EmuNation

bigdawgte · 2008-09-17, 09:34 PM

Wow. Using Schedules direct with the GBPVR database is a huge PITA. What a kludgy method of interacting with the channels. There has got to be a better way of mapping channels than config offers -seems as though it was designed to manage <~25 channels, not in excess of 200 like D* offers. Jeez, what happens when D* remaps the channels again? - CHAOS! Are there any better tools/methods out there?

***sub*** · 2008-09-17, 09:41 PM

If you can arrange for DishNetwork or BEV to move their satellite over New Zealand temporarily, I'll sort out support for their non-standard DVB EPG implementation Big Grin

CodeMonkey · 2008-09-17, 10:24 PM

sub Wrote:If you can arrange for DishNetwork or BEV to move their satellite over New Zealand temporarily, I'll sort out support for their non-standard DVB EPG implementation

Or grab a .ts file with the proper PIDs and FTP it to sub. Also, the open source mediaportal project has working code for the North America EPG.

bigdawgte · 2008-09-17, 10:28 PM

sub Wrote:If you can arrange for DishNetwork or BEV to move their satellite over New Zealand temporarily, I'll sort out support for their non-standard DVB EPG implementation

That was funny. Unfortunately, I am not so strong in the ways of the force:p

Are you saying Mediaportal may be a better option for me than GBPVR? It just hit me....GB (pvr). I guess I am the dumb yank here.

CodeMonkey · 2008-09-17, 10:43 PM

bigdawgte Wrote:That was funny. Unfortunately, I am not so strong in the ways of the force:p

Are you saying Mediaportal may be a better option for me than GBPVR? It just hit me....GB (pvr). I guess I am the dumb yank here.

No, I was saying that sub can get EPG code that works from mediaportal.

bigdawgte · 2008-09-17, 11:41 PM

Hmm. I mapped some channels using Schedules Direct, but I still don't have any info in the epg for the DVB-S channels. I don't know what is going wrong.

bigdawgte · 2008-09-20, 07:18 PM

Quote:Or grab a .ts file with the proper PIDs and FTP it to sub

Would I use that TSReader program to do that? I downloaded the free version of that program earlier this year, but couldn't figure how to make it work. I think my DVBDream will record to .ts. Is that good enough? How do I make sure it has "proper PIDs?"

Also, I got good sat scans for 119W and 110W, and spent about three hours mapping many of the channels; my epg is not working properly, but I find that when I try to tune any channels in PVRX2, I now only get a black screen.

CodeMonkey · 2008-09-20, 07:23 PM

bigdawgte Wrote:Would I use that TSReader program to do that? I downloaded the free version of that program earlier this year, but couldn't figure how to make it work. I think my DVBDream will record to .ts. Is that good enough? How do I make sure it has "proper PIDs?"

Also, I got good sat scans for 119W and 110W, and spent about three hours mapping many of the channels; my epg is not working properly, but I find that when I try to tune any channels in PVRX2, I now only get a black screen.

I suspect what dream will record is just the video and audio PIDs so no, that probably won't work. TSReader would be the best bet.

bigdawgte · 2008-09-20, 08:17 PM

Would the free version work? If so, I have to start figuring out how to get it going.

CodeMonkey · (This post was last modified: 2008-09-20, 09:14 PM by CodeMonkey.)

I just looked at the TSReader web page and no, the free one will not record files.

But I believe the PIDs are:

PID 300 for 7 day EPG on TP 18 of 119W
PID 12 is for now and next.