EPG Source & NZ

[hasso]

I presently manually execute a .bat file that uses wget to obtain listings from either http://mr.geek.nz/epg/getlist.html?channels=ter or http://ontv.orcon.net.nz/listings.xml... Both good NZ sources and much appreciated.

Is there a way that this could be incorporated into the "EPG Source" section of GBPVR Configuration, so that it would automatically update it for me, similar as to XMLTV or Zap2It does?

[sub]

You can just place a URL in the XMLTV file name field (ie, http://mr.geek.nz/epg/getlist.html?channels=ter) and it will automatically download and process the file.

[hasso]

Great, thanks. For some reason I had always assumed that I was restricted specifically to using xmltv or Zap2it.

[sub]

It is restricted to using XMLTV, Zap2it or Bleb. In this case the file is just a normal XMLTV file, so you just use the normal XMLTV plugin, but instead of picking up the file off a local drive, GB-PVR downloads it from a remote server.

[hasso]

Makes sense.

There are times when one NZ source or the other is not available so I use one of three sources. The .bat file would download (in order of availability) using wget, and a utility (called change.exe) was used to make the channel ids/names consistent within GBPVR so that things like the TV Guide would not have basically 'duplicate' entries. I was just hoping that I could actually execute this .bat file from within GBPVR.

[sub]

Quote[/b] ] I was just hoping that I could actually execute this .bat file from within GBPVR.

If you need to do complex (non-standard) processing like this, just call your batch file from UpdateEPG.bat which is automatically called before the actual update is performed. This gives you a chance to download and manipulate the files just prior to GB-PVR doing it's business.

[hasso]

Thanks... That certainly looks like it would do the trick.