Tiviar Alpha Plus Combo STB

Ladder22

Thanks for the reply.

Would anyone have a download link for OpenATV 6.2 (to install for NewClareman's image)? I can only find a link to 6.3.

Thanks

greasepalm wrote: »

Openatv 6.0 is very old as newer versions are 6.3 and 6.4.
I might advise in upgrading to a later supported image with working plugins.
Nas can used if samba is used on box and nas is mounted to be seen.

The high horse brigade

Ladder22 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.

Would anyone have a download link for OpenATV 6.2 (to install for NewClareman's image)? I can only find a link to 6.3.

Thanks

NCM's image is here but you're as well to wait a few days as he's testing a new version
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057925678

whoami1

I have an odd volume problem. The Tiviar remote controls the volume OK on the Saorview channels but not the satellite ones. This just started to happen this evening. I have rebooted the box a couple of times and have also upgraded the plugins. I have even upgraded the image online to the latest 6.3 version image (20200113), but nothing has restored the volume control. The TV remote continues to function as normal.

Even more oddly, the mute/unmute button on the Tiviar remote will work on all channels, both Saorview and satellite.

greasepalm

On boxes i leave it at max setting and use tv remote for volume control.

Alfie Tupper

Lads what's the story with the viewer advisory message coming up on all the Saorview channels instead of the programme guide.
I've tried a few things but can't get rid of it.
Any help will be much appreciated.

Johnboy1951

Alfie Tupper wrote: »

Lads what's the story with the viewer advisory message coming up on all the Saorview channels instead of the programme guide.
I've tried a few things but can't get rid of it.
Any help will be much appreciated.

You need to retune your receiver to use the new frequencies for your transmitter.

Alfie Tupper

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

You need to retune your receiver to use the new frequencies for your transmitter.

Thanks but how do I do that? I've tried a few things but don't want to mess with the settings too much (when I don't know what I'm doing)
According to Saorview I was using channels 45, 49 but now it should be 45, 39
Polarization is H and direction is West 252 degrees.
If someone can tell me the steps it would save me anymore ear bashing from my good woman :-)

swoofer

Its long winded but try this menu, setup, service searching, manual tuning, toggle to tuner C, then arrow down to change prefefined to user defined, its a toggle, then down to channel , change channel to 39 press green, then green, job done.

Alfie Tupper

swoofer wrote: »

Its long winded but try this menu, setup, service searching, manual tuning, toggle to tuner C, then arrow down to change prefefined to user defined, its a toggle, then down to channel , change channel to 39 press green, then green, job done.

Not long winded at all. Worked perfectly thanks for your help.

Alfie Tupper

Alfie Tupper wrote: »

Not long winded at all. Worked perfectly thanks for your help.

Looks like I spoke too soon.
Viewer Advisory keeps coming back on the Saorview channels.
Should I clear before scan when I do it?

swoofer

viewer etc should only appear when wrong frequency is still used. do you know your transmitter name?

Alfie Tupper

swoofer wrote: »

viewer etc should only appear when wrong frequency is still used. do you know your transmitter name?

It’s Spur Hill

swoofer

Just scan both again, ie 45 and 39 enter them individually. Or you can do an automatic scan BUT make sure you say no to the satellite tuners and yes to the DTT and no to cable.

wishbone

Hi folks

I have a tiviar plus box and have recorded on it. Works great!
I have set it up as a DLNA Server and can view the movies from my Smart Samsung TV in another room via a DLNA app. I have also copied the mpg file onto a usb stick and am able to watch it on the mother's TV. But what is odd is that for most of the recordings (and it appears the RTE ones are not affected), I have the narrator for the visually impaired, I’d prefer not to have this. Is there a setting somewhere I’m missing? If I watch the movies on the tivar plus box I don’t have the narrator.

Thanks
Wishbone

Gerry Wicklow

Whatever device you are watching on should offer the option to select which audio track you hear. The .TS files from a Tiviar (or any enigma box) contains all the audio tracks as broadcast. You should have the Tiviar set to default to English and that's what you hear. However another TV will just play the first track it finds unless you tell it otherwise. RTE are not affected simply because a lot of their content doesn't have the audio description.
The TV remote should have a button marked AUDIO or AD

Johnboy1951

I find that some of the transmissions have the audio streams in one order while other transmissions have them reversed.
I need to change some channels regularly.
SWMBO like the NAR audio because it allows her to follow without watching at all

sligojoek

I've a slight problem with the box.

When I hit the up/down arrow for the channel list it takes a few seconds to come up. Then if I scroll up or down it's very laggy. Say if i press down 3 times nothing happens for a few secs, then it jumps down 3 spaces.

Also sometimes when watching something the wee circle in the top left comes on for a few seconds.

I assume it's working overtime in tha background.

Any ideas welcome. Thanks.

swoofer

Can you describe your set up in a bit more detail, say HDD and where you have epg stored? Then put better batteries in the remote, I use duracell ultra power. You could try taking out batteries and swopping them round. Have you timeshift permanently on. Spinner means box is processing something.

Have you tried a hard reboot, ie switch at back? Are you on the THHB image?

sligojoek

Thanks, SW.

Swapped the batteries. It didn't make any difference to scrolling the channel list. The box is in use at the minute so I'll do a reboot later.

It's the THHB image with 1TB HDD. When I set up I remember putting EPG on there but it's so long I can't remember how. I'll have a look through opwnwebif and see if I can find anything there.

Edit. OpenWebif says EPG location /media/USB

sligojoek

Timeshift : Automatically start timeshift after 2mins.

I'm guessing that should be on "Disabled" If so I don't know how it got changed. I don't remember changing it. Does that mean it's probably clogging my HDD as well.

greasepalm

Do you have a usb stick and hdd fitted as i used to have my epg to usb and recordings to hdd.
You could see 2 storage devices ext 4 listed.
I never found a use for timeshift.

sligojoek

greasepalm wrote: »

Do you have a usb stick and hdd fitted as i used to have my epg to usb and recordings to hdd.
You could see 2 storage devices ext 4 listed.
I never found a use for timeshift.

Yeah. I've both fitted and are showing.

sligojoek

Here's the timeshift settings.

swoofer

Looks ok only difference I have start after 20 secs but dont use timeshift a lot.

sligojoek

I don't use it myself either but the children do. Often pause for 5 mins and come back. Are these auto deleted afterwards? I had a look in the HDD with filezilla last night before bed and dthere were a load of 4.3 GB files. I deleted them and will check on a while whether more have been created.

Gerry Wicklow

sligojoek wrote: »

I don't use it myself either but the children do. Often pause for 5 mins and come back. Are these auto deleted afterwards? I had a look in the HDD with filezilla last night before bed and dthere were a load of 4.3 GB files. I deleted them and will check on a while whether more have been created.

AFAIK (I rarely used it myself) it asks if you want to save the show or not. Possibly the kids are clicking save?

peking97

sligojoek wrote: »

Here's the timeshift settings.

Timeshift buffer limit is 12 hrs! Is that not considered very high? Mine is 1 hr.

logonmar

I have a Tiviar Alpha Plus Combo STB that has given me both the FTA & Saorview channels for past few years.
However my Saorview channels whilst still working are giving me the following messages
On my EPG it states 'Viewer Advisory'
If I then go into info the message reads 'The transmitter frequency currently being used by your Television equipment will cease transmission on 3rd March 2020. To continue viewing Saorview please retune your television before that date'
I live in Cork & have been tuned to Collins Barracks and I gather I need to be connected to Spur Hill
HOWEVER, I have changed tuner to Spur Hill and did a rescan but yet I keep getting same messages.
Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong please?
Thanks

logonmar

logonmar wrote: »

I have a Tiviar Alpha Plus Combo STB that has given me both the FTA & Saorview channels for past few years.
However my Saorview channels whilst still working are giving me the following messages
On my EPG it states 'Viewer Advisory'
If I then go into info the message reads 'The transmitter frequency currently being used by your Television equipment will cease transmission on 3rd March 2020. To continue viewing Saorview please retune your television before that date'
I live in Cork & have been tuned to Collins Barracks and I gather I need to be connected to Spur Hill
HOWEVER, I have changed tuner to Spur Hill and did a rescan but yet I keep getting same messages.
Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong please?
Thanks

Did you rescan collins barracks..I imagine you will still get it from rhere,only different frequency??

sligojoek

Put your address in here. It'll give the old and new frequencies for your transmitter. Be sure to tick "Clear before scan" to get rid of older scans.

https://www.saorview.ie/en/get/coverage