Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

a1zz

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181108317573

Thats the GM. Why folk spending €30/€40+ on Amiko?

phobia2011

a1zz wrote: »

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181108317573

Thats the GM. Why folk spending €30/€40+ on Amiko?

Is there any difference between boxes, except name?

PogMoThoin

a1zz wrote: »

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181108317573

Thats the GM. Why folk spending €30/€40+ on Amiko?

Irish suppliers

.G.

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Irish suppliers

Exactly,I want to know if I have a problem I can have the box back with the retailer without much hassle

.G.

phobia2011 wrote: »

Is there any difference between boxes, except name?

no

a1zz

phobia2011 wrote: »

Is there any difference between boxes, except name?

No, STB posted pics of inards (insides) earlier, exact same.

superg wrote: »

Exactly,I want to know if I have a problem I can have the box back with the retailer without much hassle

Much the same really though, ain't it?

Is Satworld cheapest Irish so?

kaisersose77

this seller was cheapest when i was looking recently

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Golden-Media-Spark-Triplex-FULL-HD-Receiver-Media-Player-Ip-Box-/150899227532?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item23224b7b8c#ht_3132wt_1397

a1zz

kaisersose77 wrote: »

this seller was cheapest when i was looking recently

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Golden-Media-Spark-Triplex-FULL-HD-Receiver-Media-Player-Ip-Box-/150899227532?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item23224b7b8c#ht_3132wt_1397

Short on details...T2?

.G.

a1zz wrote: »

Much the same really though, ain't it Satworld cheapest Irish so?

Not for me no, I'm close to satworld so far easier to return to them then have to post it to the UK or Spain or wherever.

They're the cheapest I've seen in Ireland but nutzz has clearly seem cheaper.

PogMoThoin

kaisersose77 wrote: »

this seller was cheapest when i was looking recently

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Golden-Media-Spark-Triplex-FULL-HD-Receiver-Media-Player-Ip-Box-/150899227532?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item23224b7b8c#ht_3132wt_1397

Only offering 6 months warranty, by law they must offer a yr

Compton

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Only offering 6 months warranty, by law they must offer a yr

6 months is a strange one alright

Knowing ebay though the seller wont want to hear about it after it's sold anyway has happened to me twice now !

.G.

That seller is sat-planet, they have their own website with the same info and warranty. Says the warranty is their 6 month one or the manufacturers warranty, whichever is longer.

PogMoThoin

superg wrote: »

That seller is sat-planet, they have their own website with the same info and warranty. Says the warranty is their 6 month one or the manufacturers warranty, whichever is longer.

Consumer law states a minimum of 12 months. Your initial contract is with the place you buy it from, you must deal with them in the first year if it breaks. After that, European law states manufacturers must stand by their product for 2 yrs in the EU.

.G.

Yeah I know, I've been to the small claims court over faulty goods in the past!

I wouldn't be buying from that place.

Apogee

Am I right in saying the HDMU image does not support playback of .wmv files on this box?
Have placed them on the drive, but not showing up on Media Centre (.avi, .mp4 etc OK)

If not, which file format would be best for conversion?

Leiva

Can I get more info on how the AA2T streams out to other devices on the same Network.

Is there an app needed on the receiving end?

Is it only available in Spark or E2 also?

Can you only view what is on the main screen (eg TV) and channel changing on the TV will change channel on the stream receiving device?
or
Just like recording on one channel and watching another you can stream out one tuner whilst also watching different channels on the TV?

PogMoThoin

Leiva wrote: »

Can I get more info on how the AA2T streams out to other devices on the same Network.

Is there an app needed on the receiving end?

Is it only available in Spark or E2 also?

Can you only view what is on the main screen (eg TV) and channel changing on the TV will change channel on the stream receiving device?
or
Just like recording on one channel and watching another you can stream out one tuner whilst also watching different channels on the TV?

The box has 3x tuners so you use all 3 together to watch/record/stream at the same time. In Enigma you have web login, you can login and control the box from any browser and click to download a stream, you then open this downloaded .m3u stream file with VLC. It starts using another tuner so you can be streaming a completely different channel than what's displaying on the box. There's a DreamDroid Android app that does the same on phones and tablets. The same happens on these, when you click stream you set it to open with the VLC app. You will need a very decent wireless setup to stream HD, it's 22-25mbit continuous bandwidth, whereas SD is only about 3mbit

Leiva

Jeez talk about been totally converted in one foul swoop.:pac:

All iDevices I have now look to have their days numbered.

I am itching now to get into this new house and install all cable and hardware and get configuring.

between Linux boxes, Rpi's, Linux servers, and now looks like my iPhone is history as I move over to the Android side of things - then the conversion is well and truly underway:D

might be a good time to cash in on my jail broken ATV2.

PogMoThoin

Leiva wrote: »

Jeez talk about been totally converted in one foul swoop.:pac:

All iDevices I have now look to have their days numbered.

I am itching now to get into this new house and install all cable and hardware and get configuring.

between Linux boxes, Rpi's, Linux servers, and now looks like my iPhone is history as I move over to the Android side of things - then the conversion is well and truly underway:D

might be a good time to cash in on my jail broken ATV2.

Just remember, it's a full time job keeping up to date with everything

There are Enigma apps for Apple devices also
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/dreamote-lite/id420498819?mt=8

Leiva

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Just remember, it's a full time job keeping up to date with everything

and expensive, don't forget expensive!

NUTZZ

Leiva wrote: »

Jeez talk about been totally converted in one foul swoop.:pac:

All iDevices I have now look to have their days numbered.

I am itching now to get into this new house and install all cable and hardware and get configuring.

between Linux boxes, Rpi's, Linux servers, and now looks like my iPhone is history as I move over to the Android side of things - then the conversion is well and truly underway:D

As Pog has said, you can stream to the iPhone no problem so lets not be too hasty on ditching iOS for Android! :P

PogMoThoin

NUTZZ wrote: »

As Pog has said, you can stream to the iPhone no problem so lets not be too hasty on ditching iOS for Android! :P

I said there's a remote app for the iPhone, I never said you could stream to it. Maybe it does, but knowing Apples track record it's most likely crippled or raping your wallet

NUTZZ

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I said there's a remote app for the iPhone, I never said you could stream to it. Maybe it does, but knowing Apples track record it's most likely crippled or raping your wallet

I misread your post, but you can stream to the iPhone, I use it myself nearly everyday! DreamDroid and VPlayer.

RogerThis

Dreambox live €6.99
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/dreambox-live/id416450962?mt=8

I paid once, and works on my ipad and iphone. Good for going to the bog when the games on
It only does SD, the HD channels don't show up in the bouquets.

I haven't tried it on this box, but it works on other E2 boxes.

PogMoThoin

I've just realised after I download and set channel numbers in Autobouquets to match Sky channel numbers and then open the bouquets with DreamboxEdit it renumbers them differently when they are set back to the box. DBE doesn't keep the placeholders. So I end up with RTE1 on channel 76 instead of 101 to match Sky. Need to run Autobouquets once again after.

Also, I've encountered the same CrossEPG bug in the newer images also. From my guide:

CrossEPG
You will find CrossEPG in the plugins download section. I find that it works fine with OpenTV enabled for the 28.2 satellite but there is a bug I listed in an earlier post, once configured to store on the drive we added above don't open configure again or it will change the path to local flash and cause the box to get laggy. I've it set to download daily at 9.00AM which works fine as long as you don't open configure. You can check that it's set correctly by viewing the crossepg.config in /var/crossepg/, the first line should read db_root=/media/hdd/crossepg

I've made my crossepg.config file read only. If CrossEPG saves to internal flash it causes pixelation of the picture and laggyness. It must be saving to the hdd

phobia2011

thanks for the tutorial, im nearly there i think, autobouquets currently downloading,

must i have storage attached to use the epg settings?

also, where do i find alternative boot up image?

TIA

PogMoThoin

phobia2011 wrote: »

thanks for the tutorial, im nearly there i think, autobouquets currently downloading,

must i have storage attached to use the epg settings?

also, where do i find alternative boot up image?

TIA

Yes, use a usb key if you have no hard drive. You don't want crossepg saving to local flash.

You will find boot images in plugins when you press green.

phobia2011

struggling to mount usb stick, - "no such device or address while trying to determine filesystem type"

mkfs.ext3 -L RECORD /dev/sda1
cd /autofs/sda1
mkdir movie

is there anything in this command thats unique to each person?

TIA

PogMoThoin

phobia2011 wrote: »

struggling to mount usb stick, - "no such device or address while trying to determine filesystem type"

mkfs.ext3 -L RECORD /dev/sda1
cd /autofs/sda1
mkdir movie

is there anything in this command thats unique to each person?

TIA

Have you another brand usb key?

phobia2011

that did the trick,

what settings do i need to change on crossepg, have it saving to disk,

its showing schedule download disabled, do i change that to 9.00 am or can it be anytime ?

Thanks again

PogMoThoin

phobia2011 wrote: »

that did the trick,

what settings do i need to change on crossepg, have it saving to disk,

its showing schedule download disabled, do i change that to 9.00 am or can it be anytime ?

Thanks again

Anytime you want, make sure you check the config file make sure it's saving to /media/hdd and never open the configure again in crossepg as it's bugged

phobia2011

do i view in notepad?

PogMoThoin

phobia2011 wrote: »

do i view in notepad?

You can, or better still is http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

phobia2011

db-root=autofs/sda1/crossepg ?

PogMoThoin

phobia2011 wrote: »

db-root=autofs/sda1/crossepg ?

If that's where your usb is mounted yes, i use db_root=/media/hdd/crossepg

phobia2011

if i need to download plugins using usb, can i remove storage pen or should that be left alone now?

PogMoThoin

phobia2011 wrote: »

if i need to download plugins using usb, can i remove storage pen or should that be left alone now?

Leave it alone until you get proper storage, most plugins are either downloaded in the box or ftp'd across

Leiva

Anyone ever succeed in mounting their NAS within Enigma2?

I would really like to record and play to my NAS rather than using a USB harddrive locally.

PogMoThoin

Got up today to find the box had changed time automatically, the epg had the correct time and info but the display clock was on old time. A restart of Enigma then gave an error that a timer had changed time. It took a full cold boot to sort it. Be sure you all give yours a full cold boot or you may have errors and not notice.

phobia2011

Hope im missing something, thought i had the hard part done, just terrestrial tuner to do(easy right) not

have auto scanned lots, dismounted aerial(external) and made new connection, still no joy,

the transmitter in dungarvan is closest?

any ideas?

TIA

bappelbe

phobia2011 wrote: »

Hope im missing something, thought i had the hard part done, just terrestrial tuner to do(easy right) not

have auto scanned lots, dismounted aerial(external) and made new connection, still no joy,

the transmitter in dungarvan is closest?

any ideas?

TIA

I had some trouble with this - I set it to Italy DVB-T and it worked
try playing with the settings a bit

phobia2011

still no joy,

tried all of the options available

was reading elsewhere about maybe im not on the latest T2 tuner image, how would i check this?

TIA

PogMoThoin

phobia2011 wrote: »

still no joy,

tried all of the options available

was reading elsewhere about maybe im not on the latest T2 tuner image, how would i check this?

TIA

System infos in HDMU centre

PogMoThoin

Copied from the Satstation forum. Anyone wanting to map the EPG button to open CoolTvGuide get this plugin. It allows you map every button on the remote.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56355/enigma2-plugin-extensions-multiquickbutton_2.8.4beta_sh4.ipk

phobia2011

can someone confirm for me that their terrestrial tuner is working with the + model (T2 tuner)

thanks

Zardoz

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Copied from the Satstation forum. Anyone wanting to map the EPG button to open CoolTvGuide get this plugin. It allows you map every button on the remote.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56355/enigma2-plugin-extensions-multiquickbutton_2.8.4beta_sh4.ipk

Is it safe ,someone on there mentioned it could cause the box to go into a reboot loop.

PogMoThoin

Zardoz wrote: »

Is it safe ,someone on there mentioned it could cause the box to go into a reboot loop.

I have no idea, I've not had a play with it yet. Use it at your peril.

Edit: I just read the post on satstation, he says it is designed for HDMU on this box, not to try it on other boxes or other images on this box
http://www.satstation.co.uk/forum/f268-amiko-alien-2-enigma-2/quick-buttons-17427/#post47565

Zardoz

I received a Golden Media Triplex during the week and have been setting it up using the info supplied on this thread and on the other Firmware thread.

The HDMU firmware seems fluid and stable.
The receiver boots alot faster than my Dm800 and the SD picture seems better than on the Dm800 ,perhaps a better scalar in operation .
HD picture quality is similar to the Dm800 .

Crossepg and Cooltv work well.RTE player works well but 3player wont load videos,just a black screen.
I installed Virtual Zap via plugins download but it seems buggy ,it locks up after zapping a few channels.Anyone else encounter this ?

The remote isnt the best ,the buttons are a bit stiff and the range of the remote doesn't seem great.
If I sit more than 8 feet away from the receiver or at a slight angle certain button presses dont register .I have to press hard or else it doesn't register.Could be a poor IR receiver on the unit .
Its fine up close ,very smooth.

The Mediaportal plugin is very good,loads of good apps on it .

On a Dreambox you can go back through channel history via the <> buttons,is there anything like that on the Triplex ?

bappelbe

phobia2011 wrote: »

can someone confirm for me that their terrestrial tuner is working with the + model (T2 tuner)

thanks

I have the Golden Media Triplex T2 version and it is working, as posted before I had some trouble getting it to work.
The first time I got it to work I set the bandwidth to 8mhz in a manual scan, though I did not do it when I reflashed

PogMoThoin

Zardoz wrote: »

On a Dreambox you can go back through channel history via the <> buttons,is there anything like that on the Triplex ?

You can do this with the << and >> buttons under play and pause on the remote