Timeshift Settings on Vix

iba

Hi,

Would be grateful for some help setting up the timeshift settings on Vix (latest image).

I have connected a portable hard drive which I had previously formatted to ext3. I see an option in the settings to format it to ext4. Do I need to do this?

After that what should I do. The options are:

1 - Automatically start timeshift after disabled/enabled

2 - Show warning when timeshift is stopped yes/no

3 - Timeshift save action on zap ask user/save and stop/save and record/don't save

4 - Stop timeshift when recording no/yes

5 - Use timeshift seekbar while timeshifting yes/no

Or is there anything else that I need to know?

Thank you

STB

Timeshift will work in any EXT format (2, 3, 4)

Make sure that the device is mounted in Mount Manger. If it is then it should be working.

There is an option in Vix recoding menu for instant and permanent timeshift that you might want to check.

If none of this helps, you may want to reinitialise in Mount Manager. If its not in the ext format when you go to re-iniitalise it will format the disK and everything on it!

I dont use timeshift myself, nor Vix at present as it aint availble for the new Gigablues.

iba

STB wrote: »

Timeshift will work in any EXT format (2, 3, 4)

Make sure that the device is mounted in Mount Manger. If it is then it should be working.

There is an option in Vix recoding menu for instant and permanent timeshift that you might want to check.

If none of this helps, you may want to reinitialise in Mount Manager. If its not in the ext format when you go to re-iniitalise it will format the disK and everything on it!

I dont use timeshift myself, nor Vix at present as it aint availble for the new Gigablues.

Thanks STB

OK, I think I set it up okay then because I did mount it and I set up EPG on it (I was able to find a thread in WoS on how to do that). I just came across an option in the Vix menu to format the disk to ext4 and I was not sure if I needed to do that. So ext3 is fine and I will leave it at that I guess.

I know there are loads of things that I can do with the box but I still know so little. Little by little I'll get there I guess.

Cheers.

STB

Install the OnDemand Plugin for BBC/ITV/RTE/Tv3 Player. Its deadly.

Make sure all your picons are installed on a dedicated USb stick. Use same said stick for swapfile and epg.

iba

STB wrote: »

Install the OnDemand Plugin for BBC/ITV/RTE/Tv3 Player. Its deadly.

Make sure all your picons are installed on a dedicated USb stick. Use same said stick for swapfile and epg.

I have OnDemand installed - that is the only plugin I have installed.

ah, actually I was going to use the portable HDD for both recording and the EPG - but I will now do as you say and put the EPG onto a seperate USB stick - although it will look ugly as there is only one USB port at the back of the box in which I have the HDD going into and one on the front - so I will have to put the USB a stick in there.

I have seen the word Picon but I do not know anything about them/what they are/what they do.

I have not come across 'swapfile' at all before.

STB

iba wrote: »

I have OnDemand installed - that is the only plugin I have installed.

ah, actually I was going to use the portable HDD for both recording and the EPG - but I will now do as you say and put the EPG onto a seperate USB stick - although it will look ugly as there is only one USB port at the back of the box in which I have the HDD going into and one on the front - so I will have to put the USB a stick in there.

I have seen the word Picon but I do not know anything about them/what they are/what they do.

I have not come across 'swapfile' at all before.

Its up to yourself. I prefer to keep some things like picons, epg data swap file on a 8 gig pen drive so as not to be using the internal memory. I only connect a HDD if I want to record something.

Picons are the station logo pictures that appear on the info bar and on the epg.



When installing them make sure you install them to the USB/Hard Drive as they eat up internal memory.

The best place for Vix tutorials is over at WOS

Only install what you want or you will slow down the box

iba

Thanks for that STB - good tips there.

New plan, stick my 8gb drive in teh back where it was before and add the Picon to it and only plug in the HDD to the front when needed - no ugliness that way

Yeah I had read not to install the EPG onto the internal flash at it eats up the memory and not to install stuff that is not needed - thus the reason I only installed OnDemand.

I know WoS is the best site - but Goddammit, sometimes it is well hard to find what one is looking for there - well at least that is my opinion. I actually have a few posts there under the gigablue threads.

When I set up the EPG I used these instructions for example:

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?15585-How-to-setup-Crossepg-in-all-ViX-Images&

Again thanks for your help

iba

I have been reading about Picons this morning and they have me a bit confused (no surprise there eh)

Anyway I am not sure if I can download them directly to the box as a Plugin as I found a list of them in the menu and one in particular called tv-sandman.28e

Or should I follow the tutorial as set out here and FTP them:

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?9736-How-to-setup-picons-onto-usb-stick-ViX

Or is there another way that I should be doing it. As I mentioned earlier, I do find it hard at times to find the correct threads in WoS

Thanks

iba

I got an answer to my previous post pasted below in case it helps anybody else:

Hi mate, best ones n maintenance free are available in the plugins section. Menu -> Plugins -> Green Button -> Picons -> scroll up or down and locate 'tv-ocram.shd.xxxxx' and press the ok button to install.
If your usb is inserted should give the option to install to usb

Installing via plugins will need no maintenance on your part as they will automatically update when channels get moved, where as if you ftp them over you will have to maintain yourself and can be very time consuming.

Nemanrio

Sorry lads, I'm new to this.

I have a vu solo 2, but ondemand isn't on my list of plugins.

How would I get this set up in its entirety?

Thanks in advance.

red bellied

Nemanrio wrote: »

Sorry lads, I'm new to this.

I have a vu solo 2, but ondemand isn't on my list of plugins.

How would I get this set up in its entirety?

Thanks in advance.

Sounds like you might be using Blackhole image, its not on their download feeds. You can add it by telnet to the box using these commands.
opkg update
opkg install enigma2-plugin-extensions-ondemand.

I know it can be added directly as a plugin from either Vix or Atv images.

Also if you want BBC and ITV player to work you need to sign up to the https://gatekeeper.tunlr.net/registration

Nemanrio

red bellied wrote: »

Sounds like you might be using Blackhole image, its not on their download feeds. You can add it by telnet to the box using these commands.
opkg update
opkg install enigma2-plugin-extensions-ondemand.

I know it can be added directly as a plugin from either Vix or Atv images.

Also if you want BBC and ITV player to work you need to sign up to the https://gatekeeper.tunlr.net/registration

I'm not too sure what you mean by telnet and what do I do with these commands

My solo is running vix already,would that change the way I do it?

red bellied

No need for the telnet commands, you can download it directly from the feeds in Vix.

Go into menu, plugins, press the green button to download and then go to extensions and scroll down until you find ondemand.

Nemanrio

red bellied wrote: »

No need for the telnet commands, you can download it directly from the feeds in Vix.

Go into menu, plugins, press the green button to download and then go to extensions and scroll down until you find ondemand.

Thanks Red bellied, I'm getting the message "Download plugin information. Please wait...", but it seems to be taking ages, is this correct?

Should the bbc i player and itv player work because when I try to use one of them I encounter a software problem. ?

iba

Nemanrio wrote: »

Thanks Red bellied, I'm getting the message "Download plugin information. Please wait...", but it seems to be taking ages, is this correct?

Should the bbc i player and itv player work because when I try to use one of them I encounter a software problem. ?

Bit confused.

Is your box connected to the internet?

Have you downloaded the OnDemand Plugin?

If so then just come out of all the menus and press the blue button and click on teh player you want and it should work.

Nemanrio

iba wrote: »

Bit confused.

Is your box connected to the internet?

Have you downloaded the OnDemand Plugin?

If so then just come out of all the menus and press the blue button and click on teh player you want and it should work.

Ya I have it connected via homeplug.

Once I download it, the bbci & itv player dont work properly.

iba

Nemanrio wrote: »

Ya I have it connected via homeplug.

Once I download it, the bbci & itv player dont work properly.

Perhaps try updating your box so that everything is current

and/or uninstall the Ondemand plugin and download it again

Nemanrio

iba wrote: »

Perhaps try updating your box so that everything is current

and/or uninstall the Ondemand plugin and download it again

Are bbc i player and itv player blocked through ondemand?

iba

Nemanrio wrote: »

Are bbc i player and itv player blocked through ondemand?

No

red bellied

BBC iplayer and Itv player will only work if you sign up for the Tunlr website I linked earlier in the thread. They are geo-locked, you need to log in to the Tunlr website every time there is a change in your ip address or set up a static one with DDNS which is a lot handier.

iba

red bellied wrote: »

BBC iplayer and Itv player will only work if you sign up for the Tunlr website I linked earlier in the thread. They are geo-locked, you need to log in to the Tunlr website every time there is a change in your ip address or set up a static one with DDNS which is a lot handier.

Sorry, my mistake.

Got mixed up. I use this on my PC

https://hola.org/

I signed up in tunlr but no email veriication email is coming through - does it normally take a long time or should it be instant?

red bellied

iba wrote: »

Sorry, my mistake.

Got mixed up. I use this on my PC

https://hola.org/

I signed up in tunlr but no email veriication email is coming through - does it normally take a long time or should it be instant?

I can't recall now but usually any verification emails are instant.

iba

red bellied wrote: »

I can't recall now but usually any verification emails are instant.

Yes usually.

ust looked on twitter, they have suffered a DDOS attack:

https://twitter.com/Tunlr

Nemanrio

red bellied wrote: »

BBC iplayer and Itv player will only work if you sign up for the Tunlr website I linked earlier in the thread. They are geo-locked, you need to log in to the Tunlr website every time there is a change in your ip address or set up a static one with DDNS which is a lot handier.

Thanks again,I downloaded it but was wondering what do I have to do next?

red bellied

Nemanrio wrote: »

Thanks again,I downloaded it but was wondering what do I have to do next?

So I presumed you have signed up and subscribed to the free version and then verified your email linked to your Tunlr account? Then go back to the ondemand player on your box and the broken BBC iplayer and Itv player will now work.

iba

red bellied wrote: »

So I presumed you have signed up and subscribed to the free version and then verified your email linked to your Tunlr account? Then go back to the ondemand player on your box and the broken BBC iplayer and Itv player will now work.

Thanks it works. Thought I had to do something more.

Nemanrio

red bellied wrote: »

So I presumed you have signed up and subscribed to the free version and then verified your email linked to your Tunlr account? Then go back to the ondemand player on your box and the broken BBC iplayer and Itv player will now work.

Thanks for all your help red. Worked a treat.

Nemanrio

red bellied wrote: »

Sounds like you might be using Blackhole image, its not on their download feeds. You can add it by telnet to the box using these commands.
opkg update
opkg install enigma2-plugin-extensions-ondemand.

I know it can be added directly as a plugin from either Vix or Atv images.

Also if you want BBC and ITV player to work you need to sign up to the https://gatekeeper.tunlr.net/registration

The website doesn't seem tom work at times, is there anoother website that can do the same function?

iba

Nemanrio wrote: »

The website doesn't seem tom work at times, is there anoother website that can do the same function?

Tunlr does not work anymore.

Use this one:

http://www.smartdnsproxy.com/?gclid=CL6f-Pz38bwCFdShtAodtQUABw

Nemanrio

iba wrote: »

Tunlr does not work anymore.

Use this one:

http://www.smartdnsproxy.com/?gclid=CL6f-Pz38bwCFdShtAodtQUABw

What option do I choose to set up? I have a satellitie box.

iba

Nemanrio wrote: »

What option do I choose to set up? I have a satellitie box.

After you register, click on one of the setups and you will see numbers like below - put them into the box:

Primary DNS : 23.xx.xx.xx
Secondary DNS : 54.xxx.xxx.xxx

Nemanrio

iba wrote: »

After you register, click on one of the setups and you will see numbers like below - put them into the box:

Primary DNS : 23.xx.xx.xx
Secondary DNS : 54.xxx.xxx.xxx

Which router do I choose,out of the options or does it matter?

iba

Nemanrio wrote: »

Which router do I choose,out of the options or does it matter?

I have been told that I can not post the numbers on boards so just find the numbers like I said

It does not matter which router or box or pc you pick, the numbers will be the same. Just get the numbers and put them into ur box.

Nemanrio

iba wrote: »

I have been told that I can not post the numbers on boards so just find the numbers like I said

It does not matter which router or box or pc you pick, the numbers will be the same. Just get the numbers and put them into ur box.

Thanks, I found the DNS numbers but can't see the box I put them into ?

Whereabouts is this?

Thanks once again.

iba

Nemanrio wrote: »

Thanks, I found the DNS numbers but can't see the box I put them into ?

Whereabouts is this?

Thanks once again.

When I say box I mean your satelite receiver box (STB)

Go to menu, network, adapter settings (I think, I am doing this with out my STB in front of me) - press edit and put your numbers in. Save, exit, test network or maybe reboot and then press the blue button and press ondemand and it should hopefully work.

If the numbers do not save in your STB you can put them into your router.