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#247645 17-Aug-2009 13:21

This morning I turned the Panasonic DMR-BW850 on and first thing was a popup saying "New channel found".

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#247646 17-Aug-2009 13:22

I'm hoping my samsung TV is going to say the same thing to me when I get home...

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#247650 17-Aug-2009 13:26

For anyone using the Vantage HD6000T/NZ it's an easy re-tune. Simply go to Menu/Installation/Auto Scanning and let the process take place, then save when scanning reaches 100%. Prime will get added with it's correct name displayed in slot 10. I did this to both of my Vantages, and all timer events remained intact.

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#247664 17-Aug-2009 13:44

Here is a prime logo if anyone needs it. http://www.freeviewnz.tv/images/uploads/Prime_TV_107x35.jpg

And this file can be used for the rest of the logos and listing info (except 3 +1). http://freeviewnz.tv/epg_data.php

It also still points to the prime_7days.xml on TVNZ so one would hope this will be live by the end of the day.

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#247679 17-Aug-2009 14:06

yeah, i'm hanging out for Prime on XMLTV.co.nz now, channel mappings on GB-PVR don't work without it for now.

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#247681 17-Aug-2009 14:10

allstarnz: yeah, i'm hanging out for Prime on XMLTV.co.nz now, channel mappings on GB-PVR don't work without it for now.

Do you have a url in the XMLTV entry in gbpvr? Rather than a local file location? If a local file, I just hacked the files to get prime in the system (did it twice for me, PrimeS being satellite, and Prime being terrestial). Then added the channel mappings.

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#247689 17-Aug-2009 14:33

Feed seems live again now. I've been checking for it.

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#247713 17-Aug-2009 15:15

What's with the disgusting bitrate? It's ~half of what C4 is. (DTT).r

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#247735 17-Aug-2009 15:42

Well the Prime EPG is up and running now I've got 8 days worth.

The picture is still much sweeter than standard Sky with component.

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#247769 17-Aug-2009 16:24

Fossie: What's with the disgusting bitrate? It's ~half of what C4 is. (DTT).r

Mediaworks have lots of spare bandwidth on DTH hence the high bitrate on C4. You should really compare the bitrate with Maori TV which is on the same multiplex.

Looking at the DVB headers here at the max video birate values

C4 - 771800 Bytes/sec
TV3 PLUS1 - 771800 Bytes/sec

MaoriTV - 414200 Bytes/sec
Prime - 414200 Bytes/sec

So Maori TV and Prime can peak at upto 3.2 MBit which is pretty good for SD H.264.

Interestingly TVNZ don't specify a max bitrate in the DVB headers for their channels.

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#247785 17-Aug-2009 16:39

davidcole:
allstarnz: yeah, i'm hanging out for Prime on XMLTV.co.nz now, channel mappings on GB-PVR don't work without it for now.

Do you have a url in the XMLTV entry in gbpvr? Rather than a local file location? If a local file, I just hacked the files to get prime in the system (did it twice for me, PrimeS being satellite, and Prime being terrestial). Then added the channel mappings.

I just used the Sky settings and that seems to work, I just miss out on TV3+1, no big deal.

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#247786 17-Aug-2009 16:40

Does anyone here use the Hills DVB-S Freeview box?
My olds have it, it didn't pick up prime over night and the only way I could make it find it was to use the Reinstallation options (complete channel search didn't find it)

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#247790 17-Aug-2009 16:59

WIN 7 Media centre. Full rescan picked it up no problem.
Zinwell ZMT-620 (with Hong Kong Firmware) rescan and now have prime there too.
Thanks SKY :)

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#247791 17-Aug-2009 17:01

Just watching it now (telly listed below) looks ok to me.

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#247805 17-Aug-2009 17:54

Didn't seem to need a rescan on DVBviewer - Prime popped up on the Reserved 5SKD channel...

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