Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

championc · 18-04-2013 10:08AM

cool_cat wrote: »

This time when I installed your ipk file through media scanner it said "Done - installed, upgraded or removed 1 package (with 0 errors)"

I thought this was a god sign, but the skin is not available in the skin menu, even after rebooting

Not to worry, I can research it a bit more, not sure what is going on.

Thanks again

After extracting the data.tar file, you get the usr folder and within it you have lib and share

Use Filezilla and drop lib and share into the usr directory on your box. Filezilla will slot all files from all directories in your source into the correct directories in your destination.

So you do not have to go down through the whole structure and copy files one by one or directory by directory

The structure is

usr / lib / enigma2 / python / components / converter
usr / lib / enigma2 / python / components / renderer

usr / share / enigma2 / python / PLi-HD-mod / border
usr / share / enigma2 / python / PLi-HD-mod / buttons
usr / share / enigma2 / python / PLi-HD-mod / dvr
usr / share / enigma2 / python / PLi-HD-mod / many more

zakalibit · 18-04-2013 10:12AM

you do not need to do any of that, just issue following command in a telnet session

ipkg install --force-overwrite enigma2-plugin-skins-pli-hd-m-mod_3.0d_all.ipk

of cause you'll have to ftp the ipk to your box fisrt

zakalibit · 18-04-2013 10:15AM

ass well try enigma2-plugin-skins-pli-hd-170413_all.ipk, I could not see a fundamental difference from the modded one.

cool_cat · 18-04-2013 08:08PM

zakalibit wrote: »

you do not need to do any of that, just issue following command in a telnet session

ipkg install --force-overwrite enigma2-plugin-skins-pli-hd-m-mod_3.0d_all.ipk

of cause you'll have to ftp the ipk to your box fisrt

That worked thanks very much - all I need now is to get autotimer to work, not sure if anyone has managed to do that on AR-P yet?

Kenny Powers · 18-04-2013 08:12PM

cool_cat wrote: »

That worked thanks very much - all I need now is to get autotimer to work, not sure if anyone has managed to do that on AR-P yet?

Is ARP-P different to HDMU?

zakalibit · 18-04-2013 08:16PM

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Is ARP-P different to HDMU?

the same base line with their own improvements and other bells and wistless

FlexMcMurphy · 18-04-2013 10:54PM

I'm thinking of buying an Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner and was hoping people could tell me how exactly they've set theirs up? Specifically I'm interested to hear from people who are connecting a double coaxial cable from a fixed satellite dish pointed at Astra 28E AND a separate coaxial feed from a UHF/Saorview aerial into the three tuners.

I want to use the box like that.. to receive just the free to air satellite channels from the dish and the Saorview channels from an aerial... no Sky subscription card, oscam, card sharing or what have you.

My main goal is to be able to watch one satellite channel and record another satellite channel at the same time. But also of course a Saorview/Satellite Channel combination too.

Does the Amiko A2 do that straight out of the box or do I need to install all these extra "Images" and plug-ins?

Cheers!

cool_cat thanks for the reply and the offer to share your Amiko configuration when it's all up and running perfectly. Do you have an aerial & dish connected to your box or just a dish?

championc · 18-04-2013 11:09PM

Flex, I think I speak for us ALL when I say that we all bought this unit because it connects to both Terrestrial and Satellite simultaneously and seamlessly.

PogMoThoin · 18-04-2013 11:14PM

T0MMY wrote: »

My box wakes up (even from deep standby) to do a timed recording, but it doesn't switch off afterwards. Is that normal? Is there a way to get it to turn off?

Thanks

When you set a timer you have this option in the timer settings (after event), default (auto) is do nothing when finished. You'll have to edit the timer as/after you create it.

FlexMcMurphy, it's not an off the shelf box. All the info you need is in this very thread, you'll have to put in the time and digest some of it and all your questions will be answered

Kenny Powers · 18-04-2013 11:47PM

Will a USB 3 Drive work with this box?

PogMoThoin · 18-04-2013 11:57PM

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Will a USB 3 Drive work with this box?

Yes, I'm using one. The box interface is usb 2.0 though

NUTZZ · 19-04-2013 12:34AM

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Will a USB 3 Drive work with this box?

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Yes, I'm using one. The box interface is usb 2.0 though

I can also confirm USB 3.0 HDD's work perfectly on the box.

Leiva · 19-04-2013 08:09AM

Probably not for in here but my brother in law just got a letter of a price increase from UPC and also a notice of a change in T&C from June 28th 2013.

20.5 Certain programme providers require a unique identifier to be displayed on their programmes and/or Events. Should a programme provider suspect that their programmes or Events are being used illegally they may provide this identifier to Us in order for Us to identify whether or not you are using the programme or Event in accordance with your television subscription. You consent to UPC processing the unique identifier in this way.

Something's going on

championc · 19-04-2013 08:43AM

Many streams originate from abroad. And if you stream from a satellite box, then you cannot get a different ident in each country.

bappelbe · 19-04-2013 09:19AM

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

Does the Amiko A2 do that straight out of the box or do I need to install all these extra "Images" and plug-ins?

Cheers!

cool_cat thanks for the reply and the offer to share your Amiko configuration when it's all up and running perfectly. Do you have an aerial & dish connected to your box or just a dish?

You can run the Spark operating system "out of the box" to do this but it does not have the 7 day epg, You need Enigma2 (image/plugin) to do that.

There are several "flavours" of Enigma2- HDMU is the one in Pogs guide, there is AR-P which cool_cat is using but I haven't tried yet, there is also a Satstation version of enigma which is available on another forum (http://www.satstation.co.uk/forum/forum.php if I am allowed to link) - there might be others but I haven't come across them

I am using it as you suggest for saorview and free to air satellite at 28E (often called the Freesat channels), I can record and watch different channels etc

zefer · 19-04-2013 10:15AM

I noticed last night that strangely I couldnt watch any other channel when I was recording something. Worked last week when I got recording setup on usb key.
Will do a few tests tonight to see if it continues.. Very odd though

Leiva · 19-04-2013 01:36PM

Are these the same as Amiko Alien 2 or a cheaper version/clone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQHL8s80Gg8

€45 cheaper than the Alien2 in some places

zakalibit · 19-04-2013 01:45PM

Leiva wrote: »

Are these the same as Amiko Alien 2 or a cheaper version/clone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQHL8s80Gg8

€45 cheaper than the Alien2 in some places

Yes

bappelbe · 19-04-2013 01:46PM

Leiva wrote: »

Are these the same as Amiko Alien 2 or a cheaper version/clone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQHL8s80Gg8

€45 cheaper than the Alien2 in some places

As discussed earlier in this thread - yes they are the same machine with a different box.

I have this in the DVB-T2 version

zakalibit · 19-04-2013 01:47PM

I have a brand new triplex alien2, that is no use to me (too many tuners), I might consider selling it for a reasonable price, ping me if interested.

mustang68 · 19-04-2013 02:46PM

zefer wrote: »

I noticed last night that strangely I couldnt watch any other channel when I was recording something. Worked last week when I got recording setup on usb key.
Will do a few tests tonight to see if it continues.. Very odd though

Me too, can you post back you findings when you are finished.

donutheadhomer · 20-04-2013 11:07AM

can anyone advise if the remote control for this device controls the volume of the TV? I've a triax box which seems to have its own volume control rather than the TV volume control.

PogMoThoin · 20-04-2013 11:15AM

EurasianBadger wrote: »

can anyone advise if the remote control for this device controls the volume of the TV? I've a triax box which seems to have its own volume control rather than the TV volume control.

No. It has it's own volume control

peter_dublin · 20-04-2013 11:25AM

Has anyone tested this with DVBLogic for Dreambox using the PLI image, very interested in replacing my HTPC tuners with one of these boxes and moving to a small form factor htpc as it would be more wife friendly.

Anyone want to loan me theirs for a day or two :-)

PogMoThoin · 20-04-2013 11:33AM

peter_dublin wrote: »

Has anyone tested this with DVBLogic for Dreambox using the PLI image, very interested in replacing my HTPC tuners with one of these boxes and moving to a small form factor htpc as it would be more wife friendly.

Anyone want to loan me theirs for a day or two :-)

I had mine working with XBMC. It was pretty slow as it used the web interfece but worked fine

peter_dublin · 20-04-2013 11:36AM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I had mine working with XBMC. It was pretty slow as it used the web interfece but worked fine

Thanks, is that the OpenWebIf you were running as this is the one I require.

PogMoThoin · 20-04-2013 11:48AM

peter_dublin wrote: »

Thanks, is that the OpenWebIf you were running as this is the one I require.

I didn't need to install any plugin, just works on HDMU with the default web interface. The latest XBMC contains all the client frontends

peter_dublin · 20-04-2013 11:52AM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I didn't need to install any plugin, just works on HDMU with the default web interface. The latest XBMC contains all the client frontends

Cheers, yeah XBMC is very flexable these days, unfortunetly DVBLink requires openwebif as it presents virtuals tuners to Windows Media Centre which extenders can then also access , also has a plugin for XBMC. So really the ideal is keep the current setup but I want to move away from my Dreambox DM800, USB Satellite Tuner, Happauge DVBT/FM PCI tuner setup which has grown as I added Tvs around the house requiring more sources to a single box solution external to the HTPC so the Amiko would be the ideal solution.

PogMoThoin · 20-04-2013 12:07PM

Had a Google, the web interface HDMU image uses is openwebif

peter_dublin · 20-04-2013 12:09PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Had a Google, the web interface HDMU image uses is openwebif

Ah cool, I was getting confused as on some forums I had read about people having conflicts between OpenWebIf and WebInterface and having to remove one or the other, now to disable the DM800HD to justify a new unit :-)

Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

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