Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

Leiva

Is it easy enough to mount my Buffalo NAS in Enigma2 to store recordings on?

PogMoThoin

Leiva wrote: »

Is it easy enough to mount my Buffalo NAS in Enigma2 to store recordings on?

Some have had difficulty, I don't need it. There was network mount plugin posted a few pages back

dr_funk

Just wanted to say thanks to all for this great thread, and especially to Pog for the setup guide! I ordered an Alien2 yesterday from satworld, it arrived this morning, and I now have it more or less set up.

What a great box! PQ is superb, I figured out how to get 5.1 audio working, and I can't believe I have a working 7 day EPG!

championc

dr_funk wrote: »

I figured out how to get 5.1 audio working

I never realised it isn't working by default. What do I need to do ?

PogMoThoin

championc wrote: »

I never realised it isn't working by default. What do I need to do ?

I think the box is set to downmix to AC3 2.0 by default

Ronan Raver77

dr_funk wrote: »

Just wanted to say thanks to all for this great thread, and especially to Pog for the setup guide! I ordered an Alien2 yesterday from satworld, it arrived this morning, and I now have it more or less set up.

What a great box! PQ is superb, I figured out how to get 5.1 audio working, and I can't believe I have a working 7 day EPG!

Dr is Satworld the cheapest place you found selling the box? Im looking to buy one shortly.
cheers

dr_funk

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I think the box is set to downmix to AC3 2.0 by default

Yep, that's it. Go to menu->setup->system->A/V settings, set audio source to SPDIF, and AC3/DTS downmix to 'no'.

I'm also finding the automatic volume adjustment to be excellent, even though I had initially disabled it. AC3 audio tends to be quieter than 2 ch MPEG, and the default setting of +30 for AC3 is pretty much bang on for my audio system...

dr_funk

Ronan Devitt wrote: »

Dr is Satworld the cheapest place you found selling the box? Im looking to buy one shortly.
cheers

Hi Ronan, I don't know if they are the cheapest, but they were recommended by a trusted friend, so I went with them.

I also happened to phone them after I placed the order onlline, to ask about courier delivery. And it's just as well that I did, because I was told that they have some boxes pre-configured as Spark/E2 dual boot, and did I want one?

Of course I did! And I'm a VERY happy camper now, because the box arrived this morning, and booted straight into E2 HDMU!

I reckon that saved me a huge amount of messing around, because I'm new to Linux, and I was able to go directly to tuning, plugins and configuration without having to deal with OS flashing.

Getting the hang of FTP and Telnet into a Linux box was enough new stuff for one day!

Ronan Raver77

dr_funk wrote: »

Hi Ronan, I don't know if they are the cheapest, but they were recommended by a trusted friend, so I went with them.

I also happened to phone them after I placed the order onlline, to ask about courier delivery. And it's just as well that I did, because I was told that they have some boxes pre-configured as Spark/E2 dual boot, and did I want one?

Of course I did! And I'm a VERY happy camper now, because the box arrived this morning, and booted straight into E2 HDMU!

I reckon that saved me a huge amount of messing around, because I'm new to Linux, and I was able to go directly to tuning, plugins and configuration without having to deal with OS flashing.

Getting the hang of FTP and Telnet into a Linux box was enough new stuff for one day!

Cheers Dr Im sure it will take me some time to get used to the box but by all the comments in here it should be worthwhile process

dr_funk

Ronan Devitt wrote: »

Cheers Dr Im sure it will take me some time to get used to the box but by all the comments in here it should be worthwhile process

Go for it! I was expecting to end up ripping my hair out when I plugged the box in, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well my day went!

I got 95% of the info I needed from this thread, particularly Pog's excellent setup guide. That really was a lifesaver!

PogMoThoin

Strange issue since I updated Autobouquets (not sure if it's related), I have suddenly started having issue with some channels that I had in a favourites bouquet, UTV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV3+1, ITV4, ITV4+1, Channel4 HD, 5HD, 5+1, 5 USA, 5 USA+1, 5* and 5*+1. They are in the bouquet, but not there when I browse through all channels. When I pull down the full services list with DBedit they are not listed in services either. This means CrossEPG doesn't get EPG data for them daily, I need to click on the channel to get now and next EPG. I've tried a full scan but they do not appear as services with a full scan. I've updating satellites.xml but no difference. Anyone any ideas?

Gonna try manually scan one of the transponders now see if it adds

listermint

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Strange issue since I updated Autobouquets (not sure if it's related), I have suddenly started having issue with some channels that I had in a favourites bouquet, UTV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV3+1, ITV4, ITV4+1, Channel4 HD, 5HD, 5+1, 5 USA, 5 USA+1, 5* and 5*+1. They are in the bouquet, but not there when I browse through all channels. When I pull down the full services list with DBedit they are not listed in services either. This means CrossEPG doesn't get EPG data for them daily, I need to click on the channel to get now and next EPG. I've tried a full scan but they do not appear as services with a full scan. I've updating satellites.xml but no difference. Anyone any ideas?

Gonna try manually scan one of the transponders now see if it adds

Tried ditching Auto Bouquets and just using Dreamboxedit ?

I also think this may have the added effect of losing another plugin which isnt always a bad thing i suppose.

PogMoThoin

listermint wrote: »

Tried ditching Auto Bouquets and just using Dreamboxedit ?

I also think this may have the added effect of losing another plugin which isnt always a bad thing i suppose.

Scanned the five transponders and they're all back, not sure why I was not getting them with a full scan. Gonna disable Autobouquets as it's doing something when it runs

givecredit

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Scanned the five transponders and they're all back, not sure why I was not getting them with a full scan. Gonna disable Autobouquets as it's doing something when it runs

Try the following to see if makes any difference. Remove text inside supplemental.txt and custum text in autobouquets folder.

I do not have the same issue.

dr_funk

Which version of dreamboxedit are you guys using? I downloaded 3.0.0.0 last night from Sourceforge, but it seems to be pretty old. The default paths to the receiver for bouquets/satellites.xml were wrong, it also gave errors for some of the bouquets that it pulled in from the receiver, and the HD channels show as 'data' rather than 'TV'.

I'm a bit wary of editing bouquets and sending them back to the box with this version!

PogMoThoin

givecredit wrote: »

Try the following to see if makes any difference. Remove text inside supplemental.txt and custum text in autobouquets folder.

I do not have the same issue.

Will try that later, I have the channels added manually for now which will do for weekend, don't want to be messing atm

dr_funk wrote: »

Which version of dreamboxedit are you guys using? I downloaded 3.0.0.0 last night from Sourceforge, but it seems to be pretty old. The default paths to the receiver for bouquets/satellites.xml were wrong, it also gave errors for some of the bouquets that it pulled in from the receiver, and the HD channels show as 'data' rather than 'TV'.

I'm a bit wary of editing bouquets and sending them back to the box with this version!

5.2.0.0 is the latest

joe250

Try the latest version of Dreamset

championc

Has anyone got streaming working successfully ? And particularly to an Android Phone ?

I can access my box across the internet but just can't get anything to reliably stream at all.

PogMoThoin

championc wrote: »

Has anyone got streaming working successfully ? And particularly to an Android Phone ?

I can access my box across the internet but just can't get anything to reliably stream at all.

Yeah, works fine for me on both tablet and phone with the Dreamdroid app and VLC player

Ah, you're not talking local streaming, you're talking over the net. You'd have quite a few ports to forward for that

championc

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Yeah, works fine for me on both tablet and phone with the Dreamdroid app and VLC player

Ah, you're not talking local streaming, you're talking over the net. You'd have quite a few ports to forward for that

I just forwarded 8001 so maybe that's my problem. However, I can't stream to my phone (SGS II running Android 4.1.2) on the home Lan. All I get is a blank screen.

I assume I do not need to add the VLC Plugin onto the box ???

PogMoThoin

championc wrote: »

I just forwarded 8001 so maybe that's my problem. However, I can't stream to my phone (SGS II running Android 4.1.2) on the home Lan. All I get is a blank screen.

I assume I do not need to add the VLC Plugin onto the box ???

I have it added, it's in download plugins

Wisesmurf

championc wrote: »

I just forwarded 8001 so maybe that's my problem. However, I can't stream to my phone (SGS II running Android 4.1.2) on the home Lan. All I get is a blank screen.

I assume I do not need to add the VLC Plugin onto the box ???

I found the stock media player was causing problems on my HTC OneX. Try download the correct version of MX Player for your phone through the play store and set it as the default media player for dreamdroid.

I've found some issues with the latest version on Autobouquets myself. I found it inserted quite a few blank spaces between channels in my bouquets. Cleaned them up and no issues since.

Box seems very stable now.

Zardoz

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I have suddenly started having issue with some channels that I had in a favourites bouquet, UTV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV3+1, ITV4, ITV4+1, Channel4 HD, 5HD, 5+1, 5 USA, 5 USA+1, 5* and 5*+1.

I dont like the way Autobouquets doesnt include those channels in the Entertainment section and the channel ordering on Autobouquets is poor too ,+1 channels should be beside their parent channel.

PogMoThoin

Zardoz wrote: »

I dont like the way Autobouquets doesnt include those channels in the Entertainment section and the channel ordering on Autobouquets is poor too ,+1 channels should be beside their parent channel.

Blame Sky for laying them out this way

Zardoz

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Blame Sky for laying them out this way

I dont see why Autobouquets has to adhere to Sky's channel order ,its a flawed layout .
The main thing is to have the channels in a logical order and have them retune ,it shouldnt necessarily have to have the same illogical numbering as Sky .
I had a go at trying to customise the order but it didnt work too well.

PogMoThoin

Zardoz wrote: »

I dont see why Autobouquets has to adhere to Sky's channel order ,its a flawed layout .
The main thing is to have the channels in a logical order and have them retune ,it shouldnt necessarily have to have the same illogical numbering as Sky .
I had a go at trying to customise the order but it didnt work too well.

You are completely missing the point of Autobouquets, it lays out the channels in the same order and with the same channel number as Sky. When a channel changes transponder it changes to suit the Sky changes

PogMoThoin

Right, now I'm not getting Epg for these channels after a reboot, only now/next when I click on the channel. WTF has gone wrong?

Ok, I fixed the issue by doing the following. Removed Autobouquets completely then reinstalled the old version and dvbsnoop and changed permissions. I ran autobouquets, took the usual 15 mins complete, this doesn't bother me as I only run it every so often. I then deleted the crossepg files from my usb drive and ran crossepg. Rebooted and all is fine.

givecredit

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Right, now I'm not getting Epg for these channels after a reboot, only now/next when I click on the channel. WTF has gone wrong?

Try changing the region to Northern Ireland HD. See what effect this has on your channels after a rescan of autobouquets. Im guessing your problem may then be only with TV3 and 3e after the region change, If this is the case i will post later a fix for these channels.

PogMoThoin

givecredit wrote: »

Try changing the region to Northern Ireland HD. See what effect this has on your channels after a rescan of autobouquets. Im guessing your problem may then be only with TV3 and 3e after the region change, If this is the case i will post later a fix for these channels.

Fcuk that, it's working, not messing with it now on bank hols weekend

Zardoz

PogMoThoin wrote: »

You are completely missing the point of Autobouquets, it lays out the channels in the same order and with the same channel number as Sky. When a channel changes transponder it changes to suit the Sky changes

No I am not .
Autobouquets originated from coding on the Commando Neutrino image for the Dm500.
Its primary objective was to sort the channels automatically for the user into bouquets and to remap channels when they change frequency.
It made no mention of mirroring Sky's channel order and it used a far more logical way of ordering channels within a bouquet .

listermint

Zardoz wrote: »

No I am not .
Autobouquets originated from coding on the Commando Neutrino image for the Dm500.
Its primary objective was to sort the channels automatically for the user into bouquets and to remap channels when they change frequency.
It made no mention of mirroring Sky's channel order and it used a far more logical way of ordering channels within a bouquet .

Dependent on which region you select within its settings..

If you choose Sky IRL it will emulate Sky IRL

Zardoz

listermint wrote: »

Dependent on which region you select within its settings..

If you choose Sky IRL it will emulate Sky IRL

Well yes obviously it will emulate it but it tweaks the order to make it more logical/easier to use.

listermint

Zardoz wrote: »

Well yes obviously it will emulate it but it tweaks the order to make it more logical/easier to use.

Well no, it emulates the Sky one so its like sky and adds the Sky Channel Numbers also so you can use it like you would sky.

Zardoz

listermint wrote: »

Well no, it emulates the Sky one so its like sky and adds the Sky Channel Numbers also so you can use it like you would sky.

I was referring to autobouquets on the Commando image ,it does not use the Sky channel numbers ,I am well aware of how it works on Enigma 2 .

Anyway I digress ,I am going to have another go at customizing the channel order on Autobouquets to see if I can get it how I want it ,not how Sky want it .Lraizer might be worth a pm.
I will upload the modded channel order here if I succeed.

PogMoThoin

Zardoz wrote: »

I was referring to autobouquets on the Commando image ,it does not use the Sky channel numbers ,I am well aware of how it works on Enigma 2 .

Anyway I digress ,I am going to have another go at customizing the channel order on Autobouquets to see if I can get it how I want it ,not how Sky want it .Lraizer might be worth a pm.

You can turn off numbered, turn off default and set a custom order in the settings

Zardoz

PogMoThoin wrote: »

You can turn off numbered, turn off default and set a custom order in the settings

Must have another go at that so ,thanks.

dr_funk

Zardoz wrote: »

Its primary objective was to sort the channels automatically for the user into bouquets and to remap channels when they change frequency.

Hmm, I'm experimenting with Dreamset at the moment (thanks joe250). If I rearrange the channels/favourites groups myself and send them back to the box, will that interfere with dvbsnoop/autobouquets remapping channels if they change frequency/transponder?

PogMoThoin

dr_funk wrote: »

Hmm, I'm experimenting with Dreamset at the moment (thanks joe250). If I rearrange the channels/favourites groups myself and send them back to the box, will that interfere with dvbsnoop/autobouquets remapping channels if they change frequency/transponder?

It shouldn't, Autobouquets creates its own bouquets and leaves the ones you have intact.

givecredit

Anyone using the latest version of Autobouquets and not using Rep of Ireland as selected region can add tv3 and 3e to their auto generated epg by adding the following text to supplement.txt folder in autobouquets:

03e0:1255:01:2585:07fb:11a0000:BSkyB:NDS:TV3
03e1:4693:01:cb87:08fd:11a0000:BSkyB:NDS:3e

The above text adds tv3 and 3e to entertainment section.

Zardoz

givecredit wrote: »

Anyone using the latest version of Autobouquets and not using Rep of Ireland as selected region can add tv3 and 3e to their auto generated epg by adding the following text to supplement.txt folder in autobouquets:

03e0:1255:01:2585:07fb:11a0000:BSkyB:NDS:TV3
03e1:4693:01:cb87:08fd:11a0000:BSkyB:NDS:3e

The above text adds tv3 and 3e to entertainment section.

You wouldnt have the codes for RTE1,RTE2 and TG4 by any chance ?

givecredit

Zardoz wrote: »

You wouldnt have the codes for RTE1,RTE2 and TG4 by any chance ?

RTE1, 2, and TG4 already appear on epg in all regions. No need to add codes. If they do not you are using a very old version of autobouquets.

homewardbound11

Hi,
What are your boot times on 10640 image. It is taking on average 6 minutes to go from boot to load to run to an actual channel. I am also finding that HDME on 10640 is not so stable and requires a restart after booting up. 12 minutes is really making this not worth while.
Has anyone moved on to 10773 image

PogMoThoin

homewardbound11 wrote: »

Hi,
What are your boot times on 10640 image. It is taking on average 6 minutes to go from boot to load to run to an actual channel. I am also finding that HDME on 10640 is not so stable and requires a restart after booting up. 12 minutes is really making this not worth while.
Has anyone moved on to 10773 image

Why run an old software version? A simple software update takes 2 mins and can be done from the menu. If you're still having problems, most of us here had to do a full flash a second time to get stable.

homewardbound11

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Why run an old software version? A simple software update takes 2 mins and can be done from the menu. If you're still having problems, most of us here had to do a full flash a second time to get stable.[/Quote]

Moved to software upgrade and it completed successfully.. Does it get its upgrade online or do I download to USB and forse install.Boot times are poor from a cold power on, is there anyway to confirm the version you are on just incase the upgrade did not happen?
I flashed the first E2 image twice and it did improve its stability allright
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What are your boot time from power on to channels ?.


Switching back to spark, it can boot in 30 seconds with e2 it is just too much to wait upto 12 mins

PogMoThoin

There is standby and deep shutdown. For your timers to work you need to be going to standby, the box will wake instantly from standby. Deep shutdown will take 30 secs to a min to boot. I only shutdown once a week and leave the box on standby so the timers work. There is an option in the settings, don't know the exact path as I'm not near the box.

Software update pulls down the latest version from the net and installs it and reboots.

homewardbound11

PogMoThoin wrote: »

There is standby and deep shutdown. For your timers to work you need to be going to standby, the box will wake instantly from standby. Deep shutdown will take 30 secs to a min to boot. I only shutdown once a week and leave the box on standby so the timers work. There is an option in the settings, don't know the exact path as I'm not near the box.

Software update pulls down the latest version from the net and installs it and reboots.

Thanks pog.
I definitely have a problem. Boot times are anything from 6 to 16 mins depending on what was being done before it boots or crashes.

PogMoThoin

homewardbound11 wrote: »

Thanks pog.
I definitely have a problem. Boot times are anything from 6 to 16 mins depending on what was being done before it boots or crashes.

Go back to spark and flash Enigma again, use the latest version

Leiva

When watching a recording do you have to boot back into spark or can you watch a recording directly from Enigma ?

Also why would I need an antenna and a dish? Can I not get all desired channels via a dish?

PogMoThoin

Leiva wrote: »

When watching a recording do you have to boot back into spark or can you watch a recording directly from Enigma ?

You do everything in Enigma, I've not seen Spark in months and never want to see it again

Leiva wrote: »

Also why would I need an antenna and a dish? Can I not get all desired channels via a dish?

You don't need an aerial, but it's handy to make use of the third tuner. The Irish channels are encrypted on satellite, you only get them on satellite with a Sky sub (or by illegal methods), but the Irish channels are free on terrestrial with an aerial. But besides that, having a 3rd terrestrial tuner allows you to record/stream 2x satellite channels and watch/stream terrestrial at the same time.

.G.

I had the same query myself Levia so I looked it up.

You can get the Irish channels via Saorsat through your dish as opposed to Saorview if you want. It means a seperate LNB on your dish though as opposed to an aerial so same difference really. An aerial probably cheaper then the LNB.