Posts by satsok

  • Spark TV Wall icons, how to

    Τhe spark for Alien receivers is not used by many, although unfortunately is the only firmware that work properly.
    All e2 images, without exception, have been struggling with their problems and flirt anytime with crashing, something I hate and therefore there is no e2 for me.
    Neglected are also the tv wall icons for Spark, despite it is one of the best features of this image.


    I will therefore insist on spark and describe the way by which someone can make his own icons, for his own pleasure as i understand.


    Step One:
    FIND on the web all the channel logos, procces them in photoshop and save them as png24 204x126 with a transparent background.
    This procedure may lasts several weeks.(Could be much sorter if many people were working on this, each for a provider only!)


    Step Two:
    CREATE in photoshop (cs5 and above) an action which loads all png one by one, adds the background of your choice and save the icon as jpg named by the name of the relevant png.
    Then RUN this action in batch automate in photoshop, for 3000 icons it takes about 20-30 minutes to complete, in the end you have a folder with all icons in JPG format and background.
    Copy all icons in another forder too which you will use later(in step 4) to load the icons on Spark editor.


    Step Three:
    LOAD the settings of the receiver in the most useless editor that has ever come out for satellite receiver, the spark editor 1.7, which paradoxically makes only a good thing, changes automatically icons
    names with the names by which the receiver tv wall recognizes them.


    Step four:
    LOAD icon in spark editor and choose the folder from step 2, after a few seconds editor will find the names and changes them automatically to the names that Spark understand.


    Step five:
    Manual corrections, adjustments needed in rare cases when mistakes happened.


    Of course you MUST KEEP SAFE the icons which you got from photoshop, they will serve for the manual adjustments needed after the fourth step.
    Original pngs are kept forever, new channels are added from time to time and some changes are corected,


    these PNGs are the basic and most useful elements of the process.


    Finally, you can find some of my icons here:
    http://linuxsat-support.com/showthread.php?t=100259

  • DM500 Unknown clone

    Hi


    got problems with a DN500HD, it belongs to a friend and it is the first ever box of it`s kind that i had in my hands.


    the only thing i can see is the error message Code 0x1800f which i get, so i pressume this is a clone allthough i thought it was a genuine box as my friend was probably ripped off and payed the same price and more that the genuine price.


    now apart from this i cannot find which sim version is and nothing about the CCcam version or anything else.


    So, i dont know how and with what image to flash it, what can i do now?


    any help will be much appreciated


    thank you.

  • About the waveform in blind scan...

    I have a question that has to do with the blind scan of both receivers, SHD8900 and the alien2.
    on blind scan at the 4 first stages when the receiver searches for all available transponders, there is an orange border rectangle which shows a waveform that shows where frequency peaks.
    this is only showed on the alien2 while in SHD8900 does not show anything.(The rectangle exists but it is empty)


    The receiver is working properly and finds all transponders, but I wonder if this is normal or there is a possible problem with the receiver.
    People who have the SHD8900 can you please check it out and tell me what you see?


    Thank you

  • Oscam will not work

    Quote from keytreb

    In my image, nebula e2 from the pkteam there is no /tuxbox/


    I think you talk about the spark image


    if there are not /tuxbox/config directories just create them.
    the problem is that some oscam builds are looking for the config files in var/keys and some others in var/tuxbox/config, to be sure just copy the same files to both directories.


    but my advice is, don`t waste your time with any e2 image, THIS RECEIVER WILL NEVER WORK WELL WITH E2, simply because only kids are playing around trying to produce e2 images, so stick with the solid Spark.

  • OpenPli OE2.0 211 voor Alien 2 en SAB TRIPLE

    yes IT IS WORKING


    the remote control works if you are lucky, in reality to change anything with remote is worse than a nightmare!!!!


    hey guys, what is happening with these last images? are you kidding us? are you playing with our nervus?


    eSpecially this image and the last HDMU


    none of these images work, they do not make even the basic operations, no responce from remote, not able to set any satellite configuration in the last HDMU which has this very very very very very very silly option to auto detect satellites on diseq position 3 & 4 which NEVER WORKED FOR ME, on the other hand you dont give us the option to set the satellites manually.
    (i know this is not about HDMU, but that thread is been closed to responces)


    these images are nothing more than crap, a big hoax


    STOP PLAYING WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN NOT DO.


    IDIOTS.(and i am reffering to the supposedly developers)

  • Amiko Alien 2 Triple Enigma2 USB flashing

    Quote from sparksy01

    Are you running the .51.E2 version of Spark??


    Also, Spark has decent plugins which means that you point it to the files on your pen-drive and it does the work so you don't need to click about with the buttons on the front of the STB, then after the upgrade go to 'System / Setup' and 'Default Settings' it has the option to 'boot into E2'...very helpful.


    system/setup and default settings etc.. can you please tell me where are all of those???? cause i cannot find nothing like this on the menu...

  • Amiko Alien 2 Triple Enigma2 USB flashing

    all i know is that with both alien1&2 i used a few usb sticks, none was a kingston and all of them worked fine.
    so, the need of a kingston stick is a stupid myth.


    the only thing that gave me trouble on my first tries was the incorrect instructions, an important step was missing from these instructions, i cant remember now which one..

  • HDMU Team E2 Image For Amiko Alien 2 (Discussion)

    thanks cube for confirming the issue.


    a temporary solution could be a script that will reset the tuner when ECM is missing, or something similar to this.... i hope they will fix it too because spark is rock stable but e2 is much more flexible.


    anyway i stop testing more e2 until we have a confirm that this tuner-server issue is fixed.

  • Nothing but problems with this terrible box!

    i had none of these issues either with 8900 or alien2 (i have both)


    some issues with all e2 images yes, but with spark they perform just perfect.


    only one thing though, with alien2 the remote control was not responding well from the left side of the receiver, it was ok from the other side.
    so i suspected a hardware misplace, and indeed when i removed the front panel i found the ir sensor to be soldered 3 mm off the right position, i fixed it and after it the box worked fine...

  • Spark&e2 icons for Astra19&28e+HB13E+Hellasat39E bY_DrS

    it is what is says, jpeg icons for spark based receivers.


    I spend many hours of work to make them, manually finding the channel icons in google one by one,


    But i started making them because i noticed a lack of spark icons in the web and i did it for everybody, so i ll upload the lossless png24 files is well, they have no background and they cannοt be used as they are for e2, but they are required for anybody who wants to build his icon pack either for spark or for enigma2 box.


    i hope these will help others to build many different nice packs of spark and e2 picons.