Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

DeadSkin

bappelbe wrote: »

Boot up in spark and backup enigma there

Does it have to be spark? You can back up in the blue panel, system, backup manager - no?

NUTZZ

DeadSkin wrote: »

Does it have to be spark? You can back up in the blue panel, system, backup manager - no?

No it has to be Spark to create the two flash-able files, it only takes two minutes with the e2upgrade plugin.

Agueroooo

Agueroooo wrote: »

Weird...

I had my Raspberry Pi working with Amiko using Vu++ Enigma2 add on but now it will only play the channel audio?


Is it that I need to buy a license for the Pi for the codecs being used?

But how did it work before and not now?

gonna scratch my Pi setup and re-install to see if its a bug rather than a restriction.

Crikey this is sweet when it works!!

I rebuilt the Openelec install and have it running off a 3.0 usb stick and only using the SD card to boot, with this setup i can over clock the bejasus out of it, and have it maxed out on a turbo over clock.
I then installed the Vu++ Enigma2 PVR add on.
I have it only pulling in channels from my 'Favourites TV' bouquet which keeps things trim and proper.

I have my Rasp Pi on a wired connection and that little bad boy is handling HD content from my Amiko.

really impressed that this little €40 RPi is is performing so well and will be sufficient (for now) as a bedroom stb.

satelliteman20

hi I have started to use champions c excellent hyperion image and id like to say a big thankyou to him I just have one problem I cant get an epg on any dtt channels does anyone know why

smee again

satelliteman20 wrote: »

hi I have started to use champions c excellent hyperion image and id like to say a big thankyou to him I just have one problem I cant get an epg on any dtt channels does anyone know why

Does it not populate when you select a channel once, it should.

basill

Great thread and thanks for all the help. Finally got my box working nicely late last night. Just a quickie - where are we at with the judder fix on Champs Enigma/Hiperion image? I read back some pages ago that we might have to shift away from Hiperion to another image?

In the meantime is reducing the refresh rate on my 1080p tv the only fix (temporary). Thanks

smee again

basill wrote: »

Great thread and thanks for all the help. Finally got my box working nicely late last night. Just a quickie - where are we at with the judder fix on Champs Enigma/Hiperion image? I read back some pages ago that we might have to shift away from Hiperion to another image?

In the meantime is reducing the refresh rate on my 1080p tv the only fix (temporary). Thanks

It's been fixed for ages, just update Hyperion. PKT Bluepanel->actualisations->firmware->download. The box will reboot a few times

championc

satelliteman20 wrote: »

hi I have started to use champions c excellent hyperion image and id like to say a big thankyou to him I just have one problem I cant get an epg on any dtt channels does anyone know why

Unselect the Open TV 28.4 Provider in CrossEPG. You only need 28.2 to be selected.

FlexMcMurphy

If I set a Timer to record a programme on Spark then put it into Standby no recording is made... am I doing something wrong, anyone know?

Flex

smee again

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

If I set a Timer to record a programme on Spark then put it into Standby no recording is made... am I doing something wrong, anyone know?

Flex

I'm surprised you're still using Spark, with the judder fixed and championc's hyperion image you are good to go with Enigma and rock solid

Zardoz

Do many people here use the cache flush plugin ?

My Triplex running Hyperion has been very unstable today for some reason ,most likely lack of free memory.
I was recording one channel and the other satellite tuner was showing no signal on a good few channels .
I dont have Cache Flush enabled but its showing almost no free memory at all and even when I clear it its used up almost straight away.
As soon as the recording finished the free memory went back up from 0.66% to 20%.

Would removing a few inactive plugins free up some memory ?

karl75

had this installed but needed to reinstall it championc hyperion image but now im getting juddering on some hd channels is anyone else getting this thanks

NUTZZ

karl75 wrote: »

had this installed but needed to reinstall it championc hyperion image but now im getting juddering on some hd channels is anyone else getting this thanks

Have you updated to the latest Hyperion firmware in the Blue Panel?

Blue Button (on remote) > Actualizations > Firmware > Download

NUTZZ

Zardoz wrote: »

Would removing a few inactive plugins free up some memory ?

Absolutely, remove as many unused plugins as possible, I try try to keep as little as possible on the box as it weighs it down.

I usually have over 30% free memory and have cache flush set to run every 15 minutes.

smee again

NUTZZ wrote: »

Absolutely, remove as many unused plugins as possible, I try try to keep as little as possible on the box as it weighs it down.

I usually have over 30% free memory and have cache flush set to run every 15 minutes.

Any chance of a link to this flush cache plugin

L'prof

I haven't fully decided what box to go for, but if I went for the Amiko Alien 2+, where's the best place to get it and does anyone have any tips for a beginner. Still waiting for my dish to be tuned in, (gave it a go myself, but no joy ) so I won't be buying until then.

Agueroooo

L'prof wrote: »

I haven't fully decided what box to go for, but if I went for the Amiko Alien 2+, where's the best place to get it and does anyone have any tips for a beginner. Still waiting for my dish to be tuned in, (gave it a go myself, but no joy ) so I won't be buying until then.

Head over to bargain alerts.

There was a post about an ebay seller based in kimmage and he was selling at a very good price.

FlexMcMurphy

Whereever it's selling for the cheapest price! I got mine from free-digital on eBay. They have that shop in Kimmage. The Alien 2+ is going for only Euro 170 now including delivery which is good value I think. If you buy new rather than second hand you'll get a warranty. You'd have all the help you need then on here to set it up.

Flex

NUTZZ

smee again wrote: »

Any chance of a link to this flush cache plugin

Here you go, just unzip the file and place the folder in usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions

Agueroooo

NUTZZ wrote: »

Here you go, just unzip the file and place the folder in usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions

Whats this^ do exactly ?

Zardoz

NUTZZ wrote: »

Absolutely, remove as many unused plugins as possible, I try try to keep as little as possible on the box as it weighs it down.

I usually have over 30% free memory and have cache flush set to run every 15 minutes.

Ok thanks NUTTZ.
I usually have around 15-20% memory free when the box is running normally but recording seems to use it all up.
10% of 128Mb is almost 13Mb of plugins,thats alot,you must have very few plugins installed to have 30% free ?

TSMedia and Mediaportal are almost 10Mb between them ,I may have to remove one or both of them I'd say.

NUTZZ

Zardoz wrote: »

Ok thanks NUTTZ.
I usually have around 15-20% memory free when the box is running normally but recording seems to use it all up.
10% of 128Mb is almost 13Mb of plugins,thats alot,you must have very few plugins installed to have 30% free ?

TSMedia and Mediaportal are almost 10Mb between them ,I may have to remove one or both of them I'd say.

I got rid of a lot of the system plugins also that I don't need, there are lots of these hidden in images, especially Hyperion V2. Most of those plugins are pointless as other plugins do the same function or they are simply not needed.

NUTZZ

Agueroooo wrote: »

Whats this^ do exactly ?

Basically the CacheFlush plugin regains as much memory as possible by periodically flushing the box's memory cache, including 'leaked' memory.

basill

Cool judder free now thanks to the update. Still finding that the cool epg is only partially populated though. Using the plugin browser I have downloaded the crossing downloader a couple of times and also performed a force reload a few times but it has made no difference. Any ideas?

FlexMcMurphy

basill wrote: »

..Still finding that the cool epg is only partially populated though. Any ideas?

Several of the Satellite channels have changed frequencies in the last few weeks. Are you using Auobouquets to update frequencies for your Satellite channels? If not then try getting a new satellite.xml file. FTP that to etc/tuxbox using FileZilla then reboot and scan your channels again.

Flex

Zardoz

NUTZZ wrote: »

I got rid of a lot of the system plugins also that I don't need, there are lots of these hidden in images, especially Hyperion V2. Most of those plugins are pointless as other plugins do the same function or they are simply not needed.

Thanks Nuttz,any recommendations on what system plugins to remove ?

NUTZZ

Zardoz wrote: »

Thanks Nuttz,any recommendations on what system plugins to remove ?

I'll have a look for you when I'm at home tonight, I can't remember off the top of my head, on the mobile now!

Zardoz

NUTZZ wrote: »

I'll have a look for you when I'm at home tonight, I can't remember off the top of my head, on the mobile now!

Ok,no rush ,thanks .;)

basill

Several of the Satellite channels have changed frequencies in the last few weeks. Are you using Auobouquets to update frequencies for your Satellite channels? If not then try getting a new satellite.xml file. FTP that to etc/tuxbox using FileZilla then reboot and scan your channels again.

Flex

Worked a treat, thanks for that. Just a wee question about the satellites file. Is it preferable to download the regional one for say the EU or be specific to astra 28.2? The one I initially downloaded was about a 1/3 of the file size of the original one on Championpcs Hyperion image so I redownloaded the European one which was a similar size and went with that. I only have my old sky dish and the UHF aerial so can only receive services off those.

FlexMcMurphy

Good news. If you have a fixed dish and only going to receive the usual UK FTA and Sky channels then it's enough to click the 'Choose' tab and just select the checkbox alongside: Astra 1N/2A/2F/Eutelsat 28A (28.2E)

Flex

Zardoz

basill wrote: »

Worked a treat, thanks for that. Just a wee question about the satellites file. Is it preferable to download the regional one for say the EU or be specific to astra 28.2? The one I initially downloaded was about a 1/3 of the file size of the original one on Championpcs Hyperion image so I redownloaded the European one which was a similar size and went with that. I only have my old sky dish and the UHF aerial so can only receive services off those.

You only need the satellites.xml file for 28e as that is all you can receive ,you do not need any other satellites in it.

FlexMcMurphy

championc wrote: »

If you plan to make it available from outside the Lan, out on the Internet, then I would strongly advise you consider changing the default ports in use and lock down with a userid and password.

smee again wrote: »

You should only need to open the port to connect to the web server. The stream starts from within your private lan and gets natted through your router therefore should not need the port forwarding.

I'm trying to stream from PKT Hyperion 2 and connect to it from outside my LAN on the internet. I find that if I forward both the Http Port and Streaming Port it works fine but if I change the port numbers (as recommended) using the OpenWebIf configuration screen in the Plugin menu and forward those instead then I can get to the interface screen fine but streaming doesn't work from inside or outside the LAN.

The error I get is...

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://<ip addr>:<new port number that is not 8001>/.........'

If I change the streaming port back to 8001 and forward that it works again. Can the streaming port be changed?

Flex

ghostivv

Nforce wrote: »

Speaking of volume issues, I'm still running Championc's old PKT image and sometimes when I switch to a channel (usually a $ HD) it won't play any sound. If I press the red button, select another audio stream (eg MPEG NAR) sound will come back. I then repeat the process to choose the AC3 stream and it plays back fine.
Anyone else have this quirk?

I'm also having the exact same issue. I'd to downmix the AC3 :mad:. Is that normal?

T0MMY

Could anyone help me please. Horse and Country channel has disappeared off the channel list (I'm using my box as freeview). I have done a complete rescan but can't find it anywhere. Has it gone over to Sky or am I doing something wrong?

Cheers

smee again

T0MMY wrote: »

Could anyone help me please. Horse and Country channel has disappeared off the channel list (I'm using my box as freeview). I have done a complete rescan but can't find it anywhere. Has it gone over to Sky or am I doing something wrong?

Cheers

http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php
12552 V 22000 5/6

phobia2011

does anyone successfully use this box with motorised multi sat,
about to replace my spiderbox hd 9000 as main family friendly reciever?

TIA

T0MMY

smee again wrote: »

http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php
12552 V 22000 5/6

Feck them

illdoit2morrow

I'm running Championc's hyperion 2 image.

I've not added any extra plugins or changed any settings in it.

When i try and restart emu manager I'm getting a green screen.

Is there something i need to do to try and fix this or is a re-flash of the image the best thing?

T0MMY

smee again wrote: »

http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php
12552 V 22000 5/6

Misunderstood your post. Horse and Country is back. She was threatening to sign up to Sky. All is well in the world again. Thanks.

NUTZZ

Zardoz wrote: »

Ok,no rush ,thanks .;)

A few of the plugins were Picture Player, DVD Player, MyTube Player, Shoutcast, Webmedia Clips and PermanentClock, nothing important or particularly uselful.

Have a look through /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins yourself and you'll see all the plugins and you can decide for yourself.

NUTZZ

Originally Posted by Nforce
Speaking of volume issues, I'm still running Championc's old PKT image and sometimes when I switch to a channel (usually a $ HD) it won't play any sound. If I press the red button, select another audio stream (eg MPEG NAR) sound will come back. I then repeat the process to choose the AC3 stream and it plays back fine.
Anyone else have this quirk?

ghostivv wrote: »

I'm also having the exact same issue. I'd to downmix the AC3 :mad:. Is that normal?

Are the two of you using an amp by any chance?

smee again

NUTZZ wrote: »

Are the two of you using an amp by any chance?

I have the same problem, Alien is connected by optical cable to Logitech Z5500's. I have to leave AC3 downmix on as audio does not always work or takes a while (up to 30s) for the audio to work. I have set F3 to toggle AC3 downmix using the multiquickbutton plugin and just toggle it off if I'm watching a movie with DD or DTS

ghostivv

yup...me on Amp.

Zardoz

NUTZZ wrote: »

A few of the plugins were Picture Player, DVD Player, MyTube Player, Shoutcast, Webmedia Clips and PermanentClock, nothing important or particularly uselful.

Have a look through /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins yourself and you'll see all the plugins and you can decide for yourself.

Thanks NUTZZ.
I removed most of those plugins ,they were in /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/extensions on my receiver.
Most of them were fairly small size so I removed TSmedia too,freeing up over 6mb.I now have around 20% of memory free when idle but recording still seems to be using all the memory up .

Talisman

phobia2011 wrote: »

does anyone successfully use this box with motorised multi sat,
about to replace my spiderbox hd 9000 as main family friendly reciever?

TIA

I don't have a motorised setup but I have 3 satellites (13E, 19E & 28E) via a multiswitch. Kids can use it without any problems, her ladyship is another issue though.

Agueroooo

I am totally green when it comes to motorised dishes etc?

I simply have one dish pointed at 28E.

What benefits does a motorised dish bring?...I know more channels but you know what i mean

phobia2011

Agueroooo wrote: »

I am totally green when it comes to motorised dishes etc?

I simply have one dish pointed at 28E.

What benefits does a motorised dish bring?...I know more channels but you know what i mean

I use mine for sports mainly, Saturday at 3pm I'm spoiled for choice

championc

Talisman wrote: »

I don't have a motorised setup but I have 3 satellites (13E, 19E & 28E) via a multiswitch. Kids can use it without any problems, her ladyship is another issue though.

Have you a standard dish with skewed LNB's / monoblock or do you have one of those special dishes designed for the purpose ?

NUTZZ

smee again wrote: »

I have the same problem, Alien is connected by optical cable to Logitech Z5500's. I have to leave AC3 downmix on as audio does not always work or takes a while (up to 30s) for the audio to work. I have set F3 to toggle AC3 downmix using the multiquickbutton plugin and just toggle it off if I'm watching a movie with DD or DTS

ghostivv wrote: »

yup...me on Amp.

Are you both using an optical cable? I know there were some issues with that on PKT images with the sound dropping out, HDMI cable had no problems.

NUTZZ

Zardoz wrote: »

Thanks NUTZZ.
I removed most of those plugins ,they were in /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/extensions on my receiver.
Most of them were fairly small size so I removed TSmedia too,freeing up over 6mb.I now have around 20% of memory free when idle but recording still seems to be using all the memory up .

To be honest that's normal on all Linux based boxes running Enigma2, recording will occupy a lot of the memory but it will free up space if it's needed.