Software Update - MOL 3 v. 12.1.18 for Formuler Z11 Series and Z mini released

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    Please provide a video that shows the exact issue for further investigation. You can upload the Image/Video file here: https://streamable.com/ > Upload file > Copy link > Paste the link with your reply.

    Send logs after it happpens and notice logfile number here please.

    I've made substantial progress. I'm not sure it's perfect, but I've made two significant changes to it's much much better:

    1) I had USB external storage attached. I'm not sure all is well there. It refused to see any recording on a 5TB External hard drive that had 3.5T of recording on it from MOL2. My PC and the Formuler 8 see it perfectly. This, a Z11Pro, does "seem" to accept o UB2 thumb drive. However, I've since removed it on the assumption it wasn't working well as a time-shirt buffer.

    2) I changed TV buffer to small (5 seconds) and set retry to 2 seconds.

    I can now switch channels at will, rapidly and repeatedly, without either blue screening or "wait" buffer circle sitting there for either a protracted time or (seemingly) locking up completley. Nor has it just exited MOL3 and dropper by into "home" on it's own either.

    I suppose I need to ask if there is some reason a Z11 Pro can't see files from a Z8 pro storage area before I over-react, but nonethe less I'm leaning towards external stoage problems.

    BTW, it was constantly claiming "network errors" too. No more. And no other changes of any kind.

    A Z11 cant see recording files from either a z8 nor a z10,because pathways are diferent,it has nothing to do with ext storage problems,the z11 in many respects is a whole new model:smiling_face::smiling_face:

    Exactly my problem!

    I have these problems, including the "network errors" all the time now after the latest firmware update. Can´t watch iptv at all.


    But I haven´t used any external storage like you at all.

    Just to follow up:

    Since I removed external storage, a blank thumb drive, I've had little to no problems, and I had all the above previously. To recap what I did:

    1) Removed all external storage.

    2) Changed TV buffer to small (5 seconds) and set retry to 2 seconds.

    3) Disable AFR for live TV.

    The result was all but flawless, and what little issue there was struck me as streaming provide based.

    As of yesterday I re-enabled AFR for live TV. I believe this does cause some channel change issues, including slight additional switching delay and the occasional revolving screen, but it's relatively clean.

    I'll start working to feed in external storage again as I continue to narrow down breadth and depth of problem.

    Maybe a stupid question, but what is AFR?

    Quote from dafish

    Maybe change the buffer length and retry setting? BTW, I use quad9.

    While my "network errors" seem to have been bad BT communications, (I blame poo error trapping), sometimes folks get bad service. Are you hard-wired or wi-fi?

    I have tried almost everything, still problems! The odd thing is that i have Mytvonline+ on my phone, and that stopped working too. I cant even download channels on it no more, just states "network error" everytime

    Could not find a really matching problem but:

    Live tv buffers or goes back in time on every channel.

    On phone, other app and other box works normally. Same provider, same set up and same network cable.

    VOD & Serie section no problem at all only live tv. Any solution?

    log id: 0000001CA6786

    Hi,did you update to latest versions (Firmware/Software)/

    Ok,then you have to wait for it the Official iptv is now 20.

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    Yezzle Could you please provide a video that shows the exact issue for further investigation?

    You can upload the Image/Video file here: https://streamable.com/ > Upload file > Copy link > Paste the link with your reply.