644 replies to this topic

[athoik]

Correct.

IMAGE_FSTYPES =+ "ext4"

http://code.vuplus.c...4k.conf;hb=HEAD

Flash Type eMMC

http://vuplus.com/sub/sub0113.php

[betacentauri]

Yes, they use eMMC. So you can't use mkubifs, nanddump and so on.

I guess it could work similar like now. You mount the rootfs to other place. Then you use tar bzip2 to compress it. Kernel file should be somewhere in the root filesystem. Maybe under /boot. Or they use a 2. partition for it......

[athoik]

It's on mmcblk0p1
 

  60 pkg_postinst_kernel-image () {
  61         if [ -d /proc/stb ] ; then
  62                 dd if=/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE} of=/dev/mmcblk0p1
  63         fi
  64         rm -f /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}
  65         true
  66 }

Edited by athoik, 26 October 2015 - 19:58.

[malakudi]

... If you replace your LNB's with especially suited ones, you even get four individual virtual tuners per physical tuner.

 

I've seen this comment before (I think from betacentauri). What is this "especially suited one" LNB? Full band LNB on coax? (so far I have only seen optical full band LNB). Something else? Is there a specification/product link somewhere?

[Pedro_Newbie]

Thanks all for the info. Lets wait until Openpli comes also with an image (if any?).

[Pedro_Newbie]

It's on mmcblk0p1
 

  60 pkg_postinst_kernel-image () {
  61         if [ -d /proc/stb ] ; then
  62                 dd if=/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE} of=/dev/mmcblk0p1
  63         fi
  64         rm -f /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}
  65         true
  66 }

From which file is this part of code? I couldn't find it in the (huge) commit

[betacentauri]

I don't know the build env. Normally you should search for linux bitbake. E.g. here for xtrend box in openpli:
https://github.com/X...0-3g_3.18.18.bb

Edited by betacentauri, 26 October 2015 - 22:07.

[athoik]

It's on mmcblk0p1
 

  60 pkg_postinst_kernel-image () {
  61         if [ -d /proc/stb ] ; then
  62                 dd if=/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE} of=/dev/mmcblk0p1
  63         fi
  64         rm -f /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}
  65         true
  66 }

From which file is this part of code? I couldn't find it in the (huge) commit

The commit is for enigma2 part. Not the OE.

Here it is: http://code.vuplus.c...6509c91;hb=HEAD

Edited by athoik, 26 October 2015 - 22:10.

[Pedro_Newbie]

Thanks found it: http://code.vuplus.c...6509c91;hb=HEAD

[malakudi]

 

... If you replace your LNB's with especially suited ones, you even get four individual virtual tuners per physical tuner.

 

I've seen this comment before (I think from betacentauri). What is this "especially suited one" LNB? Full band LNB on coax? (so far I have only seen optical full band LNB). Something else? Is there a specification/product link somewhere?

 

 

To answer my own question, after some searching it seems that the twin FBC tuners can work as eight independent tuners when used with Unicable or JESS (aka Unicable 2) LNBs and/or multiswitches. The biggest limitation of Unicable is that it only support two satellite positions and although JESS (Unicable 2) have increased this limit to 64 satellites, there is no multiswitch in the market to support more than four (4) satellites.

Edited by malakudi, 28 October 2015 - 12:25.

[Rob van der Does]

Courtesy BlackHole:  Vu+ Solo4K Review.pdf   2.07MB   105 downloads

[Satpal]

I haven't found any mentioning of neither PiP nor transcoding. Is it supposed to be a given for such a box or does it really just not offer those features?

[Rob van der Does]

Both are available and mentioned in the above posted review

Edited by Rob van der Does, 9 November 2015 - 04:36.

[Erik Slagter]

VU+ told me transcoding is available like this: 1 stream of UHD or four streams of HD. That's the spec of the SoC, it's not sure if that's all exposed by the drivers.

[Satpal]

VU+ told me transcoding is available like this: 1 stream of UHD or four streams of HD. That's the spec of the SoC, it's not sure if that's all exposed by the drivers.

,

Thx, that's somewhat the kind of info I expected to find somewhere.

 

Both are available and mentioned in the above posted review

 

Yes, sorry, my bad.

[blzr]

To answer my own question, after some searching it seems that the twin FBC tuners can work as eight independent tuners when used with Unicable or JESS (aka Unicable 2) LNBs and/or multiswitches. .

 

 

did anyone test already, and could say from own experience how many simultaneous recordings from different transponders are possible when having an unicable lnb connected to FBC tuner(s)?

Edited by blzr, 10 November 2015 - 12:29.

[malakudi]

The Blackhole review is hiding all issues. I found many issues just by testing it for half an hour, they don't mention anything.

 

1. USB tuners don't work due to driver misconfiguration. After installing a usb tuner, I get: 

[    3.826608] bh_dvb_core: exports duplicate symbol dmx_swfilter_hook (owned by kernel)

 

2. SAT>IP doesn't work at all.

 

3. XBMC still 13.2 like other VU+ boxes, while 15.2 exists

 

4. Minimum SoftCAM compatibility (actually only OSCAM)

 

And I still haven't tested the box media compatibility (image uses gstreamer 1.4.5) and tuners compatibility.

[Erik Slagter]

 4. Minimum SoftCAM compatibility (actually only OSCAM)

How do you mean?

 

I guess CCcam won't work because of the arch, but e.g. oscam should just work?

[malakudi]

Only oscam works, nothing else. It's not only CCcam, there are many other emus with various uses and of course none works. While this is almost obvious (since VU+ Solo 4K is a new architecture), a review should at least mention it!

[Trial]

Hi Erik,

of course you need an ARM version of Oscam.

 

ciao