[ET9x00] New ViX Team ET 9x00 OE3.0 Release Discussion

[Maxwell]

Brand New VIX Image ET 9x00

15/08/2012 - OpenViX 3.0.204

From VIX Team
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GCC Version: 4.4.4
ET Kernel Version: 3.4.3
ET Drivers: 14-07-2012
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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 before flashing.

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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
from channel list, EPG or current channel.
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

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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

 

[levi45]

Thx for new image is this OE 2 or OE1.6 image

 

[Larry-G]

Thx for new image is this OE 2 or OE1.6 image

neither. only DMM and images derived from the original DMM images are 1.6/2.0 our image is based on pli who forked away from DMM many years. our image is a combination of pli and the OE alliance of which we are a founding member.

 

[OldSkulRide]

no this has nothing to do with OE 2.0 or OE1.6, this is dreambox thing.

 

[afc007]

Does this image support the HD Glass skin ?? I'm only asking as i have already loaded one of the OE Alliance partners image Open AAF and although the skin loads one particular bug still remains on subsequent nightly releasess the plugins that are already installed do not show up on the relevant plugin page, and to be honest as the Vix image is directed towards the more English speaking users, I would rather use this image. But again rather than just install and have to sort out settings etc is HD Glass at this time 100% compat as a working skin or should i wait

 

[Larry-G]

The HD GLASS skins have never been fully compatible with the ViX images, this is something the skins author needs to address. personally i no longer use it due to it hacking many system files and being nigh impossible to fully remove.

 

[afc007]

thanks for the info its something i suspected to be honest, I guess the only way is to dload the new image and try rather than 10 pages of does it do this does it do that :lol:
one question are all available pluggins on the system menu in other words without breaking any forum rules are additional pluggins available from 3rd party links as like the old images

thanks no more questions

 

[Stanman]

All know working plugins are in the feeds We DO NOT have any cams or other such things in our feed.

 

[LFN]

"You can not use backup restore or online update from 2.4 with this image"
But you can backup channel lists/boquets and so on as usual??

 

[judge]

Yes, back up channel lists/boquets and so on to your PC & restore from there, rather than a settings back up on the box.

 

[Larry-G]

"You can not use backup restore or online update from 2.4 with this image"
But you can backup channel lists/boquets and so on as usual??

yes, you can still backup bouquets and timers/ autotimer.xml files etc.

 

[Rob van der Does]

"You can not use backup restore or online update from 2.4 with this image"
But you can backup channel lists/boquets and so on as usual??

Yes.
And you can even re-use (parts of) your settingsfile, as long as you know what you're doing (but don't ask for help if this goes wrong; just reflash in that case).

 

[river-rat]

any one posting images of what the new menus etc look like?

 

[Larry-G]

any one posting images of what the new menus etc look like?

The ViX skins are pretty much the same as those in ViX 2.4 with exception to the graphical EPG and a few other changes here and there. The vast amount of changes are to the ViX core it self as it's been pretty much rebuilt from the ground up inline with the OE-ALLIANCE project making for a vastly more stable image in my opinion.

 

[river-rat]

cheers mate. ill wait to get out any bugs , as loving 2.4 at mo

 

[Larry-G]

cheers mate. ill wait to get out any bugs , as loving 2.4 at mo

I'd never go as far as saying that any image is bug free and i'm not having a go at you but this image has been in development for several months already and undergone many thousands of man hours testing. you just have to look at the image version ie 3.0-204 ( 204 meaning this is the 204th build of the ViX 3.0 image ). it's not as if we just woke up and decided "hey lets build a image name it 3.0 and release it this Friday".

 

[Rob van der Does]

cheers mate. ill wait to get out any bugs , as loving 2.4 at mo

Long wait than. As you can see on the forum: several days after release no serious problems have been reported.

And yes, of course there are bug. No software is without any. But there are no bug hampering daily use.

 

[beson]

Hi m8:s and thanks for the VIX 3.0 release.
I have a question though. Which version of oscam shall I use for the 3.0 image.
I have tried a couple of versions now, like 6908 and 1.10 stable version.
Which OE version of oscam to use with VIX 3.0?
The problem is, when starting from deep standby, I have to go into softcam manager everytime and manually start oscam.
On 2.4 I was using 6908 with no problems.

beson

 

[Stanman]

If your happy with 6908 than stick with it. You can try the others and still ho back to 6908, just drop the oscam file into USE/softcams and give 755 rights