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  • #2402
    xxyyxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 223 ✭✭xxyyxx


    Sweet. Thanks and I look forward to your update.


  • #2403
    Gunther_Gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Gunther_Gloop


    s.welstead wrote: »
    Maybe have a look at crontab and see what's been setup to happen in there? Also maybe your box is just crashing. Try set the time for 1-2mins from now and see what happens, does it reboot or crash and reboot.

    Thanks. Autostart was enabled in Crontab. I'm not certain that was is as I didn't see what time it was enabled for (if it means what I think it means), but I disabled it anyway so we'll see what happens.

    Thanks to the rest of you for all your help & suggestions too.


  • #2404
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,224 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Any reports on VIX 3.0 yet?

    I've downloaded it but not got around to installing it - hate having to start everything from scratch!


  • #2405
    micks_address
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭micks_address


    byte wrote: »
    Any reports on VIX 3.0 yet?

    I've downloaded it but not got around to installing it - hate having to start everything from scratch!
    Installed it Saturday... seems quite stable.. new graphic EPG...new boot screen..not noticed much else


  • #2406
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,682 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    micks_address wrote: »
    Installed it Saturday... seems quite stable.. new graphic EPG...new boot screen..not noticed much else

    Same here, New bootlogos, New EPG graphics.
    There is also a play next movie option in the media player, handy for episodic content.
    Having some issues with Project Valerie, its crashing out at the end of file playback but not writing a crash log, I'm just looking the through the pvmc debug logs now and hopefully I can find something there tosort it.


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  • #2407
    Gunther_Gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Gunther_Gloop


    My wife's birthday is coming up soonish and I was thinking, since she's a soccer fan (and I'm not) it might be good to surprise her with Premiership access.

    What's the best non-SKY route to a VU Duo owner? RAI I think I heard somewhere? (where should I go to buy a card, or whatever is needed?) Would this show all the games? Would it have English commentary?

    Also, my son is in love with Spanish soccer, so if I could get some of that in the bargain it'd be a bonus.

    I'm not looking to do anything illegal -just wondering the best option (and cheapest) to get some/ most/ all Premiership on the Duo. ...And would this include things like the top golf tournaments?

    One final question: Would it be in HD?


  • #2408
    Gunther_Gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Gunther_Gloop


    Anyone?


  • #2409
    SalteeDog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭SalteeDog


    Not my area of interest but check out recent threads in this forum about non-Sky sports subscriptions. Cyfra and Al Jazeera seem to be popular. Be aware you will need a dish pointed at satellites other than 28.2e.


  • #2410
    rurs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭rurs


    Definitely not RAI :)

    A Cyfra+ card from satsklep.com would cover most of the bases, a lot of the Premiership, some Spanish La Liga (at least it did last year), and HD to boot, plus a few movie channels (with English, if originally so).

    Only problem is it's all in Polish (the football), but if you have a multi-lnb setup (ie 28.2 & 13.0), you can get commentary from BBC/Talksport, by using a second receiver, or streaming the radio (via the webif) with a laptop. It's not perfect though, you need to get creative to synchronise the two. Someone else was using a an app on an iphone, which seems to work well.

    Al Jazeera has loads of football, SD only, but they have Spanish, Italian, MLS, and English Championship, one channel all in English, the rest sometimes. Not much, if any, golf AFAIK. Look on ebay for cards, I got mine from Tech Digital.

    Tring is another option, this is on 16.0, have a look at tvcorner.com, I think they show most of the games (EPL), although there's some sort of restrictions on 3pm games.

    You'll need a softcam loaded on your Duo, I used CCcam2.2.1, it read and updated Cyfra, Al Jazeera Viaccess and the Setanta FTV.
    Gunther_Gloop wrote: »
    My wife's birthday is coming up soonish and I was thinking, since she's a soccer fan (and I'm not) it might be good to surprise her with Premiership access.

    What's the best non-SKY route to a VU Duo owner? RAI I think I heard somewhere? (where should I go to buy a card, or whatever is needed?) Would this show all the games? Would it have English commentary?

    Also, my son is in love with Spanish soccer, so if I could get some of that in the bargain it'd be a bonus.

    I'm not looking to do anything illegal -just wondering the best option (and cheapest) to get some/ most/ all Premiership on the Duo. ...And would this include things like the top golf tournaments?

    One final question: Would it be in HD?


  • #2411
    Gunther_Gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Gunther_Gloop


    rurs wrote: »
    Definitely not RAI :)

    A Cyfra+ card from satsklep.com would cover most of the bases, a lot of the Premiership, some Spanish La Liga (at least it did last year), and HD to boot, plus a few movie channels (with English, if originally so).

    Only problem is it's all in Polish (the football), but if you have a multi-lnb setup (ie 28.2 & 13.0), you can get commentary from BBC/Talksport, by using a second receiver, or streaming the radio (via the webif) with a laptop. It's not perfect though, you need to get creative to synchronise the two. Someone else was using a an app on an iphone, which seems to work well.

    Al Jazeera has loads of football, SD only, but they have Spanish, Italian, MLS, and English Championship, one channel all in English, the rest sometimes. Not much, if any, golf AFAIK. Look on ebay for cards, I got mine from Tech Digital.

    Tring is another option, this is on 16.0, have a look at tvcorner.com, I think they show most of the games (EPL), although there's some sort of restrictions on 3pm games.

    You'll need a softcam loaded on your Duo, I used CCcam2.2.1, it read and updated Cyfra, Al Jazeera Viaccess and the Setanta FTV.

    Thanks rurs (and to SalteeDog)

    I have 4 LNBs. Two lines going to the front room (attached to the Freesat box), one not in use (currently going to the kitchen but I'll probably divert it to the Duo), the other goes to the Duo, currently being neglected with just one input.
    To be honest I don't know what settings I should have, but I've been using the Duo as just pointing at 28.2. Could I get 13.0 just by selecting it in the Duo (how would I know?) or would it involve someone twiddling an LNB up on the roof?

    Setting up Cyfra with commentary sounds a bit iffy. I could do it, but since it's for the wife it might not be ideal unless it could be automated.

    I assume this card (or this card?) would be the card to go for if I was considering it?

    Those prices seem a bit steep to still have a less-than-ideal setup, but perhaps I could work something out with a bit of twiddling.

    One last question, for now... would this give all the same Premiership matches as on SKY, or would it be the ones they don't cover? Or some, but not all, overlap?

    Sorry about this. I realise I could trawl through other forums for these answers but since I know nothing about football & satt rights and have little interest in it really, I thought it might save a few hours if I get a straight answer here.


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  • #2412
    stesaurus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,430 ✭✭✭stesaurus


    Gunther_Gloop wrote: »
    Thanks rurs (and to SalteeDog)

    I have 4 LNBs. Two lines going to the front room (attached to the Freesat box), one not in use (currently going to the kitchen but I'll probably divert it to the Duo), the other goes to the Duo, currently being neglected with just one input.
    To be honest I don't know what settings I should have, but I've been using the Duo as just pointing at 28.2. Could I get 13.0 just by selecting it in the Duo (how would I know?) or would it involve someone twiddling an LNB up on the roof?

    Setting up Cyfra with commentary sounds a bit iffy. I could do it, but since it's for the wife it might not be ideal unless it could be automated.

    I assume this card (or this card?) would be the card to go for if I was considering it?

    Those prices seem a bit steep to still have a less-than-ideal setup, but perhaps I could work something out with a bit of twiddling.

    One last question, for now... would this give all the same Premiership matches as on SKY, or would it be the ones they don't cover? Or some, but not all, overlap?

    Sorry about this. I realise I could trawl through other forums for these answers but since I know nothing about football & satt rights and have little interest in it really, I thought it might save a few hours if I get a straight answer here.

    Hi Gunther, I'd imagine you have a quad lnb, not actually 4 lnb's. When we refer to a 2nd, 3rd lnb etc. we generally mean another lnb that is setup to be receiving another Satellite.
    The lnb then could be a single, double quad etc. meaning it has the option of 1,2, 4 cable runs etc.
    You're going to probably need a bigger dish, well bigger than the Sky dish if that's what you have and then something like:
    http://www.satellitetv.ie/tv_accessories/lnb_holders_switches/hotbird_astra1_astra2_adaptor
    in order to be pointed at more than 1 bird in the Sky. Then you'd need a multiswitch to handle all these feeds and send them down 1 or 2 cable runs into your VU.

    Foreign Sat is a great hobby to get into but if it's not something you're interested in then I'd possibly avoid as it can get tricky and requires a fair bit of reading.
    Maybe something like a subscription to an online streaming site would be an easier solution? There's a few threads on the Soccer forum about LOF and the likes.
    You can get most of the games and can hook up a computer to your tv for a bigger screen.


  • #2413
    Gunther_Gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Gunther_Gloop


    Ahhhhh! Thanks for that s.welstead. Another link falls into place, so to speak. I had a look on the chimney and yes you are correct. I have a single lnb with 4 lines and what looks like an 80cm dish.

    Foreign satt does sound like a great hobby, but I don't even like actually _watching_ much tv myself, so it's not like I'd get much benefit other than the joy of getting it working.
    I would like tinkering to get stuff on & setup as they should be, but it's not something I'd want to be doing on my own either. One other to hold the ladder and tell me I'm an idiot and share in the excitement of "finally getting it working" would be kind of essential I think. :)

    I'll look into subscribing to an online streaming site, if I can find one. Any suggestions, or are these illegal entities I shouldn't be asking about?


  • #2414
    stesaurus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,430 ✭✭✭stesaurus


    Have a read on here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056609383

    LOF only seems to allow new members every so often so that they can maintain quality. FSS is another and also gets discussed in that thread.

    It's not currently illegal but I wouldnt be at all surprised if the FA starts going after these kind of places the way it has stopped foreign broadcasters from using English commentary.


  • #2415
    Villain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,744 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Where can one download VIX 3.0?


  • #2416
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,789 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Villain wrote: »
    Where can one download VIX 3.0?

    official VIX forum

    http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?20199-New-ViX-Team-VU-Duo-OE3-0-Release


  • #2417
    kingtiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    anyone been using 3.0? just wondering about stability, as I am thinking of installing


  • #2418
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,789 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    kingtiger wrote: »
    anyone been using 3.0? just wondering about stability, as I am thinking of installing

    no bother here, a few hangs trying to get everything going at first buts its flying along now.

    i upgraded at the weekend.


  • #2419
    kingtiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    Thanks, its just the thoughts of setting everything up the way I like it again

    but 2.4 is giving me a bit of jip lately so I suppose a reinstall would be a good idea

    once the wife is finished her soaps I think an upgrade is on the cards


  • #2420
    IrishBazza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭IrishBazza


    Does anyone know of any development on a plugin to stream english football commentary to say Cyfra sports channel with audio delay sync?

    Similar to what the BBC red button does with radio 5 commentary for football matches.


  • #2421
    irishchris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭irishchris


    IrishBazza wrote: »
    Does anyone know of any development on a plugin to stream english football commentary to say Cyfra sports channel with audio delay sync?

    Similar to what the BBC red button does with radio 5 commentary for football matches.

    has long been sought after especially since the premier league decided to stop the english commentary on games but unfortunately noone has started to develop such a plugin or have not announced they have anyway


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  • #2422
    rurs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭rurs


    IrishBazza wrote: »
    Does anyone know of any development on a plugin to stream english football commentary to say Cyfra sports channel with audio delay sync?

    Similar to what the BBC red button does with radio 5 commentary for football matches.

    I seem to recall a discussion about this, the problem is it's effectively Picture-in-Picture, ie two separate services at once. The Duo can't do this, so it's not going happen, unfortunately. Maybe the Ultimo/Duo2 can manage it?


  • #2423
    Gunther_Gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Gunther_Gloop


    But the Duo has picture-in-picture (albeit a bit choppy) and it's not like it has to go to the processing power of _showing_ the 2nd picture. ...Two inputs, sound from one, picture from another.
    Far be it for me to say it's possible, but on the face of it, it doesn't seem an insurmountable task.

    / You're probably right of course. :)


  • #2424
    givecredit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭givecredit


    There is an "Audio in Picture" plugin/extension.(AIP) I have not used it, but i read that it works. Many use it with the FTA Eurosport on Astra 19degs east.

    Called:

    enigma2-plugin-extensions-audiopip_0.2_mipsel


  • #2425
    IrishBazza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭IrishBazza


    givecredit wrote: »
    There is an "Audio in Picture" plugin/extension.(AIP) I have not used it, but i read that it works. Many use it with the FTA Eurosport on Astra 19degs east.

    Called:

    enigma2-plugin-extensions-audiopip_0.2_mipsel

    Does this plugin have an option to sync the audio, by seconds?


  • #2426
    Gunther_Gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Gunther_Gloop


    IrishBazza wrote: »
    Does this plugin have an option to sync the audio, by seconds?

    There's a way to do that by pressing the audio button at any time. If I'm not mistaken. ?


  • #2427
    xxyyxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 223 ✭✭xxyyxx


    Audio and then the Blue button allows you to do this.


  • #2428
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,069 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    The Ultimo does PiP with no problem at all.


  • #2429
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,224 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    That AudioPIP sounds interesting.

    I've installed the IPK but when I launch the plugin, I just get the main picture squashed into a square, with a copy of it in a narrow part to the left. How does one operate this properly? Ch Up/Down seems to change the bigger picture.

    Maybe it doesn't work on Vix 3?

    I also noticed on a site that there is now a enigma2-plugin-extensions-audiopip_0.3_mipsel.ipk, but don't know what that addresses.


  • #2430
    rurs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭rurs


    Clareman wrote: »
    The Ultimo does PiP with no problem at all.

    Does it work on HD channels?

    I tried the audio-pip myself, same result as byte above. Read up a bit more on it, it was designed for the DM8000, which despite using an older processor than the Duo, does do proper PIP. Pity, as it would be a great addition. According to wiki, the Duo2 can do HD PIP, so it might work on that.


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  • #2431
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,069 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Seems fine for me with RTÉ 2 HD and Channel 4 HD

    Here's a pic of it working
    6034073


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