vu+ duo

Dotts · 16-01-2014 11:01pm

Dotts wrote: »

Flashed blackhole and setup but still getting periodic freezes, I guess it a problem with the box? anyone got any ideas what could be wrong?

The problem all along was over heating, I had a router directly over the box, while it was not directly ontop of the box it was still causing the box to heat up to a level that was effecting it, within a few minutes of moving it the box started working perfectly again. I was conscious of the heat issue when I first placed the router there so I checked it from time to time and it never felt warm but wasn't cool either. after I moved the router the top of the box is now cool to touch which I now know is the way it is meant to be

I know most of you will be shaking your head but I honestly didn't think it was to warm, but obviously it is very temp sensitive, hope my stupidity helps someone else, as I was so close to buying another receiver.

Villain · 17-01-2014 11:32am

I installed and setup www.enigma-tv.com during the week, works pretty well with my Vu+ duo, even over 3G I can watch any channel HD or SD

irishgeo · 18-01-2014 12:12am

Villain wrote: »

I installed and setup www.enigma-tv.com during the week, works pretty well with my Vu+ duo, even over 3G I can watch any channel HD or SD

how much is the licence?

Villain · 18-01-2014 9:14am

4.99 for the license

irishgeo · 18-01-2014 11:04am

Villain wrote: »

4.99 for the license

Is it worth it?

Villain · 18-01-2014 11:25am

irishgeo wrote: »

Is it worth it?

It depends on a few variables really, firstly how much use you will get from it? I have used my iPhone and laptop to watch one tuner while other tuner is in use on tv by my partner or to watch something in bed. I have found that my wireless and Iphone are hit and miss with apps that connect direct to the Vu+ however with this app it's fine and I don't have to worry whether it's HD or SD.

Then using it over the net is next use, been able to watch my box on the go over 3G is something I will certainly use.

Now you need to consider your broadband upload speed when streaming over the net, my link is a wireless one so is 7mb upload which means I can stream with no issues at full size however on a dsl with 512kb upload or even 1mb upload performance may not be great. However with the iPhone and Android apps you can select the size and frame rate etc to adjust to suit what you have.

It's good software but it's not a finished article and can be buggy at times.

Clareman · 18-01-2014 10:56pm

Villain wrote: »

It depends on a few variables really, firstly how much use you will get from it? I have used my iPhone and laptop to watch one tuner while other tuner is in use on tv by my partner or to watch something in bed. I have found that my wireless and Iphone are hit and miss with apps that connect direct to the Vu+ however with this app it's fine and I don't have to worry whether it's HD or SD.

Then using it over the net is next use, been able to watch my box on the go over 3G is something I will certainly use.

Now you need to consider your broadband upload speed when streaming over the net, my link is a wireless one so is 7mb upload which means I can stream with no issues at full size however on a dsl with 512kb upload or even 1mb upload performance may not be great. However with the iPhone and Android apps you can select the size and frame rate etc to adjust to suit what you have.

It's good software but it's not a finished article and can be buggy at times.

What's the difference between this and the free VU player and the web interface?

Villain · 18-01-2014 11:03pm

Clareman wrote: »

What's the difference between this and the free VU player and the web interface?

It transcodes the feed so you can use it over slow connections e.g. 3G

Greenpiece · 18-01-2014 11:57pm

Have also used this and found it very good when I am travelling abroad to access vu+. I have poor upload only 364 kbps and yet it still worked but if you have a decent upload speed you should get good results.

Francescoli · 19-01-2014 1:32am

Need to put a new hdd in my box as the old one failed , just wondering can anyone give me the steps I need to take once I have installed it.
Do I need to mount it or whats the best way of setting it up? I'm using BH and don't have a clue what I need to do once I have it in the duo.

swoofer · 20-01-2014 12:23am

read this and save the forum, its purely for BH, take your time.

http://www.vuplus-community.net/board/threads/how-to-mount-hdd-and-usb-in-the-black-hole-devices-manger.10050/

irishgeo · 20-01-2014 12:32am

updated to the latest vix and the subtitle menu that used to be in auido option has disappeared. where it gone as sometimes i get subtitles appearing that need to be turned off.

kingtiger · 20-01-2014 2:44pm

irishgeo wrote: »

updated to the latest vix and the subtitle menu that used to be in auido option has disappeared. where it gone as sometimes i get subtitles appearing that need to be turned off.

press the subtitle button on the top of the control

irishgeo · 20-01-2014 3:17pm

kingtiger wrote: »

press the subtitle button on the top of the control

i didnt know it had one

kingtiger · 20-01-2014 11:05pm

irishgeo wrote: »

i didnt know it had one

indeed

either did I

until I upgraded ViX

Clareman · 21-01-2014 5:40pm

Villain wrote: »

It transcodes the feed so you can use it over slow connections e.g. 3G

I don't know why but mine works fine over a 3G network, just checked it there and I can watch TV remotely on it

Panrich · 21-01-2014 5:40pm

Villain wrote: »

I installed and setup www.enigma-tv.com during the week, works pretty well with my Vu+ duo, even over 3G I can watch any channel HD or SD

A real pity that they don't have an app for the Ipad1. I hate Apple!

STB · 21-01-2014 5:53pm

Villain wrote: »

It transcodes the feed so you can use it over slow connections e.g. 3G

The free Vu+ player (works with most enigma devices) also transcodes if required.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vuplus.vuplusplayer&hl=en

Clareman · 21-01-2014 10:13pm

STB wrote: »

The free Vu+ player (works with most enigma devices) also transcodes if required.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vuplus.vuplusplayer&hl=en

It will work with all enigma devices but you have to have 1 VU box connected to it for it to be activated.

Stuxnet · 23-01-2014 11:06pm

any word on openvix 4 coming out, been no 3.x updates in 4 weeks, not seen much mention of it online, bar it exists !

fbradyirl · 23-01-2014 11:35pm

Plenty of chat over here about it http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?34986-Default-settings-for-ViX-4-x-release

Stuxnet · 24-01-2014 10:35am

Ya thats the thread I saw, nothing useful in it.

Ion: Im normally not one into skinning, but that new sly skin doing the rounds is quite nice. Ive been running stock skin the last year. Its a nice change

Blue HD v-2

fbradyirl · 24-01-2014 10:40am

Well there are regular changes to the source code. I cannot see 4 being far off. Although, with the refactoring, I will be staying away from it for a while until the bugs are ironed out.

irishgeo · 24-01-2014 7:37pm

Stuxnet wrote: »

Ya thats the thread I saw, nothing useful in it.

Ion: Im normally not one into skinning, but that new sly skin doing the rounds is quite nice. Ive been running stock skin the last year. Its a nice change

Blue HD v-2

is that on the vix feed as i cant find it?

Stuxnet · 24-01-2014 11:47pm

irishgeo wrote: »

is that on the vix feed as i cant find it?

No, I grabbed the folder in thread, someone built an ipk for it also, scan the first few pages, the skin updates are pushed into the feeds alright. Nothing new in feeds till vix 4 I believe.

STB · 27-01-2014 1:28am

fbradyirl wrote: »
Just to report that the Sony Play TV is working perfect for me with OpenVIX.

I didn't have picons, so I figured out the correct symbolic links required to get it working with the latest ocram picons installed from the feeds. I also created RTE1HD and RTE+1 images (attached)

Install shd.transparent-white no padding version as that is Super HD (XPicon) from Addons>Downloads>Picons

Commands for picons for Irish DVB-t channels:
cd /picon/
ln -s tv/3/3e.png 1_0_16_452_3E9_2174_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png
ln -s tv/t/tg4.png 1_0_16_450_3E9_2174_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png
ln -s tv/t/tv3ireland.png 1_0_16_44F_3E9_2174_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png
ln -s tv/r/rtetwohd.png 1_0_19_44E_3E9_2174_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png
ln -s tv/r/rteonehd.png 1_0_19_835_3EA_2174_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png
ln -s tv/r/rteone+1.png 1_0_16_83C_3EA_2174_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png

Cheers for that.

Heres RTE News Now

telnet command

ln -s tv/r/rtenewsnow.png 1_0_16_451_3E9_2174_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png

If your picons are on USB in the box, cd /media/usb/picon first.

dfdream · 27-01-2014 10:57am

Just a query until I check it out.

Noticed yesterday that Channel 4HD was greyed out in my DUO and on another box it was breaking up even though signal strength was as good as any other channel.

Any confirm if Channel 4HD is OK with them before I go digging further....

rurs · 27-01-2014 9:38pm

Channel 4HD fine here, if it's greyed out, it might a tuner configuration problem or conflict.

kierank01 · 27-01-2014 11:16pm

dfdream wrote: »

Just a query until I check it out.

Noticed yesterday that Channel 4HD was greyed out in my DUO and on another box it was breaking up even though signal strength was as good as any other channel.

Any confirm if Channel 4HD is OK with them before I go digging further....

go onto lyngsat, and go to the 28.2e section, and search for c4hd, then do a manual scan for the freq/polarisation/fec listed next to it, and you should get a number of channels that are picked up. then go to the last scanned section of the epg, and see if you can see any of the other channels on that transponder.

if you are having problems on other channels there, then it might be a problem with your cable, or the sat might be just the smallest bit out.

If the cable to the second box is a separate cable plugged into another connector on the LNB, then it might be the sat.

Digidol · 28-01-2014 2:25pm

I just got a VU+ Duo from my friend, he knows nothing about satellite tv and had the box installed for him a year ago.

Is there any way to tell if the box is a clone or original through the menus or via a plugin? I don't really want to open the box up but I have suspicions about it being a clone.

vu+ duo

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