Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

championc · 13-03-2014 05:48PM

Take the "plugin" folder off my download link, copy the folder onto a usb stick upon inserting it into Spark, you will get a prompt to re-install the Spark plugins - say Yes. Then re-flash using the plugin

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championc · 13-03-2014 05:50PM

Take the "plugin" folder off my download link, copy the folder onto a usb stick upon inserting it into Spark, you will get a prompt to re-install the Spark plugins - say Yes. Then re-flash using the plugin

thecaw76 · 13-03-2014 06:23PM

championc wrote: »

Take the "plugin" folder off my download link, copy the folder onto a usb stick upon inserting it into Spark, you will get a prompt to re-install the Spark plugins - say Yes. Then re-flash using the plugin

I thought that might have done the job but alas no ! The frustration continues...

championc · 13-03-2014 08:47PM

thecaw76 wrote: »

I thought that might have done the job but alas no ! The frustration continues...

Just check - you may have TWO versions of the same plugin now so if so, try both

Cormac

agentsmiith · 13-03-2014 08:48PM

Ok. I managed to install enigma but I think I will stick to spark. I can't get some channels to work in enigma. H2 uk for example. And mane reason I wanted to go to enigma is crossepg and timeshift. If I can get it sorted on spark it would be great. And question for champion: is h2 working on your enigma?

Fresh Pots · 13-03-2014 08:50PM

agentsmiith wrote: »

Ok. I managed to install enigma but I think I will stick to spark. I can't get some channels to work in enigma. H2 uk for example. And mane reason I wanted to go to enigma is crossepg and timeshift. If I can get it sorted on spark it would be great. And question for champion: is h2 working on your enigma?

You just need to run autobouquets in e2 to get all your channels working. Crossepg and time shift should be working on his image too. Have you loaded crossepg?

TheChevron · 13-03-2014 09:07PM

Has anybody else epg stopped working?

TTG Hyperion 3 Image.

hallo dare · 13-03-2014 09:56PM

TheChevron wrote: »

Has anybody else epg stopped working?

TTG Hyperion 3 Image.

Yep, what sorted was mine was when i went into epg, deselect 28.2 and leave 28.4 ticked and download. It will then bring up all epg again for yoy

its fukt · 13-03-2014 11:05PM

agentsmiith wrote: »

Ok. I managed to install enigma but I think I will stick to spark. I can't get some channels to work in enigma. H2 uk for example. And mane reason I wanted to go to enigma is crossepg and timeshift. If I can get it sorted on spark it would be great. And question for champion: is h2 working on your enigma?

When you first flash any image go to service searching and do a full satellite scan with clear before scan enabled, reboot, then run autobouquets and it will sort your missing channels in the Sky bouquets. You can use Dreamboxedit to sort those in the favorites bouquet or you can also do it with the remote by going to the channel in a-z and pressing menu> add to bouquet. You can even sort the channel in the bouquet by pressing menu> enable move mode

thecaw76 · 13-03-2014 11:29PM

championc wrote: »

Just check - you may have TWO versions of the same plugin now so if so, try both

Cormac

Yes there are two now. Plugin Upgrade and plugin_e2upgrade.s . I think I tried both. Can anyone program these boxes for a nominal fee ? ! The Enigma 2 EPG with all the plugins look excellent. My kids will never get used to the Spark EPG.

championc · 14-03-2014 12:10AM

Come on. Don't admit defeat at the first hurdle. Try plugin_e2upgrade.s again or try re-installing the plugins again too.

yllw.ldbttr · 14-03-2014 09:02AM

championc wrote: »

Come on. Don't admit defeat at the first hurdle. Try plugin_e2upgrade.s again or try re-installing the plugins again too.

I second this, it's a painful learning curve but thanks to the folks on here and Google you'll get there eventually. Well worth it once you crack it.

cork_south · 14-03-2014 10:44AM

I used Spark to format my external USB HD and in ext2Fsd I can see it formatted it to ext2.
Anyone know of a handy way to format it to ext3 or does it really make much of a difference?

its fukt · 14-03-2014 11:50AM

cork_south wrote: »

I used Spark to format my external USB HD and in ext2Fsd I can see it formatted it to ext2.
Anyone know of a handy way to format it to ext3 or does it really make much of a difference?

You can use the box, format it to ntfs then plug it into the box and use putty to telnet in and run:
mkfs.ext3 -L RECORD /dev/sda1

then make the movie directory:
cd /media/RECORD
mkdir movie

cork_south · 14-03-2014 11:56AM

its fukt wrote: »

You can use the box, format it to ntfs then plug it into the box and use putty to telnet in and run:
mkfs.ext3 -L RECORD /dev/sda1

then make the movie directory:
cd /media/RECORD
mkdir movie

Cool. So that will convert the entire drive to ext3, giving it the label RECORD?

its fukt · 14-03-2014 12:00PM

cork_south wrote: »

Cool. So that will convert the entire drive to ext3, giving it the label RECORD?

Exactly

cyndale · 14-03-2014 12:33PM

How come I can record onto USB stick in Spark, but in Enigma2 I have to have it formatted as EXT2/EXT3?

its fukt · 14-03-2014 12:40PM

cyndale wrote: »

How come I can record onto USB stick in Spark, but in Enigma2 I have to have it formatted as EXT2/EXT3?

The box will work with NTFS or Fat, but being a linux OS it will perform much better using EXT3

cork_south · 14-03-2014 12:45PM

its fukt wrote: »

Exactly

Thanks that worked, the command completed in a couple of seconds.

linux:/home/admin/flash # df -T
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
.
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/dev/sda1 ext3 297489 10287 271842 4% /var/home/admin/flash

EDIT again
On 3rd look its appears to the mounted disk was only 298M before I formatted to ext3.
/dev/sda1 298M 57M 227M 21% /var/home/admin/flash

I'll have to take a look around to see whats going on.

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 291M 11M 266M 4% /var/home/admin/flash

This is the output of the command, any ideas?
mkfs.ext3 -L RECORD /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
Filesystem label=RECORD
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
76912 inodes, 307204 blocks
15360 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=67633152
38 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2024 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729, 204801, 221185

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 22 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

Gerry Wicklow · 14-03-2014 12:46PM

For future ref Partition Wizard is a useful freebie that can convert and check all sorts of drive formats.

Slevster · 14-03-2014 07:43PM

What are the advantages of converting to ext 3 from ext 2 ?

cyndale · 14-03-2014 07:48PM

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

For future ref Partition Wizard is a useful freebie that can convert and check all sorts of drive formats.

Tried it, worked a treat, thanks!:cool:

its fukt · 14-03-2014 08:03PM

Slevster wrote: »

What are the advantages of converting to ext 3 from ext 2 ?

Google would have given you that answer

There is really only one difference between ext2 and ext3, and that is that ext3 uses a journal to prevent filesystem corruption in the case of an unclean shutdown (ie. before the filesystem is synced to disk). That makes ext3 a bit slower than ext2 since all metadata changes are written to the journal, and then flushed to disk, but on the other hand you don't risk having the entire filesystem destroyed at power failure or if an unwitted person turns the computer off uncleanly. You don't have to check the filesystem after an unclean shutdown either.

AlonzoHarris · 14-03-2014 08:30PM

Anyone know of an app for streaming movies to iPad\Galaxy from the Amiko Alien.
I tried VU+ player but I can only find the TV option unless I am missing something?

hallo dare · 14-03-2014 08:36PM

AlonzoHarris wrote: »

Anyone know of an app for streaming movies to iPad\Galaxy from the Amiko Alien.
I tried VU+ player but I can only find the TV option unless I am missing something?

Dreamdroid, and also download vplayer so you can view them.

championc · 14-03-2014 08:46PM

Slevster wrote: »

What are the advantages of converting to ext 3 from ext 2 ?

The disadvantages you mean. The journaling is an additional overhead so write speeds (programme recording) are much quicker to ext2 - google it !!

Slevster · 14-03-2014 09:04PM

championc wrote: »

The disadvantages you mean. The journaling is an additional overhead so write speeds (programme recording) are much quicker to ext2 - google it !!

I asked a poor question. What i was really after, was in this system,does it really make a difference. I was being lazy about it.
so next lazy question. Should it be done with our kind of set up? (eg aa2+ and usb hdd)

Slevster · 14-03-2014 09:06PM

AlonzoHarris wrote: »

Anyone know of an app for streaming movies to iPad\Galaxy from the Amiko Alien.
I tried VU+ player but I can only find the TV option unless I am missing something?

Second dreamdroid. not as pretty as vu+ and annoying closes on back button press(there is an option of a warning) for android.
I was having real problems streaming to a device. The eircom router was the fault.

AlonzoHarris · 14-03-2014 10:14PM

hallo dare wrote: »

Dreamdroid, and also download vplayer so you can view them.

Are those 2 apps android only?
Can't fin them on apple App Store?
Anything similar for IOS?

hallo dare · 14-03-2014 10:54PM

AlonzoHarris wrote: »

Are those 2 apps android only?
Can't fin them on apple App Store?
Anything similar for IOS?

Not a clue, I'm Android only.

Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

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