Tiviar Alpha Plus Combo STB

JB81

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Use that, just extract the zip and put the picon folder onto the usb and plug it in

Ok. Thanks.

Have flashed box.
Added picons
Downloaded Cross EPG once
Set EPG to HDD storage
Saorview - need to sort this myself
Wireless connection done
Cant seem to change weather setting for my area, but not too bothered
Backed up image

ANything else you would recommend doing or adding the box to make it better?

Couple of other channels i want to add. Do i just do this manually and add them to a particular bouquet?

The high horse brigade

JB81 wrote: »

Couple of other channels i want to add. Do i just do this manually and add them to a particular bouquet?

Add them to favourites it's the only one that doesn't get overwritten daily when Autobouquetmaker updates

JB81 wrote: »

Cant seem to change weather setting for my area, but not too bothered

One of the remote buttons deletes the number, not sure which

sligojoek

It'll be next week before I can get mine. In the meantime I ordered this HD on amazon. Good reviews and 43 quid delivered.

Seagate 1 TB

THHB, I've copied and pasted all your advice so hopefully won't have to bother you too much when I get sorted.

JB81

SteM wrote: »

Forgot to mention that the Movie Organisor (sic) plugin is well worth installing on this box. It scans your hard drive at a user-defined time and puts all of your shows that have multiple recordings into their own folders.

So if your kid records Postman Pat on series link it will put all of the episodes into their own folder. Very handy, stops the drive from getting clogged up with one big list of shows.

How do you go about getting this plug in, do i download it from internet onto my laptop and put it on usb and then put in into tiviar box?
Or whats best. I cant seem to get the wireless connection on my box to my wifi working correctly. DO i need this working to install plugins?

The high horse brigade

JB81 wrote: »

How do you go about getting this plug in, do i download it from internet onto my laptop and put it on usb and then put in into tiviar box?
Or whats best. I cant seem to get the wireless connection on my box to my wifi working correctly. DO i need this working to install plugins?

To get your wireless connection working you need to enable DHCP, it's set to no in the image your posted earlier, change it to yes.

JB81

The high horse brigade wrote: »

To get your wireless connection working you need to enable DHCP, it's set to no in the image your posted earlier, change it to yes.

I done that, but when i do my IP address does not come up when i check for it. I know i have it already from before, but it just doesnt seem to be functioning and i cant connect to it with filezilla. All makes me think its not working properly.

greasepalm

Its your box ip filezilla is looking for like 192.168.1.14,type your in on pc browser it should open webif so we know its correct.
filezilla client uses box ip and root and it should hook up,like on the pm i sent.

JB81

greasepalm wrote: »

Its your box ip filezilla is looking for like 192.168.1.14,type your in on pc browser it should open webif so we know its correct.
filezilla client uses box ip and root and it should hook up,like on the pm i sent.

So when I go into WLAN settings the IP address shown there is not my box IP address?
Where do i get my box IP address then?

greasepalm

Box ip should be got from Adapter setting in network.

greasepalm

Or setup- information-network

The high horse brigade

JB81 wrote: »

I done that, but when i do my IP address does not come up when i check for it. I know i have it already from before, but it just doesnt seem to be functioning and i cant connect to it with filezilla. All makes me think its not working properly.

DHCP is a setting that allows your Tiviar to get it's IP address, gateway and nameserver automatically from your router. If it's not turned on your box is not connecting right and will not know what IP address to use to talk to your router. Go into scan and try to connect again with DHCP turned on.

We can also set these details manually. What type broadband do you have and what model router?

JB81

The high horse brigade wrote: »

DHCP is a setting that allows your Tiviar to get it's IP address, gateway and nameserver automatically from your router. If it's not turned on your box is not connecting right and will not know what IP address to use to talk to your router. Go into scan and try to connect again with DHCP turned on.

We can also set these details manually. What type broadband do you have and what model router?

3 Mobile Broadband. Huawei B525 Router.

When I got the Wifi Adaptor with the box I was reading the manual for it. I followed the instructions and put it into to laptop and set it up.
From reading online at WOS it looks like it comes already set-up, so i am not sure if i needed to do this, or if i should have just put it straight into the Tiviar and went from there. This may be confusing it as it was connected from my laptop originally to the same network.

When I get home later I am going to do a complete factory reset of the Tiviar and start again.
And I am going to figure out how to reset the WIFI adaptor as well ( although cant seem to find out how online ), and put it straight into Tiviar and see what happens from there.

Thanks for all your help last night and to the other posters as well

The high horse brigade

JB81 wrote: »

3 Mobile Broadband. Huawei B525 Router.

When I got the Wifi Adaptor with the box I was reading the manual for it. I followed the instructions and put it into to laptop and set it up.
From reading online at WOS it looks like it comes already set-up, so i am not sure if i needed to do this, or if i should have just put it straight into the Tiviar and went from there. This may be confusing it as it was connected from my laptop originally to the same network.

When I get home later I am going to do a complete factory reset of the Tiviar and start again.
And I am going to figure out how to reset the WIFI adaptor as well ( although cant seem to find out how online ), and put it straight into Tiviar and see what happens from there.

Thanks for all your help last night and to the other posters as well

Don't, a factory reset is not needed and would be a stupid move at this stage. Plugging a dongle into a laptop would not cause any issues

I've an Edison box here, this is the process, I can see where you're going wrong
menu -> setup -> system -> network -> device setup -> wlan connection -> scan wireless networks
highlight your connection then press green to connect

use the following settings:
use interface - yes
use dhcp - yes
use manual dns nameserver - no
hidden network - no
network name (SSID) - yournetworkname
Encryption - WPA
Encryption key - yournetworkpassword

Green to save

JB81

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Don't, a factory reset is not needed and would be a stupid move at this stage. Plugging a dongle into a laptop would not cause any issues

I've an Edison box here, this is the process, I can see where you're going wrong
menu -> setup -> system -> network -> device setup -> wlan connection -> scan wireless networks
highlight your connection then press green to connect

use the following settings:
use interface - yes
use dhcp - yes
use manual dns nameserver - no
hidden network - no
network name (SSID) - yournetworkname
Encryption - WPA
Encryption key - yournetworkpassword

Green to save

Not at home, but this is the same settings I am using. But will try again later. I might actually take my router and plug it in beside the Box and run a network cable between them. This might work and I can leave the router there.

JOSman

Hi all,

Got delivery of this box and am very impressed so far but for one issue;

Cannot get rid of Audio description.

Can anyone help?

The high horse brigade

JOSman wrote: »

Hi all,

Got delivery of this box and am very impressed so for but for one issue;

Cannot get rid of Audio description.

Can anyone help?

Yellow, then select the other audio track.
Also in audio auto language selection set English as your first audio language

JOSman

Hi High Horse,

When I press yellow I get

AC3 downmix on
AAC downmix on
Audio Channel stereo

1. MPEG NAR
2 MPEG English


What settings should this be?


Thanks J

The high horse brigade

JOSman wrote: »

Hi High Horse,

When I press yellow I get

AC3 downmix on
AAC downmix on
Audio Channel stereo

1. MPEG NAR
2 MPEG English


What settings should this be?


Thanks J

The second one mpeg English is the ordinary audio track. Ac3 and aac downmix should be on unless you've got a surround receiver connected that can decode them

JB81

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Don't, a factory reset is not needed and would be a stupid move at this stage. Plugging a dongle into a laptop would not cause any issues

I've an Edison box here, this is the process, I can see where you're going wrong
menu -> setup -> system -> network -> device setup -> wlan connection -> scan wireless networks
highlight your connection then press green to connect

use the following settings:
use interface - yes
use dhcp - yes
use manual dns nameserver - no
hidden network - no
network name (SSID) - yournetworkname
Encryption - WPA
Encryption key - yournetworkpassword

Green to save

Finally got the wifi working, was WPA2 needed.
Got filezilla working and copied the picon folder over on to the USB, seems to have went successfully.
Dont see the picons on screen. DO i need to activate them, or do i need to re-flash?

JOSman

Hi High Horse,

The above settings are what I have but still have Audio description?

Is there another setting I need.

Heading out now, will try again later.

Thanks for your help.

JB81

SteM wrote: »

Forgot to mention that the Movie Organisor (sic) plugin is well worth installing on this box. It scans your hard drive at a user-defined time and puts all of your shows that have multiple recordings into their own folders.

So if your kid records Postman Pat on series link it will put all of the episodes into their own folder. Very handy, stops the drive from getting clogged up with one big list of shows.

Hi there
Could you pm me link to this plugin please. Do i download it on laptop and copy it via filezilla to the harddrive on the machine?

The high horse brigade

JB81 wrote: »

Finally got the wifi working, was WPA2 needed.
Got filezilla working and copied the picon folder over on to the USB, seems to have went successfully.
Dont see the picons on screen. DO i need to activate them, or do i need to re-flash?

Picons go in /media/usb/picon on the usb key. You did extract them from the compressed zip file right? Either use FileZilla or put the extracted picon folder on the usb with your laptop, no need for FileZilla at all if you're using a usb key for picons not the internal hdd

The high horse brigade

JOSman wrote: »

Hi High Horse,

The above settings are what I have but still have Audio description?

Is there another setting I need.

Heading out now, will try again later.

Thanks for your help.

You should get normal English audio whey you select the second audio track, you have the first English narrative selected. Highlight the second and select it

JB81

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Picons go in /media/usb/picon on the usb key. You did extract them from the compressed zip file right? Either use FileZilla or put the extracted picon folder on the usb with your laptop, no need for FileZilla at all if you're using a usb key for picons not the internal hdd

yeah done exactly that through filezilla

The high horse brigade

JB81 wrote: »

yeah done exactly that through filezilla

Remove the usb and use your laptop to check you have a folder called picon with the picons in it. That's picon, not picons

sligojoek

THHB . Change of plan. I'm ordereing now. One Q do I odrder open vix or open atv?

The high horse brigade

sligojoek wrote: »

THHB . Change of plan. I'm ordereing now. One Q do I odrder open vix or open atv?

There isn't much in the difference between them, both are very stable. It really only matters of you want to set it up from scratch yourself, if you intend to use my image flashing an image wipes whatever you get anyway. Mine is based on Openatv, I prefer it as I feel they are slightly ahead of OpenVix

Gerry Wicklow

JOSman wrote: »

Hi High Horse,

The above settings are what I have but still have Audio description?

Is there another setting I need.

Heading out now, will try again later.

Thanks for your help.

MENU>SETUP>AUDIO>AUTO LANGUAGE SELECTION
Set audio language selection 1 to English
Set "prefer AC3 track" to on

JB81

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Remove the usb and use your laptop to check you have a folder called picon with the picons in it. That's picon, not picons

Done thanks, and working,

The high horse brigade

JB81 wrote: »

Done thanks, and working,

Sit back and enjoy!

sligojoek

The high horse brigade wrote: »

There isn't much in the difference between them, both are very stable. It really only matters of you want to set it up from scratch yourself, if you intend to use my image flashing an image wipes whatever you get anyway. Mine is based on Openatv, I prefer it as I feel they are slightly ahead of OpenVix

Thanks. Went for openatv. Will use your guidelines .

sligojoek

Ordered openatv. Should have it wednesday.

Jurgen Klopp

Minor Q

I want to change the rewind and fast forward speeds

I go into Recordings and Playback but when I highlight the Fast Forward Speeds for example it has 2 4 8 16 32 64 128

But no matter what button I press I can't change anything on it or the rewind speeds, am I missing something?

It's like both options are locked out

john_doe.

This is working great.

Dream Epg and Dream player are great.

Was wondering what's the best way to do a series records where shows can move time slots weekly?

Noticed there is a series plugin available but not sure what it does.

Any more useful apps like dream player or plugins worth downloading.

The high horse brigade

Jurgen Klopp wrote: »

Minor Q

I want to change the rewind and fast forward speeds

I go into Recordings and Playback but when I highlight the Fast Forward Speeds for example it has 2 4 8 16 32 64 128

But no matter what button I press I can't change anything on it or the rewind speeds, am I missing something?

It's like both options are locked out

Works for me. Press once for 2x, press again for 4x, press again for 8x etc

The high horse brigade

john_doe. wrote: »

This is working great.

Dream Epg and Dream player are great.

Was wondering what's the best way to do a series records where shows can move time slots weekly?

Noticed there is a series plugin available but not sure what it does.

Any more useful apps like dream player or plugins worth downloading.

Autotimer is the plugin for series link. It's very powerful but takes a bit of getting used to. You can adjust the time to look for shows between two times. You can also add include and exclude filters. I have one for match of the day which is set to include only on weekend days. This way you can miss repeats on other days

Dream player and dream Epg are great, enable Https in webif and forward port 443 on your router to the local IP of the box and you'll be able to access the box from anywhere once you know your public IP. You'll need a dynamic DNS service if you're have a dynamically changing one like I have. I pay for and use https://www.dynu.com/en-US

john_doe.

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Autotimer is the plugin for series link. It's very powerful but takes a bit of getting used to. You can add include and exclude filters. I have one for match of the day which is set to include only on weekend days.

Dream player and dream Epg are great, enable Https in webif and forward port 443 on your router to the local IP of the box and you'll be able to access the box from anywhere once you know your public IP. You'll need a dynamic DNS service if you're have a dynamically changing one like I have. I pay for and use https://www.dynu.com/en-US

Thanks ya , I must set up a VPN to network as I have some security cameras as well so might expose that.


The recording is a bit tricky , woke up this morning and it's recording something. Not sure what or how to stop it at moment. Nothing in timers so can't see why it started or how to stop it

The high horse brigade

john_doe. wrote: »

Thanks ya , I must set up a VPN to network as I have some security cameras as well so might expose that.


The recording is a bit tricky , woke up this morning and it's recording something. Not sure what or how to stop it at moment. Nothing in timers so can't see why it started or how to stop it

See is there an autotimer set?

DopeTech

john_doe. wrote: »

Thanks ya , I must set up a VPN to network as I have some security cameras as well so might expose that.


The recording is a bit tricky , woke up this morning and it's recording something. Not sure what or how to stop it at moment. Nothing in timers so can't see why it started or how to stop it

Press record, choose stop recording.it will then either stop recording the current channel or give you a list of what is recording and ask what you want to stop.

Easiest way to find out what is recording would be to press the folder/recordings button. It will show up there too.

john_doe.

Sir Dosser wrote: »

Press record, choose stop recording.it will then either stop recording the current channel or give you a list of what is recording and ask what you want to stop.

Easiest way to find out what is recording would be to press the folder/recordings button. It will show up there too.

Not sure what was going on . Rebooted.
Love the PIP Function - great for switching channels during adds

Gerry Wicklow

john_doe. wrote: »

....
Was wondering what's the best way to do a series records where shows can move time slots weekly?

Noticed there is a series plugin available but not sure what it does. .....

Autotimer may already be installed but not visible in the menus. When you have the EPG open and a show selected, press and hold the green timer button for a few seconds. If installed, this will bring up the autotimer dialogue. The default settings usually suit most jobs so just hit OK, but as THHB mentioned, it is very comprehensive and flexible if you want to get creative.

sligojoek

Hope to have everything wednesday. Just two questions.

I'm not getting the HDD from WOS so do I need to format it first, or will the flashing from THHB's image do that

Also

A USB stick formatted to FAT32. (Preferably genuine Kingston and no larger than 8GB in size to prevent compatibility issues while flashing the image).

I just have a 16 and a 64 GB cards. Should I get an 8GB or chance the 16?

greasepalm

I keep a dedicated usb kingston 8gb for usb flashing when needed.

The high horse brigade

sligojoek wrote: »

Hope to have everything wednesday. Just two questions.

I'm not getting the HDD from WOS so do I need to format it first, or will the flashing from THHB's image do that

Also



I just have a 16 and a 64 GB cards. Should I get an 8GB or chance the 16?

You'll need to initialise the hdd to make it usable, it doesn't matter which image you use to initialise it. Once done it will be available to the os.

Menu -> setup -> system -> storage devices -> initialisation

sligojoek

I found a 4GB Integral mem stick. Will that do the job?

THHB, I downloaded and unzipped your image backup. Do I load the "Triviaraplus" folder and contents onto the root of the formatted stick or just the contents without the folder?

Sorry to be annoying you but this is all new to me.

Cheers.
Joe.

The high horse brigade

sligojoek wrote: »

I found a 4GB Integral mem stick. Will that do the job?

THHB, I downloaded and unzipped your image backup. Do I load the "Triviaraplus" folder and contents onto the root of the formatted stick or just the contents without the folder?

Sorry to be annoying you but this is all new to me.

Cheers.
Joe.

Follow the guide
http://www.openvix.co.uk/openvix-builds/Guides%20and%20Tutorials/Flashing%20Guides/Tiviar%20USB%20Flashing%20Guides/How%20to%20flash%20a%20Tiviar%20Alpha+.pdf

STB.

john_doe. wrote: »

Thanks ya , I must set up a VPN to network as I have some security cameras as well so might expose that.


The recording is a bit tricky , woke up this morning and it's recording something. Not sure what or how to stop it at moment. Nothing in timers so can't see why it started or how to stop it

Expose it to what ? Wouldnt the http be on port 80 anyway and the media content on another? By the way there is a CCTV viewer app in the extensions called camofs.

sligojoek

Hi THHB. I got the box today and flashed it with your backup. I changed the Saorview settings to Truskmore and did a scan. I'm getting the saorview channels no problem but there's nothing coming in on satellite. I plugged the cables back into an older box and it's pulling in satellite fine so it's not a dish issue. Any help appreciated. Ta.

I have to say the pic and sound is way better than what I was getting on my TV's tuner. I've been busy all day and am only sitting down properly to have a good look at it.

The high horse brigade

sligojoek wrote: »

Hi THHB. I got the box today and flashed it with your backup. I changed the Saorview settings to Truskmore and did a scan. I'm getting the saorview channels no problem but there's nothing coming in on satellite. I plugged the cables back into an older box and it's pulling in satellite fine so it's not a dish issue. Any help appreciated. Ta.

I have to say the pic and sound is way better than what I was getting on my TV's tuner. I've been busy all day and am only sitting down properly to have a good look at it.

Use signal finder to make sure you have a signal, dpad right to change transponders check a few of them have a decent signal

sligojoek

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Use signal finder to make sure you have a signal, dpad right to change transponders check a few of them have a decent signal

0% on all of them. SNR AGC and BER. Lock is unticked