Archive for March, 2013
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Hey!
After closing down my other two blogs (oscamtips and oscamconfigs), my new blog was struggling a bit but for a last few weeks it is going really strong. Statistics are showing that there are more than 500 visitors and 1000 page views every day. Visitors are highly targeted as they come to my blog via satellite related keywords.
What does this mean?
This means you can advertise on my blog very efficiently as visitors are targeted and therefore very interested in everything satellite related. If you are running internet store with satellite equipment (Enigma 2 receivers for example), then this is the right place to advertise.
I offer FREE ADVERTISING period of 1 week. After that we will discuss about possible future cooperation. Please send me a email to this address: support”at”satnigmo.com
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Install OScam on VPS
Recently I acquired cheap VPS at MisterHost.de. They offer cheap VPS packages and are suitable for running OScam. My other suggestions would be colorhost.de (has lower upload speeds though) and contabo.de (prices are from 9.99EUR here). Installing OScam on VPS is an easy task and here is how you do it.
EDIT: I also tested EDIS.at and I can say this VPS is even better than MisterHost.de. It offers higher upload speeds for same price and upload is very important, especially if you are using OScam with its cache-ex function!
First you need to compile OScam. I suggest you compile it using Simplebuild script. Please check my Simplebuild article here on my blog. Simplebuild will also automatically install all missing packages that are needed for successful compile.
After compiling OScam for you VPS, you need to put oscam executable file to /usr/local/bin folder on your VPS server. Use 0755 permissions for this file. Then you need to put oscam configuration files to /usr/local/etc folder. You need oscam.user, oscam.conf and oscam.server. Just create empty files with these names and upload them to /usr/local/etc folder. One setting is very important in oscam.user and that is httpallowed! You should set this to: httpallowed = IPOFYOURCOMPUTER (NOT LOCAL NETWORK IP!!)
Now you need to run oscam with this command: ./oscam -b
OScam should be running now. You wont be able to connect to WebIf right away. For this you need to enter this in oscam.conf file:
[webif]
httpport = 16002
httpuser = root
httppwd = xxx
httprefresh = 10
httpallowed = WAN IP of your computer (use website whatismyip.com)
If you want that OScam starts automatically with system boot, then I suggest that you install Webmin which is free software for maintaining Linux servers. If you decide to use Debian on VPS (as I did), then follow this tutorial to install Webmin on Debian: http://www.webmin.com/deb.html. If you decide to use Ubuntu 12.04, please check tutorial on TheWebPrograms blog where you will get all information about how to install Webmin in Ubuntu 12.04! You can also use newer versions of Ubuntu.
After installation you will be able to enter webmin with this link: YOURVPSIP:10000
Before entering this link, you need to alter one setting in file miniserv.conf which is located in /etc/webmin/ folder. Open that file and change setting ssl=1 to ssl=0. Save it and enter this command in telnet: service webmin restart. Webmin will restart and remote access to Webmin should be working now. Easy 🙂
For automatic start of OScam, just visit Cronjob section of Webmin and create new cronjob. Use these settings:
Execute cron job as: root
Command: /usr/local/bin/oscam -b
Want to execute …: When system boots
Save it and OScam will now start with system boot. I think I covered all aspects of installing OScam on VPS. If you have any additional questions or you think that I missed something, please add a comment! Thanks for reading my blog.
ADDITION:
Thanks to the commenter, I will also explain how to run two or more OScams at the same time. Its not that hard, you will see. Here is what you need to know:
1. You need to have two OScam executable files in /usr/local/bin folder. First one should be named “oscam1”, second one should be named “oscam2”!
2. Now you need to create alternate configuration files folder for your second OScam (oscam2).I recommend that you use name “secondoscam”. End result should look like this: /usr/local/etc/secondoscam/
3. Now go to /usr/local/bin and execute this command in telnet:
./oscam1 -b -c /usr/local/etc/
and
./oscam2 -b -c /usr/local/etc/secondoscam/
4. Edit your oscam.conf files in a way that every OScam will run with different WebIf ports, so you will be able to access them!
5. If you want that OScams start automatically with system start, please use Webmin and its Cronjob function. Here is one exemple what you need tu use under “Command:” option:
Command: /usr/local/bin/oscam1 -b -c /usr/local/etc/
For discussion please visit this forum thread:
http://www.satnigmo.com/forum/index.php?threads/install-oscam-on-vps.537/
Permanent Timeshift on OpenPLi
Recently I decided that it is time to start using something new on my receiver. I have been following this discussion on OpenPLi forum and decided to download latest version of PTS plugin, modified by user Dima73.
Permanent timeshift is basically automatic timeshift in other words. When you zap to channel X, receiver automatically starts recording it. If you decide to switch to another channel, receiver will stop recording previous one and start recording current/new channel.
Plugin also has a few settings where you can for example set when should timeshift start after zapping to certain program. Default setting is 5 seconds and its quite OK. If you are zapping fast, then you should not set up very short time (1 second for example).
OpenPLi recently undergo some timeshift changes and Dima73 is still tweaking this plugin. Latest version is 1.2F but we can expect new version soon. Current version works fine for me though. For latest version please visit above link.
If you decide to use PTS plugin beware that this means your HDD will run all the time. I use NAS and I dont hear my HDDs 🙂
EDIT: OpenPLi now support permanent timeshift by default. You can find this setting in OpenPLi settings menu!
Streaming Plugins for Enigma 2 Collection
I decided to search for all streaming/VOD plugins for Enigma 2 satellite receivers. There are quite a few so you will have to try them all and stick with the best one.
1. MEDIAPORTAL
I couldn’t find original thread but it seems that this thread (sorry no link, please google for yourself) contains always up-to date version of this plugin. OpenPLi does have problems with it and I am not sure how to solve it as I haven’t tested it yet.
2. HBBTV
HbbTV is dependent on TV station support. Most of the TV stations do not support this VOD service. Sadly not all receivers support HbbTV either. Dreambox for example supports this service but only in DMM original images. OpenPLi does not have HbbTV support for Dreambox. Xtrend and Vu+ also support HbbTV but as far as I know, HbbTV on OpenPLi isnt 100% stable (Vu+). Xtrend works fine with HbbTV. I havent tested this plugin yet as I read on forums that it doesn’t work well with Vu+ DUO.
3. ET-PORTAL
This plugin works on OpenPLi based images and is quite interesting. It supports all kind of streaming services. For more information and download visit this thread.
4. WEBMEDIA
Here is another streaming plugin mainly intended for German speaking users. Like other similar plugins it supports “tons” of different streaming services. For more information and download, please visit this thread.
5. TVONLINETV
This plugin enables you to watch different TV channels from around the world. It works on all kind of images and latest version is always available here: http://www.dreamoem.com/showthread.php?5094-TSonlineTV-enigma2-plugin
For discussion please visit this thread:
http://www.satnigmo.com/forum/index.php?threads/enigma-2-streaming-plugins-selection.563/