How To Setup XBMC To Stream Live Tv And Recording From An Enigma2 Box...

[dfdream]

FYI.

For anyone using a device other than a PC (Pi, tablet etc) you are better off to create a separate bouquet with the channels you need on it and configure VU plugin to only download that bouquet.
Works a lot better.
Have a PI in daughters play room with raspbmc and about 40 channels in a bouquet (SD works better) and takes about 90 secs to download epg on boot up.
Have another upstairs with another bouquet mapped so at least it boots faster than loading all bouquets.
On core i7 PC I let them all load and it flies through them.

 

[aScottishBloke]

FYI.

For anyone using a device other than a PC (Pi, tablet etc) you are better off to create a separate bouquet with the channels you need on it and configure VU plugin to only download that bouquet.
Works a lot better.
Have a PI in daughters play room with raspbmc and about 40 channels in a bouquet (SD works better) and takes about 90 secs to download epg on boot up.
Have another upstairs with another bouquet mapped so at least it boots faster than loading all bouquets.
On core i7 PC I let them all load and it flies through them.

hi mate, i done all the steps but when it loads the EPG and channel list it takes forever to load. i only have access to 28 but it loads all the other satellites i have in the box. how do you stop it doing that so i only loads 28

 

[judge]

i only have access to 28 but it loads all the other satellites i have in the box. how do you stop it doing that so i only loads 28

Just out of interest, why do you have other Sats stored on the box if you only have access to 28.2E?

 

[aScottishBloke]

had access to a motorized system but motor is goosed atm

 

[pac2000]

Here's A Video Showing That On My 2.1 Ghz Single Core 2Gb Laptop With Normal HDD On Wifi, That Within 25 Seconds You Can Access The Channels With EPG, Whilst The EPG Is Updated In The Background... (The EPG Has Already Been Populated In The Background Within The Last 3 Days)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muJnw95yFJU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

That's The Entire 28.2e Bouquet's And Full Channel List...

 

[dfdream]

You have 2 options.

Delete the satellites on your sat box that you don't have access to.

Or create a bouquet with the channels you only need on the XBMC box and in the configuration of VU plugin in XMBC set to only to download one bouquet..

Note if you create a bouquet manually on sat box it adds (TV) to the bouquet name. This is needed in the title in VU plugin too..

BTW what device are you running XBMC on ?

hi mate, i done all the steps but when it loads the EPG and channel list it takes forever to load. i only have access to 28 but it loads all the other satellites i have in the box. how do you stop it doing that so i only loads 28

 

[duoduo]

If I want to only download all channels bouquet, please can you tell me exactly what name needs to go in?

 

[aScottishBloke]

If I want to only download all channels bouquet, please can you tell me exactly what name needs to go in?

same name as the bouquet thats on your box you want

 

[aScottishBloke]

im using windows 7 mate, i have managed to get it to load all channels from the all channels bouquet,

ive noticed since the installation of xbmc and using live tv my gigablue quad takes alot longer to boot etc. is that normal

You have 2 options.

Delete the satellites on your sat box that you don't have access to.

Or create a bouquet with the channels you only need on the XBMC box and in the configuration of VU plugin in XMBC set to only to download one bouquet..

Note if you create a bouquet manually on sat box it adds (TV) to the bouquet name. This is needed in the title in VU plugin too..

BTW what device are you running XBMC on ?

 

[dfdream]

No complaints here (on Duo2)

im using windows 7 mate, i have managed to get it to load all channels from the all channels bouquet,

ive noticed since the installation of xbmc and using live tv my gigablue quad takes alot longer to boot etc. is that normal

 

[stevedynamite]

hi there I have vu solo 2 and thought I needed the plugin that's a ipk file is this correct? and if so where would I get this from been to the xbmc site and there is a wide choice of platforms to download. Also I managed to install xbmcaddons v5 but there were no addons in the section just a message saying download from xtrend site im a bit lost any help would be appreciated thanks in advance.

 

[Garglo]

I agree with stevedynamite we need a plugin either as a addon or a ipk file. Tried the VIX downloadable plugins available on the receiver with no success. The use of IPTV or XBMC needs a tutorial that is CURRENT and for the Vu+ products. I have a Vu+Duo2 and Im hoping to be able to put in my own internet links or get some good English language links. NOTE: I wish to run it from the Vu product. If you suggest otherwise ... what is the problem. TUTORIAL please.

 

[dfdream]

Guys think ye are on the wrong thread.
This thread is not about using XBMC on your satellite receiver.
Its about putting XBMC on a PC, Raspberry PI or Android device and using an XBMC plugin so you can watch Streams from your sat box on PC, Raspberry PI or Android device.

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I agree with stevedynamite we need a plugin either as a addon or a ipk file. Tried the VIX downloadable plugins available on the receiver with no success. The use of IPTV or XBMC needs a tutorial that is CURRENT and for the Vu+ products. I have a Vu+Duo2 and Im hoping to be able to put in my own internet links or get some good English language links. NOTE: I wish to run it from the Vu product. If you suggest otherwise ... what is the problem. TUTORIAL please.

 

[rassi]

FYI.

For anyone using a device other than a PC (Pi, tablet etc) you are better off to create a separate bouquet with the channels you need on it and configure VU plugin to only download that bouquet.
Works a lot better.

This below trick should work little bit better?

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=PVR/Backend/VUPlus#Channels

Folder for channeldata: 
Retrieving the channel data from the backend can take quite long. 
To avoid that the user has to wait a long time before the addon starts it stores the information 
about the available channels in a separate XML file. Instead of quering the backend the addon then tries to 
load the channels from this XML file during addon startup. 
This property defines into which directory this XML file will be put. The filename is "channeldata.xml". 
Also, the last played position of the recordings will be saved into this directory, so that the user can resume the playback of a previously stopped recording. 
The recording data is stored into the file "recordings.xml".

 

[gillms1]

Hi,

I got the bouquets downloaded to my pi, however whenever I select a channel it streams only the audio and no picture? Any ideas?

 

[Garglo]

OK I finally understand this thread now. Back to the web to find good links on what I want.

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Guys think ye are on the wrong thread.
This thread is not about using XBMC on your satellite receiver.
Its about putting XBMC on a PC, Raspberry PI or Android device and using an XBMC plugin so you can watch Streams from your sat box on PC, Raspberry PI or Android device.

D

 

[finbarr]

Does the raspberry pi running xbmc edition have enough power to stream and play from a Vu Duo? Wow! I was using mine just for AirPlay of music to speakers but I might repurpose it!

Related: is there any hope of an xbmc app for Samsung TVs? Or a possibility of something like this to work with the Plex client already created for Samsung Smart Tvs?


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[duoduo]

You need to ask your last question on a xbmc forum not on here, this is a satellite forum.

I believe you can do this on a raspberry pi, you need to setup live TV and then enigma2 pvr in addon settings.

 

[Stationman]

Hi,

I got the bouquets downloaded to my pi, however whenever I select a channel it streams only the audio and no picture? Any ideas?

You need to buy the Pi mpg2 license code do a search for pi license code in google and top link ... it is £2.40 so does not break the bank.
There is also a VC1 code for windows media if you want to play that.
I have a Pi using XBMC (Raspbmc, Xbian or Openelec) running with a SOLO2 and streams no problem.

 

[finbarr]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot on the Pi at the weekend and report back how I get on. Cheers.