WETEK Play/OPENELEC user discussion, tips n' tricks

branners69 · 19-04-2016 10:59AM

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

do i really need another though.so tempted as i already have 2

I have one and it is enough. I enjoyed setting it up but I think it needs more power so would be more interested in what their next products have to offer!

alanhiggyno1 · 19-04-2016 11:19AM

branners69 wrote: »

I have one and it is enough. I enjoyed setting it up but I think it needs more power so would be more interested in what their next products have to offer!

dont think u can enough of these boxes especially for kids rooms.dead handy and they already know how to use it to watch tv shows and movies:):)

Allyall · 19-04-2016 11:22AM

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

dont think u can enough of these boxes especially for kids rooms.dead handy and they already know how to use it to watch tv shows and movies:):)

If you just buy a 'normal' box for ~ €30 it will do the same, and you can send satellite feed to it from the first wetek.
But at €55 it's probably a better option

alanhiggyno1 · 19-04-2016 11:24AM

Allyall wrote: »

If you just buy a 'normal' box for ~ €30 it will do the same, and you can send satellite feed to it from the first wetek.
But at €55 it's probably a better option

how can u send a satellete feed to it from the first wetek

Allyall · 19-04-2016 11:26AM

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

how can u send a satellete feed to it from the first wetek

In Kodi live TV on the 2nd box. It's easy/straight forward enough, I'll see if there is a link anywhere as it's all above board.

alanhiggyno1 · 19-04-2016 11:29AM

Allyall wrote: »

TVHeadend on the second 'normal' box.

nah dont need to do that ive it setup near perfect on both boxes with hd streams that dont buffer

Allyall · 19-04-2016 11:36AM

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

nah dont need to do that ive it setup near perfect on both boxes with hd streams that dont buffer

I had changed it. It doesn't need to be TVHeadend, just kodi. There are a lot of different ways to do it.
It's moot anyway if you're going for the wetek.:)

alanhiggyno1 · 19-04-2016 11:38AM

Allyall wrote: »

I had changed it. It doesn't need to be TVHeadend, just kodi. There are a lot of different ways to do it.
It's moot anyway if you're going for the wetek.:)

cud u pm me with the way u have done this as it will come in very handy.easiest way if possable thanks

branners69 · 19-04-2016 11:54AM

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

dont think u can enough of these boxes especially for kids rooms.dead handy and they already know how to use it to watch tv shows and movies:):)

I have Minix android boxes in the two other rooms (streaming Sat channels from the Wetek!) which are much better for the kids to use with SB, Kodi and local harddrive. A different price bracket of course but to me if you want pure android, stick with an android only box.

As the six year old told the wife after she had used the Wetek, "I dont think much of that, he should have stuck with the Minix!" :rolleyes:

JohnK · 19-04-2016 12:04PM

JohnK wrote: »

I've fired off an email, maybe something will come out of it but I'm not too optimistic.

Nice one, they cancelled the original order so I've been able to reorder with the code

alanhiggyno1 · 19-04-2016 12:23PM

branners69 wrote: »

I have Minix android boxes in the two other rooms (streaming Sat channels from the Wetek!) which are much better for the kids to use with SB, Kodi and local harddrive. A different price bracket of course but to me if you want pure android, stick with an android only box.

As the six year old told the wife after she had used the Wetek, "I dont think much of that, he should have stuck with the Minix!" :rolleyes:

feck it just bought another.thats 3 now ill have...damn u wetek with this bargain

24-04-2016 12:59AM

Has anyone tried LibreELEC on these? Just wondering which way wetek will go in the aftermath of that split.

Allyall · 24-04-2016 01:12AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Has anyone tried LibreELEC on these? Just wondering which way wetek will go in the aftermath of that split.

I'd imagine Wetek will stick with OpenELEC. They are after heavily sponsoring them for a fairly long time (almost like apartnership :rolleyes:), many speculating that was part of the reason for the split (Being denied in other corners). There were many other reasons anyway (Sraue taking it like ownership etc.) Although, with the speed expected of LibreELEC and how slow OpenELEC is, they could leave them behind.
But for now, and I guess definitely for the Wetek Play/Openelec that they will stick with OpenELEC.

branners69 · 24-04-2016 07:19PM

branners69 wrote: »

Booted PBnigma today and the Kodi option is no longer available? I am assuming it uninstalled automatically as I didnt remove it!

So it looks like I might need to dual boot, so can I dual boot pbnigma and Openelec. Or can you only dual boot if you have android installed to Nand?

Edit:

OK so just found Kodi Direct? Never heard of it until I found it! It seems handy, I have Kodi addons running but I can still stream sat channels to other devices. Anyone else using it? Any advice?

I posted this before but it got lost! I have been using Kodi Direct and it is pretty sh!t. What are others using for Kodi under PBnigma?

sibersha · 25-04-2016 04:05PM

I used Tommychairs guide and have full Kodi 15.2 Isengard running on PBnigma image.
Live streaming sports is touch and go but that's probably due to high demand when premier league games, etc. are on.
Also can't seem to get Plexus working but apart from that all good, can play 1080 content via Exodus add-on flawlessly.

walshy_c · 25-04-2016 05:12PM

Is there any way to update to Kodi 16 on the PBNigma image?

RossieMan · 25-04-2016 07:08PM

No not currently.

TitianGerm · 26-04-2016 08:59AM

Folks I'm going to have a bash at setting my Wetek (Sat Tuner) up over the weekend from scratch.

Can anyone recommend a suitable Memory Card with a high enough write speed?

Also is tommycahir guide the best to follow when setting up from fresh now? I haven't been reading this thread in the last few weeks.

dodzy · 26-04-2016 09:08AM

I've just experienced a weird one. Had 1.1.6 flashed to NAND and was using Wetek Theatre for Sat TV. Updated to 1.1.7, now no satellite channels are found. Duplicated exercise with 2nd box to rule out tuner issue and same problem. Blind scan or specific TP scanning returns zero channels. No issues with dish feed. I'm schtumped:(

D'Peoples Voice · 26-04-2016 01:54PM

dodzy wrote: »

I've just experienced a weird one. Had 1.1.6 flashed to NAND and was using Wetek Theatre for Sat TV. Updated to 1.1.7, now no satellite channels are found. Duplicated exercise with 2nd box to rule out tuner issue and same problem. Blind scan or specific TP scanning returns zero channels. No issues with dish feed. I'm schtumped:(

I will try to dig out my channel database backup this evening. You can just import it and it should pull in all the channels for you!
The black screen you are describing, something similar happened to me upon updating the OS, but when i imported the channel database backup, it pulled in all the channels. Don't understand it myself.

D'Peoples Voice · 26-04-2016 02:03PM

Anyone have any pricing for the 2016 Wetek DVB and 4K Satellite Tuners?

WeTek Play2 and WeTek Play2S
[list]DVB-S2, DVB-C/T/T2 and ATSC Tuners available[/list]
[list]AMLogic S905-H Revision C. [/list]
[list]Mali-450MP Penta Core GPU/VPU (Penta=5)[/list]
[list]8GB or 16GB eMMC 5.0 Flash memory - Samsung 1 or 2GB DDR3 RAM[/list]
[list]Gigabit Ethernet and Dual Band B/G/N + AC WiFi for the 2S [/list]
[list]BT 4.0 [/list]
[list]HDMI 2.0 + S/PDIF Optical [/list]
[list]Micro SD + USB2.0 (2 Internal + 2 External) [/list]

[list]Dual boot Android Lollipop 5.1.1 / OpenELEC, Ubuntu optional[/list]
[list]Google Widevine Level 1 , Microsoft Playready + HDCP. [/list]
[list]1080p DRM video streaming Apps such as Netflix (confirmation needed)[/list]
[list]Dolby and DTS Licences[/list]
[list]10-bit 4K@60Hz HEVC decoding.[/list]
[list]HD Audio Passthrough[/list]
[list]WeTek Play2 includes a IR Remote Control[/list]

WeTek Play2S additions:
[list]mSATA connector for internal SSD[/list]
[list]6-Axis IR/RF Remote control, with Keyboard, Microphone and Headphone jack. [/list]
[list]IR Learning remote function[/list]
[list]Smart Card reader[/list]

Source: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=263373

tommycahir · 26-04-2016 03:29PM

emmetkenny wrote: »

Folks I'm going to have a bash at setting my Wetek (Sat Tuner) up over the weekend from scratch.

Can anyone recommend a suitable Memory Card with a high enough write speed?

Also is tommycahir guide the best to follow when setting up from fresh now? I haven't been reading this thread in the last few weeks.

In regards what mSD card to use, it doesn't seem to matter once it is not a knock off one, I have used an 8GB PNY class 10 UHS from currys for €8 and works perfectly for me (this is not my main box and used in bedroom), others have used samsung pro evo cards and recommend them.

my guide will allow you to set-up pbnigma (which seems to be the route your going from asking with mSD cards) it is not perfect and I'm open to feedback but once you have setup pbnigma then you should be able to follow similar steps on setting up openatv or openpli.

if you are going for tvheadend setupo then i think there is a guide on sattvhelp forum which might help.

tommycahir · 26-04-2016 03:30PM

D'Peoples Voice wrote: »

Anyone have any pricing for the 2016 Wetek DVB and 4K Satellite Tuners?

WeTek Play2 and WeTek Play2S
[LIST]
[*]DVB-S2, DVB-C/T/T2 and ATSC Tuners available
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]AMLogic S905-H Revision C.
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]Mali-450MP Penta Core GPU/VPU (Penta=5)
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]8GB or 16GB eMMC 5.0 Flash memory - Samsung 1 or 2GB DDR3 RAM
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]Gigabit Ethernet and Dual Band B/G/N + AC WiFi for the 2S
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]BT 4.0
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]HDMI 2.0 + S/PDIF Optical
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]Micro SD + USB2.0 (2 Internal + 2 External)
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]Dual boot Android Lollipop 5.1.1 / OpenELEC, Ubuntu optional
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]Google Widevine Level 1 , Microsoft Playready + HDCP.
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]1080p DRM video streaming Apps such as Netflix (confirmation needed)
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]Dolby and DTS Licences
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]10-bit 4K@60Hz HEVC decoding.
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]HD Audio Passthrough
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]WeTek Play2 includes a IR Remote Control
[/LIST]

WeTek Play2S additions:
[LIST]
[*]mSATA connector for internal SSD
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]6-Axis IR/RF Remote control, with Keyboard, Microphone and Headphone jack.
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]IR Learning remote function
[/LIST]

[LIST]
[*]Smart Card reader
[/LIST]

Source: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=263373

No price has been released from wetek yet for any of these, the following leaflet goes into more detail on all their new range for anybody interested
https://issuu.com/wetek/docs/leaflet_online6?e=23926481/34014092

Alonso77 · 26-04-2016 09:10PM

Just started using the 10 Euro specific remote for the pbnigma image. Works well bar the red power button on remote does not seem to power the box on from deep standby ( red to orange). The box (on the other side of the room) has to be manually switched on by hand. Not a major thing but slightly awkward.

Is this the case for everyone using this I wonder?

branners69 · 26-04-2016 10:54PM

Alonso77 wrote: »

Just started using the 10 Euro specific remote for the pbnigma image. Works well bar the red power button on remote does not seem to power the box on from deep standby ( red to orange). The box (on the other side of the room) has to be manually switched on by hand. Not a major thing but slightly awkward.

Is this the case for everyone using this I wonder?

Have you changed the RC settings to Enigma?

Did you buy it from Wetek?

branners69 · 26-04-2016 11:44PM

tommycahir wrote: »

No price has been released from wetek yet for any of these, the following leaflet goes into more detail on all their new range for anybody interested
https://issuu.com/wetek/docs/leaflet_online6?e=23926481/34014092

Specs look pretty decent, so what prices are we guessing?

Alonso77 · 27-04-2016 08:56PM

branners69 wrote: »

Have you changed the RC settings to Enigma?

Did you buy it from Wetek?

rc Settings set to enigma and bought it from wetek site.

branners69 · 27-04-2016 09:07PM

Alonso77 wrote: »

rc Settings set to enigma and bought it from wetek site.

Did you change the Keymap?

What do you use when you go into Android or Openelec, the original remote?

Alonso77 · 27-04-2016 10:01PM

branners69 wrote: »

Did you change the Keymap?

What do you use when you go into Android or Openelec, the original remote?

I dont use Android or openelec.

Basically from what I can see, the box can't be powered on from deep standby by the e2 remote power button. Regular standby is fine but deep standby - no .

bromley52 · 28-04-2016 03:11PM

Alonso77 wrote: »

I dont use Android or openelec.

Basically from what I can see, the box can't be powered on from deep standby by the e2 remote power button. Regular standby is fine but deep standby - no .

I can confirm that I can power up my Wetek from deep standby using the power button on the e2 remote. I have Android on the NAND and pbnigma on an SD. I did go into the pbnigma settings and choose the e2 remote but I was able to do it even before doing that.

WETEK Play/OPENELEC user discussion, tips n' tricks

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