vu+ duo

Gunther_Gloop

The first time I did it, it took the best part of a week to get to grips with the different stages. Well obviously I wasn't spending hours each day, but generally I twiddled somewhat and scanned forums for an hour or two most days, adding some small thing to the Duo (in my case) as a result. By the end of that time it was working.
If I had tried and expected it to be "done" within a couple of hours I'd have had a very frustrating time of it.

...Although when you do know what to do and how and why then it really is a matter of minutes. Sorry I can't give any more advice than I gave a couple of weeks ago in this thread. Struggle on, you'll get there I have no doubt. Let us know if/when you feel you've hit a wall.

Oat23

ocy wrote: »

I ordered on 5th and it arrived yesterday 15th

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

A friend of mine ordered one recently. He put my address since I was the one setting it up for him. The status was processing right up to the day it arrived (around a week later) and beyond.

Expect it today/tomorrow/this week I'd say.

Hopefully it comes before the weekend. I'd love to have that picture-in-picture for the Bundesliga this weekend :P.

Who do they use for delivery?

Gunther_Gloop

The picture in picture isn't smooth -at least not on mine, last time I looked. Maybe that's because I only have 1 satt-input at the moment (?)

I can't remember who delivered it. GLS maybe?

Oat23

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

The picture in picture isn't smooth -at least not on mine, last time I looked. Maybe that's because I only have 1 satt-input at the moment (?)

I can't remember who delivered it. GLS maybe?

PiP was perfect when I tried it on a friends box, on HD channels it was laggy but on 2 SD channels it was grand . It will be handy for watching Hamburg on 1 Sky Bundesliga channel and having the simulcast channel running in the bottom corner!

I saw a DPD van going by on my way out earlier, if they are the ones that deliver it then it doesn't look like today is the day!

banie01

Oatesy23 wrote: »

PiP was perfect when I tried it on a friends box

Pip was perfect?
What image are you using? Because on any of the images I've used, VIX, BlackHole, OpenPLI, PowerofDream, Egami...
The PiP function on the Vu+ isn't true PiP, The inset is image is a series of screenshots running @ 1 frame a second.
Rather than giving full video, its a rapidly moving slideshow, which is frankly ****e for watching sport on

I was under the impression that the Vu+ couldn't support true video standard PiP due to hardware limitation...
Excellent if it does, but please share how?

Oat23

banie01 wrote: »

Pip was perfect?
What image are you using? Because on any of the images I've used, VIX, BlackHole, OpenPLI, PowerofDream, Egami...
The PiP function on the Vu+ isn't true PiP, The inset is image is a series of screenshots running @ 1 frame a second.
Rather than giving full video, its a rapidly moving slideshow, which is frankly ****e for watching sport on

I was under the impression that the Vu+ couldn't support true video standard PiP due to hardware limitation...
Excellent if it does, but please share how?

It was on my friends Vu+ Uno, think it had Vix on it but I'm not sure. PIP ran perfectly on the channels we tried! 1 HD and 1 SD it was laggy. 2 HD's it was laggy but with 2 SD channels it was grand. It was Sky Sports 1 and 3 that we had doing it I think.
I've been told the DPD van returned with my box so I'll give it a go tonight if I get a chance to play with it and report back.

Edit: Found this video on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZqSpAb__fs

Maybe it's the Solo or the Duo you are talking about? The Uno has a faster processor so that probably makes all the difference. SD-HD lag video here

banie01

Oatesy23 wrote: »

It was on my friends Vu+ Uno, think it had Vix on it but I'm not sure. PIP ran perfectly on the channels we tried! 1 HD and 1 SD it was laggy. 2 HD's it was laggy but with 2 SD channels it was grand. It was Sky Sports 1 and 3 that we had doing it I think.
I've been told the DPD van returned with my box so I'll give it a go tonight if I get a chance to play with it and report back.

Well the Uno has different hardware to the Duo but the UNO is a single tuner box.
The Twin Tuner Duo does not support full video PiP just frame capture.

But as the Uno is a single tuner box, wouldn't the PiP function be restricted to channels on the same TP as the main channel?
Not much use if you want matches on 2 different Tps in that case no?
Could be ok on Sky Germany, where I think the SD sports are on the same TP(could be wrong on that haven't looked in a while)
I'm very interested to find out how this PiP is implemented on a single tuner if it works on more than 1 tp at a time...
I'm intrigued!

Oat23

I have it all set up now. As I knew, it is restricted to channels on the same TP, which is grand. Its working fine with Vix 2.2.110.

So, any cool plugins I should try? I need to sort out the EPGs for Sky UK and DE. Anyone know about that?

banie01

Oatesy23 wrote: »

I have it all set up now. As I knew, it is restricted to channels on the same TP, which is grand. Its working fine with Vix 2.2.110.

So, any cool plugins I should try? I need to sort out the EPGs for Sky UK and DE. Anyone know about that?

For the EPG I use Crossepg opentv for 28.2(I use it for sky italia too) I prefer OpenTV to rytec as it uses the providers own data rather than a repack,and I just add sky germany as a rytec source.
In Vix its just Menu>System>EPG>CrossEPG then select your sources and configure your download options in Opentv and xmltv sources.

As for plugins, I use Livefootball 3.2 great for finding games on tv

Oat23

Got all that sorted now. Found a problem though! The audio button brings up the EPG instead of what its supposed to show! I had a look on google and apparently its because vu have hardcoded the audio to the yellow button but that brings up the EPG on vix as well. Someone said pressing the subtitle button then yellow will get you to the audio tab, but the subtitle button isn't working on a lot of channels (Eurosport, TNT Serie) .

I might have to go to blackhole if I can't find a way around this. Vix image is really nice so hopefully there's a fix around I haven't found yet!

irishchris

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Got all that sorted now. Found a problem though! The audio button brings up the EPG instead of what its supposed to show! I had a look on google and apparently its because vu have hardcoded the audio to the yellow button but that brings up the EPG on vix as well. Someone said pressing the subtitle button then yellow will get you to the audio tab, but the subtitle button isn't working on a lot of channels (Eurosport, TNT Serie) .

I might have to go to blackhole if I can't find a way around this. Vix image is really nice so hopefully there's a fix around I haven't found yet!

Vu plus have sent us new drivers for this problem which we reported to them. It's fixed and working in the beta release I'm testing and will be pushed through with next vix online updates.

Oat23

Good to know, hopefully that update will come out soon.

Can anyone help me with this?

http://www.vuplus-community.net/board/threads/vu-uno-firmware-upgrade.2955/

I've tried the USB method using 2 USB's but when I reach the upgrade part and press yes to start the upgrade I get this message.

Fail to upgrade
Cause: Fail to open device.
Do you want to exit?

That has happened on 2 USB sticks I've tried including the one I loaded the vix firmware with. The USB sticks are clear and the TS_pro.dat file is the only thing on the stick in the root of the stick. I don't know how to do the second option.


Option Upgrade directly from the internet

1. Goto FPG plugin menu.

Where would I find FPG plugin menu?

kierank01

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Good to know, hopefully that update will come out soon.

Can anyone help me with this?

http://www.vuplus-community.net/board/threads/vu-uno-firmware-upgrade.2955/

I've tried the USB method using 2 USB's but when I reach the upgrade part and press yes to start the upgrade I get this message.

Fail to upgrade
Cause: Fail to open device.
Do you want to exit?

That has happened on 2 USB sticks I've tried including the one I loaded the vix firmware with. The USB sticks are clear and the TS_pro.dat file is the only thing on the stick in the root of the stick. I don't know how to do the second option.


Option Upgrade directly from the internet

1. Goto FPG plugin menu.

Where would I find FPG plugin menu?

Is your usb stick formatted as ntfs or fat32?

I have a vu+duo, but that needs fat32.

Oat23

kierank01 wrote: »

Is your usb stick formatted as ntfs or fat32?

I have a vu+duo, but that needs fat32.

Yep, Fat32. Still can't figure it out. No Animal Planet HD for me until I do!

redout

fat32 required is a myth.

I use a 7 year old usb stick which is only fat and it works to flash and to use picons.

kierank01

redout wrote: »

fat32 required is a myth.

I use a 7 year old usb stick which is only fat and it works to flash and to use picons.

sorry, i was referring to the lack of ntfs support.

Oat23

Just another quick question for anyone who has used the vix image. I've put some films on my USB stick to watch back on the Uno, but I have seen the first hour of the movie I want to watch. Is there a faster way to get to 60 minutes than fast forwarding at x128 speed? On the dreambox I used to be able to hold in the fast forward button and a box would pop up asking me to input what minute I wanted to jump to. Anything like that on vix?

Can't find anything about it on google.

I also got the audio problem fixed. Pressing help brings up a menu that lists ''Audio Options'' .

Gunther_Gloop

kierank01 wrote: »

sorry, i was referring to the lack of ntfs support.

The HD I use in my Duo is formatted as NTFS. No problems. It can also take Ext3.

With the 4GB limit Fat32 is hopeless. I know probably most HD recordings wouldn't reach that limit anyway, but why limit yourself?

I don't have any idea how to get around the main issue -tried formatting in NTFS/ EXT3/ anything else?

Gunther_Gloop

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Just another quick question for anyone who has used the vix image. I've put some films on my USB stick to watch back on the Uno, but I have seen the first hour of the movie I want to watch. Is there a faster way to get to 60 minutes than fast forwarding at x128 speed? On the dreambox I used to be able to hold in the fast forward button and a box would pop up asking me to input what minute I wanted to jump to. Anything like that on vix?

Use the numbers. I think it's the 2nd row: 4, 5, 6 that let's you jump forwards in greater increments. You can set the increments in options too, but the defaults aren't bad. If it's not those numbers try others.

Also, if you part-watch a recording on the Duo, when you playback at a later date, your last position is indicated by a line in the running-bar. To get to this line press the > button.

kierank01

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

The HD I use in my Duo is formatted as NTFS. No problems. It can also take Ext3.

With the 4GB limit Fat32 is hopeless. I know probably most HD recordings wouldn't reach that limit anyway, but why limit yourself?

I don't have any idea how to get around the main issue -tried formatting in NTFS/ EXT3/ anything else?

I was referring to the use of ntfs on a usb stick, when reflashing.
I have attempted to reflash with a usb stick formatted as ntfs, and it would not work, i presume that if it was extX, there would not be an issue either.

Oat23

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

Use the numbers. I think it's the 2nd row: 4, 5, 6 that let's you jump forwards in greater increments. You can set the increments in options too, but the defaults aren't bad. If it's not those numbers try others.

Also, if you part-watch a recording on the Duo, when you playback at a later date, your last position is indicated by a line in the running-bar. To get to this line press the > button.

Works perfectly. Thanks!

SucCes09

What HDD would be recommend for a Vu Duo? Does it do internal or external?
Just bought mine off IELEKTRONIKS today, and want to ensure I've the right HD for it when it arrives...

Gunther_Gloop

SucCes09 wrote: »

What HDD would be recommend for a Vu Duo? Does it do internal or external?
Just bought mine off IELEKTRONIKS today, and want to ensure I've the right HD for it when it arrives...

SATA internal (you'll need a screwdriver) or eSata exernal.

500GB or larger I would suggest. I thought I'd be alright with 250, given my mild use -and I am, but I have run out of space once and had to see about cleaning up some stuff. HD recordings don't be long filling things up.

ocy

Can't seem to get the box to see the HDD (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001U3S5S0/ref=oss_product) this is the one I got.

Have tried VTI, VIX, Open Pli

Anyone any ideas, other than removing and inserting in another machine to format

Gunther_Gloop

I can't really help other than say I assume you've initialised it within VIX? Try different cables maybe?

Looks like a nice HDD, but perhaps it's the drive itself? You'll need to try it on a pc I guess to ensure it's working. Let me/ us know how it goes.

chris76

Hi guy's could someone post a link for a usb dvb_t stick for soarview for use on my duo and the bh 1.6.3 image..i want a hd stick if possible thanks guys.

stanley1

dual output for later mux2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Play-TV-PS3/dp/B0017UV0UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314978227&sr=8-1

uses hauppauge nova-t drivers.

chris76

stanley1 wrote: »

dual output for later mux2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Play-TV-PS3/dp/B0017UV0UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314978227&sr=8-1

uses hauppauge nova-t drivers.

Thanks Stanley

I have looked at the spec and im not sure if this will provide freeview hd for both NI and Soarview. any ideas?

chris

stanley1

some of the reviews on amazon could be helpful.

ocy

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

I can't really help other than say I assume you've initialised it within VIX? Try different cables maybe?

Looks like a nice HDD, but perhaps it's the drive itself? You'll need to try it on a pc I guess to ensure it's working. Let me/ us know how it goes.

VIX doesn't even see the drive let alone initialise it!