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

eamonnq

Imstuck wrote: »

Try this instead, I found it easier
Power box off from switch.
Insert USB containing image in rear port
Press and hold in ok while switching on.
When FORC appears release ok
Use up/down to select enigma then quickly press right arrow until FACT appears.
Box will now start flashing for approx 8min.
When done box boots into enigma2.

Thanks for that, but am going to stick with Spark ( for a while at least ). Just have to sort out my favourites properly (am halfway there!!)

glog

Running Hyperion 4 image.
I find Auto timer in general seems to work well, except for one ongoing issue I have.
Everytime I set to record Fair City (don't ask!!) on RTE1 (4 days a week) it doesn't record. It says it is starting to record etc., it creates a file alright but its empty in size.
I ONLY see this issue with this programme and it doesn't matter if I set it up on Sat or Saorview.
I've checked through all the settings and am stumped why it isn't recording. Other programmes record fine with Auto Timer on the same channel.
Using just Timer it will record fine - so it looks like it is an Auto timer issue.
If anyone can offer any advice it would be great.

championc

It was for hit and miss timer recording that i gave up on Hyperion. I used up all brownie points i had built up

Got some back after jumping on to OpenATV

how.gareth

championc wrote: »

It was for hit and miss timer recording that i gave up on Hyperion. I used up all brownie points i had built up

Got some back after jumping on to OpenATV

Is open ATV safe enough for me to try yet without burning the house down?

zefer

how.gareth wrote: »

Is open ATV safe enough for me to try yet without burning the house down?

I've been using it without issue for last month or 2..

championc

Hi all

Here's a link to my complete OpenATV based Image. It's been made from OpenATV 4.2 from 17/12/2014

http://goo.gl/j8y5fW

This image is working with the following plugins and bits working:-
AutoTimer, AutoVolumeAdjustment, AutoBoquets, CrossEPG (0.62), Various Skins, Picons, Time from NTP, OSCam v10078 with v9989 also included (blank with sample line), OpenWebIf, Streaming, SambaServer, RTEPlayer, TS Media and XBMC Addons. CrossEPG is also flushed out once a week. This image uses the bundled OpenATV EPG.

You can obviously install any other plugins you choose. Please READ the "Champions OpenATV Image - README" located in the download folder, and read posts #1 and #2 of this thread before asking further questions.

The image is setup to use DHCP automatically and is also set for using HDMI at 720p. Terrestrial is scanned to Irish Saorview - Three Rock Transmitter


Don't forget to click the Thanks button below



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

_______________________________________________
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

givecredit

championc, Thank you for another great backup image. You have provided many a good backup over the past year(s)

Wishing you and yours a happy christmas and new year from everyone here on the Amiko Alien2/Sab/GM/ST7162** ENIGMA**Discussion Thread.

Nowso

Nice Image Updated software and it still works

wifi setup is a not as awkward as before

how.gareth

Hey @ championc I notice the Sab image is not updated, can I use the new amiko image on my Sab?

cork_south

Hi Champion, long term user of Hv4 here, just applied your image.

I see in the readme "This image uses the bundled OpenATV EPG."
My EPG is totally empty, its shows nothing for the saorview or UK channels.
Do I need to do something to get the EPG populated by the OpenATV EPG?

championc

@how.hareth Yes, you can use on Sab or GM Triplex boxes

@Cork_south You need to run CrossEPG first





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

_______________________________________________
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

cork_south

Kenny Powers wrote: »

I am having an odd problem with OpenATV, everything is working fine till I record something. E.g I record CH4 HD and switch back to RTE the picture keeps breaking up, when I stop the recording the Picture goes blank, box hasn't hung or anything. I have to do a reboot to get the picture back. This has also happened to satellite CH

Has anyone else come across this?

Kenny Powers wrote: »

I am getting the same thing now on Hyperion V4.5, Although I am using the same Metrix Skin so I might try another skin to rule that out.

Just switch from Hv4 to Champions latest OpenATV image and am having an identical issue.
If I record BBC1 for example, and switch off that channel they all come up as black screens with no sound.

I did not have this issue with Hv4, do you know of a workaround?

Technofobe

Technofobe wrote: »

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

Is the standby ( power ) led green on everyones openATV just wonderind if there is something wiggy with just mine as when I go into setup and tell it no power led on standby the led is still on and still green
In Hyperion 4 the led is red in standby

I have it setup so that it does an immediate shutdown on long or short press of the remote

To add further confusion I was recording a programme and used the remote to switch off I seen the message that it would do a shut down when finished recording
I checked about an hour later and no led at all completley blank

I would like the led to be red in standby ( sad I know )
I did see some article on github about editing a setup.xml file but was not sure of where it is on openatv
anyone know if it can be done

Also if someone could confirm that the icons for USB an HD and stuff on the VFD ( they work in spark ) but dont work on openATV or Hyperion 4 the vFD is working and shows time and channel info and scrolling works but no smaller Icons that are present in spark
Many thanks :-)

Pete2k

On openatv I found that crossepg used to get stuck downloading or even crash the box sometimes. Using xmltv now and find it much better except for a few channels missing data...

givecredit

Pete2k wrote: »

On openatv I found that crossepg used to get stuck downloading or even crash the box sometimes. Using xmltv now and find it much better except for a few channels missing data...

When moving from one image to another, Its best to delete the old crossepg files from your USB first.

championc

I purposely added CrossEPG 0.6.2 rather than 0.8.1 due to downloading and updating issues







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

_______________________________________________
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

Zardoz

championc wrote: »

I purposely added CrossEPG 0.6.2 rather than 0.8.1 due to downloading and updating issues

0.8.1 is a bit temperamental allright especially on Openatv due to its built in epg .

I often found that the epg doesnt load at startup on Openatv images on numerous receivers even with forced reload on boot selected .
Is this the case with the Alien 2 image ?

championc

Zardoz wrote: »

0.8.1 is a bit temperamental allright especially on Openatv due to its built in epg .

I often found that the epg doesnt load at startup on Openatv images on numerous receivers even with forced reload on boot selected .
Is this the case with the Alien 2 image ?

I think that CrossEPG is by far the best solution for consistent 7-day EPG's





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

_______________________________________________
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

cork_south

With CCs OpenAtv 4.2 image, Unable to record Uk channels and watch Saorview channels, get black screen.

Tried manually rescanning for Saorview using Spur Hill frequencies and lost all Saorview channels.
Now unable to find any Saorview channels now via manual scan.
Automatic saorview scanning is Blue Screening the box every time.

Nice looking image but Saorview channels and being able to record while watching another channel are a must for me.

Back to trusty Hv4 I go.

Zardoz

championc wrote: »

I think that CrossEPG is by far the best solution for consistent 7-day EPG's

Yes ,I meant Crossepg ,it doesnt load the epg on reboot alot of the time on Openatv ,despite force epg reload on boot being selected.
You have to manually reload it .

The epg built in on Openatv images controls CrossEpg ,but there seem to be a bit too many configuration options .
This is a bug on Openatv on alot of receivers,e.g. Dm800Hd ,is it an issue on the Alien 2 ?

Technofobe

cork_south wrote: »

With CCs OpenAtv 4.2 image, Unable to record Uk channels and watch Saorview channels, get black screen.

Tried manually rescanning for Saorview using Spur Hill frequencies and lost all Saorview channels.
Now unable to find any Saorview channels now via manual scan.
Automatic saorview scanning is Blue Screening the box every time.

Nice looking image but Saorview channels and being able to record while watching another channel are a must for me.

Back to trusty Hv4 I go.

open ATV is good and worth a little tinkering
Before you go back try this backup and rescan terrestial
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8qvurr26namahyl/Backup%20openATV%20%2013-12-14.7z?dl=0

Fresh Pots

Suitable for the Amiko Alien2 and other ST7162 Based Boxes.



This image is comes with the following:
AutoTimer
AutoVolumeAdjustment
AutoBouquets 20131020 (updated to remove non fta HD channels,updates daily at 4am)
CacheFlush
CrossEPG 0.8.1 (updates in standby)
CoolTVGuide v7.3
Enhanced Movie Center (turned off atm, looks better with Pli-mod skin)
OpenWebIf
OSCam v9991 (with blank sample reader)
PermanentTimeShift
Full set of Saorview and uk tv picons (xpicons)
RTE Player
Samba Server

Streaming / Recording of $ Channels while watching another $ channel


Other mods/skins included are:

Sly Bootlogo by abell431 of openpli.org
Sly skin by abell,digidude and pauldb of sattvhelp
Mui4tler's audio fix to help with audio dropouts
Data Devils Additional Keymapper

The image is setup to use DHCP automatically and is also set for using HDMI at 720p. Terrestrial channels may need to be rescanned depending on your geographical location.

FTP and Telnet - Username "root", Password "pkteam"
OSCam - http://box_ip:8888 - Username "root", Password "oscam"
OpenWebIf - http://box_ip (Default Port 80)
DreamBoxEdit paths - /etc/enigma2/

How to use picons
Transfer the picon folder from the download over to your external harddrive (/hdd)
Then go to the pkt bluepanel and find skin setup. In there change picons location from Enigma to HDD. All picons should display then.

If your saorview picons are still not working you will need to rename each of your saorview picons to the correct service reference. These can be found by loading up your channel list in dreamboxedit and hovering over the chosen channel.


Download link:http://goo.gl/0X6LsM

alanhiggyno1

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Suitable for the Amiko Alien2 and other ST7162 Based Boxes.

This image comes with the following:
AutoTimer
AutoVolumeAdjustment
AutoBouquets 20131020 (updated to remove non fta HD channels,updates daily at 4am)
CacheFlush
CrossEPG 0.8.1 (updates in standby)
CoolTVGuide v7.3
Enhanced Movie Center (turned off atm, looks better with Pli-mod skin)
OpenWebIf
OSCam v9991 (with blank sample reader)
PermanentTimeShift
Soarview Picons
Rats Picons
RTE Player
Samba Server

Streaming / Recording of $ Channels while watching another $ channel


Other mods/skins included are:
Sly Bootlogo by abell431 of openpli.org
Sly skin by pauldb of sattvhelp
Mui4tler's audio fix to help with audio dropouts
Data Devils Additional Keymapper

Also included is the original bootlogo.mvi file.If you don't like the sky bootlogo you can replace it with this by copying the file over to /boot.

The image is setup to use DHCP automatically and is also set for using HDMI at 720p. Terrestrial channels may need to be rescanned depending on your geographical location.

FTP and Telnet - Username "root", Password "pkteam"
OSCam - http://box_ip:8888 - Username "root", Password "oscam"
OpenWebIf - http://box_ip (Default Port 80)
DreamBoxEdit paths - /etc/enigma2/


Download link:http://goo.gl/0X6LsM

wow thanks any image for alien 8900

Fresh Pots

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

wow thanks any image for alien 8900

No sorry haven't got one of those boxes.

alanhiggyno1

will it be worth upgrading.whats the differece

Nowso

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

will it be worth upgrading.whats the differece

alen 2 has 2 sat and 1 terrestrial tuner

8900 has 1 sat

i have bought an 8900 to use in kitchen

Fresh Pots

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

will it be worth upgrading.whats the differece

To be honest there's not much difference, I added a few newer updates to this and but other than that you probably won't notice any difference. .5 seems to have been a fairly small update.

alanhiggyno1

Nowso wrote: »

alen 2 has 2 sat and 1 terrestrial tuner

8900 has 1 sat

i have bought an 8900 to use in kitchen

me too and working perfect.just want to know whats the difference between 4 and 4.5

championc

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

wow thanks any image for alien 8900

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

_______________________________________________
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

Might do an OpenATV one over Christmas

hallo dare

Nowso wrote: »

alen 2 has 2 sat and 1 terrestrial tuner

8900 has 1 sat

i have bought an 8900 to use in kitchen

Just to clarify this,

There's two versions of Alien 2,

There's the triple tuner that's mentioned above, and the twin tuner, (no terrestrial tuner)

Then there's the + model, same gear, just different bits and pieces, one being the brighter display.