Just got my Solo2 today

[ferrari312]

Just landed on my door :clapping:

Not sure i will get much time today to play with it...

 

[[0_o]]

Tell us your first impressions please!!

Regards

 

[isenguard]

i got it yesterday
after years with dreambox....it s Vu time

 

[guli]

Would someone actually give a review on this much awaited box guy's .

 

[Amnesix1]

Take a look here.

 

[[0_o]]

i got it yesterday
after years with dreambox....it s Vu time

I'm still waiting mine!!

I'm talking about Media Player a million times, but could you give me a tip about it?

Thanks!

 

[ferrari312]

Brief look at the box - got it on Saturday and I am very new to playing with satellite so its a learning curve.

Packaging is very basic, Box itself decent build quality, its very small about half the size of a SLY HD box.

I managed to setup the box with FTA - flashed a number of times. First impression is its very fast and it appears feature rich. Tons of plugins - overwhelming a little.

I have a USB network adapter , plugged that in and it was recognised straight away - quite impressed with that.

Picture quality is decent.

Box is silent - i have added a 1TB HD , no issues , recorded 5 mins from chan 4 and played back without issue.

Using Backhole 1.7.9.3.

Sorry for crap update - after Christmas period might get a bit more time to play and try some other more exotic features.

happy Christmas.

Just shout if you have any questions.

away with family over festive period

 

[isenguard]

I'm still waiting mine!!

I'm talking about Media Player a million times, but could you give me a tip about it?

Thanks!

regarding media player

i tested a movie through DLNA
1080p mkv with dts subtitles and everything was fine

tell me the format u would like to test and i would test for u

image BH 1.7.9-3

 

[[0_o]]

Thanks a lot @isenguard!!
Well... if you ask me... then I tell you

1080p mkv files seems great then, since should be the media type file I have here more

But, how it goes with:

- mkv files (or other video type) with external subtitles, like we do on our PC's when we download some TV series with our own subtitles there (in .srt type).
- .iso (from DVD's) are running well too??
- old .avi/divx are ok too?

And with audio files, like .mp3 and .flac (it's what I have more)?

Thanks a lot to support my questions!


Merry Christmas!

 

[isenguard]

i found an old AVI video with srt subtitles

the video was played OK but NO subtitles appeared

i tested the same file on my LG TV through the same DLNA server and the file worked with subtitles shown.

maybe it just needs a fix

i have no iso files to test

mp3 not tested but any mediaplayer should play this basic format

 

[aqa]

hi i can confirm it plays iso files no problem

 

[[0_o]]

Thanks both of you guys!
Then, maybe this only needs a subtitle fix and will be ok. Or maybe there's some plugin for that already, no?

Thanks once again and Merry Christmas

 

[cristo4]

Just a little tip about external .srt subtitles with any format mkv,avi,iso,etc.The subtitles must have the same name as the video played, that is exactly the same name,with/without spaces or any other characters. And most important, the .srt fle must be encoded in UTF-8 format and not ANSI. You could do that very easy,through any editor software,such as notepad,and select the option save as, and drop down the utf-8 option. After that send it through ftp to your box,press play on the video,and select the subtitle option form yellow button-press 2 times- or the subtitle button. Good luck.
P.S. This worked on every enigma2 box i have had so far,Vu or DM

 

[isenguard]

i confirm it did NOT work even after changing the srt file from ANSI to UTF-8...maybe sthg wrong here but that s what i get

in the same time my smart TV still reads the subtitles without any problems at all ( both as ANSI and UTF-8)

 

[[0_o]]

Thanks both of you guys

Yea, maybe could be a little bug that needs to be fixed (as far as I can see)


Thanks for your tests @isenguard.

Best Regards

 

[bidlo]

Hello guys, I have one question. Can I use HDD previously connected to DM800 with my new Solo2 without reinitiation, or I lose all stored data?

Thanks a lot.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Amnesix1]

Hi,

yes, you can use the HDD from your DM800 without reinitialisation.

 

[redribo]

why the vix image is 45mb and black hole is 85mb?
both images doesnt have base the original vu image?

 

[mdt]

why the vix image is 45mb and black hole is 85mb?
both images doesnt have base the original vu image?

from what ive read blackhole is based on the original vu stock image and vix on openpli ,regards mdt

 

[[0_o]]

As far as I understood, the main differences are in plugins too. They are using the same drivers from VU

Regards