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TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine
— 09-10/2012
— www.TELE-satellite.com
AirPlayer Plugin
for the AZBox ME
Vitor Martins Augusto
FEATURE
AZBox ME Receiver Software
One of the aces up the
sleeve of Linux receivers
such as the AZBox ME is
the option of installing new
plugins and thereby adding
new functions and features.
Keep reading to find out
how.
Many Linux distributions
come with an integrated
download function which al-
lows installation of a range
of plugins at the touch of a
button on the remote con-
trol. A closer look at those
download menus, however,
reveals that by default the
AZBox ME offers only certain
plugins for download.
There’s a simple reason
for that: A lot of plugin serv-
ers for Linux receivers don’t
only host legal OpenSource
plugins, but also illegal of-
ferings. It’s only logical that
the original firmware does
not provide links to those
servers.
What this does not mean,
however, is that you can’t
make use of all the legal pl-
ugins hosted on such serv-
ers. You only need to know
How to find out the IP Address
1. Need to find out your AZBox ME’s IP address? Look it
up in the Setup menu.
2. Then select System.
3. From there proceed to the Network sub-menu.
4. And finally choose Adapter Settings to…
5. …find out the current IP address.