Update VLCf for the latest version of VLC Frontend: VLCF-Final. (save the file locally and FTP it to your dreambox, log in to your dreambox with default username root and password dreambox, or set up UltraEdit to save directly using FTP your choice). Save it to a file called movieplayer_My_Server.xml to your dreambox's /var/etc folder. Startdir and cddrive to fit correspondingly the movie folder and the cddrive on the backend pc. The server ip to fit the IP-address of the backend PC. No idea what's gonna happen so I'm not jumping to any conclusions yet but I hope it all goes well.Use a unix compatible editor, like UltraEdit, edit lines 4 and 5.

Oh wow! Now that got me REALLY worried!! I just got my serial cable today from ebay and will try it as soon as I get home. (can't telnet it, can't ftp it, can't ping it,and doesn't show anything on TV)

Right now my dm500 doesn't work because of that PLI jade and i've no idea what to do ! then i switched on the dreambox and NOTHING HAPPENS. In case anyone wondered, I disconnected all cables, connected the Null modem cable alone started DreamUp 1.3.3.2 and pressed the connect (without network option). The installation stopped at the 'writing and verifiying cramps memory partition' - stucked at 84% and after a few mins i had to disconnect the power of the box to reset it.Īfter reading a lot in all the forums here i got a Null Modem cable and tried to connect the box - but without luck. I had gemini 4.20 installed on the dm500, and i used Flashwizard 6.3 to flash PLI jade.

So my guess is that it's pretty dead! I'm hoping that I'll be able to use a serial cable and revive it somehow (although again, I'm a complete newb but I think I'll figure it out) but are there any other thoughts on this.? I tried to ftp to it again after turning it on but unsuccessfully. After leaving it for a while, it again shut off. So I unplugged the power cable and plugged it in again, the green light came on but nothing on the screen and again no response from the remote control. The remote control was not responding either. I still waited for a while but nothing happened. So I downloaded the latest one and followed the same procedure but after the flash was complete, I got the Enigma boot logo and my Dreambox just stayed there until it shut off completely (not standby). I was trying to access the blue panel but nothing was happening when I learned about the PLi image and decided to give that a try. I got my 500S a couple days ago (NOT a clone) and played around with it a bit and successfully flashed the latest Gemini image by ftping to /tmp, placing the image there and renaming it to root.cramfs. First of all, I'm a complete newbie to the world of Dreambox.

Dreambox dm500s gemini image