Beiträge von Adski

  • New DM8000 internal DVD connection

    Very simple answer... DM8000 required installation of libdvdcss, I used v2.1 Finaly found a ipk version ftp'd it to the "tmp" folder in the root



    telnet into box



    cd / (enter)
    ipkg install /tmp/nameofyourfile.ipk



    Restart and DVD's are working. Great :smiling_face:



    Hope this helps at least 1 more person. Thanks for reading.

  • New DM8000 internal DVD connection

    Hello all,


    I found this over on the German forums that might be helpful - a photo of main board marked up.


    http://www.dream-multimedia-tv…9607bba15163a0ddb9f1070ae


    It seems this dealer I bought my box from didn’t know about the new MB with 3x SATA and proceeded to connect the DVD drive to the single SATA connector nearest to the power supply.


    (First question - what are the possible repercussions of doing this? Could it kill the drive or worse the board?) Answer after solution - apparently no everything worked.


    After figuring out the connection needed changing by spending some time translating the German forums I proceeded to make the change, bought myself a null modem and re-flashed the Original DM 2.8.4 firmware as I read it needed a re-flash to correctly recognise/install the DMA support (Second question – Is this correct/confirmed?).


    I am now in a position where my DM8K sees the hardware, mediascanner detects the DVD, I can use media player to view the vob files on disk. But it will not play a DVD using the DVDPlayer. I have tried a few Original DVD’s including the LOTR series.


    The disk goes in, DM8K detects DVD, press 1 or OK to play and I see a few plashes from the DVD drive light, the DVD title text is on the front display but the play time stays at -0:00:00 and the DVD goes to idle and spins down.


    I have tried the DVD drive out of the DM8K in case it was a long fixing screw hitting any moving parts inside. No change.


    I have mounted the drive on a windows machine to ensure the Region code was set and not blank as I read this may also have something to do with it and to be honest I was getting a little desperate.


    As a last shot test I also tried a SATA to USB adapter connected to the internal USB port in front of the power supply. The same issue continued here after a reboot the discs are again detected, can browse files on the disc, yet no playing.


    My fear is that possibly there mistake may have done damage I can’t fix, would a knowledgeable reader provide answers to some or all of my questions? I would be very grateful.


    Thanks for reading.