DirecTV channel changing app

[los93sol]

I still haven't gotten my setup working, but I do have an application for remote NextPVR clients when your using a DirecTV receiver to feed NextPVR. I saw a lot of solutions like setting the channel changer to an executable and piping the channel number to EventGhost and handling it from there, but everything I saw seemed like a lot of extra work when DirecTV receivers have IP control built right into them so I wrote a quick app that can receive the channel number from NextPVR and sends it to the relevent receiver. It's quick and painless, no crazy setup. If there is an interest for it please post here and I'll host it for download somewhere with a quick start guide.

[mvallevand]

I am sure some people would like it. Note there is already a similar solution from SageTV here http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthre...ostcount=1 NextPVR would just need to be configured to use dtvTune (step c.)

Martin

[kayleigh]

I've used the dtvTune executable for a couple of years now, and I haven't had any issues with it EXCEPT that I don't know how to pass the digital "xx-1" channels.

If you've got that sussed, I'd definitely be interested.

[vogelap]

Interested, indeed! I've got my DirecTV box connected via low-speed serial port to my PC/PVR. Will your solution work with that?

[johnsonx42]

there's already an app for serial port control. google directv serial control.

[smajor]

Please post your solution as well. I'm about ready to jump Time Warner's ship!