vu+ duo

Auvers wrote: »

http://www.satshop.tv/VU-Duo-Twin

it looks like good price of €299 for the Duo (just want to make sure I am not paying for a clone)

Looks like most of the major German Sat retailers are now selling the Duo for €299 .
If only it would drop a bit more I could justify one.

azzeretti wrote: »

Any chance you could share the "varerie.info" trick!? While my Movies are syncing fine I can't get it to sync any TV shows.

Of Course
1st off with TV series it helps if you make sure the filename format is in a HTPC or XBMC compatible format (i.e Series name 1x01 or Series Name S01E01)
I use Mediarenamer for quick and easy series renaming if the files need it.

Then specify a TV series folder in Project Valeries WebIF.
WebIF>Options>Sync settings.
I have a folder specified for Movies and a folder specified for Series, it helps PVMC know what its looking for.
Then add each series in its own folder to the Series folder.

After you have this bit of initial set up done, its onto creating the valerie.info file.
This is just a notepad file saved under name Valerie.info(Changing the extension from .txt to .info)
In this file you can add the IMDB TT and the TVDB season id to force Valerie to try sync data add this data in the following format "tt0000000" "tvdb00000".
As a quick example, say for the series The Sopranos, I would open the Folder, Right click>New>create .txt Document. Rename the .TXT to valerie.info then open the valerie.info and add the following data "tvdb75299" "tt0141842" in that format, then close and save.
Repeat for any problematic TV series and then run a Full Sync and it should resolve the TV sync issues.

Hope thats some help mate, and any other questions ask away...
If I can help, I will.

P.S Just to add, TV series recorded direct from Sat, will need to be renamed!
As the Enigma2 naming convention isn't compatible with the PVMC database i.e 20120125 1209 - Sky Atlantic HD - Game of Thrones.ts should be renamed as Game of Thrones 1x01 or Game of Thrones S01E01

Barack Obama wrote: »

Guys - just bought a Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T USB Stick in the hope of tuning in Saorview -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-WinTV-NOVA-T-USB-Stick-freeview/dp/tech-data/B000F8RPQE/ref=de_a_smtd

The drivers were already there (Black Hole) and seemed to successfully install but it won;t find the tuner when I try to enable it. Anyone been through this?

What version of BH are you on?
I thought it was automatically detected in the latest versions?
Does it not appear in the list of Tuners in Service Searching?

Can't remember if it applies in the latest version, but have you done a full reboot? Not just a gui reboot as prompted. Tuner should then be working.

dfdream wrote: »

Black with me and the frequency info is correct.

Its because setanta Ireland are showing that game

Wiggy wrote: »

What version of BH are you on?
I thought it was automatically detected in the latest versions?
Does it not appear in the list of Tuners in Service Searching?

stanley1 wrote: »

should be automatically detected, that stick never gave me bother in any image.

rurs wrote: »

Can't remember if it applies in the latest version, but have you done a full reboot? Not just a gui reboot as prompted. Tuner should then be working.

Looks like the problem might be that my image is old. I'm going to update to BH 1.7.3. Ayone using this new image?
http://www.vuplus-community.net/board/threads/black-hole-vu-duo-1-7-3-skin-tribute.6089/

You can ftp into your box whilst its restarting enigma (crashing) then delete the skin folder from the box and it will then use the default skin

off the top of my head it will be something like usr/share/enigma2/

Then just delete the folder of the skin you downloaded ..so if the skin you downloaded was called eg 'greenskin' there should be a folder called greenskin ..just delete this

Tony wrote: »

Thanks again but can't seem to find this folder in "configuration" or "hard drive"

Only reference I can find is a 1KB uninstall file in \\Bm750\configuration\uninstall

You're going in via Windows Explorer? I think you'll need an FTP client like Filezilla to get at the relevant folder, Robxxx7 is right , it's usr/share/enigma2.

Barack Obama wrote: »

Looks like the problem might be that my image is old. I'm going to update to BH 1.7.3. Ayone using this new image?
http://www.vuplus-community.net/board/threads/black-hole-vu-duo-1-7-3-skin-tribute.6089/

I'm still on 1.7.2 myself, though there seems to be a few interesting additions in 1.7.3.

What version are you on? I was going to suggest using the BackupIMG script to do a full backup of your current image before upgrading, so you can go back to a working system if things go pear-shaped, but there doesn't seem to be any scripts available to download from within the image at the moment. Maybe try later.

Had to put new image on but all working now. Thanks for the help

of late, my VU+ Duo randomly goes into epg mode. Literally, I'm watching tv, and hour or two pass by, then the screen flicks into a certain epg mode. the one where I get a lift of favourites on the left, and now/next to the right.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Barack Obama wrote: »

I was on 1.4.5 and I've now uploaded to 1.7.3 (along with the Bootloader). Everything seems fine so now worry about restoring

Unfortunately the WinTV usb tuner is not being found . It looks like the option is not there any more to install the drivers yourself so I'm guessing that the tuner should just work?

Yes it should just work. I had a problem where the volar stick was installed ok but did not pick up any channels, this worked for me http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77092496&postcount=2061

The default skin on Blackhole 1.7.3 is really nice , eveything working well so far .

Last night, the box just switched off and took a couple of attempts to get it to boot. When it came up, the picture was slightly smaller than the viewable area of the TV, so the OSD settings had gotten screwed up somehow.
A bit later it switched off again, and I was unable to get it to boot at all.
When I switched on, it would show "Starting" in the display for about 30 seconds, then just switch itself off again. It wasn't even staying on long enough to initialise telnet.

In the end, I reflashed with an old version of VIX I had on a USB key, then once I got it switched on, I FTPed an backup I made when I upgraded to V204 from the HDD, and reflashed again - back in business.

Is it not possible to initialise an image backup directly from the HDD? I thought is was possible int past, but it wouldnt allow me to do so last night.