New Enigma 2 Box setup...please help a nub!

Zack1uk

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I've just taken delivery of a Mutant HD51 and will be setting it all up tomorrow when the HDD arrives. Its going to be a combined IPTV and Freesat PVR box and ideally a KODI HTPC for my media collection (I played about with the media browser plugin, but its not got the features I need in Kodi).

I've been reading both these and the WoS forums and. honestly, I'm a bit lost. There is so much useful info here, but its a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, and being a noob I have no idea what needle I'm looking for.

I've installed Willobuild, but have some questions that I hope you can answer (or point me towards the solution).

1) I've not picked an IPTV supplier yet, but I assume they will tell me how to configure and set up their EPG? Yay or nay? Seems that there are lots of ways of sorting out and arranging an EPG

2) I'm assuming that setting up for freesat should be relatively straightforward, but how do I combine both freesat and IPTV into a single EPG (ie when I click on BBC1 HD it uses the sat feed, but Sly Movies will use IPTV feed)

3) I tried the kodi plugin, and all seemed good until I tried to install my favorite build. It failed immediately as soon as download started saying refer to log file (which didn't tell me anything). I suspect it is because the build is circa 400mb but the Mutant says it only has 140mb free memory. Can I force plugins (or temp files) to use the internal HDD or a USB stick? (I want to use kodi as a media browesr for circa 12TB of media on a separate server, but really like this particular build for its layout and extra addons)

4) Are there any idiots guides for setting these boxes up or am I resigned to scouring hundreds of pages of forums for the thing I need (or asking questions that have been asked before).

5) I read a lot of posts from people who have set these boxes up, got 95% of the way there, but had issues due to an obscure setting, or missing plugin (eg telling the box to store EPG info on a USB drive). Does anyone have any general hints or tips to make my life easier?

6) Is there a noob's glossary of common terms? .m3u, c line, OSCAM, xtream editor, bouquets etc etc

Hope I've posted in the correct forum, but I'll add a similar post in the Mutant and IPTV guides forum directing specialists from those here, just in case they don't read the satellite guides forum. Hope that this is OK.
 
When you find test and install your iptv should populate along side your Freesat they will all have their own headings like for example iptv sports, movies, kids, 3pm kick offs documentaries and so on as for your other questions pending what image you have on you mentioned @Willo3092 build you will get the help and support needed to get you set up
 
dont keep reposting the same stuff, mods will get angry and delete it.
do a forum search, there is a great basic guide done by bees somewhere
Sorry (and thanks)....I posted a post in two other relevant (IPTV and Mutant) forums directing anyone who might be able to help me to this post. I didn't repeat this post. This board has dozens of forums, and I suspect that some of the IPTV experts who might be able to help me, don't regularly look here. Is there a more efficient way of getting there attention? Please tell me and I'll do it.

I have been searching and googling for the best part of the day, and am possibly more confused than when I started. I'll look for Bees guide now.

Edit: Found it. http://www.techkings.org/threads/noobies-guide-to-iptv.131242/
Edit 2: Video is dead :/
 
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You've installed the build but no hdd yet? What are you using as storage?
Most functions of the box rely on having a hdd or usb installed. I know Kodi creates a hidden folder on /media/hdd/

I'm no expert on IPTV or Kodi but if you want to create a combined bouquet of freesat and iptv you will need to do it with something like e-channeliser and set ABM to keep that bouquet or it will overwrite it when it scans.
I would set up freeview first and when you're happy put IPTV on.
My advice is to flash again when you have a hdd installed and then do a software update because the new ViX has just been released.
The image size for the mutant is so large because it creates an image of the entire partition rather than just the file system, it's nothing to worry about.
 
Sorry (and thanks)....I posted a post in two other relevant (IPTV and Mutant) forums directing anyone who might be able to help me to this post. I didn't repeat this post. This board has dozens of forums, and I suspect that some of the IPTV experts who might be able to help me, don't regularly look here. Is there a more efficient way of getting there attention? Please tell me and I'll do it.

I have been searching and googling for the best part of the day, and am possibly more confused than when I started. I'll look for Bees guide now.

Edit: Found it. http://www.techkings.org/threads/noobies-guide-to-iptv.131242/
Edit 2: Video is dead :/

Ive deleted two other posts , Steptoe is absolutely correct.
You have willo to guide you, and the rest of us will help out where we can.
 
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