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Amiko Alien2 / SAB / GM / ST7162 ** ENIGMA ** Discussion Thread

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  • #1552
    Balmed Out
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,721 ✭✭✭Balmed Out


    For those who bought the newer plus boxes what image do ye find most stable? Had been getting on okish with an open atv one but half the time it would crash if I went into the system menu. It crashed the other night when trying to mount a hard drive that had become unmounted for some reason and wouldnt boot up again so back to spark for a while. A polish friend recommended open pli, anyone give that a go?


  • #1553
    Nyquistic
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Nyquistic


    Balmed Out wrote: »
    what image do ye find most stable?
    I'm a relative newcomer to this but I have obtained the best results by starting with a nightly build from the OpenATV website and just adding what I wanted in terms of plugins. You'll have gathered from reading this thread though that it's not for the faint-hearted and you'll end up spending lots of time on it, so view the process more as a hobby than a TV-watching process!

    Not sure what you mean by the "plus" boxes but if that's the one with the DVB-T2 tuner I think it might be worth trying a nightly (even if you don't stay with it) just to see if the tuner driver is more stable. I have the SAB Unix Triple HD and not the Alien, but it had an Alien image on it when I got it, which I thought was unusual, but apparently they have the same board inside. From what I have learnt though, the tuners can differ.


  • #1554
    cork_south
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭cork_south


    Balmed Out wrote: »
    For those who bought the newer plus boxes what image do ye find most stable? Had been getting on okish with an open atv one but half the time it would crash if I went into the system menu. It crashed the other night when trying to mount a hard drive that had become unmounted for some reason and wouldnt boot up again so back to spark for a while. A polish friend recommended open pli, anyone give that a go?

    I have a newer box and am using fresh pots hv4 image.
    It's very stable.


  • #1555
    ac2000
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭ac2000


    Hi, can anyone tell me what is the difference between alien 2 and alien 2+, and will the same image work on both?
    Thanks


  • #1556
    kknox
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭kknox


    Hi, I'm looking for help with bouquets using an Amiko Alien2 running enigma2. I've ftp-ed the /etc/enigma folder to my PC, made changes to and created new bouquets using LLamaWare DreamBoxEdit and ftp-ed the changes back. However when I press the EPG button I only see the favourites Bouquet, when I press the "fav" button on the remote I can only switch between All/Satellites/Providers/Favorites. Is it possible to switch between the other bouquets I've created, or even see them?
    Thanks.


  • #1557
    Mayo Yid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭Mayo Yid


    kknox wrote: »
    Hi, I'm looking for help with bouquets using an Amiko Alien2 running enigma2. I've ftp-ed the /etc/enigma folder to my PC, made changes to and created new bouquets using LLamaWare DreamBoxEdit and ftp-ed the changes back. However when I press the EPG button I only see the favourites Bouquet, when I press the "fav" button on the remote I can only switch between All/Satellites/Providers/Favorites. Is it possible to switch between the other bouquets I've created, or even see them?
    Thanks.

    Did you restart?


  • #1558
    kknox
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭kknox


    Thanks Mayo_Yid - I found the issue - it wasn't enabled under Channel Listing.


  • #1559
    bappelbe
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭bappelbe


    ac2000 wrote: »
    Hi, can anyone tell me what is the difference between alien 2 and alien 2+, and will the same image work on both?
    Thanks

    AFAIK the difference is the terrestrial tuner the 2 is DVB-T and the 2+ is DVB-T2.
    In theory the images should work on both.

    however I have a Golden Media Triplex T2 box (bought 18 months ago) and and Amiko Alien 2+ (bought a month ago) and my Hyperion 4 image has problems tuning terrestrial channels on the Amiko box (GM box is fine on the same image). OpenATV works fine on both


  • #1560
    Adrianfok
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Adrianfok


    Anybody here in Limerick and capable/willing to set-up an Alien2(paid, of course)? Enigma2 installed, running reasonably well, it's just the last config issue preventing me from finally ditching the DM800se and enjoying this box and its dual tuner. I'm getting desperate at this stage.


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  • #1561
    exoteric
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭exoteric


    Hi guys,
    Noooooob alert!! Got an Amiko Alien 2 last weekend along with satellite and saorview ariel. It came with VIX4 installed on it, and all the channels were working perfectly.

    I tried uploading the Openatv images from ChampionC and Givecredit on page 22 of the firmware thread last night and for some reason, I'm getting the Freesat channels but the soarview channels are not loading?? Just get a blank screen when I select them. I'm also finding that the machine is crashing out pretty regularly aswell. I tried doing an automatic scan and it got the whole way through the process and crashed out at the end with an error.

    I didnt bother installing any new plugins on it at the start of the process as it had enigma2 on it already. Any ideas on what to do? Should I download the latest nightly from the open atv site. Or should I just startt from scratch any reload plugins etc before using any images?

    Cheers in advance


  • #1562
    Redriddick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭Redriddick


    Just am update as to my problem with channels scanning but being greyed out.I got on to GM and they are sending me out a replacement box.They wanted me to send mine back but at a cost of €30-40 I said no.
    Great service and was kept in contact all the time.


  • #1563
    ac2000
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭ac2000


    bappelbe wrote: »
    AFAIK the difference is the terrestrial tuner the 2 is DVB-T and the 2+ is DVB-T2.
    In theory the images should work on both.

    however I have a Golden Media Triplex T2 box (bought 18 months ago) and and Amiko Alien 2+ (bought a month ago) and my Hyperion 4 image has problems tuning terrestrial channels on the Amiko box (GM box is fine on the same image). OpenATV works fine on both

    Thanks! That is exactly my problem, I have Hyperion 4 that works fine on my Alien 2, but on an Alien 2+ I cannot tune the terrestrial channels. Are there any fixes to this problem?


  • #1564
    bappelbe
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭bappelbe


    ac2000 wrote: »
    Thanks! That is exactly my problem, I have Hyperion 4 that works fine on my Alien 2, but on an Alien 2+ I cannot tune the terrestrial channels. Are there any fixes to this problem?

    note: both of mine are T2 versions!

    The only "fix" is to not use Hyperion 4 - I know OpenATV works, I have not tried any others.

    I read here that there is a Hyperion 4.5 due soon - that may fix the issue


  • #1565
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,884 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    bappelbe wrote: »
    note: both of mine are T2 versions!

    The only "fix" is to not use Hyperion 4 - I know OpenATV works, I have not tried any others.

    I read here that there is a Hyperion 4.5 due soon - that may fix the issue

    Hyperion 4.5 has passed testing so a release is imminent.

    Looking at the PKT forums I dont think the terrestrial issues will be resolved though ,they dont seem to care too much about channels non receivable outside Poland .


  • #1566
    Technofobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Technofobe


    ac2000 wrote: »
    Thanks! That is exactly my problem, I have Hyperion 4 that works fine on my Alien 2, but on an Alien 2+ I cannot tune the terrestrial channels. Are there any fixes to this problem?
    thats a curious one alright
    Im using the alien 2+ and have no prob with the terrestial channels on hyper 4

    did you load a new fresh version downloaded from the site and start from scratch or are you using someone's backup or even your own backup from your AA2 ( not + ) box


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  • #1567
    Balmed Out
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,721 ✭✭✭Balmed Out


    Balmed Out wrote: »
    For those who bought the newer plus boxes what image do ye find most stable? Had been getting on okish with an open atv one but half the time it would crash if I went into the system menu. It crashed the other night when trying to mount a hard drive that had become unmounted for some reason and wouldnt boot up again so back to spark for a while. A polish friend recommended open pli, anyone give that a go?

    Havent been able to try to fix until today however after trying three different enigma images all that happens when i try to boot into it is the box reads boot 1 then 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 etc

    00.00 boot
    00.01 boot
    00.02 boot etc etc

    Last one I tried I also reformatted the usb stick before hand just in case that could make a difference

    Any ideas?


  • #1568
    championc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,181 ✭✭✭championc


    Adrianfok wrote: »
    Anybody here in Limerick and capable/willing to set-up an Alien2(paid, of course)? Enigma2 installed, running reasonably well, it's just the last config issue preventing me from finally ditching the DM800se and enjoying this box and its dual tuner. I'm getting desperate at this stage.

    I assume you are asking about something which we are not allowed to ask about, in which case, can I suggest you try my image because the unmentionable part is setup already for you with "Edit Me" tags in the relevant places to be modified with your own settings :)
    ac2000 wrote: »
    Thanks! That is exactly my problem, I have Hyperion 4 that works fine on my Alien 2, but on an Alien 2+ I cannot tune the terrestrial channels. Are there any fixes to this problem?

    Terrestrial Scanning seems to be the one part which OpenATV have got spot on, be it on the DVB-T or DVB-T2 boxes. For scanning issues, it may be worth trying to scan your local frequencies individually rather than doing full sweeps of the whole frequency range. I'm in the area of Three Rock and I only bother to just scan Channels 30 and 33


    _______________________________________________
    Champions OpenATV AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/j8y5fW

    Champions OpenAR-P AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/2DuVm0
    Champions OpenAR-P SAB Solo/8900 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/up5tIu

    ** The Ideal Sly box replacemement image - everything you could possibly need all setup and working **
    ** See Post #2 of this thread or the Readme file in the download directory **


  • #1569
    bappelbe
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭bappelbe


    Technofobe wrote: »
    thats a curious one alright
    Im using the alien 2+ and have no prob with the terrestial channels on hyper 4

    did you load a new fresh version downloaded from the site and start from scratch or are you using someone's backup or even your own backup from your AA2 ( not + ) box


    My GM box is more than 18 months old and works fine, my Alien 2+ is new and the backup of the GM box does not work in the new box! (both are T2 boxes)


  • #1570
    championc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,181 ✭✭✭championc


    bappelbe wrote: »
    My GM box is more than 18 months old and works fine, my Alien 2+ is new and the backup of the GM box does not work in the new box! (both are T2 boxes)

    And so you'll need a DVB-T2 Compatible image on your 2+

    Another part of the new images is the support for the newer Digital DIsplays (VFD) on the front of the boxes. If your box just says "BOOT", then the Image is "non-compatible".

    I have OpenATV 4.2 running on BOTH T's and T2's and ones with Older and Newer VFD's, and OpenATV 4.2 works on all instances. They even fixed HDMI-CEC !!!



    _______________________________________________
    Champions OpenATV AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/j8y5fW

    Champions OpenAR-P AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/2DuVm0
    Champions OpenAR-P SAB Solo/8900 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/up5tIu

    ** The Ideal Sly box replacemement image - everything you could possibly need all setup and working **
    ** See Post #2 of this thread or the Readme file in the download directory **


  • #1571
    bappelbe
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭bappelbe


    championc wrote: »
    And so you'll need a DVB-T2 Compatible image on your 2+

    They are both T2 machines!! a backup of a working image (Hyperion 4) does not work on the newer (Amiko) box.


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  • #1572
    TomPetty
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭TomPetty


    Hi Folks - Quick question - New user and just set-up about a week or two.
    Purchased new 1TB external USB drive.
    Formatted to Ext3.
    When I go into Plugin HDD - It appears to be mounted .. But ..

    I cannot pause Live TV
    When I press the Folder Button on the Remote Control - Nothing happens.

    I have an Amiko Alien 2 with Enigma 2 pre loaded. ( Did a Factory reset, so not sure if I have lost my Enigma 2 )

    Any ideas whats wrong ?

    Many thanks for your time.

    Tom.


  • #1573
    cork_south
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭cork_south


    I am using aa2+ hv4 and terrestrial work perfect.


  • #1574
    Slevster
    Registered Users Posts: 591 ✭✭✭Slevster


    Balmed Out wrote: »
    For those who bought the newer plus boxes what image do ye find most stable? Had been getting on okish with an open atv one but half the time it would crash if I went into the system menu. It crashed the other night when trying to mount a hard drive that had become unmounted for some reason and wouldnt boot up again so back to spark for a while. A polish friend recommended open pli, anyone give that a go?



    I had a go at loading a few different images on one of the newest boxes a few weeks back. Tried championc' arp image, but it would only load to the splash screen, then hang. Tried open pli (from scratch and same o's backup) , but same issue with the terrestrial tuning . Also Hyperion v3 and v4 (from scratch). didn't try hdmu.
    Tried individual manual channel scans, clearing and not clearing for the terrestrial channels. Tried ftp'ing in xml files etc. And using dreamboxedit to send channels.
    The hardware works because ATV and spark find the channels. Someone will find a solution, I sure ( H4.5 may, but as Zardoz said in a previous post, I don't see anything on their forum discussion or notes to indicate that they are addressing it )

    But did find atv4.2 stable enough. Had a few odd freezes, but it did settle down.


  • #1575
    Balmed Out
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,721 ✭✭✭Balmed Out


    Yeah after trying several different open atv images I got one or two to work but I get a green screen very regularly so never even managed to mount a hard drive and after a while the images fail to launch despite powering down etc. Frustrated at this stage.


  • #1576
    kgarvey
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭kgarvey


    I was on to lavtronics about buying a new aa2 and they informed me that the vix image is the best and most stable at the minute.

    Is this the truth or is openatv still the best. Would love to know if champion has tried the vix image yet


  • #1577
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,884 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Slevster wrote: »
    The hardware works because ATV and spark find the channels. Someone will find a solution, I sure ( H4.5 may, but as Zardoz said in a previous post, I don't see anything on their forum discussion or notes to indicate that they are addressing it )

    Are PKT even aware of the issue ,has it been raised on their forum ?


  • #1578
    Slevster
    Registered Users Posts: 591 ✭✭✭Slevster


    Zardoz wrote: »
    Are PKT even aware of the issue ,has it been raised on their forum ?

    Didn't see it discussed. And my polish ain't that good ( limitited to a few choice cuss words, which may not be the way to get the folks to look in to it). But I would have thought that they would have similar issues with mainland European terrestrial tuning. As it appears that the image doesnt communicate with the tuner at all, not just fail to tune.


  • #1579
    exoteric
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭exoteric


    kgarvey wrote: »
    I was on to lavtronics about buying a new aa2 and they informed me that the vix image is the best and most stable at the minute.

    Is this the truth or is openatv still the best. Would love to know if champion has tried the vix image yet

    I have a aa2+, got it last week it came with lavatronics vix4 on it. Seemed stable enough. It did crash a few times when using the remote going to menu. However I didn't really like the look of the skin so had a go at installing a few others by championC and givecredit. I had the same problems with terrestrial channels on most. The last one I tried was from championC up above ^ with sky skin on it. That seemed to be stable enough and terrestrial channels tuned in ok. I think you need to do a manual retune sometimes to get them all in. However last night I decided to do a system update with one of the plugins and it crashes halfway through so I had had to start from scratch again!!! :(


  • #1580
    Technofobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Technofobe


    TomPetty wrote: »
    Hi Folks - Quick question - New user and just set-up about a week or two.
    Purchased new 1TB external USB drive.
    Formatted to Ext3.
    When I go into Plugin HDD - It appears to be mounted .. But ..

    I cannot pause Live TV
    When I press the Folder Button on the Remote Control - Nothing happens.

    I have an Amiko Alien 2 with Enigma 2 pre loaded. ( Did a Factory reset, so not sure if I have lost my Enigma 2 )

    Any ideas whats wrong ?

    Many thanks for your time.

    Tom.
    Doing a factory reset will only reset the image your on at the time
    so if your on enigma2 it ill be still on enigma2
    you dont say what image your using
    what does it say when starting up
    Hyperion / open atv / open pli ?
    Cheers


  • #1581
    championc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,181 ✭✭✭championc


    exoteric wrote: »
    I have a aa2+, got it last week it came with lavatronics vix4 on it. Seemed stable enough. It did crash a few times when using the remote going to menu. However I didn't really like the look of the skin so had a go at installing a few others by championC and givecredit. I had the same problems with terrestrial channels on most. The last one I tried was from championC up above ^ with sky skin on it. That seemed to be stable enough and terrestrial channels tuned in ok. I think you need to do a manual retune sometimes to get them all in. However last night I decided to do a system update with one of the plugins and it crashes halfway through so I had had to start from scratch again!!! :(

    I'll try and upload a new image soon. Run off my feet at present. I update my OpenATV 4.2 via the Software Management every few days but it's always best to possibly just make a brand new image now and again.

    I should really delete my old ARP image but it works and works well so I'll leave it for another while

    But regarding stability, OpenATV is my daily runner. It's put into Standby by HDMI-CEC every night and has no problems ever waking up. I can't remember my last Green Screen TBH.


    _______________________________________________
    Champions OpenATV AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/j8y5fW

    Champions OpenAR-P AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/2DuVm0
    Champions OpenAR-P SAB Solo/8900 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/up5tIu

    ** The Ideal Sly box replacemement image - everything you could possibly need all setup and working **
    ** See Post #2 of this thread or the Readme file in the download directory **


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  • #1582
    exoteric
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭exoteric


    championc wrote: »
    I'll try and upload a new image soon. Run off my feet at present. I update my OpenATV 4.2 via the Software Management every few days but it's always best to possibly just make a brand new image now and again.

    I should really delete my old ARP image but it works and works well so I'll leave it for another while

    But regarding stability, OpenATV is my daily runner. It's put into Standby by HDMI-CEC every night and has no problems ever waking up. I can't remember my last Green Screen TBH.


    _______________________________________________
    Champions OpenATV AA2/716

    ** The Ideal Sly box replacemement image - everything you could possibly need all setup and working **
    ** See Post #2 of this thread or the Readme file in the download directory **

    Cheers championC, no worries dude. I'm gonna try a nightly openatv and see how I get on. :)


  • #1583
    Technofobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Technofobe


    Hi All
    Just reflashed openATV 4.2 instead of my usual hyper4 on the AA2+
    loaded the dreamboxedit channel list from hyper4 into openatv (works fine )
    pretty much all sorted without any issues
    Only thing I cant see an option for is
    When in deep standby the power led on the front panel is green instead of red anyone know where to change this to red
    Many thanks


  • #1584
    how.gareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭how.gareth


    championc wrote: »
    I should really delete my old ARP image but it works and works well so I'll leave it for another while


    _______________________________________________
    Champions OpenATV AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/j8y5fW

    Champions OpenAR-P AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/2DuVm0
    Champions OpenAR-P SAB Solo/8900 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/up5tIu

    ** The Ideal Sly box replacemement image - everything you could possibly need all setup and working **
    ** See Post #2 of this thread or the Readme file in the download directory **

    I'm still using your open arp image vritually glitch free and it's ideal for people like me who are a bit on the stupid side, it dosnt need any messing around and is good to go from start up, it is perfect for streaming and that is the only plugin I use


  • #1585
    Nowso
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nowso


    sky ireland are the latest new talk to forum on boards.ie lol


  • #1586
    Kenny Powers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Kenny Powers


    Lads anyone have issues recording? I'm using a fresh OpenATV 4.2 Beta the only plug in I installed is crossepg. External hard drive formatted to ext4

    If I record 2 sat HD CH at the same time the system slows up, and sometimes CH go blank even after I stop recordig until I reboot. If I flick on to RTE I get a lot of pixelation and If I add a recording and change CH again the box locks up.


  • #1587
    Mayo Yid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭Mayo Yid


    Kenny Powers wrote: »
    Lads anyone have issues recording? I'm using a fresh OpenATV 4.2 Beta the only plug in I installed is crossepg. External hard drive formatted to ext4

    If I record 2 sat HD CH at the same time the system slows up, and sometimes CH go blank even after I stop recordig until I reboot. If I flick on to RTE I get a lot of pixelation and If I add a recording and change CH again the box locks up.

    Are you sure the drive is capable of recording 2x HD recordings at the same time? It takes some heavy bandwidth, not all drives are able for it


  • #1588
    Kenny Powers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Kenny Powers


    Speed results from hard disk

    2147483648 bytes (2.0GB) copied, 76.388978 seconds, 26.8MB/s


  • #1589
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    I loaded your openATV image. Very nice.
    I don't need to record or use timeshift though.
    I just have a fat32 stick inserted for CrossEPG.

    How do I stop the timeshift error coming up every time I change channel?
    It says the "drive inserted does not support timeshift....."

    championc wrote: »
    I'll try and upload a new image soon. Run off my feet at present. I update my OpenATV 4.2 via the Software Management every few days but it's always best to possibly just make a brand new image now and again.

    I should really delete my old ARP image but it works and works well so I'll leave it for another while

    But regarding stability, OpenATV is my daily runner. It's put into Standby by HDMI-CEC every night and has no problems ever waking up. I can't remember my last Green Screen TBH.


    _______________________________________________
    Champions OpenATV AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/j8y5fW

    Champions OpenAR-P AA2/7162 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/2DuVm0
    Champions OpenAR-P SAB Solo/8900 Image Download Link - http://goo.gl/up5tIu

    ** The Ideal Sly box replacemement image - everything you could possibly need all setup and working **
    ** See Post #2 of this thread or the Readme file in the download directory **


  • #1590
    Nowso
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nowso


    kaizersoze wrote: »
    I loaded your openATV image. Very nice.
    I don't need to record or use timeshift though.
    I just have a fat32 stick inserted for CrossEPG.

    How do I stop the timeshift error coming up every time I change channel?
    It says the "drive inserted does not support timeshift....."

    you need a ext3 formated usb/drive for nearly all enigma 2 images

    im using ext3 on spark atm aswell


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  • #1591
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    What about CrossEPG though?
    Will that save it's data to an ext3 drive?
    Nowso wrote: »
    you need a ext3 formated usb/drive for nearly all enigma 2 images

    im using ext3 on spark atm aswell


  • #1592
    Nowso
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nowso


    yes it works faster using ext3 you can format it in the spark menu system if you need 2

    only awkward thing is setting up ext reader on your laptop


  • #1593
    exoteric
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭exoteric


    Ok so I have my AA2+ box set up and streaming to XBMC on my Android TV box in another room. Just one thing, I'm getting serious distortion on the frames for HD channels. Is this to do with the ethernet connection on the box not being gigabit or something?


  • #1594
    Mayo Yid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭Mayo Yid


    Nowso wrote: »

    only awkward thing is setting up ext reader on your laptop

    Not needed if you use the samba plugin


  • #1595
    efwren
    Registered Users Posts: 141 ✭✭efwren


    Hi,

    Apologies for the newbie question. I am currently using a Ferguson Ariva 120 combo. Its just died. Considering replacing it with The Alien2 Enigma from Satworld for 150 euro....my primary reason for going for a Linux/Enigma box is the 7 day EPG and recording capability. We have an old sky dish and a simple indoor ariel that worked well with the Ariva. We have an old hard drive that we had hooked up to the ariva for recording.

    How stable are these boxes. I am technical but my wife is not and this will be the primary TV box in he house.

    Any advice welcome..


  • #1596
    Nowso
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nowso


    if they worked for arriva they be fine . enigma 2 can be complicated . spark not as complicated if you run an arriva spark is only a slight step up on that


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  • #1597
    FlexMcMurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 424 ✭✭FlexMcMurphy


    Nowso wrote: »
    yes it works faster using ext3 you can format it in the spark menu system if you need 2

    only awkward thing is setting up ext reader on your laptop

    Or set up Samba Server on your Alien2 then you can browse the files on your ext3 formatted USB drive as though it was just another folder on your laptop.

    Flex


  • #1598
    championc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,181 ✭✭✭championc


    efwren wrote:
    Apologies for the newbie question. I am currently using a Ferguson Ariva 120 combo. Its just died. Considering replacing it with The Alien2 Enigma from Satworld for 150 euro....my primary reason for going for a Linux/Enigma box is the 7 day EPG and recording capability. We have an old sky dish and a simple indoor ariel that worked well with the Ariva. We have an old hard drive that we had hooked up to the ariva for recording.

    How stable are these boxes. I am technical but my wife is not and this will be the primary TV box in he house.

    Of course, the Amiko can also run oscam, although discussion of this is not permitted on here.




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  • #1599
    Pete2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭Pete2k


    Have an amiko running an updated backup of championc's atv4.2 image. Ever since Sony Tv, STV Glasgow and Info Tv+1 changed TP's Ive no longer been able to get a 7 day epg on these channels even tho I tuned them in on their new frequencies. Not using autobouquets but my own channel list. Anyone know how to get the guide back working?


  • #1600
    Nowso
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nowso


    championc wrote: »
    Of course, the Amiko can also run oscam, although discussion of this is not permitted on here.

    you can get patched emu firmware for Ferguson Arrivas , its not to bad


  • #1601
    Redriddick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭Redriddick


    Got a brand new GM triplex in the post yesterday.I have to say I am very pleased with Gm and the way they handled my problem!!!


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