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[hemertje]

The Original PLi® Garnet suite includes the following components:

2.6.9 kernel
2.6.9-dream-s8 kernel for the DM7020
Enigma CVS 19-12-2006
1.1.0 Head.ko
Front Processor version 1.06 for DM7000
Front Processor version 1.01 for DM7020
Squashfs 2.2-r2 with LZMA-compression for the DM5xx(x) and DM70x0 boxes
Tuxtxt v1.99
Web Interface: 5.9.7-Expert - PLi edition


Use the download url's below to be sure to download our original PLi® images.

The Original PLi® Garnet suite contains the following images:

PLi®-Garnet-DM500-20061228-2164.img
PLi®-Garnet-DM56x0-20061228-2164.img
PLi®-Garnet-DM7000-20061228-2164.img
PLi®-Garnet-DM7020-20061228-2164.nfi



See below for whats New, Fixed & Features


Flashing general:
- When you press the Arrow UP during booting, a FlashErase will follow, as everybody knows from the DM7000.
When you install a newer image, the backup function is still executed.
Do only a flasherase without backup when you request it explicitly!


=== IMPORTANT Flashing DM500 Howto ===
When you upgrade from a DM500 MaxVAR image (modified partition layout) to a PLi Garnet DM500 (standard partition layout)
You NEED to flash your box with a serial cable to do the upgrade
Flashing with root.cramfs or with FlashWizard will fail!

The reason is the smaller filesize of the MaxVar root partition:

o DreamBOX jffs2 on a DM500 MaxVAR: 0x00600000-0x007c0000
o DreamBOX jffs2 on a DM500 Standard: 0x00500000-0x007c0000

A MaxVAR image uses a smaller root partition then a standard image, that's why /VAR is bigger. So if you want to flash a standard image into the running MaxVAR image it won't fit in the smaller partition! To get rid of this MaxVAR sized partition you need to flash it with a serial (RS-232) cable.


TV-System Wizard:
- Replaced by A/V System Settings screen
o This allows setup of your tv-system AND colorformat etc... right after Flashing
o Allow TuxTXT/MultiEPG position setting from wizard. When switching between PAL/NTCS, default position settings are stored
- Show position and size in TuxTXT/MultiEPG position screen


Enigma:
- Better volume scaling
- MP3/Ogg/Flac added:
o Fix playing VBR MP3 files!
o Support Ogg/Vorbis files
o Support FLAC files
- OSD MP3/Ogg/Flac info:
o Show vorbiscomments and id3 tags in OSD using 3 lines of the OSD fileInfoBar
o Show mp3 version+mono/stereo, samplefrequency, bitrate info using the vidformat, fq_val and sr_val skin variables
- Updated to latest libmad and libid3tag
- Event info from http streams is shown in OSD fileInfoBar
- Allow skip forward/backward
- Support 12-hour clock mode
- Improved error checking and reporting for harddisk setup
- Cleanup/Revised cardinfo script. It now also works for CCcam 1.3
- Nicer work environment in Telnet sessions: color prompt and a few usefull alias commands
- Added timer offset setting to Extra Systemsettings Menu (equals to settings allready available in WebIf)
- Upgrade IPtables to version 1.3.5
- IPtables TCP module added
- Confirmation added for "Rebuild movie list"
- Nano Editor added to DM7000 image
- In FileMode Left/Right will zap back/forward to the markers in your recordings
- Last Scanned userbouquet is now really last scanned, it will be erased as soon as you find a new service
- Allow jumping to begin characters of service names, when adding services to a bouquet, or while being in bouquet editmode
- From TransponderEdit screen allow direct jump to Manual Scan screen (usefull for Feedhunters)
- Make clear 0000 is not a valid pin for Parental Lock of setup lock. Only a textual change will do!
- North America AC3 pid fix, THX to DSM
- Make stereo the default audio mode
- Only show the LCD Shot feature only on hardware with a LCD
- Translated a large part of Enigma texts to Dutch and Frysk (except for the Dream HELP-menu)
- Many internal changes and fixes


DM500/56x0:
- CCcam updated to v1.3.1
- A bootlogo for the DM500
- The "Blue button" adds a switch event, when you are in one of the EPG viewers (just like in DM70x0)
- Fixed the missing 'Record DVR' in DM500, "green button" from a EPG viewer now creates a DVR timer event, instead of a switch
- Fix for MultiView EPG (MV) so that it doesn't crash Enigma


Mounting:
- Fix CIFS mounts in PLi SetupNetwork, called from rcS
- Support hostname resolving in busybox for CIFS/SMBFS mounts
- Make SetupNetwork in Enigma tree a bit more foolproof
- Added possibility to put Swap on CompactFlash card
- Changed the way (auto)mounting is being used.
o There were two ways, now there is only one!
o The one already used by the WebIf (using mount.conf) is now also being used by SetupNetwork and Enigma
- OSD mount manger: added a button to remove a Mount entry.


PLi Image Setup:
- Added harddisk used percentage bar
- PLi Image Setup locking
- Layout much nicer now
- Fixed Digiturk and Arena audio in Language Setup
- Picon enable/disable added
- Tools Menu removed, is Backup/Restore menu now
- Added 12-hour clock support
- Storage directory for SQLite and Enigma EPG/Private EPG can be choosen
- Switch to show SNR values in dB
- Switch to show seconds OSD clock (if your skin has enough space for it)
- Switch to disable showing EPG events in webif zap menus to speedup webif startup
- Define number of service to view in MultiEPG
- Checkbox to select if EPG data should be shown in WebIf channellists
o (if you dont need the EPG info the WebIf is loaded much faster)
- All Services to Run are started without a reboot
- Support for Inadyn
- Commercial skip times (forward and backward) can be altered in PLi setup
- Added Frysk language


PPanel:
- FTP downloads added
- Scramble URLs fixed for all downloads
- PPanel recovery also in case of parse errors
- Added Writing to Enigma config
- Added a way to send webcommands
- Added a way to hide PPanels while running
- Packages can be installed without removing the old version first
- Added Download check for all downloads from internet
- Possibility to edit the registry via a PPanel
- Added PLiKey PPanel, with this PPanel you can assign a plugin to the HELP-button on your remote control
- Fix crash in <media> variable if picture or another file can not be downloaded
- See the PPanel Tutorial in the image for all details!


Software Management:
- Packages can be installed without removing the old version first
- More clear installer messages
- Inadyn plugin added, source THX to aalex77, rewritten to PLi® style
- Serveral bug fixes


EPG:
- Channel EPG can be opened by MENU-key while in PiG EPG
- Storage directory for SQLite and Enigma EPG/Private EPG can be choosen. You can move the storage on the fly, it's possible to see the following messages
o "This directory is suitable for storage"
o "This directory has not enough space" (you will need 20MB for SQLite, 50MB for MemStore)
o "This directory does not exist"

Note:
o Reboot your box before enabling SQL-lite
o The Enigma EPG storage directory is only used when rebooting or shutting down your box, this EPG data will be read after starting up your box again
- Update MV: changes of v3.5.1b -> v3.5.2 merged into our sources
- Dish Now/Next fixed in the skin
- Several Dish EEPG fixes


MultiEPG:
- Timebar is now aligned on 30 minute intervals
- Updated icons
- Optionally show channel icons.
o Borrowed icon images and /var/tuxbox/config/mv/icons.esml from MV!
- Use PiG space for Infobox if PiG doesn't work on your box
- Number of Infochannels can be set via EPG Settings in PLi Setup
- Fontsize can be set via EPG Settings in the PLi Setup
- Don't open PiG when in Radiomode
- Don't open PiG when we have No Services
- Don't open PiG on DM500 and DM56x0 boxes
- Replace top help line with hint to use HELP-key. Also extende help text a bit


SqLite storage:
- Improved the EPG viewer response


OSD/Skin:
- Garnet Radio & MP3 Backgrounds & Bootlogo's
- eNumber element can now center contents vertically using skin property 'vcenter', or (for plugins) the widget property flagVCenter
- Added File date to fileinfo in status bar
- Also show fileinfo for pictures
- Show filesizes in kB if the file is less than 10MB
- Show RDS in fileInfoBar when in Radio mode
- Renaming MP3, FLAC and Ogg/Vorbis files is allowed
- Added per channel progress bar in zapView
o As an extra bonus, EPG info is updated when scrolling through the zaplist
- Cosmetics for EPG descriptions in zapView: remove parenthesis and use separate color (epg.time.background)
- Strings in eTextPara are clipped to the space that is definded for them (This is probably a bug in Enigma and Enigma2)
- Improved helpwindow scrolling
- Made alpha setting in 32-bit more more granular
- PLicons in skin using skin variable 'plicon' added.
o Use it as <eLabel position ="0:34" name="plicon"/>
o Borrowed icon images and /var/tuxbox/config/mv/icons.esml from MV!
o Note: using plicons is NOT a must for skin developpers...
- Timer list: Repeating timer weekdays: show alternating * for non-programmed days
- Increase alpha range in 32-bit mode a bit
- Updates to default.esml to adapt to 12-hour clock
- Only show motor settings when motor is enabled in Satellite Configuration


Picviewer:
- Scale down JPEG images to max twice screen resolution when loading the image.
o This should solve Enigma crashes when viewing large JPEG images!
o People should not try to view such large images in other formats...
- Moved scale/noscale function from 'ok' button to 'help' button. Leaving it on 'OK' seems to unscale images directly...


Web Interface:
- Fixed Timer Edit in case of "strange" characters in description
- Allow minute based timer edits when editting a timer event (was per 5 minutes)
- Allow combined Screen+OSD shot
- Screen/OSD shots are shown in full native size (no resizing anymore)
- Fixes for OSD/LCD shots on PDA's
- Show which channel is being recorded in the WebIf
- Only show motor settings when motor is enabled in Satellite Configuration
- Fixed menuitem mouseover css
- Added Recording Indicator
- Fixed IE7 detection, Ticker & Web-X-TV
- Added Minifinder - adapt SNR bar-width for dB
- Fixed Aspect Ratio for a screenshot (without OSD)
- WebIf mount: added server name again in table and give it a seperate column


FTP:
- First see if /var/etc/vsftpd.conf exist, if not use /etc/vsftpd.conf
o This way the user can override the config by placing a config file in /var/etc as requested
- Vsftp version 2.0.5, solving the 2GB limit
- Fix FTP server problem when downloading from CIFS mounted shares


Softcams:
- Bugfix for stopping Newcamd
- Updated Gb*x script for faster zapping

[speech]

Thanks and keep up the good work!

I really love PLI images

[Henry]

Thanks for new great image.I have one problem,for some reason newcs dont start on 7020.
I use mgcamd and newcs.I used Pli images about one year and never had this problem before.

root@dm7020 /usr/bin # newcs
newcs: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory

[kranas97]

In /usr/lib there is libcrypto.so.0.9.7 and a symbolic link libcrypto.so pointing to this file. May be you can try to create a symbolic link
"ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7"

[mirakels]

A new newcs package is availabel fixing this issue. Please redownload newcs!

[pepela]

Great Job GUYS !!!!

greetz pepela

[JASONMC]

It's a very good job !!! My best Thank You to all the Team !!!

Just one question, why didn't you integrate extra tools in this new version ?

Bye,

Jason

[hemertje]

extra tools are moved into pluginsection i believe
just have a look around

[Vednisse]

I was wondering if the pmt interface has changed from the Flubber release?
or is this still "fixed" with the pli_pmthelper binary?

And I must thank you for a great image, PLi is miles ahead of anything else I have tried =)

[hemertje]

it hasnt changed

[genoSUAVE]

Beautiful image...thanks from the NA guys!

geno

[JASONMC]

I don't find extra tools but in reality, it's not a problem, because I can start everything and more from Telnet ;-) . Thanks very much for Bash Shell ;-)

[lounge]

Great img

[fixit69]

Great image. Works well with my T-90 and rotor setup. Keep up the great work.

[Tom321]

i did put on gemini 3.30 again.

the reason is that i like the mv epg much more than the Multi EPG, as i have Sky and i need
to put in Radiotimes Data.

The MV EPG is longer to load, but much more extensive.

the plus for me is that PLI Garnet does look very good, but as i need the MV EPG
there was no way around using a decent Gemini Image with MV EPG 3.5.1

[littlesat]

Strange why you are using Gemini for MV... MV is also in PLi. In addition it is standard in PLi(?)

[Roodkapke]

MV is supplied in all images from PLi.
Simply tick red button twice and select "external EPG"

Roodkapke

[WanWizard]

And besides that, if you use the Dreambox EPG Plugin, you can download the radiotimes info without using the MV config. Using the SQLite EPG engine you can also store many more days of EPG data than you can with MV's flat file format.

This also has the big advantage that your downloaded radiotimes info is available in both MV and the MultiEPG (and under the 'info' button...), as PLi uses the SQLite db a single EPG store for all viewers.

Sofar, I don't see a reason for switching to Gemini.

[big-cliff]

WanWizard I agree

I have to say this PLI Image is the best image if have ever used.

I am using the Mplug epg plugin to down load the Radio Times Data and MV works fine over the Seven days and downloads another seven days each night.

Tip :- To get over the alias manager not being able to display long text. I used alias manager and set all channels to the same radio times channel

Then go into map.txt and edit it by cutting and pasting the information from the chanrad.in file. Note I had to edit this using DCC in the Dream Box, I could not edit it on the computer and overwrite the original as it messes up the file.

/var/tuxbox/config/mv

MY QUESTION

How can I get the multi epg (the epg which uses pig Picture In Graphics) to use the MV radio times data.

I want to use multi epg to display the same info as the MV epg.

Reading between the lines I have to use the SQlite data base but I do not know how to achieve this. I have tried to without successes.

[WanWizard]

You can switch to the SQLite database in PLi setup (blue button), EPG settings.

You need to select a location to store the database file. This location needs at least 20Mb of free space, so flash is not an option. Use CF, USB or HDD, altough HDD is usually not a good idea, because it keeps your disk spinning.

After you've set this, restart enigma, and you're in business.

You do need to switch to our EPG plugin, unless Mplug can import data into SQLite. You might want to check the uk_rt script, to see if the path to the SQLite epg.db is set correctly. If it is still set to /var/lib/sqlite, and your selected location is different, you have to change the script. Channel mappings in the plugin work exactly the same as in MV.

Once you've archived this, you can use both the internal MultiEPG and PLi's MV version, as they both access the same EPG data source.