6.4a is here

[MartyList]

I haven't heard anyone say they have had stability problems. I am tempted to allow this to download, as I am still on 6.1 and the UI is sluggish. If things don't go well, I could always pull the drive out of another R10 I have that has 6.1 on its drive.

Can anyone comment on the stability thus far?

My HDVR2 got 6.4a the first week it was available, and it's rebooted twice that I know of. I can make it reboot by just going outside and standing in front of the dish (it's mounted low to the ground). It locked up a couple times with 6.3f, but not often. It locked up and rebooted all the time with 6.3e.

I've also seen some small problems with 6.4a, like one movie wouldn't delete, it didn't give an error it just wouldn't disappear from the list. Only once though, and the next day it was gone. Also if I have 9 programs in the recently deleted folder, I can't see the 9th item. The screen changes like I have no deleted items, and I have to exit that folder and go back in to see the other 8 again. If I want to see the last item, I either have to permanently delete something so I only have 8, or go out and delete another program so I have 10.

Overall it's good, and I'm very happy that DirecTV is continuing development for the TiVo units and not letting them die a slow death. :up:

[macizcool]

My HDVR2 got 6.4a the first week it was available, and it's rebooted twice that I know of. I can make it reboot by just going outside and standing in front of the dish (it's mounted low to the ground). It locked up a couple times with 6.3f, but not often. It locked up and rebooted all the time with 6.3e.

I've also seen some small problems with 6.4a, like one movie wouldn't delete, it didn't give an error it just wouldn't disappear from the list. Only once though, and the next day it was gone. Also if I have 9 programs in the recently deleted folder, I can't see the 9th item. The screen changes like I have no deleted items, and I have to exit that folder and go back in to see the other 8 again. If I want to see the last item, I either have to permanently delete something so I only have 8, or go out and delete another program so I have 10.

Overall it's good, and I'm very happy that DirecTV is continuing development for the TiVo units and not letting them die a slow death. :up:

Wow, now I am very torn. I really want the update, but not if it's going to cause problems. This issue with reboots when the satellite loses signal especially concerns me because my setup is not ideal. It's a very makeshift setup and was recently messed up by some hoodlums, so it loses signal a lot now. And with the location of the dish, the highest signal I have been able to get is 70, so rain makes it lose signal easily.

[litzdog911]

Wow, now I am very torn. I really want the update, but not if it's going to cause problems. This issue with reboots when the satellite loses signal especially concerns me because my setup is not ideal. It's a very makeshift setup and was recently messed up by some hoodlums, so it loses signal a lot now. And with the location of the dish, the highest signal I have been able to get is 70, so rain makes it lose signal easily.

It's certainly your call. But I haven't seen any other posts about reboots due to signal loss problems. Overall I'm quite impressed with v6.4a.

[grecorj]

Someone had asked about how suggestions/deleted items play together....

I deleted about 100 shows from my DTiVo shortly after getting 6.4, so my Deleted Items folder grew pretty quickly (it also reclaimed about 29 programs that had recently been deleted before the 6.4 upgrade). I have suggestions ON. Within a few days my Deleted Items folder was pretty much empty. So if you have suggestions ON, the Deleted Items folder is really just a "whoops, didn't mean to delete that" folder. Suggestions will reclaim the space quickly for itself. If you don't have Suggestions OFF, then your Deleted Items folder won't empty as quickly.

Still I like the ability to delete things with 1 button push.

Looking forward to remote scheduling, whenever that happens.

[macizcool]

It's certainly your call. But I haven't seen any other posts about reboots due to signal loss problems. Overall I'm quite impressed with v6.4a.

Well, there are a few other people who reported the same as you directly above my post, so that's why it's intimidating to me. However, like I mentioned before, I do have another R10 with 6.1 on the drive.....

[ejg25]

I had regular rebooting problems the whole time I had the software version prior to this -- it started just after the last update, and hopefully the 6.4 version will put an end to it. So far so good, though it's only been a few days.

It's almost impossible for any new version to be more unstable than that last one.

[macizcool]

Well that was a brilliant idea.

I brought it with me to my parent's house, and after the update, it now freezes immediately after it's done booting and goes to live tv.

I think I have it figured out. It's setup for 2 inputs and I only have it connected to one, so it's in the living room right now connected to 2 inputs, and seems to be fine. Let's hope. This better not become a regular thing. Or maybe this is that issue that you guys were talking about when losing a signal :-\

[ejg25]

Ooh, remote scheduling started working today. I just went to the DirecTV site and it allowed me to schedule two recordings. Now we'll see whether they record. How far in advance do you need to schedule for it to work?

Thanks to the poster in another thread for the heads up.

[dtremain]

How far in advance do you need to schedule for it to work?
Worked for me within about a half hour. I did it just for a test.

[ejg25]

I went and looked at their FAQ, and they said the data is transmitted via the satellite (I'd thought maybe it was going on the nightly phone call), so it's near instantaneous. You can even ask to record a show that's in progress.

That makes this feature darn near miraculous.

[Rhughes]

I went and looked at their FAQ, and they said the data is transmitted via the satellite (I'd thought maybe it was going on the nightly phone call), so it's near instantaneous. You can even ask to record a show that's in progress.

That makes this feature darn near miraculous.I couldn't find anything about it in the FAQ's. Can you point me in the right direction?

[ejg25]

It's here:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/customer/faqPage.jsp?assetId=P4400098

I got home, and the recordings (one for today, one for tomorrow) didn't make it to the receiver. Bummer. Maybe they're still working the kinks out?

[mike4tivo]

Remote Scheduler headed in the right direction ?
I had all other features of the update for several weeks. But everytime I went online to schedule a program it said I didn't have a receiver that would work for that feature.
Tonight for the first time, I saw that this was corrected on the website. When selecting the record option from the web, the drop down lists shows all three of my DTV Tivos including their locations.
However, in trying to send test recordings to all three receivers, nothing has recorded yet ??? Note web site says the request is sent to the dish, not the phone line. Also says it should be sent pretty much immediately. One request was for a show that started more than two hours later and it still did not record ? Anybody else know of a delay between when the option is available on the web vs. when it actually works ?

[sliderbob]

How do I force my Dtivo to take the updated software 6.4a? I have version 6.2-01-2-381 and haven't been able to update it. I have it connected to my lan-don't have a landline telephone for it.

[mike4tivo]

ok .. forget my last post.

Remote Scheduling is working. I just had a mixup of where the tivos were in my house compared to where the DTV website thought they were. I had one issue in trying to record a movie on the Disney channel for the kids with a msg on the Tivo saying that the program couldn't be scheduled because it was not found on the schedule.

Five other tests mixed between 3 Tivos all took.

The request for the recording on the web to the program appearing in the "to do" list of the Tivo was pretty much immediate.

With the exception of not recording the Disney channel movie, everything else is working. Thanks Tivo. Thanks DTV.

[tenersen]

Just for the record, 6.4a was delivered to my HR10-250 last evening. It's been rebooting constantly, telling me to insert my access card, and freezing on the audio.

After contacting DirecTV, their response was get a new receiver.

AT&T uverse is available in my neighborhood. Really thinking about making the switch now.

[macizcool]

Just for the record, 6.4a was delivered to my HR10-250 last evening. It's been rebooting constantly, telling me to insert my access card, and freezing on the audio.

After contacting DirecTV, their response was get a new receiver.

AT&T uverse is available in my neighborhood. Really thinking about making the switch now.


:p Have fun with them!!

[litzdog911]

How do I force my Dtivo to take the updated software 6.4a? I have version 6.2-01-2-381 and haven't been able to update it. I have it connected to my lan-don't have a landline telephone for it.

You need to find a way for your Tivo to make a phone call. Take it to work, or a friend/neighbor's house and let it make its "daily call" from there. You don't need a satellite connection to make that call.

[ejg25]

Well, it's working for me now. Who knows why those earlier two recordings didn't get scheduled. It did take me a bit to figure out that the DVR scheduler was defaulting to show me the wrong time zone, so that could have affected things.

Timed it by recording a show in progress: Fifteen seconds from when I hit the Schedule button to when the red recording light went on. So cool.

[macizcool]

So does anyone else think 6.4 is snail-slow? Man, and I thought it was slow on 6.1! Any ideas on getting this TiVo to run faster??

[disco]

If you have an...um..."altered" DirecTivo, how do you get 6.4a to install?? I thought it was specifically told (when Zippered) to NOT accept software upgrades...

[dtremain]

So does anyone else think 6.4 is snail-slow? Man, and I thought it was slow on 6.1! Any ideas on getting this TiVo to run faster??Upgrades are always slow at first. It should be up to good speed in a day or so. I'm now finding 6.4a to be fastger than 6.3e was.

[litzdog911]

So does anyone else think 6.4 is snail-slow? Man, and I thought it was slow on 6.1! Any ideas on getting this TiVo to run faster??

Actually both my R10 and HR10-250 seem faster with 6.4a than they did with 6.3f.

[stevel]

If you have an...um..."altered" DirecTivo, how do you get 6.4a to install?? I thought it was specifically told (when Zippered) to NOT accept software upgrades...

If you did your "alterations" manually, there's a straightforward (though manual and multi-step) process to apply the update and preserve the alterations. I've done this about five times over the past year or two. If you used a script you don't understand, then I suppose you have to find out how to re-enable updates, let it do it, then re-apply the script or else you'll lose the alterations.

Probably best to ask in the Underground section where such scripts are discussed.

[Rainy Dave]

Actually both my R10 and HR10-250 seem faster with 6.4a than they did with 6.3f.

I have to agree. my R10 and DVR40 seem faster with 6.4a. The R10 was a dog with 6.3f.

[TCS-DTiVo]

Can someone confirm that the 30 sec skip (S-P-S-3-0-S) is still working with 6.4a?

Also, I assume the Description Preview in Now Playing (Thumbs up-Thumbs down-Thumbs up-7-8) that went away with 6.3f, is still not working with 6.4a?

Those are the only codes that I used and liked.

[T1V0]

Can someone confirm that the 30 sec skip (S-P-S-3-0-S) is still working with 6.4a?
works.
Also, I assume the Description Preview in Now Playing (Thumbs up-Thumbs down-Thumbs up-7-8) that went away with 6.3f, is still not working with 6.4a?
doesn't.

[balboa dave]

Gotta love beta. I'm sure this won't last long, but you can now record the music channels using remote scheduling. However, on my unhacked R10, any use of the transport keys (FF, etc.) while the music is playing could cause a lock-up, and if you're lucky, a reset too. You won't get any of the who's playing stuff either. Use at your own risk.

[macizcool]

Upgrades are always slow at first. It should be up to good speed in a day or so. I'm now finding 6.4a to be fastger than 6.3e was.

OK, I'll give it a couple more days to make a final judgement. It has been unplugged a lot since I got the upgrade, so now it is back at home and can have some time to get settled into 6.4.....

[DevilDogs]

Just FYI, when I turned on my TV this morning, I had a message saying remote scheduling was now available. My DirecTivo is an HDVR2. Of course, the message is a little late, I had already tried remote scheduling on Monday. I set something to record 5 hours into the future, and it recorded no problem. Of course, I got an e-mail and a Tivo message saying it was remote scheduled. I guess they want to make sure you know that a show was remote scheduled.

[stevel]

The email is just letting you know that the request was received by DirecTV. The message on the TiVo confirms that the request was granted. The DirecTV DVRs don't do the message, though I suppose one can look in the To Do list.

There is no feedback mechanism to let DirecTV know that the box saw the request.

[DevilDogs]

Is anyone having problems with the deleted items folder? Initially I had a problem where when paging through the list, it kept repeating some entries. I figured it was a glitch because some of the deleted items were deleted before I got the update. This morning, I had 10 entries in my deleted items folder, but when I tried to arrow down past the first 8, or page down to the rest, I got a message saying something like "this folder is reserved for items that are deleted" (something to that effect). I think it was the message that would be displayed if you don't have anything in your deleted items folder. In any case, I could never get to the final 2 deleted items.

Also, anyone know the order deleted items get permanently deleted? I thought it was the order they were deleted, but it looks like it might be in the order they were recorded.

[unclemoosh]

I understand that on HDVR2's the slices go straight to MFS and therefore, you cannot get them and use them on other machines. I received the slices on some of my machines, but not on the one I want to use as the "test" machine for implementing the upgrade.

My question, has there been any progress/changes made on being able to get the slices from MFS?

[CrashHD]

My question, has there been any progress/changes made on being able to get the slices from MFS?

No. When the rollout is completed, and the slices are sent out via daily call, then it will be possible to obtain the key necessary to decrypt the swsystem slices. It is likely to be a while yet.

[justme]

Been reading this thread. I presently have 6.2-01-2-151, Hughes HDVR2, hacked. So to upgrade to 6.4a, I see I have the following updates:
#echo mls /SwSystem | tivosh
6.2-01-2-151
6.2a-01-2-301
6.2a-01-2-321
6.3e-01-2-101
6.3e-01-2-121
6.3e-01-2-381
6.4a-01-2-151

Do I need to use the slicer on all the updates? Or can I just go and grab the 6.4a update? As long as I'm doing updates I'd also like to fix the DST time change.
Thanks.

[stevel]

You need only the latest update.

[justme]

You need only the latest update.
Thanks, upgrade went fine, superpatch applied. Now I just need to play with networking since I was using DHCP which is no longer working.

[crvboy]

Has anyone else seen this? I watched a recorded program last night and when I got to the end I hit the "List" button to return to the NPL and per usual, I got the "Delete Recording?" message. But this time, instead of just "Delete Recording" and "Don't Delete", I also had a gray box below "Don't Delete" with a yellow star and an note telling me that Get Smart was back.

Obviously something new (and annoying) with 6.4a.

Oh yeah, and on my R10 - it's slower than molasses in winter...

[MartyList]

Is anyone having problems with the deleted items folder? Initially I had a problem where when paging through the list, it kept repeating some entries. I figured it was a glitch because some of the deleted items were deleted before I got the update. This morning, I had 10 entries in my deleted items folder, but when I tried to arrow down past the first 8, or page down to the rest, I got a message saying something like "this folder is reserved for items that are deleted" (something to that effect). I think it was the message that would be displayed if you don't have anything in your deleted items folder. In any case, I could never get to the final 2 deleted items.
This sounds similar to the problem I posted in this thread on 6/17:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=6390850#post6390850

[Rainy Dave]

Has anyone else seen this? I watched a recorded program last night and when I got to the end I hit the "List" button to return to the NPL and per usual, I got the "Delete Recording?" message. But this time, instead of just "Delete Recording" and "Don't Delete", I also had a gray box below "Don't Delete" with a yellow star and an note telling me that Get Smart was back.

Obviously something new (and annoying) with 6.4a.

Oh yeah, and on my R10 - it's slower than molasses in winter...

I saw that last night. Just ignored it.

[dtremain]

Has anyone else seen this? I watched a recorded program last night and when I got to the end I hit the "List" button to return to the NPL and per usual, I got the "Delete Recording?" message. But this time, instead of just "Delete Recording" and "Don't Delete", I also had a gray box below "Don't Delete" with a yellow star and an note telling me that Get Smart was back.

Obviously something new (and annoying) with 6.4a.Beats being force fed ads during scanning as was feared some months ago here.

Sounds pretty easy to ignore. I think I'll do just that.


Oh yeah, and on my R10 - it's slower than molasses in winter...My R10 is running just fine with it.

[macizcool]

[. . .] Oh yeah, and on my R10 - it's slower than molasses in winter...

Same here. It's ridiculous, not that 6.1 was much faster, but I never thought it could get any slower. No disrespect to dtremain, but the UI is really slow on this system. If you ever use any other DVR on the planet, including DirecTV DVRs, you know that this is not "just fine."

[dtremain]

Same here. It's ridiculous, not that 6.1 was much faster, but I never thought it could get any slower. No disrespect to dtremain, but the UI is really slow on this system. If you ever use any other DVR on the planet, including DirecTV DVRs, you know that this is not "just fine."I've never used a non-TiVo DVR outside of briefly seeing them in friends' houses, but I have had Directv TiVo-based units for over three years now, through all of the software updates (a Samsung S4120R and my R-10), and 6.4a has not caused a slow-down in either one.

And, when I do see friends' non-TiVo cable DVR's in action, I am always struck by how awkward the UI is compared to the TiVo system. But, I guess it's just a matter of what I'm used to.

No disrespect taken. But, as is so often the case with such issues, we are obviously having different experiences.

[Rhughes]

I've never used a non-TiVo DVR outside of briefly seeing them in friends' houses, but I have had Directv TiVo-based units for over three years now, through all of the software updates (a Samsung S4120R and my R-10), and 6.4a has not caused a slow-down in either one.

And, when I do see friends' non-TiVo cable DVR's in action, I am always struck by how awkward the UI is compared to the TiVo system. But, I guess it's just a matter of what I'm used to.

No disrespect taken. But, as is so often the case with such issues, we are obviously having different experiences.I'm wondering if you have compared the R-10 to other Series 2 DirecTivos? My R-10 has always been slower than molasses, and still is through lots of software upgrades. About three years ago I replaced the R-10 with a Philips DSR708. The difference is like day and night. The menus on the DSR708 (I have two of them) are at least 3 times faster than the R-10. I still have the R-10 in operation, but it is relegated to backup service now. I really don't like it. BTW, all three of our DirecTivo's have been upgraded with the same 300GB drive.

[macizcool]

I've never used a non-TiVo DVR outside of briefly seeing them in friends' houses, but I have had Directv TiVo-based units for over three years now, through all of the software updates (a Samsung S4120R and my R-10), and 6.4a has not caused a slow-down in either one.

And, when I do see friends' non-TiVo cable DVR's in action, I am always struck by how awkward the UI is compared to the TiVo system. But, I guess it's just a matter of what I'm used to.

No disrespect taken. But, as is so often the case with such issues, we are obviously having different experiences.

OK, now I understand why we have a difference in opinion. If you have never used a different DVR interface, then you would not notice how incredibly slow the R10 is. On other DVRs, pressing a button immediately takes you to the next page. Have you ever noticed when you page through the guide and it takes a moment to load? Not so with other DVRs. It's instantaneous.

If I were you, don't ever use another DVR or you'll start to notice how slow your R10 is and it will drive you bananas.

[DevilDogs]

This sounds similar to the problem I posted in this thread on 6/17:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=6390850#post6390850

Sorry, I guess I read over the part where you said you couldn't get to anything past the first page. :o I'm pretty sure my deleted items was at 10 at the time, so it doesn't look like the magic number is 9. However, it could have been the same amount of time, even though the number of deleted items didn't match yours.

I am having other issues with the deleted items. I've noticed that when shutting down for the night, I'll have a number of deleted items (let's say 15, I saw that once). The next morning, I'll have 1 less, yet nothing new appears in the NPL. It makes me wonder if the DVR Showcase that gets recorded somehow affects the deleted items.

[MATT1981M]

Can someone confirm that the 30 sec skip (S-P-S-3-0-S) is still working with 6.4a?

Also, I assume the Description Preview in Now Playing (Thumbs up-Thumbs down-Thumbs up-7-8) that went away with 6.3f, is still not working with 6.4a?

Those are the only codes that I used and liked.
it has been a while since i have been on the forums.., and i noticed your question...all i have to say is what is the description preview????

i still have 6.2a and i will never get rid of it... twp and mrv are all i need for enahancements...

[stevel]

The "description preview" shows you the 2-3 line program information summary in Now Playing. That was a test feature that got removed in 6.3 - when TiVoPony told us about it he said at the time that it was temporary.

[MATT1981M]

thank you for responding so quickly... i will have to check this out tonight...

[farleyruskz]

I'm having trouble getting USB to work after upgrading to 6.4a. The stock 6.4a drivers are of course not working, and I'm having trouble finding a set of drivers that will.

I'm using an FA120 (was working under 6.2a with the stock drivers). I read some posts on DDB that show others having success with that adapter by using the stock usbnet.o from 6.3f...but since I went straight from 6.2a to 6.4a I don't have a copy of that.

I tried the stock usbnet.o from 6.2a, but that didn't work. Was hoping someone could post or send me a copy of the drivers they used to get an FA120 working under 6.4a?

[T1V0]

grab the backport drivers from ddb.

[farleyruskz]

grab the backport drivers from ddb.

That did the trick; thanks!

[bengalfreak]

I'm having trouble getting USB to work after upgrading to 6.4a. The stock 6.4a drivers are of course not working, and I'm having trouble finding a set of drivers that will.

I'm using an FA120 (was working under 6.2a with the stock drivers). I read some posts on DDB that show others having success with that adapter by using the stock usbnet.o from 6.3f...but since I went straight from 6.2a to 6.4a I don't have a copy of that.

I tried the stock usbnet.o from 6.2a, but that didn't work. Was hoping someone could post or send me a copy of the drivers they used to get an FA120 working under 6.4a?


I would say this question should be asked in the Underground forum.

[unclemoosh]

I still have two HDVR2's that didn't get them. Seven of them, one of which is unsubbed, got them starting on 5/17/08.

Any ideas? Lou, do you have them yet? :confused:

[kpollari]

I still have two HDVR2's that didn't get them. Seven of them, one of which is unsubbed, got them starting on 5/17/08.

Any ideas? Lou, do you have them yet? :confused:

I just got mine in the past week or so on my HR-250. I was beginning to wonder if they were going to show up.

[DeereWright]

I have received the update to my HR10-250, but was wondering if anyone has received the update on a DSR704. I just started it dialing out last week, but haven't received the update yet. Am I too late??? If so, does anyone have the slices or a DSR704 6.4a image?

Thanks

[marrone]

Still no 6.4a here :(

-Mike

[tivosgreat]

Hi,
Does anyone know if the 6.4 update is still being sent out by DTV. I have a PhillipsDSR 708 that crashed on me. I still had the tivo.bak from 4-5 years ago and put it on a new harddrive and everything is working except I noticed the software version is 3.1 and I don't have folders, etc. that I guess came with the updates. Thanks for any info.

[jmuscat2]

I just got the update to 6.4a and unfortunatley for me my networking is no longer available. I use Vonage for phone service so I need the networking to make the necessary connections. I had 6.2a working flawlessly before the upgrade. Apparently when the upgrade was applied it erased any alterations that had been appplied. Is it possible to get them back? I have no problem removing the drive the dtivo if necessary but I'm unclear as to how to get the necessary info installed. Any help would be most appreciated.

P.S. I have burning through Google looking for any info I could find without much luck.

[stevel]

Simply repeat what you did to enable the hacks for 6.2a. However, you do not need a phone connection at all.

[marrone]

I just got the update to 6.4a

Did you just finally make a call (which triggered the download) or how did you just obtain it?

-Mike

[jmuscat2]

I'm not sure when it made the call. It has been hooked up to make the call through the network for a few month's. Possibly had the slices for a while but was just rebooted due to a power outage? Not real sure. I just upgaded to 6.2a a couple of month's ago. I had been running 4.0 (I think it was) for a couple of years. I do like what I've seen so far from 6.4 though. I'll pull the drive again and see what I can figure out.

[Endless]

I also had been waiting for a few months, and just this week my box finally got the update. I didn't do anything special (tried forced calls before), guess a regular call finally picked it up.

[marrone]

Ok, I can believe that.

Because...ta-da...I finally got 6.4a myself! I'm assuming it was at 2am on November 13.

I noticed it when my 30sec advance had to be reinstated, by hitting the end of the show I was recording...and got the "delete?" menu with an ad on it. Prowled around and verified I got the upgrade.

Interestingly:
The unit did NOT make a nightly call for the past week. I'm 100% sure because I have to string the phone cord clear across the house, and it's been at least a week since I did that. I also never saw a pending restart anywhere (and I've been looking). What actually triggered the reboot I have no clue.
The daily calls I've been making for the past few months, about every 2 weeks, were not very long in length at all. Unless it really did download it in very small slices, I question if this was the case. Maybe it was, I dunno.
Perhaps it is back in stream. That seems more likely. But something triggered the reboot, and it wasn't the phone call (since it obviously didn't happen, unless my cat hooked up the phone cord). Maybe it pushed it in a way to not need the phone line?

Here's even stranger: I have programs in the "deleted" folder going back all the way to SEPTEMBER! And this is including a few football games, too. So 6.2a was keeping track of deleted recordings for some reason.

I also noticed 3 less total hours. It now reads a max of 233 hours, down from 236 (gotta update my sig). Unless it was only a change in the estimation calculation, and really didn't take up 3GB extra on my drive. Being a 250GBer, I don't mind, but I'd be ticked if I only had a 40GB drive in there and lost 3 hours of recording space (almost 10%).

This whole upgrade is odd. Very odd. But glad to have it. Now I don't have to worry about my wife deleting shows I haven't watched yet.

-Mike

[dtremain]

I have programs in the "deleted" folder going back all the way to SEPTEMBER! And this is including a few football games, too. So 6.2a was keeping track of deleted recordings for some reason.Just like any computer hard drive, the files don't really get erased just because you direct that they be deleted. They only get truly erased when the disk is out of room and needs it to record something new. So, the old programs were always there. What 6.4a does that is different is to provide a means of selecting them. That's why it brought up programs back to September.

I also noticed 3 less total hours. It now reads a max of 233 hours, down from 236 (gotta update my sig). Unless it was only a change in the estimation calculation, and really didn't take up 3GB extra on my drive. Being a 250GBer, I don't mind, but I'd be ticked if I only had a 40GB drive in there and lost 3 hours of recording space (almost 10%).
It's just a change in the estimation. If you had programs you didn't know about backed up to September, an hour more or less is hardly going to matter to you, but, in fact, there is no real change.

[bgrubb1]

Can anyone help me get a "reliable" static IP on an HR10-250 running 6.4a installed via slicer ?? If I run netconfig then run set_static, the static address sets, then later reverts to dhcp and seems to be overall un-reliable (I can transfer short files, drops on long files)
If static is a no go any pointers on how to get dhcp reliable again ?

[Slick Rick]

Hello all.

I have on software versions 6.2, 6.3 and now from the sat 6.4 on nemerious TiVo's in my home.

What is each software versions for?

Which Software Upgrade Should I Use for networking?

[su_A_ve]

Being sent now via satellite. I have vonage and and older huges whose modem cannot be slowed down. Over two months ago I tried many times to force an update via serial PPP. Calls were successful but never got the update.

This past weekend, call was successful and got 6.4a.

But remote schedule is not working

[Sand_Dune_Dude]

Sorry to bring this up in such an old thread....

I've had a HR10-250 sitting around off-line for 2 years, still active account though.

I've hooked it back up to a dish and have it working. However I noticed it's running 6.3e version code.

Does anyone know if I will eventually get 6.4 via satelite automatically?

It has successfully made several phone calls, but I don't have a permenate line attached..... will look into USB-Ethernet connection later.

[stevel]

It will eventually if a phone line is attached. USB-Ethernet won't help you here.

[pstgh]

SDDude>

I too have an older 10-250 that I've had laying around (it was my father's light years ago). I was holding it until I obtain an HDTV, but am now wondering if the new HD DTV boxes aren't better?

Can you comment on which may be better- especially as it relates to the hmo options?

Thanks.

[stevel]

Well, the DirecTV boxes can get all of the HD channels, whereas the HR10 is limited to just a couple at present, and those will be going away. DirecTV supports streaming to your PC.

If you don't have an HDTV, then there's no particular rush to get a new box (and indeed DirecTV won't activate a new HD box for you unless you have an HDTV.)

[bengalfreak]

Well, the DirecTV boxes can get all of the HD channels, whereas the HR10 is limited to just a couple at present, and those will be going away. DirecTV supports streaming to your PC.

If you don't have an HDTV, then there's no particular rush to get a new box (and indeed DirecTV won't activate a new HD box for you unless you have an HDTV.)


Sure they will. But you still have to pay the extra dough for the HD channels whether you can utilize them or not.

[stevel]

I have heard of people successfully able to have the HD charge removed if they have no 2x-series boxes.

[DeereWright]

I have an HR10-250 as well, and I am not being charged for the HD channels. I have had DirecTV call me and offer the free upgrade to HD, but since I don't have an HDTV, I don't want or need the HD yet. I also don't have the dish to support all the HD, so they waive the HD charge, (or credit it back, I'd have to look at my bill).

[C DM]

Wanted to check in to see what the current consensus might be when it comes to getting the latest version (looks like it's still 6.4a) on a Hughes Series 2 box that has 6.2a and was out of use for a while and has recently been reactivated and put back into use (connected to both satellite and phone)--is it still being sent out to boxes that don't have it, and, if so, how long could it take for a box to get it?. Is there anything in particular that would either speed up (or perhaps delay or even prevent) getting the latest update?

[jacket88]

I've posted about this a couple times in a different thread. I recently (2 months ago) activated an R10 that hadn't been used since it had 6.1a. I haven't been able to get it to update in the 2 months with daily calls. I personally don't believe it is still being sent out, although one user keeps insisting it'll come over the phone line.

[marrone]

I missed 6.4a the first time it was sent over the satellite. A few months later it was sent, and my box got it. No phone line involved (it wasn't even connected). Hopefully they'll do it again.

Why they aren't upgrading over the phone, I have no idea.

-Mike

[justme]

Sigh, my hard drive was going bad so I swapped in a 6.2a version (hacked). It sounds like they do occasionally send out 6.4a over the satellite (without phone connection)? I called DTV, they say it is all over the phone and don't support Tivo software updates via satellite. I'd like to slice it again to get back to 6.4a.

[whitepelican]

Sigh, my hard drive was going bad so I swapped in a 6.2a version (hacked). It sounds like they do occasionally send out 6.4a over the satellite (without phone connection)? I called DTV, they say it is all over the phone and don't support Tivo software updates via satellite. I'd like to slice it again to get back to 6.4a.

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/software/update_tool/6.4a-0.slices.tgz