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Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

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  • #1202
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Nforce wrote: »
    One more question. Whats the best,most stable image file to run on the box?

    HDMU is what most here are running, get the latest is 10847, available in the firmware thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84016368#post84016368


  • #1203
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    Thanks again, Pog.


  • #1204
    lafpat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭lafpat


    Leiva wrote: »
    Thinking of buying this amp from Richersounds:
    https://www.richersounds.ie/asp/product.asp?ObjectID=938&Mode=0&CategoryID=3&SUB=24&ProductID=1249

    Has anyone got their Alien2 hooked up to an amp and any problems?

    I think I read somewhere on here about a problem someone was having but I can't find the post.

    I have the Onkyo TX-NR515 amp for about 4 months now and it works flawlessly with Amiko Alien. Have it running through a BenQ 1070 projector and the sound and picture quality is second to none. I have no issues with HDMI handshaking since the last firmware update.


  • #1205
    bennybongo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭bennybongo87


    How do ya use the custom.txt file in autobouquets to place channels were you want them...


  • #1206
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    What's all this about big changes coming this year with new satellites etc:eek:

    I'm about to invest in a stb mulitroom system with all the goodies ;) installed and paid for.


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  • #1207
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Leiva wrote: »
    What's all this about big changes coming this year with new satellites etc:eek:

    I'm about to invest in a stb mulitroom system with all the goodies ;) installed and paid for.

    The new satellite is going to the same position as the old one 28.2e. There's more than one satellite up there but they're so far away your dish sees them all as one satellite. You will just need to run autobouquets or a do rescan.


  • #1208
    givecredit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭givecredit


    Leiva wrote: »
    What's all this about big changes coming this year with new satellites etc:eek:

    I'm about to invest in a stb mulitroom system with all the goodies ;) installed and paid for.

    Big Changes happening sometime after april 30th..


  • #1209
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    givecredit wrote: »
    Big Changes happening sometime after april 30th..

    ?:confused:


  • #1210
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Nforce wrote: »
    ?:confused:

    http://www.astra2.org/astra2.html


  • #1211
    phobia2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭phobia2011


    Does anyone use the icefilms plugin, tried it a few times but seems to get stuck loading, it did work once though. Would be something else if it worked?

    Or do you guys use anything similar to stream?

    I have yet to try 1 channel,

    Appreciate all inputs,

    TIA


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  • #1212
    Squeaky the Squirrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Squeaky the Squirrel


    phobia2011 wrote: »
    Does anyone use the icefilms plugin, tried it a few times but seems to get stuck loading, it did work once though. Would be something else if it worked?

    Or do you guys use anything similar to stream?

    I have yet to try 1 channel,

    Appreciate all inputs,

    TIA
    check and see if the site is actually up when it fails to work on the Amiko, the sites are down more than they are up lately.


  • #1213
    Dublin Deluge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭Dublin Deluge


    This is in reply to post
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=84021385&postcount=17
    in the firmware thread. Moving to this thread as this is the discussion thread.

    Hi cormacl,

    I'm also using an Ethernet bridge (Vonets VAP11G WIFI Bridge) and I haven't experienced any problems. I haven't done very extensive network tests like you have, but I can connect to it via FTP, telnet, web and dreamdroid from within the house network. I've opened a port to the box's webserver and I can access it from the outside. The box can access outside servers without any issues and I can update firmware and install plugins from the box.
    I haven't tried mounting a network share (NAS).
    I also set up my Alien2 with a static IP from the beginning, as it just made it much easier for me to work with it (no need to worry of IP changing).

    About your questions:
    1) Just press the "Play" button on your remote and you go to a nicer interface to play videos. I guess this is the standard Enigma2 interface. (Sorry, I've no experience with other linux-based boxes other than the alien2).

    2) The Pli HD feels slow for me especially when flicking through the terrestrial channels, not so much when flicking through the sat channels. I installed the modern pli as someone suggested in this thread and it's running faster.

    3) I'm not sure how to answer this. I just followed Pog's guide to the letter with a real hard drive installed and I had no problems whatsoever.


  • #1214
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    http://www.astra2.org/astra2.html


    Will these changes have any effect on the things we are not allowed discuss in here?

    catch my drift??


  • #1215
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Leiva wrote: »
    Will these changes have any effect on the things we are not allowed discuss in here?

    catch my drift??

    No, channels move all the time, not just when they get a new satellite, it's a constant thing as channels change to HD. A transponder on a satellite (think of it like a spotlight shining its beam) has either ~34 (DVB-S) or ~45mbit (DVB-S2) of capacity, this is enough for 4x HD or ~10x SD TV channels or a mix of both on each transponder. http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php


    Sky and Freesat boxes get updates sent to the box. FTA boxes need a rescan of the transponder to get the changes. Linux boxes like the Amiko alien 2 can use the Autobouquets plugin to read the update Sky send to their boxes. Anyone with a FTA box installed a year or two ago would have very few channels left by now, they replaced a satellite last year too, with a temporary one that's being moved to another position in the sky (19e) when the new one arrives later this year. The worst that will happen is you'll need a rescan.


  • #1216
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    thanks Pog.

    Did i read right that once they have everyone over to HD channels that that could be the end of the stuff we cant talk about.??? due to SLY then being able to to pair boxes with accounts?


  • #1217
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Leiva wrote: »
    thanks Pog.

    Did i read right that once they have everyone over to HD channels that that could be the end of the stuff we cant talk about.??? due to SLY then being able to to pair boxes with accounts?

    Nope, they sometimes seem to move them round for no reason :P


  • #1218
    givecredit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭givecredit


    Leiva wrote: »
    Will these changes have any effect on the things we are not allowed discuss in here?

    catch my drift??

    Big Changes happening sometime after 30th April and I am not talking about changes to satellites.


  • #1219
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    givecredit wrote: »
    Big Changes happening sometime after 30th April and I am not talking about changes to satellites.

    Wanna enlighten me ..PM?


  • #1220
    Wisesmurf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Wisesmurf


    givecredit wrote: »
    Big Changes happening sometime after 30th April and I am not talking about changes to satellites.

    Do share, pm if necessary.


  • #1221
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    He's talking about the new pairing system that Sky have said they'll be introducing. It would mean moving everyone to a HD package and giving them a free HD box if they were to enforce it


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  • #1222
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,374 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    He's talking about the new pairing system that Sky have said they'll be introducing. It would mean moving everyone to a HD package and giving them a free HD box if they were to enforce it

    Which doesnt seem plausible (short term)


  • #1223
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Yep, it's always been constant cat and mouse game. Encryption methods are constantly changing.


  • #1224
    bennybongo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭bennybongo87


    I have an alien 2 and hdmu image working well. I was just wondering would this image work on its wee bro 8900? I am thinking of replacing my f5 with one of these. The reason that I do not want another alien 2 is that I don't have another spare hdd for recording + I would have to pull a new cable which wouldn't be the easiest of jobs...


  • #1225
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Yep, it's always been constant cat and mouse game. Encryption methods are constantly changing.

    Well this mouse is running enough Cat6 cables to all points that could facilitate a satellite on its own.
    In preparation for a movement of the goal posts :p


  • #1226
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Leiva wrote: »
    Well this mouse is running enough Cat6 cables to all points that could facilitate a satellite on its own.
    In preparation for a movement of the goal posts :p

    Sooner or later that wont be enough, you'll need fibre :P

    FYI, The beauty of fibre will be it doesn't conduct electricity or get interference from copper cables so you'll be able to run it in the same conduit as your power and get a special double socket with a fibre connector


  • #1227
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,153 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Has anyone tried the Satstation images ,how do they compare to the HDMU image ?
    They have a new backup released this week .
    I installed it in on my Golden Media Triplex and it seems to have a mind of its own,huge lag and remote barely responded .

    I noticed a bug with the HDMU software today.
    I was watching a satellite channel ,then recorded it and switched to a Saorview channel .
    I switched back to the satellite channel and stopped the recording but when I went back to Saorview ,it says "Service not found" on Saorview channels.
    I had to hard restart the receiver to get the Saorview channels back.

    The HDD Mount manager plugin is fairly primitive and doesnt seem to work properly.It messed up a few memory sticks for me today ,I had to reformat them in Spark in Ext3 as they had been corrupted by Enigma 2.
    It would be nice to have a better way of mounting drives like on Dreamboxes ,far superior.

    I installed the multi quick button beta plugin and configured a good few buttons.It works well but its functionality is limited.
    I couldnt remap certain buttons ,notably red,yellow,green and blue while other buttons like pause didnt work properly .
    The mute button needed remapping but it would only mute for a few secs .


  • #1228
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Is timeshift working for you with the multi quick button plugin, I removed it and timeshift started working again. I've read of lots of problems with the hdd mount manager plugin, I've not used it for this reason, but I have no mounting problems.


  • #1229
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,153 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Is timeshift working for you with the multi quick button plugin, I removed it and timeshift started working again. I've read of lots of problems with the hdd mount manager plugin, I've not used it for this reason, but I have no mounting problems.
    Yes it is but its mapped to the Timeshift button not the pause button .
    The problem is that the pause button has multi functionality ,pause and timeshift whereas the plugin only seems to allow one function per button.
    I'll have another play with it later.

    The Satstation image has good key mapping
    EPG Button - Short press to Cool TV Guide - Long press to Eventview - Note a long press of GREEN in Cool TV will change your guide view type if you wish
    Info Button - Single press to second info bar (shows softcam connection info etc.) - Double press to Eventview
    V.Format Button - Switches between various display formats
    Mute Button - Does what it suggests - this needed manually editing to work though hence mentioned here!
    TV/Radio - Switches between choice of Radio and TV Bouquets
    FAV - Takes you directly to Bouquets List (Favourites)
    OK - Takes you directly to Bouquets List (Favourites)
    FOLDER - Takes you to /media/hdd for selecting recordings/directories
    Cross UP - Bouquet + List
    Cross Down - Bouquet - List
    Cross Left - Channel -
    Cross Right - Channel +
    Blue Button - Short press to Plugins Browser - Long press to Network Configuration
    TimeShift Button - Starts, Stops and Plays timeshift on live TV
    F1 - Takes you direct to SoftCam Manager
    F2 - Takes you direct to Network Configuration
    F3 - Launches CrossEPG Downloader

    These boxes are really very finicky with usb drives sometimes it will work fine with a drive the next time it doesnt detect the drive ,very odd.


  • #1230
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,574 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    Zardoz wrote: »
    ...
    I noticed a bug with the HDMU software today.
    I was watching a satellite channel ,then recorded it and switched to a Saorview channel .
    I switched back to the satellite channel and stopped the recording but when I went back to Saorview ,it says "Service not found" on Saorview channels.
    I had to hard restart the receiver to get the Saorview channels back.

    ......

    After watching some recording, I also got that no satellite service message. When I tried to switch to terrestrial the box locked up and needed a hard reboot


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  • #1231
    Squeaky the Squirrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Squeaky the Squirrel


    givecredit wrote: »
    Big Changes happening sometime after 30th April and I am not talking about changes to satellites.
    Should change your name to cryptic meg.


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