PRIORITY MANAGER V1.7 BY BUYUKBANG : Complete Tool to Power Up Azbox

**satlubitel** · 01-08-2010, 03:46 PM

Hi buyukbang,

Today I have been testing PM v1.7.
I got following problem: After using "Movie an Browser" button to kill TV and Emu, when went back to TV, i got black screen and cannot watch TV.
(Same if I use =1 option in PriorityManagerSettings.txt)
TV and EMU applications were not automatically restarted after switching back to TV menu as is stated in the help/doc.
Only option was to reboot whole receiver.

Please let me know what is the problem? Am I doing something wrong?

The FW I am using is 4890.

Yr help is appreciated.
Cheers!

**buyukbang** · 01-08-2010, 04:18 PM

I didn't tried with 4890 but with the latest two firmwares there is no problem. May be something was different in 4890, i don't know. Suggest you to upgrade to the latest firmware and try again.

Originally Posted by satlubitel

Hi buyukbang,

Today I have been testing PM v1.7.
I got following problem: After using "Movie an Browser" button to kill TV and Emu, when went back to TV, i got black screen and cannot watch TV.
(Same if I use =1 option in PriorityManagerSettings.txt)
TV and EMU applications were not automatically restarted after switching back to TV menu as is stated in the help/doc.
Only option was to reboot whole receiver.

Please let me know what is the problem? Am I doing something wrong?

The FW I am using is 4890.

Yr help is appreciated.
Cheers!

**Shadz** · 01-08-2010, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by buyukbang

I never used cheops but I think we can make its performance better. Could you please test as below and say me the best result:

1-install and active PM 1.7
2- Open TV menu with cheops.
3- Go to telnet and give below commands in row, and after each command test channel switch speed:

a) snice cheops_module -10

b) snice cheops_module -1

c)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 2

d)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 4

e)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 6

f)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 8

I love you buyukbang!! Thanks!

My test results are these ones:

Fast speeds:
1 = slow
2 = reasonable speed
3 = good speed
4 = very good speed
5 = excelent speed

a) snice cheops_module -10

R: Fast speed: 1

b) snice cheops_module -1

R: Fast speed: 3

c)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 2

R: Fast speed: 5

d)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 4

R: Fast speed: 4

e)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 6

R: Fast speed: 5

f)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 8

R: Fast speed: 5

==========

I tested all these commands twice, and honestly, it's very hard to see any speed difference between c), d), e) and f). But I think I will choose option c).

Thank you buyukbang for your excelent work!

And thanks for the tip to activate KILL_TV_EMU=1! \o/

**buyukbang** · 01-08-2010, 09:29 PM

You are welcome !

I'll add below command to v1.8:

snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 2

Originally Posted by Shadz

I love you buyukbang!! Thanks!

My test results are these ones:

Fast speeds:
1 = slow
2 = reasonable speed
3 = good speed
4 = very good speed
5 = excelent speed

a) snice cheops_module -10

R: Fast speed: 1

b) snice cheops_module -1

R: Fast speed: 3

c)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 2

R: Fast speed: 5

d)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 4

R: Fast speed: 4

e)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 6

R: Fast speed: 5

f)
snice STOP cheops_module
snice cheops_module 8

R: Fast speed: 5

==========

I tested all these commands twice, and honestly, it's very hard to see any speed difference between c), d), e) and f). But I think I will choose option c).

Thank you buyukbang for your excelent work!

And thanks for the tip to activate KILL_TV_EMU=1! \o/

**digihoe** · 08-08-2010, 12:13 PM

I also want to repport a bug, maybe not a bug but something is not going OK. I watch MTV Dance with MTV Unlimited card in a conax CAM after watching for a few seconds the reciver becomes VERY slow, response form IR takes ~15 seconds. So it's something like what is described for Cheops, however I never lose the picture (very often when not using PM1.7 I get the message "CI-Initilize" and then decryption stops and I need to switch to other channel and then back for it to clear).

In the CI setting it is set priorty CI-play, if this helps I dont know..

Great work by the way!

Best regards!

**buyukbang** · 08-08-2010, 12:54 PM

Can you send me before and after the problem logs for ps and top -n1 commands via PM. Since I never used a card on azbox I don't exactly know which processes handles the card. These logs may help me to understand.

Originally Posted by digihoe

I also want to repport a bug, maybe not a bug but something is not going OK. I watch MTV Dance with MTV Unlimited card in a conax CAM after watching for a few seconds the reciver becomes VERY slow, response form IR takes ~15 seconds. So it's something like what is described for Cheops, however I never lose the picture (very often when not using PM1.7 I get the message "CI-Initilize" and then decryption stops and I need to switch to other channel and then back for it to clear).

In the CI setting it is set priorty CI-play, if this helps I dont know..

Great work by the way!

Best regards!

**digihoe** · 10-08-2010, 11:50 PM

I have just upgraded to latest firmware and now I can't reproduce the bug.

Thanks for your support!

**buyukbang** · 11-08-2010, 06:28 AM

Thanks for the report!

Originally Posted by digihoe

I have just upgraded to latest firmware and now I can't reproduce the bug.

Thanks for your support!

**iceman3108** · 11-08-2010, 10:50 AM

I'm also using the latest SW and with the Priority Manager 1.7, the box reacts very very slow, especially the zapping is really annoying. I don't know the reason for this, I checked the PM settings which seem to be alright, so unfortunately I had to deactivate the plugin.

**buyukbang** · 11-08-2010, 12:03 PM

Check this :
http://forum.azbox.com/index.php/topic,519.0.html

There is a problem with CRTVCore application that comes with firmware since 6-7 firmwares. This is without PM case and it occurs randomly. May be this is your problem? If not may be you 've a specific case and the root cause needs to be identified.

Originally Posted by iceman3108

I'm also using the latest SW and with the Priority Manager 1.7, the box reacts very very slow, especially the zapping is really annoying. I don't know the reason for this, I checked the PM settings which seem to be alright, so unfortunately I had to deactivate the plugin.

**iceman3108** · 11-08-2010, 07:52 PM

You are right, buyukbank. The problem is related indeed with populating the EPG data on some channels, although I use no EPG plugin. Since I deactivated the Priority Manager, the box reacts normal again and switching is really fast most of the time, although with the Time Shift activated it slows down significantly.

I need to say that after I installed SW 5006, a rescanned all the satellites, so I have a fresh channel list, as the old list was unusable with this SW (got all the time the "Problem occured. Please reboot box"-message).

**hfmls** · 11-08-2010, 08:33 PM

i've been testing KGD firmware, but i gotta say buyukbang your script is so simple to setup and i get great performance with tv+emu kill.

i will stick with yours.

**happyhammer** · 12-08-2010, 05:22 PM

i'm presently using the KDG as its the first version that allows to record HD via Multicas cccam client to USB HDD on my elite box.

**xanadu** · 12-08-2010, 06:01 PM

Channel hopping with PM slows to unusable with firmware 9.5006.

PM 1.7 OFF everything good again with menu speed.

**buyukbang** · 12-08-2010, 09:27 PM

OK, I'll test and review TV channel switch.

Originally Posted by xanadu

Channel hopping with PM slows to unusable with firmware 9.5006.

PM 1.7 OFF everything good again with menu speed.

**buyukbang** · 15-08-2010, 05:38 PM

Status report for new version. I need beta testers, please PM me...

v1.8
-----
NEW: Optimizations for TV channel browser, TV channel switch speed and recording.

NEW: Added LEFT_SHIFT, TOP_SHIFT and RATIO parameters to PriorityManagerSettings.txt. Now
users that have problems with Priority Manager screen size on their TV's can easily adjust
size with this setting file.

NEW: Added RUN_AFTER_RETURN_FROM_KILL option to PriorityManagerSettings.txt. Now you can
define your epg plugin script to be run when switching back to TV mode after TV and EMU
killed by KILL_TV_EMU option.

NEW: More DOM speed improvement with DOM_SPEED=1 setting.

NEW: If you put your hosts file and/or .profile file under /DISK2, original files will be replaced
with them automatically by Priority Manager at the startup (Normally these files are always
restored by the firmware). So you can define your own host redirections and profile settings
(e.g. aliases).

NEW: Added support for automatically pausing OSCam DVB API when Azbox sleeps (OSCam works
as server mode only) and resuming it again when Azbox wakes up (OSCam works as client &
server mode). This provides more system resources for applications running while Azbox is
sleeping and also a small amount of power saving.
You can find more information about in below do***ent ( search the word pauseoscam ):
http://streamboard.gmc.to/svn/oscam/...oscam.conf.txt

FIX: Sometimes TV and EMU does not restart after switching back to TV mode when
KILL_TV_EMU option is activated.

FIX: Performance fix for Cheops EMU.

**buyukbang** · 15-08-2010, 05:49 PM

I added an option to run any program/script after reloading TV and EMU. I want to set its default as your EPG plugin script in settings file. Can anyone please say me what is the right command to reload EPG plugin ?

Originally Posted by moicas3004

hi, the plugin is great, and works very well, but..

I have the EPG Plugin working and by restarting TV mode the EPG goes away. There is anyway to run the epgPlugins, ou its script when the TV mode restarts?

Originally Posted by moicas3004

hi, i think the solution is simple, is to add a file for us to inser our scripts for tv.

The EPG runs fine but after geting out of the movie mode and entering in the TV mode, the epg that was in memory goes away , and i have to run manualy the script to update the EPG again.

If you could point the epg script somewere, so when we enter again in TV mode the script runs automatic and updates the EPG data Again.

Im using Portuguese EPG, if you can test it i can send you the files.

Originally Posted by moicas3004

Buyukbang, about kill-tv option, can you add a feature so when we stop watching movies and return to tv mode, we can add a running script so i can update EPG, like the sleep option in settings.

The reason is when we kill tv , the epg data from the plugins disapears and its needed to be reloaded when we return to TV mode, after watching a movie.

Originally Posted by buyukbang

I'll add this i v1.8 . So you'll be able to run any command after all tv reloads.

For a workaround solution until v1.8 is released, you can add all your commands at the end of /PLUGINS/PriorityManager/reload_tv.sh script.