Where to go from here.

[risingfish]

No offense was meant, but being a software developer myself, my first assessment was that it's possible to match it up programatically for the most part. I noticed there where more than a few channels with multiple options which would take some special handling and would add some complexity.

My cable broadcaster doesn't broadcast the call signs or anything like that. In SchedulesDirect you get a full list of all the channels along with the (call sign/names).

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I'm figuring that you could probably do a regex match (or even just a split() on the delimiter) and use the digital channel as the key in a hash. Then match them to the EPG information downloaded from SchedulesDirect.

So digital channels 90.455, 90.450, 90.445 would turn into a keyed array like:

[455]->[90.455]
[450]->[90.450]
[445]->[90.445]

Then you could just match up the schedules direct listing by using the channel as the key to find the value. "455 KIVIDT" would be matched to 90.455 using 455 as the key. As I mentioned above, the multiple options for a digital channel would be a little more complicated but doable.

Again, no offense was meant, but while I was working on setting everything up last night, the wheels started turning.

[sub]

So digital channels 90.455, 90.450, 90.445 would turn into a keyed array like:

[455]->[90.455]
[450]->[90.450]
[445]->[90.445]

I'm aware of this, but unfortunately there is only a couple of cable broadcasters in the US that broadcast this way, with the transport stream program number (the "455" of 90.455) matching the channel number on the cable boxes. The majority do not do this.

I specifically added the "90.455" part to the results GBPVR shows knowing that it would help at least some users simplify their mapping.

[risingfish]

Oh... that sucks. CableOne has generally been a disappointment for me, but I guess I'm happy to see they're doing one thing right.

So another idea popped into my head last night as well. Another way this process could be a little less painful would be to allow a user to export their list EPG/Channel list as an XML file that would allow them to share it with other users. That way one poor sucker like myself would take the time to set it up, and then other users could import it into their install of GB-PVR and get up and running faster.

[johnsonx42]

Given the vast number of cable providers in the US and the fairly limited number of GB-PVR users per provider, I doubt sub's effort on such a task would be worthwhile. Add to that the fact that the cable providers appear to change their lineups fairly often, and any such exported list would be obsolete quickly. I think every GB-PVR user will simply need to get familiar with the task of scanning and mapping channels.

[risingfish]

Ok, well just trying to offer some suggestions to make the product a little better.

[risingfish]

If anyone is still reading this, I think I found the source of my confusion. When I try to map the channels using to the frequency, I do not get any channels under 79. Any idea what might cause this? I should mention I only have one Digital Tuner configured right now.

[johnsonx42]

Your cable provider doesn't have any digital channels below 79. Your digital channels are all on 5 frequencies: 79, 80, 89, 90 and 100; that means multi-record will work really well for you. If you want to tune analog channels, you'll need to setup the analog side of your 2250.

[risingfish]

Thanks johnson. I think I don't fully understand how to set this card up. Do I need 2 digital sources and two analog sources? or one digital and one analog source?

[johnsonx42]

2 digital and 2 analog. The catch with this card is that there are only two tuners, each can operate in analog OR digital mode. So even though you'll have 4 tuners defined in config, only 2 can operate at any one time. GB-PVR knows this, sub added some logic a couple of releases back to handle this.

I believe you setup your first digital device as device 1, and the second as device 2. Then you do the same for the analog side.

[risingfish]

It's finally all coming together. Channels are working... HD and analog, EPG is updating. I don't remember my pvr 500 being this tough.

Now all I need to do is figure out why it's not finding the Cyberlink MUX.

Thanks for all the help!