.exe channel changer for girder

[hatterman]

Hi all.

I'm new to the site and to GBPVR. Finally got myself an mpeg2 card and installed GBPVR...fantastic !!

I use GBPVR for all my TV viewing and girder for my remote control, using a tira2 IR blaster.

I have written a small console app that will receive the channel number from GBPVR when a channel change occurs, parse out the channel into 3 seperate digits and then send these digits to girder at 500ms intervals using girders event.exe app.

I am subscribed to Virgin Media (formally telewest) and have the standard Scientific Atlanta Explorer 4000 provided by Telewest.

I have a girder GML for sending remote codes to the set top box, and have simply set event triggers for all of the number buttons.

So far it works a treat. Works on manual channel up/down, recording via the EPG and timed recording also.

All that is needed is to place my channelchange.exe and girders event.exe into the root c: drive and point GBPVR to use channelchange.exe as the channel changer.

Not sure if this is of any use to anybody but I would be happy to let you all have it. However, please note I'm only a newby programmer who is learning VB, I'm no expert !!!

Thanks.

[pBS]

here's a batch file to do same...

Code:

@echo off
if "%1" == "" echo No channel given! && goto :eof
set ch=%1
:: replace [b]'echo'[/b] below with your changer program .exe
[b]echo[/b] %ch:~0,1%
[b]echo[/b] %ch:~1,1%
[b]echo[/b] %ch:~2,1%

i used mine for winlirc w/transmit.exe

[hatterman]

Hi

Yes, pretty much all I'm doing in my console app. Good stuff

[pBS]

i just wanted to post it so when i lose it i'll have a backup...hehe
i actually wrote a program myself also, then i snapped it could be done with dos too.
best thing about batch files is they're ?easily adaptable to just about anything..
shoot, i made a menu creating, dvd author/burning program with a batch! lol
plus, every machine on the market can run them...