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I have openvix and if I set something to series link it will record a repeat of the series even if its a year later and I can't figure out how to delete the series link, any ideas how to cancel it?

Cheers, I'll give it a try 🙂

I have the same issue. Did you manage to get it sorted?

Hi NCM,

Have been using your image for a couple of years now and have found it terrific.

However, I've been having some issues lately.

I flashed to your latest image (20210311) a while back and lost:

(1) all of the irish channels and

(2) most of the ITV channels (ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITVBe, ITV4+1, ITVBe+1 are missing but ITV2+1 and ITV3+1 are still there)

I figured that something went wrong when flashing the latest image and have now reflashed it again. Same issues.

I read in an earlier post that the ITV channels can disappear from the 'Our Favourites(TV)' bouquet but would still be in the Entertainment bouquet. This is not the case for me.

Also when I tried to update the provider files in ABM after flashing (as per instructions in post #1262) I received the message " Incompatible versions 3.1 > 3.3". I have no idea what this means!

I plan on connecting the Saorview aerial cable to my TV tomorrow to discount cabling issues as the problem with the Irish channels but need a longer cable. However the Saorview is working perfectly in the other room (wired directly into my bedroom TV), so the aerial must be operating normallty.

Any suggestions for what I should do next? I know just enough to follow instructions but the more technical stuff is a little beyond me.

Thanks in advance.

Because the image date is old and thinking current Atv image is 6.4 is why "  Incompatible versions 3.1 > 3.3" comes up.

6.5 is End of Line and 7.0 dont go there unless you want to tear your hair out.

Both 6.5 and 7 use Python 3 which means alot of plugins wont work on it.

6.5 is beta too, they ended development before a stable version was developed and moved straight to 7.

I made the jump to openVix a few iterations back because openATV broke or removed so many functions. They really seem to have lost their way in recent times.

With Vix there are some subtle differences to get used to in the menu layouts etc and I never found a really nice skin compared to ATV but my priority is a stable, reliable system.

If you have your settings backed up from ATV they should transfer over to VIX so you can keep all your timers and bouquets.

I'm using a skin called "simple ten eighty" which can best be described as functional 😀 but OK if you like a dark look. Then again my attitude is similar to RGB on PCs, when using a device I look at the pictures not the box 😁

From a very quick look, Willowbuild is just openVIX with customisations. It should work here with a few tweaks for terrestrial settings and such like. The whole point / fun of open source is to build your own version to your own needs / tastes.

Many current images have a basic EPG installed by default. However I'm told it is very slow to populate. I still prefer crossEPG.

It is a bit of work but to ensure you don't lose stuff in your "favourites" or other custom bouquets you can transfer the channels from one of the ABM bouquets.

Example: If ITV changes frequency then this is updated properly within ABM - I have the Sky ABM at the bottom of my custom bouquets. Transfer the channels from here to your "favourites" and when a frequency change happens it will automatically pull it. I lost a few channels and stumbled across this fix (no issues since)

There are about 75 channels I want from the total channel list, so it took me a while to do this , this needs to be done within the TiViar box and not in Webif (rearrange the channels in Webif later) I didn't see an option to pull the ABM channels in Webif. (I have OpenATV 6.4 - it's the move channel function)

There is EPG for all channels - no gaps

The Sky / FreeSat ABM is good but I personally don't like the order and there is loads of stuff I don't want. It's not really designed for the Irish set up - I might only want to watch S4C or BBC Scotland once a year so they are in a separate folder. When using the box we spend about 98% of our time in the Favourites bouquet only.

I've switched over now to OpenVix 5.4 using willowbuild from techkings. Working well , picons are really neat just missing a few for virgin Media. He has full instructions , can flash box without USB.

Think I prefer this now. Very easy to set up.

Simple ten eighty skin grows on you , the slyk skin is nice too.

1. Autotimers are stored in a file called "autotimer.xml" which can be found in /etc/enigma/ folder on the box if you have access using dreamexplorer, a PC's file explorer or filezilla. dreamexplorer is available under PLUGINS.
2. If you have made regular settings backups from openATV you can import them into openVIX. Use dreamexplorer to locate the backup file. In Vix it should be in hdd/backup/ The files are date stamped so for example "vix-rel-SU-5.4.014-20210920-1129.tar.gz" was a backup I made last Monday. Working from dodgy memory, openATV has a slightly different folder name and different file name but it is something like "backup_some date_sometime.tar.gz", so should be fairly obvious. Simply click on the required backup file in dreamexplorer and it should offer to install it. The settings will need a restart to take effect.

In Vix you could also try, MENU>SETUP>VIX>BACKUP MANAGER> press MENU again to get more options. Use YELLOW to choose the backup file location and restore from there.