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WETEK Play/OPENELEC user discussion, tips n' tricks

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  • #872
    AH92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 510 ✭✭✭AH92


    One of them is mine! After spending so much time on trying to set it up I feel I am going no where so would love if anyone can guide me to the right direction.
    Does anyone know if flashing it to android will be better for it to act as a sky box with EPG etc.
    ? What does the hybrid boxes I see all over adverts and YouTube comprise of?
    I managed to get tvheadend working to scan and get the channels and stuff but still having difficulty with the darker side of it should I say unlike my openbox which was piss easy..hence I want to get a different sat box like the VU box reluctantly despite it costing an arm and a leg.
    The box and the kodi feature is fantastic though!


  • #873
    Etnies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭Etnies


    AH92 wrote: »
    One of them is mine! After spending so much time on trying to set it up I feel I am going no where so would love if anyone can guide me to the right direction.
    Does anyone know if flashing it to android will be better for it to act as a sky box with EPG etc.
    ? What does the hybrid boxes I see all over adverts and YouTube comprise of?
    I managed to get tvheadend working to scan and get the channels and stuff but still having difficulty with the darker side of it should I say unlike my openbox which was piss easy..hence I want to get a different sat box like the VU box reluctantly despite it costing an arm and a leg.
    The box and the kodi feature is fantastic though!

    And still trying to make money on it, 80 plus postage you'd be better off going to wetek.


    Use one of the enigma images if that's what you want


  • #874
    AH92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 510 ✭✭✭AH92


    Etnies wrote: »
    And still trying to make money on it, 80 plus postage you'd be better off going to wetek.


    Use one of the enigma images if that's what you want

    Only priced it at that due to the low ballers on adverts... Anyways Enigma I'll look into that.


  • #875
    RossieMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭RossieMan


    Or you could just price is properly and say no offers. Looks like a ****ty thing to do if you got an offer of 80.


  • #876
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Trevord


    AH92 wrote: »
    Does anyone know if flashing it to android will be better for it to act as a sky box with EPG etc.

    In Android an application called Wetek Theater is used for sat tv. It needs improvement.

    A key weakness is that you can't assign channel numbers. So while you can move channels and put them in some sort of sensible order and into groups (news, music etc), you still end up with BBC 1, BBC 2 etc with some stupid channel numbers like 37, 56, rather than 1, 2. etc

    So pending some software upgrade to fix that - its not very satisfactory as a tv sat box when run as android. Which is a pity, as android would give you the maximum variety of options in terms of sat tv/ android apps / kodi.

    (If anyone has found a solution in Wetek Theater for this channel number issue, let me know please.)


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  • #877
    GY A1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭GY A1


    Install enigma2 if u want satellite and similar to Vu
    AH92 wrote: »
    One of them is mine! After spending so much time on trying to set it up I feel I am going no where so would love if anyone can guide me to the right direction.
    Does anyone know if flashing it to android will be better for it to act as a sky box with EPG etc.
    ? What does the hybrid boxes I see all over adverts and YouTube comprise of?
    I managed to get tvheadend working to scan and get the channels and stuff but still having difficulty with the darker side of it should I say unlike my openbox which was piss easy..hence I want to get a different sat box like the VU box reluctantly despite it costing an arm and a leg.
    The box and the kodi feature is fantastic though!


  • #878
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    AH92 wrote: »
    Does anyone know if flashing it to android will be better for it to act as a sky box with EPG etc.

    Download the 16GB PBnigma image and install it to microSD. That is pretty identical to Sky and all the 'work' is already done.


  • #879
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Trevord


    Allyall wrote: »
    Download the 16GB PBnigma image and install it to microSD. That is pretty identical to Sky and all the 'work' is already done.

    Have you got a working link to that?


  • #880
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Trevord wrote: »
    Have you got a working link to that?

    Has it been taken down?
    It may be here -http://wetek.getrpi.co.uk/

    Not sure which one. I think it may be this one - http://wetek.getrpi.co.uk/Craig%20Wetek%20Image%2015th%20February%202016/


  • #881
    Fuzzy Logic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 897 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Logic


    For the Android firmware I unzip the folder but fail to see recovery.img and factory_update_pram file. I just have the folder itself. Is this normal or the fact I'm unzipping with the Mac being the issue?


    *edit* Found them in the second link in the video


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  • #882
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Trevord


    Fuzzy Logic wrote: »
    For the Android firmware I unzip the folder but fail to see recovery.img and factory_update_pram file. I just have the folder itself. Is this normal or the fact I'm unzipping with the Mac being the issue?


    http://www.wetekforums.com/v/index.php?p=/discussion/20706/wetek-os-1-1-6-for-wetek-play-25-11-2015

    When you unpack the zip from the website you should see the following


    a folder with the version number eg 1.1.6

    within that folder you should see:

    1. a further zip (with a very long file name including some date version info in the name - which you dont unzip)
    2. recovery as mentioned above
    3. factory as mentioned above
    4. and you should also see aml_autoscript


  • #883
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    Fuzzy Logic wrote: »
    For the Android firmware I unzip the folder but fail to see recovery.img and factory_update_pram file. I just have the folder itself. Is this normal or the fact I'm unzipping with the Mac being the issue?

    *edit* Found them in the second link in the video

    I found the same issue when I downloaded from the Wetek site. Not sure why I couldn't find the right files. For posterity in case others have the same issue - BionicRasher's post #503 works perfectly. That gets you to version (1.1.5) with an over the air update to version (1.1.6) using Wetek's supplied upgrade tool.


  • #884
    mightybashful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭mightybashful


    Allyall wrote: »
    Download the 16GB PBnigma image and install it to microSD. That is pretty identical to Sky and all the 'work' is already done.

    Allyall - I have this saved on an msd. How do I install it into kodi? Don't seem to see it in sources for me

    Thanks


  • #885
    RossieMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭RossieMan


    You don't install it in kodi. You flash it onto an msd and it boots into enigma instead.


  • #886
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    jakdublin wrote: »
    Yeah, tvheadend. Setting up Recording is handy enough. Getting it to record to an external drive is where I've run into problems. It works now but I have to change the permissions back to write (777) through ftp every time the box reboots because they revert back to read only. I tried doing this through terminal commands but couldn't figure out how to get to the external drive.

    Ok Jak I had a look at mine , I press the OK button on the remote then selected the record button on the bottom right of the screen. Recording started and played back no problem. I have no special settings set just made sure it was enabled in tv settings under recordings , the only other thing I had to do was tell it where to put the recording which needs to be done in tvheadend

    Open it in your browser, Configuration , Recoding make sure the enabled box is checked , then lower down in recording file options , and then recording system path /var/media/Seagate Expansion Dr/recordings where seagate expansion drive is what ever your drive is called in Kodi.

    Hope that helps, the only other thing I can think of is how your drive is formatted can you check that? or you are using satellite and it needs extra settings or something, I can't test that as I'm using dvb-t.


  • #887
    Fuzzy Logic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 897 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Logic


    Trevord wrote: »
    http://www.wetekforums.com/v/index.php?p=/discussion/20706/wetek-os-1-1-6-for-wetek-play-25-11-2015

    That worked a treat, I think I had a different aml file which caused the installation to fail too.


  • #888
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Trevord


    I have that pbnigma image that several people have downloaded.

    Trying to get the wifi network password inputted using the openelec remote, but number keys are not working.

    Also tried the onscreen qwerty keyboard but that seems to be problematic. each time I select a letter or number it appears twice.

    I have the openelec remote selected, but which keymap is best?


  • #889
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭randombar


    Hi All,

    Up and running now.

    One nice piece working for me: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Mounting_network_shares

    Recording to the network share.

    Series link through tvheadend.

    Sooooo

    Bouquets and picons.

    Does someone have a nice bouquet available? Preferably without the HD or something.

    Also how does the picons work??

    Thanks for the help.


  • #890
    mightybashful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭mightybashful


    RossieMan wrote: »
    You don't install it in kodi. You flash it onto an msd and it boots into enigma instead.

    No matter what I do it always just opens in Kodi? Something is wrong here right ?


  • #891
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Use Win32DiskImager to install it to the card.


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  • #892
    mightybashful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭mightybashful


    Allyall wrote: »
    Use Win32DiskImager to install it to the card.

    Thanks I'll try it tonight


  • #893
    jakdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭jakdublin


    That's pretty much what I've done. The recording works but the settings keep reverting to read only. You might be onto something with the disk formatting. I think it should be ok, but I'm not 100 per cent sure. Going to wipe it now and re-format it and see if that gets me sorted. Thanks for taking the time to check all that. :)
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Ok Jak I had a look at mine , I press the OK button on the remote then selected the record button on the bottom right of the screen. Recording started and played back no problem. I have no special settings set just made sure it was enabled in tv settings under recordings , the only other thing I had to do was tell it where to put the recording which needs to be done in tvheadend

    Open it in your browser, Configuration , Recoding make sure the enabled box is checked , then lower down in recording file options , and then recording system path /var/media/Seagate Expansion Dr/recordings where seagate expansion drive is what ever your drive is called in Kodi.

    Hope that helps, the only other thing I can think of is how your drive is formatted can you check that? or you are using satellite and it needs extra settings or something, I can't test that as I'm using dvb-t.


  • #894
    padair
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭padair


    Allyall wrote: »
    Has it been taken down?
    It may be here -http://wetek.getrpi.co.uk/

    Not sure which one. I think it may be this one - http://wetek.getrpi.co.uk/Craig%20Wetek%20Image%2015th%20February%202016/


    hi there,

    When i try and unzip the file i get an error. Did you guys unzip first?


  • #895
    Batesy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭Batesy


    padair wrote: »
    hi there,

    When i try and unzip the file i get an error. Did you guys unzip first?

    I got that error with winzip but seemed to worl ok with 7zip


  • #896
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Trevord


    padair wrote: »
    hi there,

    When i try and unzip the file i get an error. Did you guys unzip first?

    Ya 7zip is the way to go. (freeware in case you never used it before)

    Still gives error message but as least it unpacks the image file so that you can write it to the mSD.


  • #897
    mightybashful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭mightybashful


    Allyall wrote: »
    Use Win32DiskImager to install it to the card.

    Done that. Inserted msd. Turned on box. Still goes straight to kodi? Have I missed some step?


  • #898
    Batesy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭Batesy


    mightybashful wrote: »
    Done that. Inserted msd. Turned on box. Still goes straight to kodi? Have I missed some step?

    Might sound silly but are you 100% sure you have the microsd fully inserted?
    The box is configured to boot from microsd 1st and then openelec (kodi) if no microsd is found.


  • #899
    RossieMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭RossieMan


    That or you've not flashed it properly.


  • #900
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭randombar


    I went with adding logos via kodi for the channels, have a few missing so if anyone knows of a decent set can you sent them on?

    Still on the hunt for a decent bouquet for TVH


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  • #901
    cpb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭cpb


    Trevord wrote: »
    Ya 7zip is the way to go. (freeware in case you never used it before)

    Still gives error message but as least it unpacks the image file so that you can write it to the mSD.

    That worked thanks for the tip


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