Set Top Box Channel Source Config

[MC001]

As a c# learning project I'd like to write a plugin or utility that automatically sets the source channel numbers in GBPVR.mdb for sending to a set-top box when GBPVR changes channel, based on a selected profile of TV providers.

What I aim for it to do would be:

1) Request the Provider from a list
2) Fetch the providers channel list from an XML file
3) Update GBPVR's source_channel_mapping table with automatically matched channels on a first pass
4) Allow the user to confirm any exceptions in a second pass.
5) Optionally change the channel display order, effectively setting the GBPVR channel number to that of the provider so that the mini guide browses in the same order of the providers channels.

Sounds more like an additional standalone utility rather than a plug-in to me.

What do people think?

M

[sub]

Yes, it does sound more like an external utility but entirely do-able and should be quite helpful to some user.

Depending on where abouts in the world you are, some XMLTV files already contain the channel numbers and GB-PVR will automatically set these up.

[MC001]

Ok, i'll work on the basis of a standalone util. I'll do a post requesting the TV providers that people are using so that I can start building up some profiles (other than the uk ones that I have).

[MC001]

sub,

Is there any code exposed anywhere that I can use to access the tables in gpbvr.mdb - i notice that most records have an oid field, presumably I can pass that to something to de-persist/persist and stuff?

M