[ViX_Misc] OE-Alliance OnDemand player official support and discussion thread.

[guff daddy]

What a plugin. Amazing. Great work guys.

As posted earlier by dajay69 I too am using an amp and no sound is output when I have digital down mix off. As suggested it works with down mix on.

Guff daddy has a working config thru amp. What box I wonder?

Sat box is a Vu+ Duo - linked to Onkyo amp via HDMI only.

 

[BubbleBalls]

Thanks guff daddy.
3 quads not working. Would that be a driver issue from GB?


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[skippie]

Sat box is a Vu+ Duo - linked to Onkyo amp via HDMI only.

Yeah must say, this is an amazing plugin. Great job.

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[moonbeam]

I am about to get a new receiver and am choosing either the Vu+ Solo2 or the Technomate TM-2T. I look forward to being able to have Ondemand for the iPlayer for BBC and ITV. I am in France, so need to get around geo location to do that! Your plugin sounds just great!

I read that the Technomate TM-2T has problems with a browser (does the Vu+ Solo2??). I wonder if this will be a problem for the TM-2T when deleting the old version before installing from new feeds. I would want to do that from an ethernet connection rather than from a memory stick.

 

[Larry-G]

I am about to get a new receiver and am choosing either the Vu+ Solo2 or the Technomate TM-2T. I look forward to being able to have Ondemand for the iPlayer for BBC and ITV. I am in France, so need to get around geo location to do that! Your plugin sounds just great!

I read that the Technomate TM-2T has problems with a browser (does the Vu+ Solo2??). I wonder if this will be a problem for the TM-2T when deleting the old version before installing from new feeds. I would want to do that from an ethernet connection rather than from a memory stick.

BBCiplayer and the ITV player work fine out side of the uk with the OnDemand plugin as they use the free DNS servers of TUNLR which is built into the plugin. as for web browser only the Vu's at the moment have a fully functioning browser The Technomates dont.

 

[moonbeam]

BBCiplayer and the ITV player work fine out side of the uk with the OnDemand plugin as they use the free DNS servers of TUNLR which is built into the plugin. as for web browser only the Vu's at the moment have a fully functioning browser The Technomates dont.

In what way will the lack of browser be a problem? No Youtube stuff??

Is there an Airplay plugin from the Vix Team?

 

[Larry-G]

In what way will the lack of browser be a problem? No Youtube stuff??

Is there an Airplay plugin from the Vix Team?

To be totally honest i dont have the browser installed on my receivers i have no need of it, so some one else would have to answer that one.

 

[Midnight]

In what way will the lack of browser be a problem? No Youtube stuff??

Is there an Airplay plugin from the Vix Team?

Can't see it being much of a problem as web surfing on a large screen is pretty tiring anyway.

Youtube can be accessed via other plugins so shouldn't be a problem.

 

[moonbeam]

Cheers! Makes good sense.

 

[BubbleBalls]

AirPlay is available in the feeds if you want to use it. Works great.


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[moonbeam]

@ Bubbleballs: thanks for that information!

It seems the plus of having a fast browser on the receiver is that it will be on your home network. I guess you can access what is on that browser/telly from other computers (or tellys on your home ethernet network?)on the same network. So, if I have an ethernet switch in a room far from my vu+ solo2, I could plug in a computer or monitor and have access to all the channels? And the Ondemand feature would be useable in that room? Or is that wishful thinking. Would a video type homeplug do the same thing?

 

[BubbleBalls]

You can access (wired and wireless) your box quite easily on your home network, just assign a static ip and use that address as your URL. This lets you access channels and recordings, though HD channels don't stream well - no issue with SD channels. It's also possible to do this from outside your network (may need to use your pc to transcode) though I have not used this set up.

I have never tried accessing the on demand, sorry. Might try tonight but can't readily think of a way to accessing and navigating the plugin remotely.


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[moonbeam]

Hmm, looks like I have a bit of studying to do about static IPs and URLs. Don't know how often I would need to assign IPs and URLs, which could be a bit complicated. I need to read and learn a bit more. Thanks, though!

What I like about the idea of Ondemand is that it seems better than a proxy. For me, needing a proxy cuts me out of the group that could use iplayers on the television. I have a proxy for my main computer, where I can use the iplayer, but that doesn't affect my television.

 

[BubbleBalls]

I know nought about proxy but setting a static ip is really simple - it's part of the basic setup when you first start using your box. It is really, really simple so don't get bogged down researching it.


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[moonbeam]

Do you assign the static ip once only? Should it be a UK one if you want to use 28 Astra and the iplayers used with it? I was wondering if I would need to reset the ip every time I had an electricity blip or lost a wifi signal or for any reason that caused my connection to cut out.

 

[Larry-G]

Do you assign the static ip once only? Should it be a UK one if you want to use 28 Astra and the iplayers used with it? I was wondering if I would need to reset the ip every time I had an electricity blip or lost a wifi signal or for any reason that caused my connection to cut out.

your thinking too much into it mate.

when you set up the network on the receiver you just give it a static IP within your own network. so for example it could be

192.168.0.55

. This is just so that you can use things like the web interface without having to constantly look up the receivers IP every time it is changed by the router, set up a static ip and basically thats it.

 

[moonbeam]

so, it could be any ip address? I am in France, would the address I assign need to be like my real French one? I think it would. That shouldn't be a problem because Ondemand works around the geolock?

 

[judge]

The box gets an IP address on your local network, the same as any other connected device.
Get the basics up and running first & then you can be helped with any additional features.

 

[Larry-G]

so, it could be any ip address? I am in France, would the address I assign need to be like my real French one? I think it would. That shouldn't be a problem because Ondemand works around the geolock?

i'm not that clued up on networking or the terminology used so please forgive me if any of this is wrong.

the ip you set has nothing to do with where you are geographically, it's a local ip address assigned by your router. so for example if you use a netgear router it would assign it self to 192.168.0.1 so you can then assign the receiver to a ip within it's local range ( between 2 and 255 ) for example 192.168.0.99.

 

[moonbeam]

Thanks, both of you! I want to buy a machine that's already loaded, so when I turn it on, I hope it will be pretty much plug and play. After that, I could delete info and update, etc, as needed. Don't want to tinker too much, though, as I am far away from technicians who could help! I am already helped here a lot, btw!