Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

Zardoz · 15-04-2014 05:22PM

Nowso wrote: »

nice image any idea how to select wireless lan

I think it has to be enabled in the HDMU Control Center,have a look in there.
Menu-Setup-HDMU Control Center

Nowso · 15-04-2014 06:24PM

Zardoz wrote: »

I think it has to be enabled in the HDMU Control Center,have a look in there.
Menu-Setup-HDMU Control Center

thanks got it going

just need to work out to get oscam setup on eigma2 pity theres no cam config etc for enigma

same ol sh1te · 15-04-2014 06:51PM

Nowso wrote: »

thanks got it going

just need to work out to get oscam setup on eigma2 pity theres no cam config etc for enigma

Cccam cannot deal with two tuners but oscam can emulate cccam

Nowso · 15-04-2014 07:09PM

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Cccam cannot deal with two tuners but oscam can emulate cccam

ccam2.14 and mgcamd are working on the 2 tuners on spark . not perfect but ok

even if u had an easier oscam interface
will have another go at oscam later

same ol sh1te · 15-04-2014 07:15PM

Nowso wrote: »

ccam2.14 and mgcamd are working on the 2 tuners on spark . not perfect but ok

even if u had an easier oscam interface
will have another go at oscam later

Oscam is no harder than any other. Google is your friend

Nobody uses Spark btw

Nowso · 15-04-2014 07:25PM

i do atm lol

Nowso · 15-04-2014 07:34PM

you left 2 expired timers on the image

Fresh Pots · 15-04-2014 07:37PM

Nowso wrote: »

you left 2 expired timers on the image

Were they something particularly embarrassing?!

same ol sh1te · 15-04-2014 07:40PM

Nowso wrote: »

i do atm lol

Your on your own, 99% of the info here is based on Enigma. This box has come a long way, was a buggy POS once so users stuck with Spark, but there's no reason to now. Enigma offers so much more and is now so stable it's foolish not to use it, especially when there's preconfigured images, oscam is even configured, you just edit one file and restart it in the alternative softcam manager.

Zardoz · 15-04-2014 07:45PM

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Were they something particularly embarrassing?!

Some Spanish football highlights ,hardly an issue .:)

FlexMcMurphy · 15-04-2014 09:36PM

same ol sh1te wrote: »

This box has come a long way, was a buggy POS once so users stuck with Spark, but there's no reason to now. Enigma offers so much more and is now so stable....

Most of us on this thread are enthusiasts and don't mind tinkering but the majority of people resent technical talk of any kind when it comes to TV viewing and are also very unforgiving if anything ever goes wrong. For those people I would still recommend Spark or a closed system that never ever breaks like those Xoro9000 boxes etc..

Flex

Nowso · 15-04-2014 09:59PM

Zardoz wrote: »

Some Spanish football highlights ,hardly an issue .:)

was expectind something on climax !!LOL

Nowso · 15-04-2014 10:04PM

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

Most of us on this thread are enthusiasts and don't mind tinkering but the majority of people resent technical talk of any kind when it comes to TV viewing and are also very unforgiving if anything ever goes wrong. For those people I would still recommend Spark or a closed system that never ever breaks like those Xoro9000 boxes etc..

Flex

Its good to have spark as a backup . and as want to use the box for recording greyhound racing for my youtube channel and then watching tv aswell rather than rte player etc

i will tinker about with enigma but if theres an issue i can switch to spark still

Zardoz · 16-04-2014 12:57AM

dr_funk wrote: »

Here's a hard drive question! What drives are people using with the Alien 2?

I have a USB powered Lacie 500GB portable, and it works (and seems to record fine) but there's been a persistent playback problem that I haven't been able to solve, where after a while the playback freezes. I can sometimes get it going again by pressing pause and then rewinding a bit, but other times the box just locks up and I have to switch the power off at the back.

I'm using the latest martinxp openpli image, but this happened with Hyperion and HDMU too.

I've encountered this issue on Ar-P,Hyperion and now HDMU and with 2 different types of hard drives ,an Iomega eGo 320Gb and a WD Scorpio in a caddy.
The playback stops every so often ,it seems worse on HD programming and I can get it going again by pressing the right button a few times.
It doesnt lock up on me .

I think the Samsung M3 drives are recommended ,I have a 1.5TB one ,so I must setup an EXT3 partition and see if that works better.

dr_funk · 16-04-2014 02:08AM

@Zardoz, yep, that's the exact same problem I'm having. Same as you, I've had the problem with Hyperion, HDMU and also the current martinxp openpli image - which I'm really liking, apart from this one issue.

I'm seriously thinking of getting a Samsung M3. They've been recommended before for these boxes.

Let us know how you get on with it?

Kevin! · 16-04-2014 09:30PM

Having issues installing the e2upgrade.plugin on my second Alien box.

It's an Alien 2 Triple + box.

(1) I opened spark, upgraded just 'App' from USB from this image:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vf62n7z8tbnp0hu/5SgKgKvHJY/AMIKO_ALIEN2_1.2.51_E2_Boot_Upgrade - process ran successfully.

(2) I stuck the upgrade plugin on the USB drive and Spark prompted me to install it - process ran successfully.

(3) I stuck the e2jffs2.img and uImage file on the USB stick, went into the plugins folder where two additional plug-ins have been created ._plugin_e2upgrade.s and plugin_e2upgrade.s - attempted to run plugin_e2upgrade.s by pressing red (Start OSD) nothing happens - then attempted to click OK - plugin attempts to start, screen briefly flashes and then returns to the plug-in menu where the plugin is still off

Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong? should I have upgrade the Database+Plugin's when I upgraded spark or anything else?

thanks

Kev

SYSTEM INFORMATION:
System Version: 1.2.51
App Version: 1.2.51
Dbase Version: 1.1.0
Kernel Version 2.6.32-00
U-Boot Version 1.1.002-4

Am I at much of a disadvantage by just installing the enigma image through the manual boot steps?

how.gareth · 16-04-2014 10:54PM

Kevin! wrote: »

Having issues installing the e2upgrade.plugin on my second Alien box.

It's an Alien 2 Triple + box.

(1) I opened spark, upgraded just 'App' from USB from this image:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vf62n7z8tbnp0hu/5SgKgKvHJY/AMIKO_ALIEN2_1.2.51_E2_Boot_Upgrade - process ran successfully.

(2) I stuck the upgrade plugin on the USB drive and Spark prompted me to install it - process ran successfully.

(3) I stuck the e2jffs2.img and uImage file on the USB stick, went into the plugins folder where two additional plug-ins have been created ._plugin_e2upgrade.s and plugin_e2upgrade.s - attempted to run plugin_e2upgrade.s by pressing red (Start OSD) nothing happens - then attempted to click OK - plugin attempts to start, screen briefly flashes and then returns to the plug-in menu where the plugin is still off

Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong? should I have upgrade the Database+Plugin's when I upgraded spark or anything else?

thanks

Kev

Am I at much of a disadvantage by just installing the enigma image through the manual boot steps?

Have you got the two files called e2jffs2.IMG and ulmage in a folder called enigma2 on your USB stick? Sorry just spotted it's the plug-in itself your having trouble with

Kevin! · 16-04-2014 11:09PM

how.gareth wrote: »

Have you got the two files called e2jffs2.IMG and ulmage in a folder called enigma2 on your USB stick? Sorry just spotted it's the plug-in itself your having trouble with

Can't get the plug-in going unfortunately, but thanks for trying!

Nowso · 16-04-2014 11:16PM

Kevin! wrote: »

Can't get the plug-in going unfortunately, but thanks for trying!

delete it and try reinstall it from this link - This is Champs dropbox and worked on my new triple +

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vf62n7z8tbnp0hu/jmibFN6GsA/plugin

Kevin! · 16-04-2014 11:34PM

Nowso wrote: »

delete it and try reinstall it from this link - This is Champs dropbox and worked on my new triple +

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vf62n7z8tbnp0hu/jmibFN6GsA/plugin

Legend, you and champ haha worked flawlessly! had been having that issue with countless others in this thread for months, good to finally have it resolved

illdoit2morrow · 16-04-2014 11:50PM

I run a scan every once in a while on this image and it comes back with a different number of channels on different occasions. The channels that I've noticed that don't scan all the time are the BT Sports HD channels and a few of the other channels in the sports bouquet.

Is this down to my dish or the weather conditions at the time or something else altogether?

TIA

FlexMcMurphy · 17-04-2014 12:14AM

satellite.xml in etc/tuxbox stores all the satellite transponder frequencies and may need to be updated. You can get the latest version from here and FTP it to etc/tuxbox using FileZilla then reboot and scan your channels again. It could also be down to your lnb and dish alignment too.

Flex

Agueroooo · 17-04-2014 09:31AM

Hi my 'sealion' provider is offering 13months for the price of 12months.

would I be mad to pay for 12months in case the cat catches the mouse?

illdoit2morrow · 17-04-2014 10:29AM

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

satellite.xml in etc/tuxbox stores all the satellite transponder frequencies and may need to be updated. You can get the latest version from here and FTP it to etc/tuxbox using FileZilla then reboot and scan your channels again. It could also be down to your lnb and dish alignment too.

Flex

Thanks for that, I'll try the new xml file when i get home.

I previosuly had sky before getting the AA2, i'm using the same dish, just with a quad LNB now. I assumed that this setup would be alright. All the other channels are fine.

When i had a look at the signal strength, the 'bar' that shows the strength is constantly moving, from around 60% to 80%, would this indicate that the dish might need adjusting or is this the norm?

how.gareth · 17-04-2014 11:49AM

illdoit2morrow wrote: »

Thanks for that, I'll try the new xml file when i get home.

I previosuly had sky before getting the AA2, i'm using the same dish, just with a quad LNB now. I assumed that this setup would be alright. All the other channels are fine.

When i had a look at the signal strength, the 'bar' that shows the strength is constantly moving, from around 60% to 80%, would this indicate that the dish might need adjusting or is this the norm?

My signal strength sits between 74-75% for the "foreign" channels and never changes from that

NUTZZ · 17-04-2014 12:22PM

Agueroooo wrote: »

would I be mad to pay for 12months in case the cat catches the mouse?

Absolutely

Nowso · 17-04-2014 01:54PM

one really annoying thing is on the terrestrial tuner if you go onto a channel thats not got full reception for or not on Error messages come up and i have to power off and on the box

same ol sh1te · 17-04-2014 02:25PM

Nowso wrote: »

one really annoying thing is on the terrestrial tuner if you go onto a channel thats not got full reception for or not on Error messages come up and i have to power off and on the box

You are using a backup of someone else's image with the channels they receive, you need to do a terrestrial scan and create your own bouquet with your own channels

illdoit2morrow · 17-04-2014 02:27PM

A little help getting the correct satellite.xml file.

When i go to http://satellites-xml.eu/, do i just select Astra 2A/2E/2F/Eutelsat 28A (28.2E) or select the 'Europe, Africa & Middle East' option?

Nowso · 17-04-2014 02:28PM

same ol sh1te wrote: »

You are using a backup of someone else's image with the channels they receive, you need to do a terrestrial scan and create your own bouquet with your own channels

these are tuned in myself on spark - does simular happen with e2

Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

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