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BobD

Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:31 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 4016 Location: Nottingham

MyStuff 6.4 is now available to download from www.BobDsMyStuff.co.uk

This version fixes the bugs reported in 6.3, and adds a few new features and tweaks.

Details of the changes can be found in the new 6.4 manual and on the ChangeLogs page.

Of special note is the change to the way MyStuff calls a particular Toppy API function which is suspected of contributing to (and perhaps being the main cause of) the hard disk wiped suffered occasionally during periods of bad reception. Since this change was made, the Team is not aware (to the best of my knowledge) of any such wipes. Special thanks to EMJB for this one!

We recommend that all MyStuff users update to this new version, by using the full installer download (rather than by just downloading and updating the TAP file), as this will ensure that other support TAPs are updated too.

The usual thanks go out to the Beta Testers and selected TAP authors for their help testing the internal builds leading up to this release.

Please try to read/search existing posts (and the manual!) before posting in case your question has already been answered, and try to use useful topic titles!

Thanks.

The MyStuff Team

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DaveHill

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:11 am

Regular contributor Joined: 15 Dec 2005 Posts: 69 Location: Bedford

Thanks Bob, will give it a spin on the standby machine!

BobD wrote:

We recommend that all MyStuff users update to this new version, by using the full installer download (rather than by just downloading and updating the TAP file), as this will ensure that other support TAPs are updated too.

I can't do that, not having a Windows machine. Are there any changes and has CW updated the InstallerExtras ZIP file?

Dave

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TF5800, TS On, F/W: MS6 Recommended F/W 12/9/2009 -FmSyXl+Ds, Samsung 250Gb IDE.
TAPs: SecCache (UK) v0.4; EIT Sub v0.6; QuickJump 1.72; EPG2MEI v0.96; Extend v1.7; MyStuff 6.4; MyInfo B5.5;
TF5800PVRt, TS On, F/W: MS6 Recommended F/W 12/9/2009 -FmXl+Ds, Seagate ST3500418AS 500Gb SATA.
TAPs: SecCache (UK) v0.4; EIT Sub v0.6; QuickJump 1.72; EPG2MEI v0.96; Extend v1.7; MyStuff 6.4; MyInfo B5.5;

chunkywizard

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:33 am

MyStuff Team Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 9219 Location: Sindlesham, Berkshire Tx: Hannington

Hi there,

in depends when you last looked! If you installed 6.3 then the only change is the MyStuff TAP. pre 6.3 then there were some changes to the installer. Things like caching of EPG data, SDS download (and subsequent defocusing) etc.

HTH

CW

p.s. The 'What Does the Installer Do?' thread should be up to date and is there as a reference for non-PC users

DaveHill

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:08 am

Regular contributor Joined: 15 Dec 2005 Posts: 69 Location: Bedford

chunkywizard wrote:

If you installed 6.3 then the only change is the MyStuff TAP.

Then I'm OK as I'm running 6.3 at the moment.

Thanks!

Dave

juwlz

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:20 am

MyStuff Team Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 9643 Location: Wokingham, Berkshire (Hannington transmitter)

chunkywizard wrote:

in depends when you last looked! If you installed 6.3 then the only change is the MyStuff TAP. pre 6.3 then there were some changes to the installer. Things like caching of EPG data, SDS download (and subsequent defocusing) etc.

IIRC, SDS was introduced for 6.3 and removed again for 6.4, but I may be wrong. I never used it!

Julie

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DrGreg

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:30 am

Regular contributor Joined: 29 Oct 2010 Posts: 77

Just loaded 6.4. Thank you all very much for implementing my suggestions for not seeing/hearing live TV when in the archive, pressing playback etc. Works well. I appreciate that these options aren't to everybody's taste (that's why they are options), but I am a very happy bunny now. No more seeing the live score of a rugby match I am recording when I go to play it whilst still recording, thereby ruining the surprise.

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TAPs: MyStuff 6.3; EPG2MEI v0.96; Font Manager 1.0d; Extend v1.7; MyInfo B5.5; EIT Sub (Game) v0.6; SecCache (UK) v0.4;
Sig generated by MyInfo on 16/5/11
MyInfo on 21/1/11[/size]

andyfras

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 12:36 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 2791 Location: Fleet, Hampshire (Hannington)

I have just used the MS6.4 installer on a brand new 1.5TB drive that I installed for a forum member. All went well.

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chunkywizard

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 1:33 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 9219 Location: Sindlesham, Berkshire Tx: Hannington

excellent, thanks for the feedback. I did test it but real world testing never goes a miss!

Cheers

CW

Geoff Bacon

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 2:04 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 2323 Location: Bristol ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Windows XP, USB

No problems encountered installing 6.4 here (5800. full install plus FontManager, USB connection, previously on MS 6.3).

Many thanks to BobD and the MyStuff team
Geoff

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TAPs: PcControl B1.3; StopExit v1.01; QuickJump 1.72; MyInfo B5.6; Font Manager 1.0d; EPG2MEI v0.96; EIT Sub (Game) v0.6; Extend v1.7; SecCache (UK) v0.4; Channel Organiser B2X7; CrashTrace v0.4; MyStuff 6.5 Beta 3j;
Sig generated by MyInfo on 30/3/13™

Stuart P

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 3:13 pm

Regular contributor Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 94 Location: Hitchin, Herts

another smooth full install. running 6.4 here now. thanks to all involved and especially for fixing this

http://forum.toppy.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=236457&highlight=#236457

Very Happy

Geoff Bacon

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 4:37 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 2323 Location: Bristol ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Windows XP, USB

A minor point, and an installer issue rather than MyStuff.

The upgrade replaces the EPG2MEI.ini file with one that has no restrictions on the channels.

Users requiring restrictions on broadcast times will therefore need to run ChannelOrganiser after the upgrade (this will populate the file with the times held in Freeview.dat).

Alternatively, they can reinstate their old version, assuming it is correct, by copying \ProgramFiles\Settings\MyStuff\OldCopy\EPG2MEI.ini to \ProgramFiles\Settings\EPG2MEI.ini (this can be done using Drag and Drop in TopManager or, for Altair etc, by copying the file to the pc and then back to the toppy).

Note: For most users, the lack of restrictions is probably immaterial.

[edit]CW has now changed the installer to preserve the EPG2MEI. This means that anyone downloading after 12:53 on 19th May can ignore this post[/edit]

Geoff

Last edited by Geoff Bacon on Thu May 19, 2011 3:10 pm; edited 1 time in total
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TAPs: PcControl B1.3; StopExit v1.01; QuickJump 1.72; MyInfo B5.6; Font Manager 1.0d; EPG2MEI v0.96; EIT Sub (Game) v0.6; Extend v1.7; SecCache (UK) v0.4; Channel Organiser B2X7; CrashTrace v0.4; MyStuff 6.5 Beta 3j;
Sig generated by MyInfo on 30/3/13™

andyfras

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 5:14 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 2791 Location: Fleet, Hampshire (Hannington)

Following the success of installing MS6.4 on a blank disk (see above), I decided to install it on my own Toppy (having missed out MS6.3).

Sadly, all my searches have turned into Text searches and I'm a bit p***ed off!

Andy K

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 5:16 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 3486 Location: Owner of 3 Topfields

BobD wrote:

Of special note is the change to the way MyStuff calls a particular Toppy API function which is suspected of contributing to (and perhaps being the main cause of) the hard disk wiped suffered occasionally during periods of bad reception.

Arh! So The MyStuff Team actually admit this now! Very Happy

BobD

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 5:17 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 4016 Location: Nottingham

Hi Andy

Sorry about that. I think that has happened occasionally before but we have never got to the bottom of it. Is it your 6.2 searches that you now have as TSs, or has it found a really old, eg pre 6.0, set of searches?

You may well have a dated backup of your searches file, in which case you could reinstate a copy of that and see if it does it again. If it does, then we should be able to debug and fix it.

BobD

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 5:20 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 4016 Location: Nottingham

Andy K wrote:

BobD wrote:

Arh! So The MyStuff Team actually admit this now! Very Happy

We admit that we called a standard toppy function which, under conditions of poor signal, corrupted memory etc so badly that it caused a disk wipe. Any tap calling that function at just the wrong time, and in just the wrong amount, would almost certainly have done the same.

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