Missing Metadata being worked on

There is an issue being worked on with missing metadata; fanart, thumbnails and information.

You may notice a lack of fanart, also known as "Backdrops".  This is high quality artwork that is displayed in the background as wallpapers of media selections.

Some thumbnails, also known as movie covers, are also being displayed with poor resoloution.

Turning subtitles on and off

Some content will have subtitles turned on by default.  For example, Homeland Season 3 in HD using Mash Up - VIPlaylist - Hackermils stash.  They can be turned off, here is an example using the android Yatse remote.

In this example Homeland is being played,

swipe right to left to reveal this view

Select subtitles icon

Finally turn the subtitles on or off

Servers not working like they use to?

The content you view originates from various servers and after a while you get to know what servers work best for you.  But then things change!  A server you have been using for a while without any buffering or judder suddenly becomes "messed up".  It happens for various reasons but we thought you should know about one particular reason and a server that most of our customers use, Putlocker.

The server has been and still is under a DDoS attack; nothing to worry about but it does cause problems for users.  These DDoS attacks are normally carried out by competitors who think users will stop using Putlocker and start using their servers.  A bitter battle then pursues within the server realm.

How to fix BBC iPlayer

Are you having problems opening streams in the BBC iPlayer?  Have a look here to sort it out.

Advertisements (Ads)

Our main goal over the last 10 days has been to ensure your safety, privacy and security are maintained within the OpenView experience.

Some add-ons will now deliver advertisements to your TV screens.

You decide if you want to view the advertisement.  When you open an "Ad" add-on you may receive an advertisement.  You can simply close the pop-up box at anytime if you do not want to view the advertisement.

The advertisements will all be family friendly.

The only information recorded from you will be the add-on used and the actual advertisement displayed. No other information is recorded.

Currently 1channel, IceFilms and Project Free TV are advertisement free whereas Mash-up will be displaying ads shorlty.  Also, under Music add-ons the Mikey Karoke will be displaying ads.

September Software Update

Yes, it is October 1st today and here is the September software update!


This is a big one. Some of you may have got part of the update earlier last week and seen a ‘Service management’ or root filesystem update. That was done to prepare your systems for this update well in advance.

To get the update, simply reboot.  You might not be updated immediately because the server gets over loaded at this time and only updates when it has enough power!  If you do not get updated then leave it a few days and simply reboot again.

There will be a number of blue screens and a few automatic reboots during the update process.

Sit back, relax and be patient whilst the system updates.

After the update you can view your "Operating system" software date, it will read "Mon Sep 30".