http://www.planetreplay.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=20669#20669

It apparently does….

The Dreamer

5.1 that is….

ReplayTV Software Upgrade Announcment

Now to see if I can my 5160 to get the update before Thursday….seems trying to record too many back-to-back episodes in Medium causes it to lock up. I want the 5.1 improved Standard mode….along with less lockups.

Though I normally use Medium on the 5160, because I have the space…and use Standard as my default on the 5040s/5060…. Though I am kind of low on space on the 5160, because there’s some 100 hours of stuff I don’t know when I’ll get around to watching. Some stuff was as old as May (shortly after the last time I did a factory reset on the box).

The Dreamer.

No details on what’s all in there yet….

OTOH, net connects are failing, but at least the guide is being updated….the 5.1 betas must be rolling out now. Now the goal of this release was to make the software rock solid…..except that they’ve added two new features to it.

I heard at one point 5.1 got delayed, because they added a feature and it broke. Of course, I’ve been working on an enhancement request in my day job for over a year….the latest round of feature creep has nothing working. Back to programming blind…..when I’m done, maybe I’ll at least see if it compiles :p

The Dreamer

Though I don’t have one of these boxes (just analog cable)…so I can’t test it when it does come out. Wonder if any of the beta testers have it….

I got the build 110 on my 5060 (which I only got on July 30th)…..I was having a video issue which they said was fixed in that version, so they got me to try it out. They also wanted me to test it for modem connects, but the software outsmarted me…detected that I had a working Internet connection…and used that for all the actual transfers (but it dialed up the modem and such, and restricted the daily net connects to between 2am-6am…good thing I kept my unlimited local dialing on my phone, I thought about trimming it down to nothing since I’m only keeping it for emergencies, now that I’m playing around with Vonage.)

My other 3 RTVs are still running build 75. (2 5040s, 1 5160).

Maybe when the build comes out, they’ll have a special signup in AVSforum for affected users to signup for it.

The Dreamer

http://replayfaq.reidpix.com/faq.asp?id=76

The Dreamer

This is a known problem with no fix. I’m thinking about trying to find a another DirecTV box that has a serial connector…

But, I’m thinking I want to get another one soon….before they become too scarce. Though they did reverse their decision to hike subscription fees.

Have you seen: http://stargate.logh.net/replayguide/

Now I can schedule shows from work, and not be restricted by the 24 hour black out period of my.replaytv.com.

I need to upgrade my home network so I can get shows off my RTVs faster….my 802.11b WiFi connection tops out at about 260-270 kbps. Plus need more speed to do streaming back from my PC (right now it is real easy way to make my RTV crash….though I don’t know if it is because the show was in medium quality.)

Unfortunately, nobody seems to make affordable 802.11a bridges…. meanwhile next project is to add more disk space to a PC….probably gonna get a 120GB drive for my fileserver.

While, having 4 ReplayTVs to replace what I used to use 4 VCRs for…has been my goal….the timing wasn’t. But, fitting a 4th into my setup has its problems…..namely I’m out of S-video inputs (there is only one….but, the 4-way A/V switcher only has S-video on 3 of the 4 inputs….I suppose I could resort to chaining them….actually, the more I think about it….sounds like I want to do this anyways.

The Dreamer.