New ViX Team VU+ Duo OE3.0 Discussion

[Maxwell]

Brand New VIX Image Vu+ DUO

15/08/2012 - OpenViX 3.0.204

From VIX Team

GCC Version: 4.4.4
Vu + Kernel Version: 3.1.1
Vu+ Drivers: 28-06-2012

All Users - A full flash is required
You can not use backup restore or online update from 2.4 with this image
In this image the core has been extensively rewritten by Andy in conjunction with the OE Alliance.
You are advised to take a full image backup of your previous image before flashing.

Features

VIX EPG
Graphics and Text mode available.
Video Playback
All EPG screens now available while watching a recording, for easy switching back to Live TV or setting timers.
Channel Selection
Support added to change font sizes and number of rows.
Support added to have a 3rd event showing (Skin Dependent)
Support added to display start time and end time for all events shown.
EPG Selection
Added help screen to all epg selection screens.
Added support to change font sizes and number of rows.
Language Selection
Added English (UK) to available languages.
Translations
Added support for English (UK).
Sorting
You may now sort Menus, Settings and Plugin Browser alphabetically.
Network Browser
Uses less memory during Scan.
Moved to new Setup Mounts screen.
Openwebif
New style webif now accessed using default port 80
Old style webif still available if required for use with certain PC signal meters and Fancontrol 2
About Screen
Added network info.
Plugins
As part of streamlining the image, removed NFS, AFP, Samba, OpenVPN, Inadyn, MiniDLNA & uShare from default image (can now be installed/de-installed through Network setup screen)
On Screen Hints
Now available as options are selected.
Instant Record
Instant record & Zap added to all EPG screens including EPG search. (short & long press record button)
Enhanced Movie List Features
It is now optional to play next movie, when the a movie reaches end, setup in menu of movie selection screen.
Latest Drivers (28/6/2012).
Loads of under the hood changes made for a smoother user experience.


Button Mappings

Short Red** & *** - Show current channel EPG info (ViX Single EPG).
Long Red ** & *** - Sort single EPG info when in channel list.
Short Green** & *** - Timers.
Long Green*** - AutoTimer Timers.
Short Yellow*** - EPG Search.
Long Yellow*** - Instant IMDB Database search on the current programme.
Short Blue - Extensions.
Long Blue*** - Plugins Menu.
EPG - Opens ViX EPG.
Left/Right** - Opens ViX QuickEPG.
Left/Right** - Opens ViX QuickEPG.
Up/Down** - Open Full Screen Channel List.
TV Button** - Open Full Screen Channel List.
Long TV Button - Open Bouquets List.
** Can be changed in ViX Menu
*** Can be turned off in ViX Menu

Special Thanks

• rytec - for his continued support.
• zoka.cc for his Picon sets
• All developers for their plugins used in the feeds of this image.
• All of the ViX Beta team for their hours of testing and dedication on getting this image working.
• Rob van der Does, belierzz, rimas, Henkka, raivo, eesatfan, Zartmy, Trial & june8 for their translation work
• Huevos for his work on blindscan
• Gennart1 for dvb-as102 support
• Markus625 for skin ViXBMC

Note: Not all 3rd party plugins have been tested or are guaranteed to be compatable.

Requests
If anyone is interested in doing any translation work for the plugins and the image itself, please contact either Andy or Sicilian

Downloads
Stable release HERE

Download site for Latest Open Vix Builds HERE (Beta's)

[Sicilian]

Please report all feedback here, enjoy

[bally12345]

Nice work, all up and running without any issues so far, noticed that picon width in epg cant be resized to 100 so got white edges on either side.

[Yido]

Was this released today?

Going to try it now

Cheers

[Larry-G]

Was this released today?

Going to try it now

Cheers

Yes today we released the ViX 3.0 series images.

[Yido]

Got it loaded Thank You for all your hard work in putting this together, VIX team images are the best.

EPG looks great

[bally12345]

I prefer the epg using non graphic look with the plain flat colours compared to the 3d style bar. Just doesnt quite look right imo

[Sicilian]

I prefer the epg using non graphic look with the plain flat colours compared to the 3d style bar. Just doesnt quite look right imo

Lucky Andyblac caters for all tastes, press EPG > Menu > Set view mode to Text

[guffer]

I have a problem i cant connect to ftp the ftp i running in netwok settings i get this error. FTP1: < 500 OOPS: cannot locate user entry:vsftpd

[judge]

I have a problem i cant connect to ftp the ftp i running in netwok settings i get this error. FTP1: < 500 OOPS: cannot locate user entry:vsftpd

I've never seen this error.
Did you do a settings restore from a previous image?

[guffer]

yes i did can that be the problem

[Sicilian]

yes i did can that be the problem

What does it say in the 1st post of this thread?

[guffer]

ok my bad i will try again without restore. can i use the channellist i have from dreamboxedit so that i dont have to do a channel search

[judge]

yes i did can that be the problem

Sorry to laugh. but:

All Users - A full flash is required
You can not use backup restore or online update from 2.4 with this image

Just do a reflash & you'll be fine.

[judge]

ok my bad i will try again without restore. can i use the channellist i have from dreamboxedit so that i dont have to do a channel search

Yeah, that will work fine.