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#321089 21-Apr-2010 07:26

thekiwi: was testing last night against MP1.10 RC1 and RC2(SVN) with the TVServer running and all was good. Silly question but - did you have any recordings occuring or timeshifting/live tv at the time? Also can you provide your OS / patch details. Also, Steve sent me your log and from the looks of it you are only trying MHEG. Could you try EIT (I don't expect it to work - but just want to be certain). Sorry if I am asking for stuff you've already provided :-(

Streamz

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#321155 21-Apr-2010 09:31

SJB: I had a similar problem when I was testing the Sky EPG collection. That's why, if you look at the Sky ini file the frequencies are out of order. I discovered that all the frequencies after a certain frequency failed but when I put the last one that worked at the end they all worked.

I should have asked you to put the first one last so try 57 then 66 then 53.

Steve

Ok, tried changing the order to 57, 66, 53, but it still cant lock signal on second frequency. Also tried EIT, but just the same problem. Both tuners were not in use at the time.

SJB

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#321159 21-Apr-2010 09:35

Thanks for trying - I'll take another look at it today.

thekiwi

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#321189 21-Apr-2010 10:01

giggles: thekiwi: was testing last night against MP1.10 RC1 and RC2(SVN) with the TVServer running and all was good. Silly question but - did you have any recordings occuring or timeshifting/live tv at the time? Also can you provide your OS / patch details. Also, Steve sent me your log and from the looks of it you are only trying MHEG. Could you try EIT (I don't expect it to work - but just want to be certain). Sorry if I am asking for stuff you've already provided :-(

Hi ya
Am running Windows XP Pro SP3
Nothing was running at the time (No Time shifting or recording ... even shut the TV Service and 4therecord down)

Here is the log using Freeview EIT.ini

09:56:37:729 Started on 21/04/2010
09:56:37:729 ============================ EPG Collector V1.0.8 ==============================
09:56:37:980 Found tuner 1: TechniSat BDA Digital Tuner (Satellite)
09:56:38:089 Found tuner 2: Hauppauge WinTV 88x DVB-S Tuner/Demod (Satellite)
09:56:38:089 Processing command line parameter: /ini=Freeview EIT.ini
09:56:38:089 Processing ini parameter: Output:Freeview EIT.xml
09:56:38:089 Processing ini parameter: Timeouts:10,300
09:56:38:089 Processing ini parameter: Satellite:1600
09:56:38:089 Processing ini parameter: Dish:9750000,10750000,11700000
09:56:38:089 Processing ini parameter: Frequency:12456000,22500,3/4,H,N
09:56:38:105 Processing ini parameter: Frequency:12483000,22500,3/4,H,N
09:56:38:199 Processing frequency 12456000 to locate stations
09:56:38:214 EPG LNB Low: 9750000
09:56:38:214 EPG LNB High: 10750000
09:56:38:214 EPG LNB Switch: 11700000
09:56:38:230 EPG Frequency: 12456000
09:56:38:230 EPG SRate: 22500
09:56:38:230 EPG FEC: Rate3_4
09:56:38:230 EPG Longitude: 1600
09:56:38:230 EPG Polarization: LinearH
09:56:38:246 EPG Adding Network Provider
09:56:38:261 EPG Adding BDA Board Filters
09:56:38:324 EPG Adding TIF Filter
09:56:38:324 EPG Adding Sections And Tables Filter
09:56:47:180 Abandon request from user

Am running Mediaportal 1.0.2 in Multiseat so this is just a plain server setup, with the clients in other rooms.

freitasm

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#321250 21-Apr-2010 11:57

Any updates on the Windows 7 front? I am currently using the EPG Collector on my Windows Home Server and running Big Screen EPG to load the XML from the share.

SJB

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#321268 21-Apr-2010 12:33

streamz: I've got over the 'not locked' problem I mentioned I had on Sky by changing the code to try repeating the failing frequency (max 3 times).

I'm testing on satellite though - could you pm me an email address where I could send you a test version to see if it's ok on terrestrial.

MCEabused

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#321353 21-Apr-2010 15:45

Hi SJB I've a new feature request for your application
Would it be posible to add an option to override the default ones with custom user supplied ones from an ini

I do this remapping in the EPG so the Channels can be imported into GBpvr or 7MCE with out post re-mappings
It's just make life a little simplier and tidier with Viewing apps setup, guides and remotes.

E.G. your apps default mheg5 output
channel id="1200"
display-nameTV ONEdisplay-name
channel id="1201"
display-nameTV2display-name
etc
to for example
channel id="1"
display-nameTV1display-name
channel id="2"
display-nameTV2display-name
etc

Obviously all the User supplied remapps have to be unique.
I currently use DJKXML's overrides and ReplChanID.exe to do this at the moment in a batch file but it's a little messy.

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#321371 21-Apr-2010 16:18

Maybe change the Station parameter so it becomes something like

Station:serviceID,Ignore to exclude the station
Station:serviceID,nnnn to remap to nnnn

The current format could be retained and default to ignore.

MCEabused

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#321382 21-Apr-2010 16:58

Yes SJB your suggested remap would work well for me, and backwards compatible as well.
any chance of re mapping the displayname too?

Station:serviceID,Ignore to exclude the station
Station:serviceID,nnnn to remap to nnnn,WXYZ

Thank you for looking at this one so quickly

Streamz

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#321397 21-Apr-2010 17:29

PM sent with my email address

SJB

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#321398 21-Apr-2010 17:51

MCEAbused: Yes that would be fine. Thinking about it we can dispense with the Ignore option which could be assumed if you just put Station:serviceID.

Also if you omit the new name it could use the name from the broadcaster.

MCEabused

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#321406 21-Apr-2010 18:22

SBJ yes that would be perfect on all counts
Thank you

thekiwi

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#321608 22-Apr-2010 11:13

giggles: thekiwi: was testing last night against MP1.10 RC1 and RC2(SVN) with the TVServer running and all was good. Silly question but - did you have any recordings occuring or timeshifting/live tv at the time? Also can you provide your OS / patch details. Also, Steve sent me your log and from the looks of it you are only trying MHEG. Could you try EIT (I don't expect it to work - but just want to be certain). Sorry if I am asking for stuff you've already provided :-(

Hi Brad
Have sent you a PM, but they show as unread ... so not sure you are getting them.
Have sent you an Email and am happy to test on my machine here a debug version.
Cheers

Craig

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#321615 22-Apr-2010 11:26

HI Craig,

Test version emailed :-)

watcherck

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#322896 26-Apr-2010 09:42

Hi there,
great work on the EPG Collector project btw.

Just wanted to give you more positive feedback.

Using newest EPG Collector from Sourceforge.
Microsoft XP Pro + SP3
Mediaportal V1.0.2 (fresh install with MySQL database)

Dunedin specific epgcollector.ini

# Output - specifies the path of the output file. Default is XMLTV.xml in the executable directory.

Output:Freeview MHEG.xml

# Tuner - specifies number of tuner to use. Only needed if more than one tuner. Default is to use first available.
# Run utility with command line /tuners to get list of tuners and numbers.

Tuner:1

# Timeouts - in seconds - optional - defaults are 10 and 300 respectively
# Param1 - maximum wait time to lock signal after tuning
# Param2 - length of time to collect data before changing frequency

Timeouts:10,300

# Satellite - comment or remove whole line for terrestrial
# Param1 - longitude in tenths of a degree (east assumed)

# Satellite:1600

# Dish - comment or remove whole line for terrestrial
# Param1 - LNB low band
# Param2 - LNB high band
# Param3 - LNB switch

# Dish:9750000,10750000,11700000

# Frequencies for satellite
# Param1 - frequency
# Param2 - symbol rate
# Param3 - FEC
# Param4 - Polarization (H = horizontal ,V = vertical, L = circular left, R = circular right
# Param5 - Y = collect MHEG data if present N = only collect EIT data (MHEG data only present on NZ Freeview frequencies at the moment.
# Parameter has no effect on frequencies not carrying MHEG data but must be present)

# Frequency:12456000,22500,3/4,H,Y
# Frequency:12483000,22500,3/4,H,Y

# Frequencies for terrestrial
# Param1 - frequency
# Param2 - bandwidth
# Param3 - Y = collect MHEG data if present N = only collect EIT data (MHEG data only present on NZ Freeview frequencies at the moment.
# Parameter has no effect on frequencies not carrying MHEG data but must be present)

Frequency:650000,8,Y
Frequency:666000,8,Y
Frequency:730000,8,Y

# TV Stations - Excluded stations list - any station in this list WILL BE IGNORED
# Param1 - Frequency
# Param2 - Service ID

#Station:12483000,1909

Added the appropriate frequencies, eventually got the xml file to generate, renamed to tvguide.xml and copied to Mediaportal TV Server folder, enabled XMLtv in TV Server config, saved and loaded mediaportal and the EPG was present.

So again awesome work on this project :)

thanks

Chris

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