OpenViX 3.2 Release thread

[Sicilian]

The worlds first Enigma2 team to bring you 1920x1080 full HD skin support, are proud to introduce a brand new ViX image for all OpenViX supported receivers

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OpenViX 3.2 is based on the OE-Alliance v3.2 core. You cannot perform an online update to it if you are currently on Hades or any older image. You can flash image using USB method or using Image Manager.

You should be fine to restore a settings backup after you have flashed the image, this will restore most things to how you had it before.
DO NOT RESTORE PLUGINS


There are many guides to flash/restore. Here is another
http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?47588-Flashing-Settings-backup-and-Restores



So what is different in OpenViX 3.2 then?
OpenViX Hades build 018 is the final build in the Hades series.

We are moving back to a numbered system for images. The numbering for the image comes from the actual branch of the OE-Alliance the image is built from. So as time moves on and things get updated/new branches created, we will bump the numbers to suit. Simple.

As with previous images, the main differences are core of the image or the OE (Open Embedded). This has undergone a lot of changes, updates and fixes. As a user you should not notice many differences between previous images and Openvix 3.2 (i.e. there are not many functional differences.)

Features/Updates

OE-CORE update to 27th July 2015
GCC update to 4.9.2
GLIBC update to 2.2.1
Bitbake update to 1.27
GStreamer update to 1.5.1
Python update to 2.7.9
Updated samba
Updated telnet
Updated vsftpd
Updated nfs
Enabled IPTV recording
Enabled RTC suppport for receivers that support it.
Many other updates/tweaks to OpenViX Enigma2
VU HbbTV is now working

Known Image issues
Dreamplex - Some users in certain setup's may have issues.
20150830: Restoring settings from previous image causes an issue with Samba, fine without restores. Fix is below.

Known Plugin/Receiver issues
Older receivers with lower amounts of memeory struggle with downloading OpenTV EPG data using Cross EPG downloader. Use a swap file in such cases.
Some 3rd party plugins may not be currently compatible with OE-A 3.2 core, streaming plugins may require their respective author's to add dependancies for GST 1.xx.

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.
Long Up/Down - Open PIP list on boxes that support PIP.
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, Huevos, Raivo, Eesatfan, Zartmy, Trial, Stig-O & June8 for their translation work
• Huevos for his work on blindscan and ABM.
• Gennart1 for dvb-as102 support
• Peter de Jonge & Huevos for their work with Andyblac to improve ABM.
• Rob van der Does, Delagroov, Schweeler, rossi2000, simonsez, nashu, Markus625 for OpenViX skins

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Notes


Requests
If anyone is interested in doing any translation work for the plugins and the image itself, please see here


Image Downloads.
(Available via www.openvix.co.uk)



Reporting Issues
Please report any issues using these guidelines
http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?33155-ALL-MEMBERS-PLEASE-READ!-New-method-of-posting-in-ViX-Support-Section!

Image Flashing tutorials Here

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[abu baniaz]

Creating a complete image backup

It is possible to create an exact copy of an image. You then then re-flash it by USB or Image Manager. This is handy if you want to try another image and want to be able to revert back to your old image without having to set everything up again. Or just want to have a copy that you can flash back incase something goes wrong.

This is covered in section 8 of the Vix Manual
http://openvix.co.uk/openvix-builds/***Guides and Tutorials***/VIX Manual Vs 1.1.pdf
As well as this PDF guide
http://openvix.co.uk/openvix-builds.../How to make a image backup using ViX 3.0.pdf

You must have a storage device connected to the receiver. The image uses the device mounted as /media/hdd as the default. (It does not matter whether it is a USB stick or normal HDD, we are talking about mounts)

A brief guide to the process.

Blue Button > Vix > Image Manager > Green Button (New Backup)

If you have more than one storage device connected and want to change where you save an image to

Blue Button > Vix > Image Manager > Menu

Highlight the backup location and scroll left/right.

 

[abu baniaz]

Create a Settings Backup

We all have different preferrances and like to customise how certain features in the image work/appear. You can save your preferences as well as any other files on receiver to be restored later. Your channel data and cam files will already be backed up.

Blue Button > Vix > Backup Manager > Green Button (New Backup)

The default locAtion where the files are saved to is /media/hdd/backup/
If you have more than one storage device connected and want to change where you save an image to

Blue Button > Vix > Backup Manager > Menu

Highlight the backup location and scroll left/right

If you want to select additional files/folders to save

Blue Button > Vix > Backup Manager > Menu > Yellow (choose files)

Note:
If you have just flashed an OpenVix image and it finds a settings restore file in the default location, you will be asked if you want to restore it during the setup process (First Install Wizard, FIW for short).

You can manually restore at anytime too.

 

[abu baniaz]

Download an Image from server using Image Manager

You can use the Image Manager to download an image and then flash it (Couch flashing).
Blue > Vix > Image Manager > Yellow (Downloads) >


The image will be downloaded to the default location: /media/hdd/imagebackups/

You can also download the latest image from www.openvix.co.uk and can transfer the zipped image file to the same location using FTP.

 

[abu baniaz]

Flash an image using Image Manager

You can flash an image using Image Manager. This appies to official images or a backup image you had tried too.

This is covered in section 8 of the Vix Manual
http://openvix.co.uk/openvix-builds/***Guides and Tutorials***/VIX Manual Vs 1.1.pdf

A brief guide to the process.

Blue Button > Vix > Image Manager > Select image > Blue (Restore)

Any images you have in the default backup location will be listed. Select the one you want and press Blue or OK



The USB flashing methods are listed here:
Click here for flashing guides

 

[abu baniaz]

Restore settings during First Install Wizard

After the first few steps of the First Install Wizard, (language, video) you will be asked if you want to restore your settings.



Settinsg restore should always be fine. Plugin restore can cause issues.
DO NOT PERFORM A PLUGIN RESTORE WHEN SWAPPING IMAGES

If there are unexplained problems after flashing the new image, try again without a restore.

 

[Rob van der Does]

EDIT: Users who are having issues with Samba:

Please unpack the attached file to "/etc/samba"

So add the files
/etc/samba/smb.conf
and
/etc/samba/smb.conf-user

 

[Sicilian]

OpenViX 3.2.019 released for the new Spycat, enjoy available on www.openvix.co.uk

 

[Sicilian]

OpenViX 3.2.021 for Technomate TM-Nano-SE M2 released here http://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php/downloads/technomate-images/tm-nano-se-m2/

 

[Sicilian]

OpenViX 3.2.023 released. This build contains updated GST1.6.1. All supported receivers will require a flash and settings restore at a minimum, see forum thread HERE.

 

[Sicilian]

OpenViX 3.2.027 will be released for VU+ Solo4K today. Still work in progress a few known issues listed below:

• ViX Imagemanager not working for flashing of backup images or new images.
  
• LCD, few screens are still working in progress, such movie/media playback screens. There are a couple of additional OE-A LCD skins in the plugins feeds that work very well. Menu > Plugins > Press Green to download plugins > Display > You will see two OE-Alliance LCD skins, both work well.
  
• Information > About screen, 'Installed' date showing incorrect.

Please note the VU+ Solo4K uses a new Arm CPU, a lots of adjustments have had to be made to our Enigma 2, there may be bugs/issues that we haven't found yet. If you find any bugs please report HERE.

Finally I'd like to say thank you to all in the team who made this release possible, it's taken a lot of time and testing to ensure other models were not affected by adding support for the Solo4K.