Ferguson Ariva HD Combo

jock54

Tony i will let you know when i'm 100% sure, i'm to get one next week and if the offer is as good as its supposed to be, then ill post the supplier but i'm sure if you do a search you will find the add listed for sale on a couple of other Irish sites, thats how i found it.

Tony

Thanks Jock, only ones I've found so far have been private sellers on gumtree etc maybe they are not big enough to need to be vat registered so they can legitimately discount that way.

It a great box I'm sure you will enjoy, remember to get a HDMI cable which is not supplied by ferguson on this model (it was on the previous one)

jock54 wrote: »

Tony i will let you know when i'm 100% sure, i'm to get one next week and if the offer is as good as its supposed to be, then ill post the supplier but i'm sure if you do a search you will find the add listed for sale on a couple of other Irish sites, thats how i found it.

patrickpc

jock54 wrote: »

Tony i will let you know when i'm 100% sure, i'm to get one next week and if the offer is as good as its supposed to be, then ill post the supplier but i'm sure if you do a search you will find the add listed for sale on a couple of other Irish sites, thats how i found it.

These are going for €159.99 here on Sat-World.ie

Tony

That is a good price and sat world are a very well respected company . What price is it when you add in the hdmi cable and shiping?

Edit: I see either Rob or Andre from satworld have stolen my text

Irish Kev

Now selling at €159 on another Irish site

Tony

Irish Kev wrote: »

Now selling at €159 on another Irish site

Do you have the url please Kev ?

BTW you need to get a 2 to 3 pin adapter also for the mains lead.

Irish Kev

Tony wrote: »

Do you have the url please Kev ?

BTW you need to get a 2 to 3 pin adapter also for the mains lead.

http://www.satworld.ie/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=222

Tony

Irish Kev wrote: »

http://www.satworld.ie/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=222

What would be the total with shipping and HDMI lead Kev? I'd check myself but I think you need to register.

Irish Kev

Tony wrote: »

What would be the total with shipping and HDMI lead Kev? I'd check myself but I think you need to register.

Shipping adds 10m, did not look for HDMI price

Tony

Irish Kev wrote: »

Shipping adds 10m, did not look for HDMI price

Thanks Kev, I reckon i'm still competitive as shipping, HDMI and mains adapter are included in my price with 10% off using the boards.ie coupon. Its good to know there is price competition with mutiple suppliers as opposed to the triax saorview offering.

tbe

Hi, just got a new Ferguson 200 Arivia HD Combo and am wondering what format of avi it can read. I have a number of films that are in Xvid but it cannot read the video, tried recoding to mp4 ok, mvk ok and mpg ok but when I tried to recode with avi they still fail. Anyone know how to get around this as I really do not want to recode all of them.

Thanks in advance

victory10

tbe wrote: »

Hi, just got a new Ferguson 200 Arivia HD Combo and am wondering what format of avi it can read. I have a number of films that are in Xvid but it cannot read the video, tried recoding to mp4 ok, mvk ok and mpg ok but when I tried to recode with avi they still fail. Anyone know how to get around this as I really do not want to recode all of them.

Thanks in advance

According to the 200 HD Combo manual (page 33/53), divx is not supported.

Video

In this tab, you can play back movie files. Also high resolution
files can also be played back.
Recognized multimedia file extensions are listed below.
Not all files with those extensions are playable - some files
may include not supported codecs and/or settings (for
example divx codec is not supported).
Video files containers: AVI, MKV, MPEG, MPG, VOB, TS, TRP, MP4,
DVR (default record format)
|
|-> video codec supported in containers: mpeg2, H.264 (up to 8 RF)
|-> audio codec supported in containers: MP3, AAC, AC3

tbe

Thanks for the reply victory10, missed that bit, so does anyone know which program can be used to recode to get the files in the correct AVI format preferably on a Mac but if not a PC.

victory10

tbe wrote: »

Thanks for the reply victory10, missed that bit, so does anyone know which program can be used to recode to get the files in the correct AVI format preferably on a Mac but if not a PC.

Recoding can take a lot of time and the results are not always that good.
Instead I would use a cheap standalone DVD player with DivX support or a video streamer like Western Digital TV Live

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330

It can save you many hours or work.

tbe

Already have both of what you suggest, was justing trying to see if the one box could be used instead so no real bother if not as I am not stuck. Thanks for your help anyway.

STB

It says it plays AVIs.

Divx are a subset of MPEG4 H264/AVI.

Just rename the file from divx to avi. The reason these file play in the first instance is because the chip is H264 Pt10 level profile which covers all the avi stuff which is Level 2/3.

By the way for anyone interested and reencoding to various quickly to and from various formats I cannot recommend "Xmedia Recode" highly enough. Its Free!

Also has anyone got enigma running on these ?

Tony

STB wrote: »

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Also has anyone got enigma running on these ?

That would be interesting

tbe

STB wrote: »

It says it plays AVIs.

Divx are a subset of MPEG4 H264/AVI.

Just rename the file from divx to avi. The reason these file play in the first instance is because the chip is H264 Pt10 level profile which covers all the avi stuff which is Level 2/3.

By the way for anyone interested and reencoding to various quickly to and from various formats I cannot recommend "Xmedia Recode" highly enough. Its Free!

Also has anyone got enigma running on these ?

They are already named with avi and not DivX but all of them get the same error regarding the video, audio plays ok. My Media Player and DVD Divx Player play them fine as does my Mac using VLC.

I have attached a screenshot from VLC of the Video Codec Details.

victory10

tbe wrote: »

They are already named with avi and not DivX but all of them get the same error regarding the video, audio plays ok. My Media Player and DVD Divx Player play them fine as does my Mac using VLC.

I have attached a screenshot from VLC of the Video Codec Details.

Just a thought, but might be worth trying.
The screenshot shows frame rate of 29.97 which is typical for NTSC.
Please check what happens if you have a DivX file with 25 rpm for PAL (presumably PAL is the TV system used in Ireland).

STB

tbe wrote: »

They are already named with avi and not DivX but all of them get the same error regarding the video, audio plays ok. My Media Player and DVD Divx Player play them fine as does my Mac using VLC.

I have attached a screenshot from VLC of the Video Codec Details.

25 frames per sec is a limitation.

The chipset is the ali m3602 (a lot of non ST chipset boxes are). This is the hardware that limits what the box can do.

Everything after that is software related.

Did you try an AVI with 25fps or less ? Bet it will play! Here a sample.

http://d01.megashares.com/dl/XifuPIX/avcdvd-the.shouting.men.2010.dvdrip.xvid-sample.avi (10mb)

tbe

STB wrote: »

25 frames per sec is a limitation.

The chipset is the ali m3602 (a lot of non ST chipset boxes are). This is the hardware that limits what the box can do.

Everything after that is software related.

Did you try an AVI with 25fps or less ? Bet it will play! Here a sample.

http://d01.megashares.com/dl/XifuPIX/avcdvd-the.shouting.men.2010.dvdrip.xvid-sample.avi (10mb)

Sorry you would have lost your bet, same issue of Video Codec Not Supported

victory10

tbe wrote: »

Sorry you would have lost your bet, same issue of Video Codec Not Supported

It could also be a DivX licensing issue, same as with WMV files will not play without a license from Microsoft.

zod

does anyone have a channel list for Kippure ( closest to Naas I guess ?)

just bought the 200.. thanks

bought this hd .. no external supply .. think it will work ?
http://www.memoryc.ie/products/description/750GB_Hitachi_X750_2_5_inch_External_Hard_Drive_USB2_0_Black/index.html

Tony

zod wrote: »

does anyone have a channel list for Kippure ( closest to Naas I guess ?)

Just do a manual channel scan on CH 54, should only take a few seconds. If you need a satellite list I can post one up which you can upload via USB key if that helps. I'm sure other guys here have better lists than mine too

zod

zod wrote: »

does anyone have a channel list for Kippure ( closest to Naas I guess ?)

just bought the 200.. thanks

bought this hd .. no external supply .. think it will work ?
http://www.memoryc.ie/products/description/750GB_Hitachi_X750_2_5_inch_External_Hard_Drive_USB2_0_Black/index.html

Quick update, the 750GB hard disk above works fine out of the box

Meant to ask for a channel list for the FTA Satellite .. does anyone have an exported list that I could import ?

TIA

Compton

I think Im going to go for one of these receivers as I've read good things about them, only 145 from http://satworld.ie/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=222 too they seem to be over 150 everywhere else. the shipping is a tenner but still a decent price, ill let you know my experience when I get it

Irish Kev

shblob wrote: »

I think Im going to go for one of these receivers as I've read good things about them, only 145 from http://satworld.ie/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=222 too they seem to be over 150 everywhere else. the shipping is a tenner but still a decent price, ill let you know my experience when I get it

the prices are coming down, dont forget your postage

joanofarc

I have one of these devices for a few weeks. I have yet to get a file which does not produce the 'Codec not supported', most of the stuff I have is H264 MP4 (via HandBrake for my ITouch) and AVI wrapped XVID (via AutoGK for my Archos). I have to say its a real disappointment that the device can't play these files. I was hoping to eliminate the need for a seperate player.

joanofarc

Is it possible to save a device configuration (Channel listing etc) to USB and then reload, I did not see that in the manual, but the manual is a struggle at the best of times.

Tony

joanofarc wrote: »

Is it possible to save a device configuration (Channel listing etc) to USB and then reload, I did not see that in the manual, but the manual is a struggle at the best of times.

I know you can definitely save a channel list to USB