WeTek Play - AML-8726 MX

[aardvark]

Cheers again droidelec very helpful..... you are a bright burning star in the blanket of night, I have managed to send wetek an email so hopefully they can clarify a couple of things for me. I have to say it seems to be a keenly priced wee box given the features. At the moment I am using a minix x8 which is fine although really only used as a media centre however it seems quite fast especially in comparison to the old atv 2 jailbroken I was using and here I was hoping you could answer one last question.........is the wetek reasonably fast? What I really want is a decent stable one box solution that allows me to watch and record tv, stream media from a nas and from the interwebisphere and is reasonably perky and can be modified and updated easily..........all at a fair price........not a lot to ask for really,

Once again thanks

[droidelec]

Many thanks droidelec for the response, can you help me out here and clarify. You said the hybrid tuner supports DVB-C/T/T2 at one tuner............does this mean yo can only record and watch one channel at a time............does the sat version allow you to record one and watch another. Could you also clarify, can you record tv whilst using xbmc/kodi??

Thanks again, i have tried to send an email but their site is down.

You are welcome aardwark

WeTek Satellite tuner is with 2 x DVB-S2, so practically you have two tuners with two inputs. For example I tryed in WeTek Theater to record one channel and watch other channel from same Transponder/frequency on Tuner 1 and it works.

I am pretty sure that you can do same operations with Tuner 2.

Hybrid tuner act as one tuner, you just need to select what type of signal you want to scan and thats it. If recording one channel from same frequency I think it is possible also to watch another channel from same frequency on cable/terrestrial.

I tryed tvheadend on OpenELEC and i also make video of it, in this thread. I can try with recording, as I saw option at tvheadend for that.

Btw. WeTek logo is from yesterday listed at www.openelec.tv so probably soon there will be official support for WeTek Play, which is great news.

My video of OpeneELEC 4.2.0 with DVB, but in that stage was with early support of DVB in old kernel, as now is kernel 3.10.61 in OpenELEC 5.0 by Codesnake for WeTek Play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDgsT0Kkx0

[aardvark]

Many thanks droidelec for the response, can you help me out here and clarify. You said the hybrid tuner supports DVB-C/T/T2 at one tuner............does this mean yo can only record and watch one channel at a time............does the sat version allow you to record one and watch another. Could you also clarify, can you record tv whilst using xbmc/kodi??

Thanks again, i have tried to send an email but their site is down.

[droidelec]

Hi folks really interested in this as a one box solution. Hope some kind soul can answer some of my queries,

Can you get a version that works with normal digital tv as in freeview and if so do you get the normal hd channels.

Can you record tv and if so can you record one watch another. Does it generate a standard epg or do you need to acquire one.
does it have normal skip forward pause functions
Finally if anyone has one does it work well with xbmc/kodi and are the addons etc compatible

Sorry for all the questions but hope someone can help out and hope I have put this in the right place
Many Thanks

Hi aardvark,

Freeview should work without any issue on WeTek Play. Their hybrid tuner support DVB-C/T/T2 at one tuner. I have DVB-S2 version, and on Astra 19.2E and 13.0E EPG is generated automatically for each channel.

Timeshift and normal PVR is also working, and I tested it with DVB-S2 version, by recording on my WD 1 TB external HDD connected by USB to WeTek Play. pause, play, fast forward and backward, both is working.

Actually is first Android TV device with very nice DVB Player.

Even on this video, they explained how to record, but also there is video of showing how to play PVR files

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T6Ua624on8

My device come with v1.0 Sw which is shipped with XBMC Gotham 13.2 version, then I deleted it and installed Kodi Helix 14.0 RC3 version, and so far everything is working, including some addos which are important for me.

And of course, there is OpenELEC 5.0 based on Helix Kodi 14.0 RC2 version, so You can boot it directly from MicroSD card, and use even VDR or tvheadend for DVB under OpenELEC as Live TV.

[aardvark]

some questions about the wtek play

Hi folks really interested in this as a one box solution. Hope some kind soul can answer some of my queries,

Can you get a version that works with normal digital tv as in freeview and if so do you get the normal hd channels.

Can you record tv and if so can you record one watch another. Does it generate a standard epg or do you need to acquire one.
does it have normal skip forward pause functions
Finally if anyone has one does it work well with xbmc/kodi and are the addons etc compatible

Sorry for all the questions but hope someone can help out and hope I have put this in the right place
Many Thanks

[stane1983]

wetek dvb stream.apk send xbmc pvr backend on android. can dvb pvr works with android xbmc. wetek must be look exo infinity device software. http://www.xbmc4stb.net/
only problem wetek device that used ald amlogic chip.if used amlogic 812-h exacly I buy it.

As far as I know they will have S802, S805 and S812 too.

[taki]

wetek dvb stream.apk send xbmc pvr backend on android. can dvb pvr works with android xbmc. wetek must be look exo infinity device software. http://www.xbmc4stb.net/
only problem wetek device that used ald amlogic chip.if used amlogic 812-h exacly I buy it.

[droidelec]

Today I received from WeTek new WeTek Android update, and now streaming works from device to any android smartphone or tablet

For example from DVB-T I am able to stream directly to my tablet with WeControl app which is done by WeTek.

[stane1983]

Few words from me about WeTek device

Hi,

I saw this topic and decided to write few words. I have WeTek device for some time now and I can say that their dev team put lot of effort in making this device.

WeTek is not clone of any device on market. As I know they put lot of effort in modifying and extending Amlogic SDK to satisfy user's needs. Lets face it, all Chinese devices come with basic Amlogic SDK modified for their pcb's and maybe modified Launcher with small redesign of it.

Another thing, it's enthusiast or developer friendly because you can access to any part of it by accessing UART console by connecting provided RS232 cable to your computer.

As you saw, there are CM, AOKP and other ports of Android (see their forum). There is Linux support (full featured LUbuntu desktop) which can be booted from properly created sdcard.

DVB-S2 tuner which I received with device I did not test because I don't have proper infrastructure, but I know that beside Android, OpenELEC and tvheadend works with tuner as well.

I got info that WeTek will be available next week worldwide. Device will be shipped with 6-axis AirMouse RCU with numeric keypad and multimedia controls on it (receiver is in box itself, connected via USB).

Now, what I wrote might sound like some sort of advertisement or something like that, but its not. It's my opinion. I know WeTek guys and they are pretty cool guys and from them you can expect any support you need

Cheers,
Stane1983

[droidelec]

oh ok, where can i buy one?

Honestly no idea, I contacted them after review on CNX Software as developer and I got one last week. Jean Luc at CNX mentioned that they will start selling at end of november.

You can mail them, if you get info you can share here.

[leo5111]

oh ok, where can i buy one?

[droidelec]

this is a gbox mx2 clone?

Of course not, I doubt if mx2 have tuner at all. For me one of the best Android TV box which I had in my hands.

I think first one which I have to be Google GMS certified, it is also listed at Google Supported devices list

MX2 dont have external rs232 and many other things.

[leo5111]

this is a gbox mx2 clone?

[droidelec]

look like prismecube ruby. But wetek very cheap than prismecube. Because 150 £ prismecube ruby. Otherhand somebody very easy compile new (tvheadend and other ) component What you want.
No video have 1080p fps and cpu usage dvb channel. But very slow zapping. My minix and ganitech usb dvbs tuner fast zapping than all other device. Maybe tvheaden ver very old protocol 12. At this time protocol 17 and android tvheadend work perfecly than linux version. Wetek android player like to other amlogic dvb player apk. May be wetek need to support tvheadend or vdr vnsi client for device.

Hi taki,

Yes I use very old tvheadend, tomorrow or next days i will compile newest version.

My antenna is very old and need to be re-alligned and today when i was recording was raining like hell with wind, so signal was not so good.

Device performs very fast as it is Dual Core 1.5 GHz AMLogic SoC.

Also this was on OpenELEC 4.2.0, anywau now when DVB is working everything can be done

Good thing is that WeTek have Plug & Play tuners for all Satellite, Terrestrial and Cable. Hybrid tuner is for both, Cable and DVB-T/T2.

[taki]

look like prismecube ruby. But wetek very cheap than prismecube. Because 150 £ prismecube ruby. Otherhand somebody very easy compile new (tvheadend and other ) component What you want.
No video have 1080p fps and cpu usage dvb channel. But very slow zapping. My minix and ganitech usb dvbs tuner fast zapping than all other device. Maybe tvheaden ver very old protocol 12. At this time protocol 17 and android tvheadend work perfecly than linux version. Wetek android player like to other amlogic dvb player apk. May be wetek need to support tvheadend or vdr vnsi client for device under android