Posts by Fano

  • Champions HD Judder Fixed OpenAR-P Based Image [Updated]

    Quote from orientville

    Have to agree with you worse box i ever bought.On the enigma 2 side of things its crap,cant install tsmedia plus loads of other plugins.Never again.


    Its a good box when configured correctly ,I have one running as my main receiver for the last 6 months and I cant fault it.
    I've previously had a Dm800,Dm500HD,500s,600s,Tm500, Openbox S11, Ferguson F150 amongst many other receivers and the Alien 2 is better than all of them.


    The receivers arent as easy to setup as other Enigma 2 receivers as alot of the plugins have to be extracted from the ipk files and manually ftp'ed in .


    I might upload a backup of my Hyperion 3 image when I get a chance .

  • Amiko Alien 8900 vs Vu+ Solo2

    Quote from huester

    I had an Alien 2 but it was fairly useless with enigma. As nano says very buggy and prone to crashing. Few good images to choose from and there doesn't seem to be much interest in developing more. Bought a Solo2 and the difference is immense. Much more user friendly great epg speed of response. The list is endless. Forget the Amiko. Worst box I ever bought


    The Alien 2 really seems to diversify opinion.
    I have one and I'm very happy with it,Triple tuner for 150 euro.
    Hyperion 3,the most popular image,is very stable now ,it runs very smoothly and is slick,I rarely get a green screen or lock up,its just as stable as my Dm800 but faster.


    These receivers need a bit of time to configure and some plugins need to be installed manually but when set up properly the performance of the receiver is very good.

  • sound level on PKT Hyperion image

    Quote from huester

    anyone else having problems with the volume on this image. it is very low on many channels, and even when I increase TV volume it seems to have an upper limit which is not very high


    Yes,the audio levels on channels with ac3 audio are very low.
    The movie channels are the worst
    This issue isnt confined to PKT though ,its the same on HDMU .
    I try to use the mpeg audio stream where possible ,but that doesnt work well on the movie channels as the mpeg audio is usually for visually disabled .


    PKT has channel control via the blue panel where you can specify the audio level on each channel individually,I think you can boost it by 30%.
    You can also try the audio auto adjustment but that isnt great .


    To be honest the audio levels inconsistency is the biggest flaw with the receiver as apart from that its really excellent.

  • Oscam will not work

    Quote from championc

    So you obviously do not own one of these yourself satsok, or else maybe you couldn't manage to load E2 onto it yourself but then you slag off others. Spark is garbage when compared to Enigma2 Images, two of which, Hyperion and AR-P are both very good and stable.


    To be fair to Satsok his comments are almost a year old and E2 on the Alien 2 was poor and buggy at that stage .
    It is very stable now though ,Hyperion 3 is excellent.

  • Amiko Alien2 no Enigma2


    Its far easier to flash the Enigma 2 image on using the Enigma 2 upgrade/backup plugin in Spark.


    No messing around with finicky usb drives and no need to downgrade Spark ,its far easier.

  • hyperion v2 Scrolling screen

    I used to get that the odd time when using the scart connection on the box with either Hyperion or HDMU.
    Its a bug i think,I would just turn it off and on again and it would be fine.

  • Won't load

    I found the best way to load a backup was using the plugin in Spark and making sure the image file was in the root of the usb drive.
    I found that it would often stick at "Boot" if not flashed from the root .

  • HD picture quality on Alien 2

    Well I must take back what I said about the poor picture quality .
    Imanaged to improve the picture dramatically by simply changing the color balance on the tv,a Panasonic St50.
    I changed it from Warm to Normal and that brightened up the picture alot and made the colours more vibrant and natural unlike the dull picture before.
    Enigma 2 seems to output a very low colour balance ,whites look cream, its much darker than Spark .


    The only drawback with the low colour balance is that I cant really use the Tv's optimum setting True Cinema mode as that has a fixed Warm balance.
    It looks like you are watching the tv through tinted glasses.


    I can however use Cinema mode and that is very good too .
    Picture looks very good now, probably better than the Dm800 I previously used so very happy.

  • HD picture quality on Alien 2

    Quote from musogeek

    Once I sorted out the juddering on my NBOX receiver (mentioning it because it is an SH4) then to be honest I didn't notice too much difference between that and the quality I get from my other two receivers which are proper mips ones. As I mentioned before, the issue most get on these type of receivers on HD channels is juddering, which can either be fixed (albeit a dirty fix as it presents other picture issue) by setting your receiver to 1080p 25hz, or by flashing with judder fix image or possibly replacing a couple of system files. It is a an idea if there is any tweaks you can do in order to improve things, either on your TV set, or if you look at the video options to see if you can mess with some advanced video settings, I know you have probably tried this, but I myself have spent hours before I was happy with the picture results. From what I read most people get better picture results with spark than they do with E2 images on this receiver.


    Thanks Musogeek.
    I am running Hyperion on my Triplex with recent updates so it has the judder fix ,and I am running it in 1080i @50hz .


    If I'm honest I didnt see much if any difference between Spark and Enigma 2


    I've tried varying the contrast,brightness,colour and sharpness on the tv as well as the gamma levels.
    It seems to be a low contrast issue on the receiver .If I had an LCD or LED set that wouldnt be an issue but as I have a plasma its not as bright.

  • HD picture quality on Alien 2

    Quote from pheonix

    Im just pointing out that no one actually broadcasts in this format in case the OP did not know. There is no need for you to turn it onto another witch hunt.


    Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2


    1080i or 1080p the picture is the same ,its lifeless in HD .


    I do realise that nobody broadcasts in 1080p ,1080i is the best I can hope for and even at that the quality varies greatly due to bitrate.
    I have the Dm800 and Triplex set up on the same set now and I am going to see how I can get the picture to match .One is dead the other ,vibrant.

  • HD picture quality on Alien 2

    Quote from nano

    I never noticed that much difference between my Gigablue and my Amiko Alien 2 in the 2 weeks i had the Alien2 before it packed up. In certain aspects it was better than my Gigablue, in others it was worse, although all round it wasn't a patch on the Gigablue.


    To be honest i found the Alien 2 a disappointing box all round, at first glance it appears a better made box than the Gigablue, but the fact that both of my Gigablues are getting on for well over 2 years old now speaks volumes when both my Alien SHD-8900 and Alien 2 both packed up within weeks of each other. The fact that there are so many second hand Alien boxes floating around also speaks volumes to how good they are, or should i say how bad they are.


    Nano


    Thanks for replying Nano.
    You had the Alien 2 when enigma 2 on it was in a very early stage and it was unstable and buggy.
    It has improved alot and it pretty decent now .


    The 2 main issues I have with the Alien 2/Triplex now are the HD picture quality which looks washed out and the uneven audio levels on different channels.
    There is an audio adjustment level plugin but that only partly resolves the issue,some channels are too quiet and others too loud.
    I have to turn the volume up very high on my tv on some channels whereas on the Dm800 ,I only need to have it at ~35% volume and its very loud.


    In what way did you find the Gigablue receivers better Nano ,I am half thinking of getting a Quad or one of the new UE plus models ,they look like a cheaper alternative to the Vu+ receivers.
    How do you find the software on them ?
    Many thanks

  • HD picture quality on Alien 2

    What do people think of the HD picture quality on the Alien 2/Triplex receivers ?
    I had been led to believe that SH4 receivers had better picture quality than Mips based receivers but I prefer the picture on the Dm800 .
    On my Triplex it outputs a very dull and lifeless picture on my high end plasma.Whites looks cream and the picture doesnt look HD .


    If I flick between a HD and an Sd version of the same channel on the Triplex the difference in quality isnt as noticeable as on my Dm800 .
    On the Dm800 you can see the pores on a persons face ,the detail is excellent but on the Triplex it looks smoother and less detailed.
    Spark picture quality isnt much better than E2 .
    I have to turn the contrast up very high on my high end plasma to get the picture bright enough and even at that HD is still poor ,skin colours look off,and the picture is lacking detail seen on my other HD receivers.
    I have tried alot of setting changes but the picture just isnt good enough.


    I have it on the correct HD settings ,1080p and have tried a number of hdmi cables to rule that out .
    Its outputting a hd picture to the set but its just a disappointing picture .
    What do other owners think of the picture quality ?

  • Tutorial - Ubuntu Server x32/x64 - Automated Oscam only Install Package

    Quote from thatfellow

    To be honest m8 I would prefer to have them both rebooting and starting fresh daily.
    On my own setup I have the daily reboot & I find oscam far more stable when all temp files are purged daily with a reboot.
    You can remove the reboot line from crontab as suggested by bren & all will be fine with the check script so Its completely up to you m8..


    Thanks thatfellow ,I will stick with the daily reboot so.

  • Tutorial - Ubuntu Server 11.10, 12.xx, 13.04 x32/x64 - Auto Oscam/CCcam 2.1.3 Install

    Quote from thatfellow

    This is a strange one m8 & I can't reproduce the error.
    The only thing that I can think of is that your peer might have an oscam only setup and has accidental set Cache-EX-Mode: to 1,2 or 3 instead of 0 for your reader..
    The channel in question is "BT Sport 1", just out of curiosity have you got that channel on your local?


    Thanks thatfellow
    Yes I have BT Sports on my local and it is working fine .
    Looking at my CCcam logs the cache failure is for BT Sport 1 and BT Sports HD1 ,its weird .
    Its only one peer that gives the error,I have checked it here on my two receivers and it clears fine.
    It must be something on his end.


    Quote

    The oscam bin is compressed to 400k, this does not affect oscam.


    Cool ,keep up the good work m8.

  • Tutorial - Ubuntu Server 11.10, 12.xx, 13.04 x32/x64 - Auto Oscam/CCcam 2.1.3 Install

    Quote from robber1

    loaded ubuntu x64 all worked fine but cccam crashes every 1 to 2 hours anyone else having this problem ?


    CCcam was crashing alot for me too yesterday on x32.
    It had been fine for most of the week and the CCcam checkscript is working correctly as its restarting when it crashes .I have CCcam.x86 ,have not needed to change reference to cccam_2.1.3.
    I am using the files Updated 2013-09-02 and I made the changes in post #192.


    I examined my CCcam logs and I am getting some weird cache failure errors that are crashing CCcam.


    14:34:36.306 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.372 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.372 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.372 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.438 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.438 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.438 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.505 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.505 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.505 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.573 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.573 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.573 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.641 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.641 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.641 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.708 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.708 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.708 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.773 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.773 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.773 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.850 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.850 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.850 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)
    14:34:36.920 CCcam: newcamd ecm -> 127.0.0.1:11000
    14:34:36.920 CCcam: newcamd ecm <- 127.0.0.1:11000 failure from cache (took 0.0000 seconds)
    14:34:36.920 CCcam: client xxx ecm request for handler 0x64 0x963(0x0) sid 0xc4bd ok: 0 (took 0.0002 seconds)


    This only seems to be coming from one peer and it is crashing CCcam,could be an issue at his end I guess.
    Any ideas ??


    Also why is the Oscam bin only 400k in the autoinstall scripts yet it was 900k in the older scripts ?