Recent content by BlightyExPat

OK, managed to do a full image re-flash and running Gemini 3 without any issues. The hard drive refuses to initialize, despite temporarily installing it in my Linux pc and formatting as ext3. So I am guessing the hard drive needs replacing. My question..... Anyone know if there is any reason...

I've changed nothing and have tried re-booting, but still the same. If I try to copy a set of files for a programme recorded locally on my 800, then attempt to paste them into the /hdd/movie folder of the remote 800, it complains I don't have user rights to paste into that location, so something...

I have a remote DM800 in the UK that I occasionally use to record a programme, then transfer the recorded files to my local DM800 for viewing. I've been doing this for at least three years without any problem, however, just recently it seems not to be working. I tried recording a 90 minute...

At my UK location, I currently connect the PC (upstairs) wirelessly to the Router (downstairs). I used (far from cheap) Netgears for the wireless link, but they were unreliable and often slowed and almost died. I replaced these at Christmas with TP-Links (highly rated by customers on Amazon) but...

Am I right in thinking that I would use VLC at the remote end to stream, or set up some sort of Server on my remote PC? Unfortunately, the remote PC is connected wirelessly to the UK network so that would introduce additional latency which I want to avoid. Only the DM800 is wired directly to...

Thanks. It was only purely for interests sake. At the end of the day, we still only really want to watch BBC1, 2, 4, ITV and Ch4, and all of these buffer. Until broadband speeds improve, I have to either record it on the remote DM800, download to my local DM800 and watch, or stream the iPlayer...

Hixxy1 was right, I just checked 'CBS action' and I can view it, no problem. So I guess it's a bandwidth issue that I can't do much about! As a matter of interest, is there a list, somewhere that would indicate the bit-rate of each channel, so that I know which channel might stream OK?

Thanks for the feedback. I'm getting a local download speed of about 7.4M but only about 3.6M to Sheffield (nearest server to my UK home). I guess that could be why I struggle. Family visiting from the UK are hooked on streaming Coronation Street on the itvPlayer and that, plus anything on the...

I have a DM800 wired directly to my Router in the UK, BT fibre with typical uplink of 20M. If I try to stream from the UK DM800, using VLC, remotely, here in Cape Town, it DOES stream, but only for a couple of seconds, buffers and dies. Does anyone have any idea why I can't stream, despite...

Thanks for the feedback. I only quote Gemini as a preference because that's the image I am familiar with. I did originally try PLi but didn't get on with it. I have no problem with an alternative and assume they all offer similar functionality. As I am actually located in Cape Town, whilst the...

Having previously been the victim of the dreaded 'time-bomb' with my original DM500, I am nervously looking for a safe update for my DM800 clone. The info I have on my receiver is: Information Product Name DM800 Booloader version Dreambox Second Stage...

Problem fixed - Faulty Tuner!

Yes, if I replace Dreambox with Freesat, it works fine, so wiring OK.

Apologies for the limited knowledge, but when I left the UK 17 years ago there was only BBC1 + 2, ITV and Channel 4!!! I do have a Freesat receiver and I do understand that maybe it doesn't display channels by default that are not actually free-to-view. I was only curious to know if it might...

The Freeview receiver doesn't see channels like Sky HD, either. Would this be normally the case (even though you cannot view them), or does their absence on the Freeview receiver suggest an LNB problem?