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Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

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    #632
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    It's a grey area. I would have my doubts too, but it won't stop them trying to fob you off. European law is on your side, you get a year from the place you buy from, and two years from the manufacturer. Whatever about losing support, the warranty is on the hardware and it's up to them to prove that by installing a custom software, this caused the box to break. Here is the law explained with regard to custom software on phones: http://piana.eu/root


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    #633
    m8
    Registered Users Posts: 905 ✭✭✭m8


    Yes but the main purpose of these is to install E2 so how can they be void?

    They are sold with this idea to the buyer?


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    #634
    Digidol
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Digidol


    Ok guys I've been playing with this for the weekend and have got most things working, everything clearing as it should be. The only thing I'm having problems with is AutoBouquets, when I try to run the plugin I keep getting;
    Execution Progress :

    /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/AutoBouquets/autobouquets_e2.sh : not found

    Execution Finished

    The file is there though in that exact location when I FTP in and the permission is set to 755. What am I doing wrong? :confused:

    screenshot01o.jpg


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    #635
    westerlywonder
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭westerlywonder


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    At one stage I was fully convinced I had a hardware fault, but now Enigma is working perfect. See my post in this very thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82306560&postcount=123
    I am now 100% happy with mine

    You can ship the box to me if you wish, I will have a play with it and clone my own Enigma install onto it. I'm in the trade, I will ship it back to you when done, the only expense will be postage (should be about 15 quid each way).

    Extremely good of you PMH, and might i add that your previous posts have more than helped me out when i was initially setting up.
    As i can use the ethernet port to record in spark, once this becomes available through enigma i dont intend to use the usb port in anycase so i might hold out for a while.

    The enigma image that is installed on it is the latest HDMU, and it works fine, no lag problems initially.
    However if I download and install a new skin, the box seems to grind to a halt. It becomes so laggy that it unusable. ( I have tried several skins including some that others were using on this thread.)

    So i have learned to stick with the default. previously I had problems with plugins. I had vlc player/rte player and 3players installed and all were causing the box to crash.
    I decided to install them one at a time, the vlc player works on its own, as do the rte and 3 player. But when they are all installed together they all cause the box to crash. :confused:
    I am using the HDMUimage without an additional drive mounted, so i am not sure if not having enough memory installed could cause this problem.

    Again, thanks very much for your offer PMH, i may take you up on it in the near future if i make no further progress


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    #636
    Digidol
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Digidol


    Is there a way to configure the EPG button the remote so that when I press it, it brings up Cool Easy Guide (Multi)?


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    #637
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Digidol wrote: »
    Is there a way to configure the EPG button the remote so that when I press it, it brings up Cool Easy Guide (Multi)?

    Yes, you can configure that in CoolTVGuide settings, but you'll have to edit the keymap.xml to stop the default EPG opening. Why not set CoolTVGuide to long press the EPG button


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    #638
    Digidol
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Digidol


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Yes, you can configure that in CoolTVGuide settings, but you'll have to edit the keymap.xml to stop the default EPG opening. Why not set CoolTVGuide to long press the EPG button

    Thanks, just got it sorted! :)


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    #639
    Digidol
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Digidol


    I know I'm probably being annoying now but I'm totally new to this and learning all the time, in Cool Guide the bottom of the screen is slightly cut off (where the colour button options are), how to change the aspect ratio of it or get it to fit properly?

    Thanks for all the help!


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    #640
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Digidol wrote: »
    I know I'm probably being annoying now but I'm totally new to this and learning all the time, in Cool Guide the bottom of the screen is slightly cut off (where the colour button options are), how to change the aspect ratio of it or get it to fit properly?

    Thanks for all the help!

    I have no idea, did you edit the sizes?


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    #641
    Digidol
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Digidol


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    I have no idea, did you edit the sizes?

    No I didn't edit anything, the aspect ratio on the channels are fine, its just in the Cool Guide its slightly cut off at the end.


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    #642
    Digidol
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Digidol


    Digidol wrote: »
    I know I'm probably being annoying now but I'm totally new to this and learning all the time, in Cool Guide the bottom of the screen is slightly cut off (where the colour button options are), how to change the aspect ratio of it or get it to fit properly?

    Thanks for all the help!

    I figured out how to do it, MENU - HDMUCenter - OSD Control and you can change it there.


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    #643
    kaisersose77
    Registered Users Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    folks do these play xvids, mp4, mkv's etc? and does anyone if there is any enigma2 upnp clients? would like to connect to my xbmc server and see recently added tv shows etc.


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    #644
    championc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,068 ✭✭✭championc


    Just to come back on the validity of running E2 on these boxes. I was looking at http://www.amikostb.com/?q=product&id=153 which I assume is the official site. It clearly says

    FULL HD DIGITAL RECEIVER & MEDIA PLAYER - DUAL LINUX OS & CONAX EMBEDDED

    and in the Description / jpeg poster type thing (http://amikostb.com/content/alien2/body.jpg)

    Spark and E2 OS simultaneously stored on the same receiver with easy switching.


    And I notice that the likes of satworld.ie also use the same jpeg in their advert so the box is clearly being sold for the purpose of someone installing E2


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    #645
    sattvfan
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭sattvfan


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    You have to FTP it to the box

    In basic laymens terms how do I do this exactly ? (This was regarding uploading a satellites.xml file) Btw it appears I can ftp using Dreambox tools but how do I find the ip address of the box and which directory do I download to and then what ?!

    Any very help much appreciated


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    #646
    givecredit
    Registered Users Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭givecredit


    Digidol wrote: »
    Ok guys I've been playing with this for the weekend and have got most things working, everything clearing as it should be. The only thing I'm having problems with is AutoBouquets, when I try to run the plugin I keep getting;



    The file is there though in that exact location when I FTP in and the permission is set to 755. What am I doing wrong? :confused:

    screenshot01o.jpg

    Are you using the version of Autobouquets that Phog mo thoin linked to earlier in this thread?
    The newer 21st Feb 2013 version is not workable on HDMU yet.


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    #647
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    givecredit wrote: »
    Are you using the version of Autobouquets that Phog mo thoin linked to earlier in this thread?
    The newer 21st Feb 2013 version is not workable on HDMU yet.

    I have a newer one working, not the 21st Feb but I no longer get the pop up. I'll upload my folder now. Delete your Autobouquets directory completely and copy across mine

    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56355/PogsAutoBouquets.rar


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    #648
    Digidol
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Digidol


    givecredit wrote: »
    Are you using the version of Autobouquets that Phog mo thoin linked to earlier in this thread?
    The newer 21st Feb 2013 version is not workable on HDMU yet.
    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    I have a newer one working, not the 21st Feb but I no longer get the pop up. I'll upload my folder now. Delete your Autobouquets directory completely and copy across mine

    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56355/PogsAutoBouquets.rar

    I installed the version of Autobouquets that was in Phog's tutorial. It's ok now as I realize I don't even particularly want it, I've created my own bouquet in DreamEdit and have my channels in the order I want them :)

    Is the only main advantage of AutoBouquets that it automatically updates channel frequencies if they change or if new channels are added?


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    #649
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Digidol wrote: »
    Is the only main advantage of AutoBouquets that it automatically updates channel frequencies if they change or if new channels are added?

    Yes, but you also can change channel using the same channel number as they are on Sky, 101=RTE1, 102=RTE2, 401=Sky Sports1 etc


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    #650
    westerlywonder
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭westerlywonder


    kaisersose77 wrote: »
    folks do these play xvids, mp4, mkv's etc? and does anyone if there is any enigma2 upnp clients? would like to connect to my xbmc server and see recently added tv shows etc.

    In spark you can easily set up and connect to a server or network share,
    through spark i can stream and play .avi, and .mkv i am not sure about xvid, some mp4 will not play for me in spark.

    On the enigma side, I have HDMU image installed. Through the media player on this I can stream via upnp .avi and .mp4, i am having difficulty viewing .mkv over upnp.

    there is also a vlc player plugin for the HDMU image, i have not managed to configure this correctly yet to work with my network share but i imagine once configured properly it will play all file types for you.

    note I am not exactly sure what a xbmc server is so apologies if this response does not apply or help you.


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    #651
    westerlywonder
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭westerlywonder


    championc wrote: »
    Just to come back on the validity of running E2 on these boxes. I was looking at http://www.amikostb.com/?q=product&id=153 which I assume is the official site. It clearly says

    FULL HD DIGITAL RECEIVER & MEDIA PLAYER - DUAL LINUX OS & CONAX EMBEDDED

    and in the Description / jpeg poster type thing (http://amikostb.com/content/alien2/body.jpg)

    Spark and E2 OS simultaneously stored on the same receiver with easy switching.


    And I notice that the likes of satworld.ie also use the same jpeg in their advert so the box is clearly being sold for the purpose of someone installing E2

    I am glad to see that some people are of the same opinion as myself on this one.
    I think i will get back to them voice my concerns again.
    It was eiretv that i bought with however i think they are one and the same as satworld.ie


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    #652
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    I have added my Alien as Live TV source in XBMC (needs latest version Frodo) and have all the channel bouquets. It's a little clunky and is not 100% quality, but it's very functional. They take a few seconds to open so it's not ideal, but perfect for a second device. I'm going to investigate further it some time and get it setup (modded) better as there is a wealth of info online.


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    #653
    championc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,068 ✭✭✭championc


    westerlywonder wrote: »
    I am glad to see that some people are of the same opinion as myself on this one.
    I think i will get back to them voice my concerns again.
    It was eiretv that i bought with however i think they are one and the same as satworld.ie

    Different address and different price so I would expect different.

    However, they are using the same Amiko JPG advert which clearly says that the receiver is for "Spark and E2 OS".

    I would understand if we were doing E2 by in some way Hacking the original box and copying E2 over the top of Spark. Or if someone found a way of installing Android or Windows 8. But the box is clearly built for dual OS's, it not only clearly states that dual is supported but you are also running the actual OS's that they specify the box is capable of running.


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    #654
    westerlywonder
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭westerlywonder


    championc wrote: »
    Different address and different price so I would expect different.

    However, they are using the same Amiko JPG advert which clearly says that the receiver is for "Spark and E2 OS".

    I would understand if we were doing E2 by in some way Hacking the original box and copying E2 over the top of Spark. Or if someone found a way of installing Android or Windows 8. But the box is clearly built for dual OS's, it not only clearly states that dual is supported but you are also running the actual OS's that they specify the box is capable of running.

    On my invoice from Eiretv, the contact email address is @satworld.ie
    And this is who i have been in contact with since re my order. So i am pretty sure they are the same. There is very little price difference once the different postal charges are applied.


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    #655
    givecredit
    Registered Users Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭givecredit


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    I have a newer one working, not the 21st Feb but I no longer get the pop up. I'll upload my folder now. Delete your Autobouquets directory completely and copy across mine

    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56355/PogsAutoBouquets.rar

    Is this the version that takes 2 mins to complete and runs in the background?


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    #656
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,641 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Anyone having consistent picture freeze every five or ten minutes? Its like a picture judder freezes momentarily then continues.


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    #657
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    listermint wrote: »
    Anyone having consistent picture freeze every five or ten minutes? Its like a picture judder freezes momentarily then continues.

    You using it for card sharing?


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    #658
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,641 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    PogMoThoin wrote: »

    You using it for card sharing?

    No its not a server. Client though


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    #659
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    listermint wrote: »
    No its not a server. Client though

    That's what I meant, is this freeze you experience happening on free channels? I get the very odd freeze on mine as client, a simple change up and down channel fixes it.


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    #660
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,641 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    PogMoThoin wrote: »

    That's what I meant, is this freeze you experience happening on free channels? I get the very odd freeze on mine as client, a simple change up and down channel fixes it.

    Yes this fixes too. Never seen this on my vu. I was thinking it may be related to card size with dynamic pause and record. Or dish angle quality snr.


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    #661
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    listermint wrote: »
    Yes this fixes too. Never seen this on my vu. I was thinking it may be related to card size with dynamic pause and record. Or dish angle quality snr.

    I think it's more a bug, unlike the VU, everything must be hacked to make Enigma work on the hardware in this box. It's still early days but it is improving day by day.


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