Open Webif Question

[BRAVEHEART]

We'll need a description of your set-up.

When she says that she is "not able to turn the volume up and down" does that mean:

• pressing VolUp/Down has no noticeable effect at all
• it does have an effect, but there is a report on the TV that the volume is fixed
• the TV reports a volume change, but there is no actual volume change.

Do you have external speakers connected to your TV and, if so, how are they connected. Does the TV volume control normally work for them.

You're probably not, but you shouldn't use the OpenWeb IF volume control to control the volume for you on your PC - you should use the volume control in whatever you are using to view (or the PC volume itself).

No others speakers attached to the TV.

Yes, when this happens she see's the TV's onscreen volume bar go up and down when she uses the volume control on the tv remote, the onscreen bar shows on screen going up and down but there is no change to the actual tv volume apart from what it is at on Open Webif.

I dont use open webif to control what I am viewing from the vu on the computer, I never have done, not ever.

And living room tv has always been the same too.

Its strange because I just asked her to test it AGAIN because usually when she uses the tv remote volume control to turn the tv volume up and down I can usually watch the little volume control slider go up and down on Open Webif on the computer, but not this time for some strange reason, the open webif volume just stayed fixed, its as if this happens sometimes, not all the time, I cant understand it, strange thing, P.S, thats me testing it with watching a vu channel on the computer and not too.

Seem's to be intermittant

 

[birdman]

Its strange because I just asked her to test it AGAIN because usually when she uses the tv remote volume control to turn the tv volume up and down I can usually watch the little volume control slider go up and down on Open Webif on the computer,

That would mean that the TV is forwarding the volume controls to the box (over HDMI). You don't want/need to do this. So change the TV to not send them, then the TV VolUp/Down will just change the TV volume.
You can configure the box to forward volume controls to the TV (in teh HDMI_CEC menu). That way the box volume can be left at 100% (probably..) and it's always the TV volume which changes, even if you use the volume control on the box remote.

 

[abu baniaz]

The issue of volume being effectively muted in openwebif has been reported several times. I cannot recall if specific to the Duo though.

It is an odd and sporadic occurrence. If someone knows how to recreate the issue without fail, maybe it can be looked at?

 

[BRAVEHEART]

The Misses --->>>>> :sofahide::lol3::lol3::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::lol3::lol3::sofahide:


Regarding the sound issue guys, lol, you honestly wont believe this, something so simple that I completely overlooked and you guys probably did too, I forgot there is a volume control on the actual VU remote control, lol.

So I turned it on today and I was thinking to myself, why the heck is there no sound out of the tv now and I didn't even have the computer on or anything, so I was really scratching my head big time , lol.

I looked closely at the VU remote and it WAS THEN I SPOTTED IT HAS ITS OWN VOLUME CONTROLS, lol, hahahahahaha.

The Volume was turned right down to Zero on it, so I turned it up full and that was the TV back to normal.

However, the misses isn't home yet for me to ask her did she touch it which the answer will be "no" to anyway, lol, so when she does show
her face I will make it VERY CLEAR TO HER NOT TO TOUCH THE VOLUME CONTROLS ON THE VU REMOTE CONTROL and ONLY to use the TV
Remote control for volume !

I honestly cant believe all these posts about this sound issue and that is more than likely the answer all along, LOL, , crazy eh , lol :roflmao:

Soon as its fully tested later we shall see though.

 

[BRAVEHEART]

Might as well ask this question while I wait on the misses coming home to get the final tests done with this sound thing.

Heres another question for any you guys in the know about Open Vix.

I delibrately left the VU box on last night, I knew I did because I was just trying something out, so I left it sitting on a random channel and I looked at the VU display and it stated the name of the channel, so then I switched the TV off, checked the VU box display again and it still said the name of the channel, then I went to bed.

When I got up today I looked at the LED display of the VU box and noticed it said on it "Standby", so I was like what the heck , I have never seen that before, does it maybe just go into a very very lite standby mode or something like that when the tv is switched off for so many hours or something like that maybe ?

Soon as I switched the Tv back on the channel appeared on tv screen and also on the VU display too but now that I try and think about it I cant honestly remember if there was anything else showing on the screen that I maybe had to exit out of using the VU remote, hmm, wish I could remember but being honest I cant remember if anything was onscreen I had to exit out of.

Anyway, its something I have not seen before, new to me.

 

[ccs]

I looked closely at the VU remote and it WAS THEN I SPOTTED IT HAS ITS OWN VOLUME CONTROLS, lol, hahahahahaha.

The Volume was turned right down to Zero on it, so I turned it up full and that was the TV back to normal.


I honestly cant believe all these posts about this sound issue and that is more than likely the answer all along.

Probably because you answered the question yourself when you first mentioned the problem.....

.....So I then pull up Open Webif on the computer screen and turn the open webif volume up from there

 

[BRAVEHEART]

Probably because you answered the question yourself when you first mentioned the problem.....

no mate, that was open webif, this was the actual VU remote control, not webif.

As I said, I completely forgot about volume buttons on the VU remote control, when this was all happening I was using the open webif volume slider control on open webif because she was shouting that she wasnt getting sound etc, but all along the volume was somehow turned right down (wasnt me), I guess extremely easy mistake to make as I never ever use the physical VU remote OR the VU remote on Open Webif either (not for sound anyway), I dont know what happened but for some reason the box volume was turned right down, thats all I know.

Anyways, so shes home now and I showed her how it works and that is hopefully an end to it thank goodness, lol.

(either that or she may not be admitting to possibly pressing the volume buttons on the VU Remote control when shes been changing channels and stuff etc, again, another easy mistake to make, its hard to say.).

 

[BRAVEHEART]

Heres another question for any you guys in the know about Open Vix.

I delibrately left the VU box on last night, I knew I did because I was just trying something out, so I left it sitting on a random channel and I looked at the VU display and it stated the name of the channel, so then I switched the TV off, checked the VU box display again and it still said the name of the channel, then I went to bed.

When I got up today I looked at the LED display of the VU box and noticed it said on it "Standby", so I was like what the heck , I have never seen that before, does it maybe just go into a very very lite standby mode or something like that when the tv is switched off for so many hours or something like that maybe ?

Soon as I switched the Tv back on the channel appeared on tv screen and also on the VU display too but now that I try and think about it I cant honestly remember if there was anything else showing on the screen that I maybe had to exit out of using the VU remote, hmm, wish I could remember but being honest I cant remember if anything was onscreen I had to exit out of.

Anyway, its something I have not seen before, new to me.

 

[ccs]

no mate, that was open webif, this was the actual VU remote control, not webif.

I know, but they both control the volume of the box in exactly the same way.
So when you said OpenWebif fixed the problem, it was reasonabe to assume that the remote would have as well.

 

[Andy_Hazza]

Personally I would pair your Vu+ remote to your TV.


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