[GiGaBlue QUAD] New Gigablue Quad ViX OE3.0 Release

[Maxwell]

Brand New VIX Image HD QUAD

28/10/2012 - OpenViX 3.0.390

From VIX Team
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GB Kernel Version: 2.6.37
GB Drivers: 19-10-2012
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Vix Team is proud to present
an all new full featured Vix image for the
GigaBlue HD QUAD


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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 (19/10/2012).
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.
• Ocram 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 compatible.

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

Known driver bugs (could be others): -

• Volume control is not functioning correctly when using Optical SPDIF output, volume needs to be controlled via amp. HDMI audio volume control is fine.
• You may find the menu's go hazy when using 1080i after a reboot. To correct switch A/V settings to 720p and save, then switch back to 1080i/P and save.
• Multiple encrypted recordings not functioning.

Downloads

Stable release download HERE

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

 

[Sicilian]

Please post feedback here.

Enjoy guys

 

[marty]

So far so good :thumbsup:
One small problem for me

•You may find the menu's go hazy when using 1080i after a reboot. To correct switch A/V settings to 720p and save, then switch back to 1080i/P and save.

That does not work for me OpenMips and AFF both had the same problem and switching resolution DID work but not so on VIX (for me)

 

[Sicilian]

So far so good :thumbsup:
One small problem for me



That does not work for me OpenMips and AFF both had the same problem and switching resolution DID work but not so on VIX (for me)

Try this, reboot 1st. Then switch to 720p and save settings. Then switch to 1080i and save settings.

 

[marty]

Cheers M8, seems to have works.
Big thanks to the VIX team :thumbsup:
Now I have my Quad setup just like my Duo was (but faster )
Once the recording problem is fixed this will be the best of the best for receivers :tea:

 

[marty]

Can anyone tell me if their "HISTORY" button on the remote works?

 

[Redrooster]

Hi,
Loaded up very fast, looks a treat:thumbsup:
Picture quality is superb through HDMI both on my 50" HD Panny plasma and my HD Panny projector onto a 90" screen

Being new to all this my first impressions are very good, just need to learn and build onto what looks like a great Vix image.

Thanks to all for your efforts and support elsewhere on the forum to get me this far.

Cheers guys:thumbsup:

 

[marty]

Shouldn't this thread be a sticky?

 

[OldSkulRide]

So guys, what do you think. Is it worth buying QUAD if you or i currently have DUO?

 

[Mr. Mister]

I would say Yes.. Its defo worth it to buy the Quad..

But.. You must bare in mind.. This is a brand new box.. and its not without its problems at the moment..

But.. Also.. as we can see.. The Gigablue drivers team are working hard to improve the situation.. and have done a good job so far..

 

[marty]

I flogged my duo to pay for the quad

 

[mauri]

Now downloading and installing in a few minutes. I have my new Quad on OpenMips - not a 'bad' image but as smooth as VIX.
I can not wait for the VIX HD night skin (all those 1 click of a button-commands are a sweet!)

Question (out of curiosity): why is OpenVix 3.0 roughly half the size of the OpenMips?

Thank you guys!

On a side note; I am using the 2 TB HDD that I had on my Duo. Since it is 3.5" obviously it does not fit inside the GB box. I had to buy and Sata/usb adapter for 20 Euros - not I have all my recordings conveniently hidden in the shelf - actually it does not feel at all that I changed the receiver - except the SUPER FAST channel/menu switching.

 

[Stanman]

Bigger image possiably more plugins added?

 

[Larry-G]

our image is so small because we continually strive to make it a user friendly as possible, while still retaining stability and overloading the image with a lot of third party plugins. This is also the reason why we removed a lot of the network plugins from the default image but retained the headers so that the user could install only those features he or she needed but would not need to go hunting for them.

I cant speak for other images but we always take into consideration the user experience before we decide what should and should not be included by default.

 

[mauri]

My first impressions on VIX 3.0 on my Quad;

- the first thing that I noticed is the-now empty lcd screen of GigaBlue. On OpenMips it was showing the detailed info (plus small picon) of the channel I was watching. Now it is empty - there are only three horizontal bars with the gigablue colors (white and blue).
- timeshifting works ok; pausing and recording
- rewinding while on timeshift works ok (on OpenMips it did not work on my box)

- network browser (when run for the first time it took a 'lot' of time - noticeably more than on OpenMips)
- playing recordings (from the attached usb HDD - old 2TB HDD of VuDuo);
- .ts, mp4, mkv files work ok
- avi files stuttering - I guess this is due to the drivers...
- Project Valerie rev.1266 works great! Actually it is using the database already in the HDD (since I had PV installed on my VuDuo).

All in all I can say that Vix 3.0 works very well on my GigaBlue.

 

[marty]

- the first thing that I noticed is the-now empty lcd screen of GigaBlue.

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?22266-LCD-Picons-for-Gigablue-Quad

 

[XabiX]

I flogged my duo to pay for the quad

I did the same with my Vu+ UNO. Very happy with this new demo.
So fast !! and better image quality!

 

[marty]

I did the same with my Vu+ UNO. Very happy with this new demo.
So fast !! and better image quality!

I'm gonna be brave now and state (IMHO) that the Quads picture quality does seem better than the Duo

 

[mauri]

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?22266-LCD-Picons-for-Gigablue-Quad

Thnx for the tip, i will try the custo,ized picons. but still i wonder why on OpenMips the lcd screen had full info, while on vix does not show anything. :/

 

[Larry-G]

Thnx for the tip, i will try the custo,ized picons. but still i wonder why on OpenMips the lcd screen had full info, while on vix does not show anything. :/

The information displayed on the LCD is governed by a specific skin file a .xml file, This file is unique to each image and can be edited to include or remove info as needed. now i dont have this receiver so i have no idea what is or is not in that file but it is user customizable if the user so wishes.