ET9000 ViX 2.3 image queries

[Rob van der Does]

4) How do I use permanent time-shift ? I have enabled it but still can't seem to be able to use it.

Once PTS is enabled you can always rewind (max. to the moment you tuned to the channel). Just press rewind and all normal playback options are available. There's no need to press "Pause" first.

5) How do I get rid of some of the info on the info bar like signal strength, satellite/transponder info etc?

In the skin Magic-HD I reduced the info in the InfoBar to the minimum: only items needed for normal TV-watching are there. The SecondInfoBar (if enabled) gives you all additional info (see screenies).

[kunmun23]

PTS no-go ...had the same issue on ViX2.2 and could never solve it....can you pls share a screen grab of the timeshift menu so that i can ensure I have the settings right?

Magic-HD info bar is very beautiful...but I don't like the other menus...too much of unused space and don't like the small playback window during OSD...wish i could get the best of both worlds... an uncluttered elegant infobar in the ViX night HD skin

Once PTS is enabled you can always rewind (max. to the moment you tuned to the channel). Just press rewind and all normal playback options are available. There's no need to press "Pause" first.


In the skin Magic-HD I reduced the info in the InfoBar to the minimum: only items needed for normal TV-watching are there. The SecondInfoBar (if enabled) gives you all additional info (see screenies).

[Rob van der Does]

Magic-HD info bar is very beautiful...but I don't like the other menus...too much of unused space and don't like the small playback window during OSD...wish i could get the best of both worlds... an uncluttered elegant infobar in the ViX night HD skin

That's why we have Magic-HD Light.

[kunmun23]

Tried that ....and am sticking with ViX Night ...everything about it is great ...large readable fonts, no minimization of the tv screen while in OSD mode..."Now", "Next" in the listings...BUT for the infobar which as I mentioned earlier is a bit too cluttered.

[kunmun23]

Here are my settings for Timeshift. No rewind happens when i press the << button. It goes on pause, then when I unpause, it seems to enable time shift...please help..this is one feature i would definitely like to use on my ET9000
Timeshift Settings.PNG

[Rob van der Does]

Tried that ....and am sticking with ViX Night ...everything about it is great ...large readable fonts, no minimization of the tv screen while in OSD mode..."Now", "Next" in the listings...BUT for the infobar which as I mentioned earlier is a bit too cluttered.

Very easy to solve that: make a skin_user file and place the desired infobar screen in there.
I can help if you want to.

[Rob van der Does]

Here are my settings for Timeshift. No rewind happens when i press the << button. It goes on pause, then when I unpause, it seems to enable time shift...please help..this is one feature i would definitely like to use on my ET9000

Hmmmm, settings are fine, should work just fine.

[kunmun23]

Would love to try go under the bonnet....am tech savvy but not familiar with enigma2...would really appreciate a bit of hand-holding...

I'm presuming it would some xml that I would need to modify and replace to knock off the stuff that I don't want on the info bar. Or is there a way to use Magic-HD Light infobar with ViX Night image ? That would be cool !!

Very easy to solve that: make a skin_user file and place the desired infobar screen in there.
I can help if you want to.

[kunmun23]

Hmmmm, settings are fine, should work just fine.

Could it be related to hard drive ? skin ? Because I could never get it to work...

[Sicilian]

Could it be related to hard drive ? skin ? Because I could never get it to work...

Are you able to record ok? If so no. Maybe do a fresh re-flash.

[Rob van der Does]

Very easy to solve that: make a skin_user file and place the desired infobar screen in there.
I can help if you want to.

Would love to try go under the bonnet....am tech savvy but not familiar with enigma2...would really appreciate a bit of hand-holding...

I'm presuming it would some xml that I would need to modify and replace to knock off the stuff that I don't want on the info bar. Or is there a way to use Magic-HD Light infobar with ViX Night image ? That would be cool !!

Yes, that indeed is very well possible. I will help you tomorrow (and PM me if I forgot that by the end of the day).

[Rob van der Does]

Would love to try go under the bonnet....am tech savvy but not familiar with enigma2...would really appreciate a bit of hand-holding...
I'm presuming it would some xml that I would need to modify and replace to knock off the stuff that I don't want on the info bar. Or is there a way to use Magic-HD Light infobar with ViX Night image ? That would be cool !!

Yes, that indeed is very well possible. I will help you tomorrow (and PM me if I forgot that by the end of the day).

Ok. here you go:
1- Install Magic-HD. You don't have to use it, just download it from the feeds;
2- Unzip the attached file user_skin.xml and FTP it to "etc/enigma2"; then restart the GUI

That's all! If you want; you could add others screens to the user_skin.xml. Just copy the desired ones form another skin (and make sure you have downloaded that skin as well).
In this file I also added the SecondInfoBar, as they are more or less two of a pair. To use it, you must enable SecondInfoBar in the user settings.

Good luck, and let me know if you need any other help.

[kunmun23]

Wow..that was simple....it seems to work fine except when I press the << button to browse EPG i.e. current events on other channels..that's when the old infobar starts showing up.

Btw, looking at the xml, I see that each component/item on the infobar is defined as a widget .... does that mean there is a skin_user.xml for the ViX Night image ? If that's the case, I can edit that xml and remove the widgets I don't want.

[kunmun23]

Am able to record fine...even timeshifting seems to work after I pause it once...
Have done a recent reflash so am pretty sure its not that..also I had the same behavior on ViX2.2 (See THIS thread)

Am I pressing the right button "<<" or do I need to press any other button to rewind back in PTS ?

Are you able to record ok? If so no. Maybe do a fresh re-flash.

[Rob van der Does]

Wow..that was simple....it seems to work fine except when I press the << button to browse EPG i.e. current events on other channels..that's when the old infobar starts showing up.

OK, added Quick-EPG to the User skin as well (attached). It's always the same: once you start modding a skin there's no end to it

Btw, looking at the xml, I see that each component/item on the infobar is defined as a widget .... does that mean there is a skin_user.xml for the ViX Night image ? If that's the case, I can edit that xml and remove the widgets I don't want.

Nope, there's a skin (in this case look at the skin file in "/usr/share/enigma2/ViX_Night_HD").
Changing items there is possible, but on every update your changes will be removed again. That's the reason to use the skin-User.xml: the skin_user.xml overrides the items from the skin.
So a better way is: copy the screen you like from any skin, and add them to the skin_user.xml (as we are doing right now). That will never be changed by the system, and even be backed up by a settings backup.