Hi guys!
I've bought this decoder yesterday. I already knew that there was no support for it.
Is there any chance in the future to see a official OpenPLI for SF8008? 
Thanks in advance for the reply!
Any possible future support for Octagon SF8008?
Started by DS-1, 30 May 2019 11:02
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Posted 30 May 2019 - 11:02
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Posted 30 May 2019 - 12:14
We've been in discussion with Octagon for quite a while now. The ball is in their court, we're waiting for a working BSP so we can move on, but which they can't seem to produce.
Currently in use: VU+ Duo 4K (2xFBC S2), VU+ Solo 4K (1xFBC S2), uClan Usytm 4K Ultimate (S2+T2), Octagon SF8008 (S2+T2), Zgemma H9.2H (S2+T2)
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Posted 30 May 2019 - 13:14
The Chinese developers seem to be to lazy to fix the BSP to our standard. And that has been reported to the reseller many months ago.
Mijn schotel is een T90 met 10 LNB's. Daarnaast voor de fun nog een draaibaar systeem met een Triax TD 78.
Dreamboxen heb ik niet meer echt actief. Verder heb ik ook nog een een VU+ duo2 met 500Gb harddisk + een VU+ Uno, Zero, Solo 4K, Ultimo 4K, Zero 4K, Uno 4Kse. + ook nog een Xtrend ET7x00. Daarnaast heb ik ook nog diverse andere modellen w.o. een Formuler F4, ET8500, ET7500, Mut@nt 2400HD, Xsarius Fusion HD se en verder nog wel het e.e.a. waarmee op verzoek vanalles wordt getest. Iemand moet het tenslotte doen. 
Los van de eerder genoemde modellen heb ik nog wel een rits aan testsamples als Mut@nt 2400HD, HD60, GB UE4K, GB Trio4K, Maxitec Multibox combo en Twin, Octagon sf8008, sf8008 mini en last but nog least enkele modellen van het Grieks Duitse Edision.
Voor centrale opslag van media gebruik ik een Qnap 219P met tweemaal 2 Tb harddisks + een Synology DS414 met 12 Tb Totale opslag.
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Posted 30 May 2019 - 17:59
I've bought this decoder yesterday. I already knew that there was no support for it.
I prefer OpenPLi and use it on all my Vu+'s
But for my new SF8008, while waiting for an official OpenPLi release, I run the official OpenViX image which is the most similar to OpenPLi.
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Posted 30 May 2019 - 20:15
The most similar to OpenPli is SatdreamGR, which is openpli-based.
Enigma is getting old....
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Posted 31 May 2019 - 00:19
Anyway there isn't yet a stable SatDreamGr image for SF8008, only images under development...
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Posted 31 May 2019 - 12:08
But they are enoughly stable.
Enigma is getting old....
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Posted 31 May 2019 - 13:01
Now I'm using OpenATV on sf8008, but I'm sure that OpenPLI would be the best choice...!
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Posted 31 May 2019 - 23:00
The most similar to OpenPli is SatdreamGR, which is openpli-based.
And after SatDreamGr, Open Vision
Users report Open Vision is stable on sf8008 but you need to compile a fresh image from our sources as we didn't release new images yet.
Edited by Persian Prince, 31 May 2019 - 23:00.
Open Vision sources: https://github.com/OpenVisionE2
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We've been in discussion with Octagon for quite a while now. The ball is in their court, we're waiting for a working BSP so we can move on, but which they can't seem to produce.
So I believe this is not enough to make SF8008 supported by OpenPLI: https://github.com/zhtq/meta-octagon
Edited by DS-1, 1 June 2019 - 15:02.
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Posted 1 June 2019 - 15:55
Maybe, maybe not.
We require the BSP to come from the manufacturer, including full (developer) support, and not from some unknown third party. If that were the case, we could make it ourselfs.
If they can't create a BSP, they will not have the expertise to provide proper support, in which case we're not even interested.
Currently in use: VU+ Duo 4K (2xFBC S2), VU+ Solo 4K (1xFBC S2), uClan Usytm 4K Ultimate (S2+T2), Octagon SF8008 (S2+T2), Zgemma H9.2H (S2+T2)
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Maybe, maybe not.
We require the BSP to come from the manufacturer, including full (developer) support, and not from some unknown third party. If that were the case, we could make it ourselfs.
If they can't create a BSP, they will not have the expertise to provide proper support, in which case we're not even interested.
Ok, thanks for the reply.
I posted that link because it was posted by the "Octagon support" member on their forum, where there is a thread about future OpenPLI support.
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Are there any news regarding Octagon SF8008 Pli support?
Thank you!
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Are there any news regarding Octagon SF8008 Pli support?
Thank you!
Hi Jojoz,
The last time I had contact with ‘Octagon’, by heart I’d say ‘somewhere at the end of February 2019’, they appeared not capable to create a proper BSP. And as this is our main demand. So the answer is ‘I wouldn’t count on it’. But never say ‘never’.
Mijn schotel is een T90 met 10 LNB's. Daarnaast voor de fun nog een draaibaar systeem met een Triax TD 78.
Dreamboxen heb ik niet meer echt actief. Verder heb ik ook nog een een VU+ duo2 met 500Gb harddisk + een VU+ Uno, Zero, Solo 4K, Ultimo 4K, Zero 4K, Uno 4Kse. + ook nog een Xtrend ET7x00. Daarnaast heb ik ook nog diverse andere modellen w.o. een Formuler F4, ET8500, ET7500, Mut@nt 2400HD, Xsarius Fusion HD se en verder nog wel het e.e.a. waarmee op verzoek vanalles wordt getest. Iemand moet het tenslotte doen.
Los van de eerder genoemde modellen heb ik nog wel een rits aan testsamples als Mut@nt 2400HD, HD60, GB UE4K, GB Trio4K, Maxitec Multibox combo en Twin, Octagon sf8008, sf8008 mini en last but nog least enkele modellen van het Grieks Duitse Edision.
Voor centrale opslag van media gebruik ik een Qnap 219P met tweemaal 2 Tb harddisks + een Synology DS414 met 12 Tb Totale opslag.
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Posted 24 October 2019 - 19:02
Sounds like this box is populair now as it has a netflix plugin for e2... (upto 720p due to the software decoder)
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Posted 24 October 2019 - 20:02
The plugin needs a newer openembedded then Openpli uses. So it will probably not work on Openpli.
It's a Chromium browser build for Debian but they renamed on whatever reason.
On Openatv I have tried it on HD60 and Multibox and with some small adjustments it's working fine as well.
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@Littlesat - as much their Marketing drives me up the wall, this is the best supported box (in my opinion) in the market - with continuous development and addition of features (how often do you hear that - usually its deliver, fix anything that doesn‘t cost money and move on)
- this popularity has nothing to do with Netflix.
They are often good at promoting add ons that have nothing to do with them (which is why I hate their Marketing) but overall a super 4K receiver.
....... and they obviously manage to do it without OpenPli.
Gigablue Quad 4K & UE 4K, Vu+Uno4KSE, DM900
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------------------> GT-SAT unicable lnb to 1.5M dish(28.2E)
------------------> Gigablue unicable lnb to 80 cm dish(19.2E)
Octagon sf8008, AX HD61, Edision Osmio 4K+, Zgemma H9Combo using Legacy ports on multiswitches
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Posted 24 October 2019 - 22:10
We’ve thrud working now in own beta on most boxes.(and everyone can build it by their own) so the Oe is not that problem..
Edited by littlesat, 24 October 2019 - 22:13.
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Posted 24 October 2019 - 23:38
We’ve thrud working now in own beta on most boxes.(and everyone can build it by their own) so the Oe is not that problem..
Ow great I missed this branch
I will check it out and see how it works.
I hope not with systemd as in sumo, this still need a lot of extra work in Enigma2.
Lets hope the warrior zeus will follow up soon
Edited by WTE, 24 October 2019 - 23:39.
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Posted 25 October 2019 - 02:23
Build image for Multibox and HD51 both went well.
Will test it a bit the couple of days 
Edited by WTE, 25 October 2019 - 02:24.
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