Just gonna be honest and say it. This will practically end Formuler boxes being used for IPTV. MOL has been the king, but this has been a long time coming. If they'd focused on selling their awesome software instead of hardware they would have totally cornered the market. Why pay $100+ now for an underpowered device with lackluster app compatibility that's replaced every year if you can have a superior experience with a $50 firestick. Wouldn't be surprised to see MOL in the play store soon.
Posts by cyborne
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This one is confirmed to work: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B014ZO…-k4L&ref=plSrch
Thanks. Can anyone confirm if they've had success with another adapter based on the RTL8153 chipset? The Anker model is a bit pricey, and I don't have a use for the built in USB hub. Found this model from Amazon built on the same chipset. https://amzn.to/2rZKd9i
In theory I don't see why it wouldn't work. Might just buy to test and confirm.
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Hi, could someone provide me with a compatible gigabit USB Lan adapter? I have an internet connection that provides over 100 mbps internet service and due to this reason my download speed is being limited by the onboard 100mbit ethernet. I think I'd previously seen a thread a while back with a compatible chipset list, but couldn't find it through searching. Thanks!
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Don't believe so. What I did to circumvent this however is to create a network drive of the folder where the DVR video files are stored. (your formuler device storage is accessible from a computer, you just need to navigate to the IP address in a file explorer) Once I found the directory it was storing the DVR video files in, I then created a custom robocopy script that runs every hour or manually to pull the video files over to my media server and remove the copies from the formuler. If you're interested let me know and I can give you more direct instruction.
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Hey @SAM I'd love to test as this was my main motivation for creating the thread in the first place. Screenshot looks encouraging! Let me know, thanks.
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This issue has got to be damaging their business. it is being widely reported/condemned in every forum the box gets a mention. A lot of very unhappy people and rightly so considering the price point
Agreed. MYTVOL is the only reason to get this box right now, and with the EPG issue + price , it makes it even more of a tough sell. The touted Android 7.0 support on this box has been terrible. Kodi works alright, I will give it that, but other apps like Netflix & Amazon Prime video are essentially useless. Netflix is capped at 480P for some reason, loads the mobile web interface which makes it hard to control, and crashes constantly. Amazon Prime video isn't capped at 480P, but once again, loads the mobile interface which makes it difficult to navigate, and almost every time you back out of a video it crashes. It's pretty sad that a Mibox which is $69 dollars and can be picked up at any Walmart works 100 times better. I've used the Z7+ long enough now to understand it's just not worth it, and personally am returning it. Since it's been made obvious by lack of statements or updates that the EPG issue isn't going to be fixed any time soon, I really can't justify the cost of the Z7+. Not to mention, I'm sure that if the EPG issue does ever get resolved, by that time Formuler will already be pushing a successor to the Z7+. I'm going to switch to a MAG 256 for the time being for IPTV with a functional EPG, and will use my old Mibox for Prime Video, Netflix, and Kodi. I wanted to upgrade to an all in one solution, and was hopeful the Z7+ was the answer to that, but it's obviously just not there yet.
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You want it fixed, yet at the same time it seems you're defending them for not doing so by believing it's a hard problem? Do I expect it to be fixed within a day? No, but how about a "Hey guys, we're aware of the problem and actively working to resolve it." They won't even give an answer as to whether or not they're ever planning on fixing it. This box has been out for months now. The consumers aren't the ones that billed this as being a "premium" box, Formuler did. If they want to call it premium, and also charge a premium, then support it like it is. Maybe they should pay a competent programmer to work on it for a couple of days and it would be fixed. Not only that, but they'd increase sales of the box as this is the primary reason it isn't being recommended to others, and in most cases from what I've seen, discouraged by current users. Personally, I've held onto this box so far in anticipation of a fix, but if I knew for sure they weren't going to, I'd sell it. I'll give it another month or so. After that I'm "downgrading" to a Mag which costs much less, yet is somehow capable of doing what this can't. Sure, this has a prettier interface and EPG, but if it doesn't operate correctly, does it matter?
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I just don't get what the difficulty is. From a technical standpoint it should be quite simple. At the end of the day it's text based data we're talking here. At max, probably just a few MB's. Modify MYTVOL so the EPG pre-loads on boot, and enable local caching. They're essentially streaming the data on the fly, and on top of that in a very inefficient way. Even if I had to leave the EPG up in the foreground for the entire guide to populate, that would be way better. Yet Instead, I cycle through the guide and wait 15 seconds on each page for a whopping 5 channels to load at a time. To me, them not even addressing it gives the impression that they don't care about fixing it, or that they don't want to pay someone the money to do it for them. Keep this thread going and maybe we'll eventually get a response!
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I think I can speak for everyone who's currently using the Z7+ when asking this. This was billed as a premium box when compared to similar products from competitors, yet its core function of streaming IPTV is quite hindered with the extremely slow loading of the EPG. We're all aware that a lot of other applications and devices out there are capable of a fast loading EPG, but I have yet to find an actual answer or explanation as to why MyTVOnline is unable to load the EPG on startup. You're obviously aware of the problem by now, and am sure you have heard the complaints. Is there a plan to fix this in the near future, or should we just give up hope and accept this as a permanent flaw? You offer my personal favorite application for IPTV when it comes to layout, presentation, performance, and features, but I'm constantly annoyed by this one simple problem every time that I use my Z7+ Can we please just get some sort of official statement regarding this and information on any plans to correct this in the future? Thanks!
