WETEK Play/OPENELEC user discussion, tips n' tricks

tommycahir · 23-05-2016 11:46AM

jakdublin wrote: »

Anybody else switched from openelec to librelec? I'm finding it runs a bit better. Wonder if openelec is going to wind down. They're taking an age to officially roll out an update from 6.0.3.

Openelec has said they will be continuing with development but will be hard as majority of the team seems to have jumped to librelec mainly over the timeframes for releases and now with Kodi pushing RERO(release early,release often) development openelec could be left even further behind if they continue the way they are going.

notanotion · 23-05-2016 04:08PM

hi,new here.just got my wetek openelec box today.i know nothing about any of this stuff,was just sick of giving virgin media 150 quid a month.now its up and running and was supposed to come set up to just plug and play,but none of the channels are working,im getting a 'no information available' error,just wondering whats my next step or have i forgotten to do something

branners69 · 23-05-2016 05:24PM

notanotion wrote: »

...was supposed to come set up to just plug and play...

Can you not just send it back to where you got it from?

RossieMan · 23-05-2016 06:50PM

The wetek is far from plug and play.

If you bought from a reseller go back to them.

Euphoriasean · 23-05-2016 09:50PM

Trying to format my 128gb scandisk USB to ext3 in pbnigma but I keep getting the message "error formatting disk. The disk may be damaged" USB seems to be working fine. Any ideas?

massy086 · 23-05-2016 11:06PM

notanotion wrote: »

hi,new here.just got my wetek openelec box today.i know nothing about any of this stuff,was just sick of giving virgin media 150 quid a month.now its up and running and was supposed to come set up to just plug and play,but none of the channels are working,im getting a 'no information available' error,just wondering whats my next step or have i forgotten to do something

have u connected it to your sat disk and did the box come with a gift for the year

Euphoriasean · 24-05-2016 05:39PM

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Trying to format my 128gb scandisk USB to ext3 in pbnigma but I keep getting the message "error formatting disk. The disk may be damaged" USB seems to be working fine. Any ideas?

Ok USB has now formatted to ext 3. I have countered and set the folder location for both timeshift timeshifttimeshiftand recordings to the USB. When I try to view a recorded program I just get a black screen. Same with timeshift.

Etnies · 25-05-2016 02:12AM

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Ok USB has now formatted to ext 3. I have countered and set the folder location for both timeshift timeshifttimeshiftand recordings to the USB. When I try to view a recorded program I just get a black screen. Same with timeshift.

This is exactly what is happening to me, and has been for the past few months.

Ive troubleshooted it down to the Media player not playing the files back, they do record fine and can be watched on a laptop.

Are you using the Open PLI image?

Euphoriasean · 27-05-2016 07:01PM

Etnies wrote: »

This is exactly what is happening to me, and has been for the past few months.

Ive troubleshooted it down to the Media player not playing the files back, they do record fine and can be watched on a laptop.

Are you using the Open PLI image?

I'm using pbnigma, extremely frustrating

bromley52 · 28-05-2016 12:00AM

I'm using an external hd with its own power source and recording + playback works perfectly.

The only problem I have is if I pause something and then decide I want to record it, that recording is then stored on the micro SD rather than the hd. I have all possible recording settings pointing to the external hd.

tommycahir · 28-05-2016 10:24PM

bromley52 wrote: »

I'm using an external hd with its own power source and recording + playback works perfectly.

The only problem I have is if I pause something and then decide I want to record it, that recording is then stored on the micro SD rather than the hd. I have all possible recording settings pointing to the external hd.

The only thing that I can think of is to double check your time shift settings , could be something in there pointing to mSD card..

Etnies · 29-05-2016 11:36PM

All my recordings are recording fine, as I can play them back on my laptop, I just wiped my box and put on a fresh install and now I can playback .avi files from my network on the box but still cant playback recordings..

Timeshift isnt working either but not worried about this

Sneachta · 31-05-2016 01:01AM

I haven't used mine much, set it up, watched a few movies etc then went with a zgemma so not using this, anyone want to buy it from me before I sell it elsewhere?

2smiggy · 31-05-2016 02:11PM

if anyone could send m a private message, I'm having trouble setting up the satellite version. any help would be greatly greatly appreciated !!!!!!!

tommycahir · 31-05-2016 03:07PM

2smiggy wrote: »

if anyone could send m a private message, I'm having trouble setting up the satellite version. any help would be greatly greatly appreciated !!!!!!!

In openelec, VDR or TvHeadend or with one of the enigma2 based images on mSD card?

Need some more info before we can help..

2smiggy · 31-05-2016 03:20PM

i downloaded the 16GB PBnigma image for the sd card , so i think it boots to openelec. plugging my satellite into it gets me just the basic bbc channels , from there i am a bit lost ..

tommycahir · 31-05-2016 03:37PM

2smiggy wrote: »

i downloaded the 16GB PBnigma image for the sd card , so i think it boots to openelec. plugging my satellite into it gets me just the basic bbc channels , from there i am a bit lost ..

If you downloaded the 16GB image and it is correctly on mSD and inserted into the mSD slot on wetek then your booting into PBNigma image and not openelec, (the splash screen after restarting the box will tell you which os you are using)

OK you will only get those BBC channels as they are FTA, Have a read of my guide here and may give you some hints about what is needed next.. feel free to drop me a PM aswell after reading it..

http://forum.kodicommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=499

2smiggy · 31-05-2016 03:42PM

i'll have a read this evening when i am back in the sitting room and infront of a pc and the wetek . I bought in the group buys, but have done nothing with it so far !!

sibersha · 02-06-2016 07:42PM

Anyone got a channel list with TV3 HD available? Would be handy for the Euros.

bromley52 · 03-06-2016 01:18PM

sibersha wrote: »

Anyone got a channel list with TV3 HD available? Would be handy for the Euros.

I don't think TV3 HD works as with many HD channels.

shardylan · 03-06-2016 08:42PM

Anyone else lose Rte 1 & 2 and now Bbc 1 (possibly others I haven't noticed ) as well .Not much knowledge about these boxes and Maintenance from complaint I bought from is terrible so wondering if there's s simple tip to get these back ?

RossieMan · 03-06-2016 09:02PM

No you're on your own I'd say. Very hard to explain how to fix it when you probably have no knowledge how it was set up. I'd get back in touch with your seller.

jakdublin · 04-06-2016 01:54PM

First major problem here with this device. It's been working grand up to now. I have LibreElec running Kodi 16.1 with Aeon Nox SILVO skin installed. It crashed last night when I tried to fast forward a recording and when I restart it boots up as far as the Kodi splash screen, but gets stuck there, like it's trying to get into Kodi proper but can't. I thought it might be a boot loop problem so I tried opening up the box and putting the security SIM in and out as has been suggested on the Wetek forums but to no avail. Any suggestions?

04-06-2016 01:56PM

jakdublin wrote: »

First major problem here with this device. It's been working grand up to now. I have LibreElec running Kodi 16.1 with Aeon Nox SILVO skin installed. It crashed last night when I tried to fast forward a recording and when I restart it boots up as far as the Kodi splash screen, but gets stuck there, like it's trying to get into Kodi proper but can't. I thought it might be a boot loop problem so I tried opening up the box and putting the security SIM in and out as has been suggested on the Wetek forums but to no avail. Any suggestions?

Where you running Libre from, msd or nand?

jakdublin · 04-06-2016 02:30PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Where you running Libre from, msd or nand?

nand. Haven't used a msd card for anything yet, but I suspect the answer to my problem involves one. I'm picking one up later today in anticipation of that. Is there no hard reset button or anything?

jakdublin · 06-06-2016 09:42AM

So, with no solutions coming forward I had a go myself. Thought I'd use the opportunity to flash the Wetek OS onto the NAND and was impressed. It looks great and does almost everything I wanted from this box (Plex, Kodi, RTE Player, TV3 Player, record and watch TV) but the lack of EPG was something I couldn't figure a way around or live with. I eventually bit the bullet and flashed PBnigma on the nand following Tommycahir's guide (big thanks for that - there's not enough guides for newbies like me!). Think this has more potential to meet my needs than Wetek OS. Have ordered the E2 remote as it's frustrating trying to work with the Openelec one, which as mentioned before is glitchy. I'm still feeling my way around this new system and have installed DreamPlex and the RTE player but there's a couple of things I'd like to know if anybody can help. First, as I flashed to NAND I don't have my setup on an mSD card so can I back up? Would it work if I just copied all the files from the Wetek and saved them somewhere? Also, is there a TV3 Player ipk out there anywhere that I could install? Finally, the one thing that has me stumped is Oscam. I know it can't be discussed here, but I can't find anything for beginners, like where to get the files needed and how to install them. I can live without Oscam, but I'm fierce curious.

RossieMan · 06-06-2016 11:25AM

You can't just get the files for oscam, you've got to purchase a gift. Not allowed discuss here but loads of forums out there for it.

jakdublin · 06-06-2016 11:44AM

RossieMan wrote: »

You can't just get the files for oscam, you've got to purchase a gift. Not allowed discuss here but loads of forums out there for it.

The forums I've read frown at buying the files, but I suspect you'd need more knowledge than most to compile them yourself. Not something I really need, but like I said, I'm just curious.

sibersha · 08-06-2016 03:22PM

I see the Sky Q v1.4 has been released. Looks great, haven't had a chance to try and install it yet though.

https://twitter.com/iJ0rd8n/status/740152139385704448

Picons available also:

http://www.sattvhelp.com/forum/software-and-plugins/94866-skyq-skin-12.html

nava · 08-06-2016 04:13PM

Anyone else having similar problems as me? I have the WETEK box with PBnigma on a 2gb card.

Sometimes when I'm changing channels the box freezes and does not react to anything, the only way is to unplug the box, the problem is when the box is restarting it starts on Kodi or give an error with a black screen, to get it fix and to get it to start on PBnigma I need to unplug and replug the box a few times, also take the SD card out for a few seconds.

Any ideas what it could be, would it help if I use a bigger (10gb) size SD card? Or is that normal with the box.

Other than that small issue, box is great thanks to the guide from Tommycahir, next for me configure timeshift properly.

Thanks

WETEK Play/OPENELEC user discussion, tips n' tricks

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