[VU+ Duo2] OpenVix 4.0 few issues need help solving

[bbbuk]

FYI, that last crashlog mentioned something about motorised dish and problems finding 28.2 in Rotor table.

I don't have a motorised dish so I probably can't help much more as i'm not familar with them.

I do, however, agree that it's best to work with one box and try and narrow down the problem you're having with that one box first.

Please remember that if problem was purely with Vix then everyone would have issues. Therefore, it's possible that it's a combination of your setup and/or Vix.

I use a Solo2 fixed 28.2 and don't have any issues with EPG. Attached are my crossepg settings that work for me but like I said I don't have a motorised dish setup.

 

[Sicilian]

Thread title changed to something more relevant.

 

[twol]

Haha of course all these crash logs sound like user error... yeah mate, of course they do. Its definitely user error that the EPG data is continally getting corrupt, its definitely user error that the Zero box can't rewind timeshift, its definitely user error that the Duo2 box regularly wont power on, or will get in a HDMI-CEC loop of just turning the TV off, its definitely user error that the network volume never stays mounted on the Zero box like it should once setup, its definitely user error that the box always crashed when you press the EPG, I could go on, but I can see how you came to that conclusion...Its definitely my fault and not shoddy programming (this coming from a dev, that is my day job by the way).

Predominately I'd just like the EPG to stop getting corrupted and the Zero to be able to rewind - two pretty simple features in a basic setup box you'd pick up from Asda to be fair, i'm not asking for the world here - they did cost £450 plus the hard drive from World-of-Satellite and my only support are a handful of users on a forum.

So to try and get you somwhat stable, stop using Crossepg and use xmltv importer on both boxes (it doesn,t use epg.dat so that stops the corrumption issue.
Secondly if you are going to record from the Zero ( obviously your call, but why record a channel thats being streamed from the Duo when you can do it directly? Thats not a criticsm just a question) then for a short while attach something via a usb port.
Then see if both systems run clean
If we can get that far then we can look at sorting your other issues

 

[judge]

Maybe an E2 box isn't the best solution for you?

 

[realdannys]

So to try and get you somwhat stable, stop using Crossepg and use xmltv importer on both boxes (it doesn,t use epg.dat so that stops the corrumption issue.
Secondly if you are going to record from the Zero ( obviously your call, but why record a channel thats being streamed from the Duo when you can do it directly? Thats not a criticsm just a question) then for a short while attach something via a usb port.
Then see if both systems run clean
If we can get that far then we can look at sorting your other issues

As mentioned bud, I dont like the XMTV Importer (now EPG-Import) as only the Rytek sources work (the Sky ones do nothing for me at the bottom) and I prefer the OpenTV provider as it accurately matches what the channel will load when you zap to it. (and i've never tried to record something on the Zero - i did try to get RemoteRecorder going to record from the Duo2, but guess what it has a bug (confirmed on here) that doesn't set a path so it doesn't work, it sets the timer on the Duo which then fails, so forget that too, needs to be done via the web interface if you want to do it when not on the box itself)

At this moment in time I AM working on one box, forget all the issues with the Zero, its not even trying to mount the recordings of the Duo2 at the moment. As mentioned earlier I will go for the EPG-Import on the Zero because I just don't believe the programming is going to be bug free enough to keep the duo's epg.dat mounted for it read the crossEPG data if I get it to work - its not worth the hassle for slightly better data.

So Abu, i've changed the couple of things in my settings which didn't match yours (mainly the automatic refresh and the keeping of epg data - and set it back again to the hard drive, though BBBUK just showed he's got automatic refresh, and automatic save set with no problems) - deleted EPG data first and run crossEPG and now it's populated the channels properly. Its set back to download at 6am each day, I will not touch any of these settings again now and we'll review if any corruption happens over the next few days. Just to note, nothing is writing to this data, there was no epg.dat created automatically (presumably because ive got automatic save turned off as per your settings now, Ive just saved it manually to the hard drive from the EPG settings menu for now, but presumably this just stays in cache and updates from there as opposed to loading from a dat file now?