vu+ duo

SalteeDog wrote: »

Maybe I gave up too easily but I really hated the BH remote control layout - particularly for channel changing. i also found the EPG difficult...CoolEPG not as cool as it's name suggests - couldn't really get it set-up the way I wanted. This is all look and feel stuff though. Other than that it's was great - network setup was way more plug and play than VIX in terms of mounting network drives. Generally seemed more stable too.

Totally agree about the remote setup.

irishgeo wrote: »

my webinterface has stopped working.

i get get to webpage to open at all and i checked all the settings still no joy.

I was having this problem recently. I didn't notice that somehow the "http strict security" (or whatever it's called) option on the webif settings had changed to yes. ...Can't remember the exact wording, but I think there are only 3 settings in webif and it's the third one.

Once I set that to no I could find it again. I don't recall changing anything beforehand.

Picons are over-rated. You comfortably get more channels on a single screen epg without them. Also, it's easier to distinguish channels via letters, I've found than via [some] picons.
But if you must try them (and admittedly I did too before eventually removing them), I think more recent Vix allows you to download them as a plugin -or even possibly automatically. Could be wrong there though.

Anyway, get everything else up & running before thinking of picons is my advice.

As for which image. It's true there are fans of each. Try one and if you have a problem, try the other. It's easy enough to flash once you do it once. I installed Vix over a year ago because that's what almost everyone seemed to be using and it had the best support (I felt). I have yet to install Blackhole. I'd have no problems using Blackhole instead, except I'm not sure what difference it would make apart from having to set it all up again in unfamiliar territory. I'm sure many Blackholers would have similar tales.

@Auvers: There's not much in it but personally I prefer VIX - largely because of look and feel considerations.

Top tip for you - be very careful when setting up CrossEPG to ensure you do not store EPG data in internal flash memory (I think this may be the default). EPG data filling up memory is one of the biggest reasons for crashes. it's best to use a USB stick for EPG and PICONs (and indeed also for timeshift recording).

@irishgeo: if the other suggestion hasn't fixed your webif just doublecheck that the IP address of the box hasn't changed. Your router may have assigned it a different IP on a recent restart.

SalteeDog wrote: »

Top tip for you - be very careful when setting up CrossEPG to ensure you do not store EPG data in internal flash memory (I think this may be the default). EPG data filling up memory is one of the biggest reasons for crashes. it's best to use a USB stick for EPG and PICONs (and indeed also for timeshift recording).

This depends on wheather you are using a usb tuner also.
There have been suggestions that there might not be enough power to support both, unless you use a powered hub.

I was looking at an Ultimo today that had latest VIX, the web interface was OpenWebIF I read somewhere that it replaced the web control in VIX, is that correct?, if so I wouldn't be keen on updating.

Well I have VIX 2.2.110 when I browse to the web port I get VU+ Duo Web Control I can set timers and I can backup bouquets etc however with the version on the Ultimo it has the OpenWebIF which has far far less features?

Most, if not all, non Dreamboxes will be moving over to OpenWebif due to the licensing issues using the existing webinterface ...


Dreambox licence holders have been flexing their muscles and requesting removal of their plugins from non dreambox's. ...

Nothing to stop you installing the old webinterface yourself afterwards though (if thats what you prefer)

default vix is the one I stick with.

Guys - for those of you that have a USB tuner setup for Saorview, how did you do it? The Hauppage one I got is showing up now (as is a cheap eBay one) but an automatic scan of each is coming up with nothing. The antenna is good - the TV picks up all channels. I even tried an upgraded antenna, but nothing. Using Black Hole 1.7.3

Any ideas?

Barack Obama wrote: »

Guys - for those of you that have a USB tuner setup for Saorview, how did you do it? The Hauppage one I got is showing up now (as is a cheap eBay one) but an automatic scan of each is coming up with nothing. The antenna is good - the TV picks up all channels. I even tried an upgraded antenna, but nothing. Using Black Hole 1.7.3

Any ideas?

I think it defaults to Australia for Terrestrial Provider in Tuner config. You need to set it to Europe/Middle East/Africa for it to work here.

Barack Obama wrote: »

I've played around with the settings alright. Here's what I have set -
Configuration Mode: enabled
Terrestrial Provider: Europe, Middle East, Africa: DVB-T Frequencies
Enable 5V for active antenna: no

Then into Manual Scan, Select Tuner C and type of Scan is Complete.

Hope this helps!!

In Manual Scan scan a single TP for your local transmitter set your bandwidth to 7mhz(I had initially used 8mhz but had no luck on my 1st scan) and see how that goes for you.

@ Salteedog, when I use 8mhz I get nothing even though it is the published Frequency step :-/ I need to use 7mhz...Strange!

Okay - I've left this long enough to have forgotten the score - what's the process for installing mgcam on vix, once you've installed the ipk and enabled mgcamd.1.35? What files need to be ftp'ed where?

cheers!