WETEK Play/OPENELEC user discussion, tips n' tricks

RossieMan

Download an apk file direct from Google?

stooge

Kodi v17 will not run on the latest available Android version for the older Wetek Play.

Libreelec or openelec build are the best way to get latest Kodi v17 working on Wetek play version 1.

JesusRef

stooge wrote: »

Kodi v17 will not run on the latest available Android version for the older Wetek Play.

Libreelec or openelec build are the best way to get latest Kodi v17 working on Wetek play version 1.

Thanks for the help - I installed Libreelec and it is working great -thanks

GY A1

stooge wrote: »

Kodi v17 will not run on the latest available Android version for the older Wetek Play.

Libreelec or openelec build are the best way to get latest Kodi v17 working on Wetek play version 1.

is the latest android useable at all even

RossieMan

It is. But it's fairly laggy to be honest. Android on 1gb is a thing of the past now. Just can't run anything.

grange mac

Have wetek box got on here year ago....is it just for bin or worth giving to someone to update it with?? Cheers guys.

Tech not my strong point!!

alanhiggyno1

grange mac wrote: »

Have wetek box got on here year ago....is it just for bin or worth giving to someone to update it with?? Cheers guys.

Tech not my strong point!!

If u giving away I'll take it off you rather than putting the bin. I can use it in kids room to work off my nas to watch movies as I can't really do anything else with it

grange mac

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

If u giving away I'll take it off you rather than putting the bin. I can use it in kids room to work off my nas to watch movies as I can't really do anything else with it

Sure, if your in cork city, drop a pm.

spongerobinson

grange mac wrote: »

Have wetek box got on here year ago....is it just for bin or worth giving to someone to update it with?? Cheers guys.

Tech not my strong point!!

Still a very usable box if you want to run Kodi. I use mine running Libreelec for the tv in the bedroom. Works great for streaming files from my NAS, and also have it connected to my satellite box downstairs to stream live channels/recordings. Bit slow in the menus, but once a video is playing it plays absolutely fine for me.

battser

I have an Wetek openelec I bought on one of the GB's here and I am selling it. I can't find the original box or tuner with it so only really good for kodi, android box. PM if any interest. I am in Dublin willing to drop or meet halfway.

Rock Paper Scissors

battser wrote: »

I have an Wetek openelec I bought on one of the GB's here and I am selling it. I can't find the original box or tuner with it so only really good for kodi, android box. PM if any interest. I am in Dublin willing to drop or meet halfway.

Pm sent

mono_mac

One here in monaghan also 30 euro

DERICKOO

Got one here in Cork never used with box

branners69

Anyone still using theirs daily? Mine has started to get really slow running pbnigma 5.3.

Wondering is it time for an upgrade? Would want 2 x sat, 1 x saorview & IPTV. What have others upgraded to?

jakdublin

branners69 wrote: »

Anyone still using theirs daily? Mine has started to get really slow running pbnigma 5.3.

Wondering is it time for an upgrade? Would want 2 x sat, 1 x saorview & IPTV. What have others upgraded to?

My box is a dedicated live sat tv server using tvheadend on libreelec that I use daily and as long as that’s all it does it’s great. I’ve tried various enigma setups and tried to integrate it with iptv with varying degrees of success but the best I’ve got out of it is just leaving it as a live tv server to watch and record freeview channels. I now have seperate devices for iptv, Plex and other services. Last year I wouldn’t have known what any of that even meant!
I’ve learned so much from this device I consider it a fantastic investment, but you need to be willing to research, learn and be very patient.

Standard Toaster

What's the separate device? ^^

jakdublin

Standard Toaster wrote: »

What's the separate device? ^^

Apple TV and I’ve an Android box I picked up for about €20 on Gearbest as backup. Just using the Wetek to record tv.

branners69

jakdublin wrote: »

My box is a dedicated live sat tv server using tvheadend on libreelec that I use daily and as long as that’s all it does it’s great. I’ve tried various enigma setups and tried to integrate it with iptv with varying degrees of success but the best I’ve got out of it is just leaving it as a live tv server to watch and record freeview channels. I now have seperate devices for iptv, Plex and other services. Last year I wouldn’t have known what any of that even meant!
I’ve learned so much from this device I consider it a fantastic investment, but you need to be willing to research, learn and be very patient.

I have to agree it was a fantastic buy. It was a very sharp learning curve but have enjoyed tinkering with it. I found iptv integration pretty handy, there are two small programmes which really help.

jakdublin

branners69 wrote: »

I have to agree it was a fantastic buy. It was a very sharp learning curve but have enjoyed tinkering with it. I found iptv integration pretty handy, there are two small programmes which really help.

I was using Simple IPTV with tvheadend to try and combine with live tv but I went a bit OCD about not being able to put the channels in the order I wanted. What programmes did you use?

batistuta9

I would use mine a lot, pretty much daily. Tried some of the enigma images when I got the box but never really gave them much of a chance. Didn't like the android version either.

Open now LibreELEC is the killer OS on it for me. Everything I need in one place, use tvheadend for TV and some shows i recorded I'll add to the kodi library.
I use trakt as well for the library, one streaming addon integrates with that & realdebrid.
The IPTV site I use for football has a kodi addon too so that's everything i need sorted.

No saorview though, I meant to look for a USB tuner for it but never got round to it.

Haven't noticed mine slowing up. There are issues with it, I'll need to restore from a backup now and again as the file system always corrupts on it.
Though for the price it was a great purchase.
The biggest issue with it now I find is that it can't play h.265, and that's becoming more popular

jakdublin

Yeah, I’m very happy with it. I’ve learned loads. Like you, I settled on Libreelec in the end after trying out a few different OS. I did get a cheap USB tuner but I’ve no ariel and don’t really want one so didn’t really work out. My ideal box would be something powerful enough to run Plex smoothly, stream my footie IPTV stream reliably and play and record live tv. The Wetek can do all that but it struggles when I have everything running on it.

batistuta9

If you were streaming & recording would it hang up?

Times mine will if I was recording two HD channels & trying to do something else.

branners69

jakdublin wrote: »

What programmes did you use?

eSettings+ for connecting to the box. Check out Vdubt25 on You Tube.

E-Channelizer for sorting EPG.

Agree with the h265 comment, that's why I feel the box needs an upgrade but it is soldiering on! And there isn't, as far as I am aware, a box out there that can do as much?

It is like the Swiss army knife of boxes, even two years later!

jakdublin

batistuta9 wrote: »

If you were streaming & recording would it hang up?

Times mine will if I was recording two HD channels & trying to do something else.

Yeah, little glitches like that. Multitasking isn’t it’s strong point but as Branners says, it’s a media Swiss Army knife

mightybashful

How do you install the latest kodi on Openelec on this?

jakdublin

mightybashful wrote: »

How do you install the latest kodi on Openelec on this?

You need to upgrade to LibreELEC. Both Openelec and LibreELEC are Linux versions of Kodi designed for these types of boxes but LibreELEC is more stable and up to date. There's instructions on the LibreELEC website.

manster

I'm still on LibreELEC 8.0.2 . Looking at the web site I see the latest version LibreELEC 8.2.1 is released but not for the Wetek Play.

Has anyone got Kodi 17.6 for LibreELEC? Cheers

wiz569

manster wrote: »

I'm still on LibreELEC 8.0.2 . Looking at the web site I see the latest version LibreELEC 8.2.1 is released but not for the Wetek Play.

Has anyone got Kodi 17.6 for LibreELEC? Cheers

Its there alright,goto the downloads page and about a third of the way down there is a drop down box,just chose wetek play and chose your method of install

manster

wiz569 wrote: »

Its there alright,goto the downloads page and about a third of the way down there is a drop down box,just chose wetek play and chose your method of install

Tried it but it is only reinstalling 8.0.2 when you copy over the LibreELEC-WeTek_Play.arm-8.2.1.img.gz file to the updates folder

wiz569

manster wrote: »

Tried it but it is only reinstalling 8.0.2 when you copy over the LibreELEC-WeTek_Play.arm-8.2.1.img.gz file to the updates folder

Try putting the tar file in the update folder.

manster

wiz569 wrote: »

Try putting the tar file in the update folder.

That worked! Thank you.
Now on LibreElec 8.2.1 and Kodi 17.6
Love Boards

alanhiggyno1

manster wrote: »

That worked! Thank you.
Now on LibreElec 8.2.1 and Kodi 17.6
Love Boards

any difference

manster

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

any difference

No notable difference on GUI. Am finding more streams than before with the upgrade. Also Plex runs better

cronos

Anyone who has this device. I haven't used it in a while. I want to do two things.

1. Upgrade to the latest kodi/openelec version
2. Upgrade to the latest kodi build (you can pm suggestions for this if you prefer)
3. I want to side load andorid in such a way as I can add apps myself without it just booting into openelec by default

Can anyone help?

jakdublin

cronos wrote: »

Anyone who has this device. I haven't used it in a while. I want to do two things.

1. Upgrade to the latest kodi/openelec version
2. Upgrade to the latest kodi build (you can pm suggestions for this if you prefer)
3. I want to side load andorid in such a way as I can add apps myself without it just booting into openelec by default

Can anyone help?

Think most people moved to Libreelec as Openelec wasn't being updated and I'm not sure you can use the latest Kodi on Openelec now.
I haven't been messing about with mine for months now, but it's working away on Libreelec without any problem, although do I just use it exclusively for watching and recording live TV. It's easy enough to upgrade Openelec to Libreelec. I was running Android and some other build options at one point or another but to be honest, Libreelec works best on this box. You can check it out here. https://libreelec.tv

cronos

jakdublin wrote: »

Think most people moved to Libreelec as Openelec wasn't being updated and I'm not sure you can use the latest Kodi on Openelec now.
I haven't been messing about with mine for months now, but it's working away on Libreelec without any problem, although do I just use it exclusively for watching and recording live TV. It's easy enough to upgrade Openelec to Libreelec. I was running Android and some other build options at one point or another but to be honest, Libreelec works best on this box. You can check it out here. https://libreelec.tv

Thanks. If anyone could PM me on a good "build" to go along with Libreelec this that will give access to all the necessary content I'd appreciate it. Would help me get setup as quickly as possible.

jimmycrackcorm

I lost my remote control for my wetek. I have problems with constant boot loops. I did have it set for yatze on my phone so sometimes can control it if it does load but without the remote control there's no means to upgrade or install.

Any suggestions such as how to use a universal remote? I don't even know where to get a replacement remote.

RossieMan

Wetek website. Sell both enigma and openelec remotes.

No universal remote will work it I'd imagine.

kc66

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I lost my remote control for my wetek. I have problems with constant boot loops. I did have it set for yatze on my phone so sometimes can control it if it does load but without the remote control there's no means to upgrade or install.

Any suggestions such as how to use a universal remote? I don't even know where to get a replacement remote.

I use one of the Chinese wireless handheld keyboards with track pad. Think it cost around €5 and works perfect.

Dravokivich

RossieMan wrote: »

Wetek website. Sell both enigma and openelec remotes.

No universal remote will work it I'd imagine.

My Logitech does.

jimmycrackcorm

I found my remote. But I decided to install librelec from https://libreelec.tv/downloads/wetek-play-and-wetek-openelec/

However every time I try to boot from the image I doesn't get very far.
Seems to be unable to load the kernel modules correctly

UsedToWait

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I found my remote. But I decided to install librelec from https://libreelec.tv/downloads/wetek-play-and-wetek-openelec/

However every time I try to boot from the image I doesn't get very far.
Seems to be unable to load the kernel modules correctly

Any chance you downloaded the wrong ROM - maybe for the later Wetek box?

jimmycrackcorm

UsedToWait wrote: »

Any chance you downloaded the wrong ROM - maybe for the later Wetek box?

I tried again by copying the tar file using Samba to the update folder and the process was flawless. Happy now with the setup.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Hi.I'm trying to install LibreElec to nand on a Wetek play from the recovery menu but get a installation aborted error every time.
I get the same result with the rescue file.
I've formatted the micro sd(4gb) and dragged extracted the files across,pressed the reset button and applied power until the android character appears.Everything seems to go fine until the last minute.
Any ideas?
I don't seem to have any OS on the box now.Tried factory reset ,installing from a USB stick.Out of options now.

batistuta9

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Hi.I'm trying to install LibreElec to nand on a Wetek play from the recovery menu but get a installation aborted error every time.
I get the same result with the rescue file.
I've formatted the micro sd(4gb) and dragged extracted the files across,pressed the reset button and applied power until the android character appears.Everything seems to go fine until the last minute.
Any ideas?
I don't seem to have any OS on the box now.Tried factory reset ,installing from a USB stick.Out of options now.

Get zip file here
https://libreelec.tv/downloads/wetek-play-and-wetek-openelec/

& Use this to write to the SD
https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

Sir Osis of Liver.

batistuta9 wrote: »

Get zip file here
https://libreelec.tv/downloads/wetek-play-and-wetek-openelec/

& Use this to write to the SD
https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

Thanks Batistuta.
Finally got it working using a better quality sd card through the recovery menu.

GY A1

guys
what you using on the wetek play 1 or is there any up to date software,
not used it in a while but have 2 laying about here,
always used enigma2 but not seen any recent images,
i think the android side was left behind

cheers

RossieMan

There's nothing from I seen a four of weeks ago. Seems dead.

Lu8Kious

I am wondering on what is the best way to put a linux OS installed on a wetek. Is this possible I would like to install Raspberry software on there. I tried installing on an sdcard but it will not boot up from there. Thanks

jakdublin

Lu8Kious wrote: »

I am wondering on what is the best way to put a linux OS installed on a wetek. Is this possible I would like to install Raspberry software on there. I tried installing on an sdcard but it will not boot up from there. Thanks

I'm running Libreelec. Going solid for months now. Dicked around with Enigma with mixed results but for a reliable TV box i'd recommend Librelec. Why would you want Linux? What do you think you could do with it?