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    can you blindscan yet on any of the latest VU+ products?

    the only reason i stick to my Xtrend 9200 is that no other STB's seem to do hardware blindscan...maybe they do now? been off the scene for a bit.

    thanks!

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    I got my Solo2 from Goldwafers when they first came out, and via Vix I always could Blindscan.

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    I can Blindscan too on my Solo2 using Pli and I know for a fact that you can also do it using ATV as well.

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    is this also out on the bigger bro, DUO2? also, is it a "hardware" blindscan ?

    thanks!
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    One can blindscan on the DUO2 as well. Not sure what you mean by 'hardware' blindscan though?

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    i had a solo 2 when they first came out thought it took a while for blindscan to be added certainly on BH ,in a later driver revision i thought?

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    if duo2 can do do blindscan - id prefer that

    thinking about getting the solo 4k now - worth it over the duo2?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ManikM View Post
    if duo2 can do do blindscan - id prefer that

    thinking about getting the solo 4k now - worth it over the duo2?
    Solo4K is more future proof than the Duo2, as obviously it supports 4K.

    However at the moment (unless i've missed it), there is no blindscan on Solo4K

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    Of course it is
    The CPU the Ram and so on almost anything in the 4K is better than in the Duo2

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    Except its a pain in the arse getting anything to run on it yet.

    I'd love one for the future,but no way I'd buy one yet as practically nothing is written with ARM in mind,although that is indeed slowly changing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    Except its a pain in the arse getting anything to run on it yet.

    I'd love one for the future,but no way I'd buy one yet as practically nothing is written with ARM in mind,although that is indeed slowly changing.

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    That's the main reason I have held back but it is still no. 1 on my wish list. For now I think the Duo2 is more than enough for what is available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    Except its a pain in the arse getting anything to run on it yet.

    I'd love one for the future,but no way I'd buy one yet as practically nothing is written with ARM in mind,although that is indeed slowly changing.

    Ian.
    Exactly, hardware is only as good as the software that runs on it. Unless you have the source code and the knowledge to compile it or the skills to write your own software you are stuck with what's publicly available. These Arm based boxes are very capable boxes in the proper hands of someone that knows what they are doing, and probably once the current gen of mips boxes become more obsolete - Arm boxes will take the place of them. But the people that write software and plugins mostly have mips boxes and so do most of the user base of the enthusiast sat TV people - so don't expect too much until that changes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    Except its a pain in the arse getting anything to run on it yet.

    I'd love one for the future,but no way I'd buy one yet as practically nothing is written with ARM in mind,although that is indeed slowly changing.

    Ian.
    Hi

    Sorrybut that´s complete nonsens
    On the Vu 4K runs anything you want from MediaPortal to Kodi
    from Oscam to Gbox from Merlin MusicPlayer to Enhanced Movie Center ( EMC )
    an so on the List should be endless
    The one and only think that bothers me is that the Vu 4K could not Play
    Video Files in Ultra HD H264
    Tell me what did not Work for you i guess Sonic1 from the BH Team
    or another Person,maybe i,could Tell you a Solution
    again on my VU 4K runs anything i want to run

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    Im not talking about basic plugins, of course they will run.

    Im talking about more complex usage that includes things written in C++ that's been compiled for mipsel

    Anything that uses a .so .po or .mo extension for example just isnt going to run ( a good example would be theTVDB plugin,but there are many others)

    There are many other things too that simply are not going to work until the things written in C++ are also compiled for ARM (we are also talking binary's here) I cant be arsed listing all that wont work,but trust me there's loads. ( it would be a far shorter list to name what will run than name what wont )

    Ian.
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    And thats my point and the whole point of this thread.

    The blindscan plugin is one of the plugins that WONT work on the 4k

    Full circle me thinks.

    Ian.

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    TVDB Plugin for example Works
    Sure it´s a mipsel File packed as an .ipk but if you extract it
    and FTP the File to /usr/lib/enigma2/python/plugins/extensions
    reboot the Box and here we go but anyway ......

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    Quote Originally Posted by harddriver View Post
    Hi

    TVDB Plugin for example Works
    Sure it´s a mipsel File packed as an .ipk but if you extract it
    and FTP the File to /usr/lib/enigma2/python/plugins/extensions
    reboot the Box and here we go but anyway ......
    Dude, ARM instructions are different from mipsel instructions, when a binary (like IAN said), is compiled to work on mispel - it will not work on ARM because the CPU can't understand the instruction set - if you have the source code you can compile it to work, we are not talking python files here, or linux based shell scripts, we are talking binaries - which IAN has pointed out - will not work, period!
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    Its the TMDB plugin then I couldn't recall exactly which of the two it was that uses C++ files,but I knew it was one of them.

    Anyway,thats not important as this is not a debate about the 4k and its long list of limitations. What is important is that the Blindscan plugin doesn't work properly (yet) on the 4k and because of this its been removed from most image feeds until its fixed,which is what the original poster was asking about.

    Ian.
    Last edited by ian; 04-09-2016 at 08:21 PM.

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    Try it for your self
    If you have tryed it we will Talk again
    Could not Upload Pictures to proof that it Works,Sorry
    but look at the Pictures here
    hxxps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxqfsEpKC6gzNkY2eX JsLUNGWkE&usp=sharing
    nothing more to say cause you think you are the experts

    Edit
    btw BlindScan did not Work with the FBC Tuner thats right but,and there is always a but,
    if you use one of the available Plug and Play Tuners,for example the BCM7356,BlindScan Works also
    on the VU 4K but i´m pretty sure that you Experts know that too.
    Last edited by harddriver; 04-09-2016 at 08:55 PM.

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    What are you waffling on about ?

    Yes its a tuner issue as to why Blindscan wont work on the 4k and this is well known. But tell me,who on earth wants to spend top dollar on the VU+ Flagship box only then to find that to get a plugin such as Blindscan to work they then have to go out and spend more money to purchase a USB tuner ? Its just madness !

    This is without all the other problems associated with all C++ stuff that's been compiled in mipsel,which simply will never ever run until its been compiled in ARM by the writers of the software. This is fact regardless of how much you argue about it,this fact will not change.

    As stated,one day it will be a great box,but not today.

    The fact is Blindscan doesnt work on the 4k (yet) and that's what the original poster asked about.

    Ian.
    Last edited by ian; 04-09-2016 at 09:11 PM.

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