SDT-9000PVR i will be a rather happy little man

[andw]

From memory I think the 9060 used a non standard file system.
The 9070 uses a FAT32 file system, I pulled out some test recordings that did not play on my PC until after I ran them thru Projectx.

[The Witzl]

So basically if i run them through ProjectX I should be OK?

... or are you saying that I might have a problem with getting my PC to recognise the HDD at all due to it's non-standard file system?

[andw]

The Witzl, on Jul 11 2006, 01:50 PM, said:

So basically if i run them through ProjectX I should be OK?

... or are you saying that I might have a problem with getting my PC to recognise the HDD at all due to it's non-standard file system?

I am pretty sure that the 9060 has a non standard file system, in which case, unless someone has written some sort of applictaion to allow you to read the files off of the disk, you won't be able to get them off.
(Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this).
When I plugged the HDD from the 9070 into the computer it came up with 2 partitions.
1 had a FAT32 filesystem, and the files were broken into parts (2G max from memory), and another filesystem that the PC did not recognise that I believe is used for the time shift buffer.
The files in the FAT32 file system from the 9070 were playable as Mpeg2 files after I ran them through projectx.
From memory I couldn't get any files off of the 9060, but this is just my memory, so could be dodgy, but I seem to remember that there were a few partitions on the 9060, none of them standard.

[The Witzl]

Well it would appear that i might be stuck with one now, DAMMIT!  

I really wish they would just tell you if you can do this or not, without you having to do the backdoor and "try it and see at your own expense"....
.... i mean I work in the import purchasing role for one of Australia's largest independant importer/distributor/retailer of electronics goods, and we will try to support our products to this extent if the customer wishes to go to that extent.

I have no qualms about voiding my warranty, I just want to know if it will work or not before I do so.

... I'll let you know what i find out soon enough

[andw]

The Witzl, on Jul 11 2006, 03:38 PM, said:

...I really wish they would just tell you if you can do this or not, without you having to do the backdoor and "try it and see at your own expense".......

Well, in their defence, your not actually supposed to open the unit up and go putting the hard disk drive into a PC  
It's just us hacking type that like to try this sort of stuff.
Good luck with it, hopefully my memory is just a little hazy and you will be able to get the recordings off.  :ph34r:

[The Witzl]

Yes - to their defense this may well be the case...... but then what am I supposed to do with a recorder that cannot export it's recordings to an external archiveable media?

All good, I'll just suck it and see i guess!

[pjc]

The Witzl, on Jul 12 2006, 12:40 PM, said:

Yes - to their defense this may well be the case...... but then what am I supposed to do with a recorder that cannot export it's recordings to an external archiveable media?

All good, I'll just suck it and see i guess!

Perhaps you had should have got a Toppy.

Philip

[jokiin]

The Witzl, on Jul 11 2006, 02:47 PM, said:

So has anyone tried to extract the raw data from one of the dual tuner Digicrystal PVR's yet?

I'm looking at buying the SDT-9060PVR and want to be fairly confident i can rip out the digital informatin and bung it on my PC and either store or burn to DVD...... if the same method can work on this model as it can for the SDT-9000PVR i will be a rather happy little man

Better advice would be to not buy the 9060, I'd take a guess that you are considering it because you can get it cheap somewhere?? Unfortunately this is not such a good model, look at one of the others instead.

[The Witzl]

Thanks for all the advice guys - i've taken it all on board and backed out of buying the 9060.

I would LOVE to buy a Toppy 5000PVR-t, but unfortunately I'm one of those "special" kinds of people who buyings far too easily when a bargain pops up - i just bought a Loewe Xelos 80cm CRT for $575 to replace a Grundig set, so the spare cashola isnt exactly abundant atm.

I'll just live with a no-namer basic STB until i can afford the love of a Toppy

[yabbal]

Does anyone know if development of the Firmware is still ongoing for the Digicrystal 9000?  Or have they dropped that now?

I have been waiting for them to fix the bug where the screen goes blank when the recording stops before I upgrade my firmware.