How to get Sky Digital channel guide into GBPVR?

[mvallevand]

You probably could preprocess the XMLTV file and replace "UK_Digi_ with " with sed ie

Code:

sed -e "s/\"UK_Digi_/\"/" < in.xml > out.xml

Martin

[steeb]

Thanks for that but the Sky channel numbers in Digiguide are correct so I don't need to change those...

Here is an example from the xml that the Birtles XMLTV Digiguide grabber generated:

<channel id="UK_Digi_101">
<display-name>BBC 1 London</display-name>
</channel>

Is there some way to do a database query to update the channel numbers from this xml ?

bobster, something is not correct with your xml set up.

extract from my XMLTVGUI processed DigiGuide grab from this morning:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<tv date="20110329" generator-name="XMLTV GUI V. 3.14.01ßW" generator-url="http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv">
  <channel id="157">
    <display-name>Film24</display-name>
  </channel>

[Edit] Or could post-process as per Martin's suggestion but I am not running any postprocess on my xml other than XMLTVGUI. Have you checked AB's site? There a few posts from me re: getting DigiGuide working. [EndEdit]
steeb

[mvallevand]

See this then http://www.birtles.org.uk/phpbb3/viewtop...?f=5&t=328

Martin

[steeb]

See this then http://www.birtles.org.uk/phpbb3/viewtop...?f=5&t=328

Martin

Martin, top detective work! Shows how long since I last visited AB's forum. One of those things I forget to do when everything is working

[bobster]

Oops, I didn't know about the post-processing, enabling now and will test it out!

[bobster]

OK, I enabled the post-processor and my xml now looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<tv date="20110331" generator-name="XMLTV GUI V. 3.13.01W" generator-url="http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv">
<channel id="101">
<display-name>BBC 1 London</display-name>
</channel>

However, the channel id does not get imported, they are just consecutive numbers 1,2,3 etc.

So I'm back to square one, how to update the channels with the correct channel numbers?

[steeb]

OK, I enabled the post-processor and my xml now looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<tv date="20110331" generator-name="XMLTV GUI V. 3.13.01W" generator-url="http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv">
<channel id="101">
<display-name>BBC 1 London</display-name>
</channel>

However, the channel id does not get imported, they are just consecutive numbers 1,2,3 etc.

So I'm back to square one, how to update the channels with the correct channel numbers?

bobster, I now forget, is this with GB-PVR or NextPVR?

steeb

[bobster]

This is with NextPVR, here are my settings:

[steeb]

Hmmm, I do not understand the HD-PVR. Is it set up as a digital device?

I set up my channels with NextPVR a while back and haven't had another play since. I can't remember how I got the channel numbers to work.

I have a nasty feeling that you need an analog device and set that up first and import the channels which gives the correct numbers as desired. Then scan with a digital device and merge.....

Hmmm again....

Seems a shame that NextPVR does not automatically support the channel numbering from the XML somehow, IF this is the case? Perhaps someone else could shed some light?

[sub]

Seems a shame that NextPVR does not automatically support the channel numbering from the XML somehow

I havent been following this thread, but as far as I'm aware, NextPVR supports the two main standards for channel numbers in xmltv files:

Code:

    <channel id="CART-NET">
        <display-name>Cartoon Network</display-name>
        <display-name>42</display-name>
    </channel>

Code:

    <channel id="42">
        <display-name>Cartoon Network</display-name>
    </channel>

What format is not being accepted? Post an example file so I can check it out myself.