Ota2xml

McBainUK · 2012-01-05, 01:52 PM

http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...EPGOTA2XML

Why would you need to use this to create an XMLTV file when NextPVR has DVB/ATSC EPG features built in?

imilne · 2012-01-05, 02:03 PM

DVBGuide is very handy, not least because it can parse and understand the "encrypted" EPG for Freesat. Having the results in an xmltv file also opens up possibilities for pre-processing before giving the data to GBPVR/NPVR.

Iain

martint123 · 2012-01-05, 04:27 PM

imilne Wrote:DVBGuide is very handy, not least because it can parse and understand the "encrypted" EPG for Freesat. Having the results in an xmltv file also opens up possibilities for pre-processing before giving the data to GBPVR/NPVR.

Iain

Freeview HD channels as well?? (I haven't looked).

imilne · (This post was last modified: 2012-01-05, 05:16 PM by imilne.)

martint123 Wrote:Freeview HD channels as well?? (I haven't looked).

Yes. You can even see the listings for the HD mux with just an normal DVB-T tuner (and DVBGuide).

Iain

steeb · 2012-01-05, 10:51 PM

I did vaguely experiment with this when writing the original wiki pages up.

It is the pre-processing that seemed to me the biggest strength as per Iain's post. By grabbing sometimes sparse data by the provider it can be enhanced etc etc.....

cheers all

steeb

imilne · 2012-01-06, 02:37 PM

I don't do much processing of the files, but it does help. For usage with GBPVR, I strip out all the channels I'm not interested in, and also rename some of them too (this isn't an issue with NPVR). I also take some of the extra fields that aren't displayed and tag them onto the description field, so I can see stuff like audio format (Mono, Stereo, Dolby Digital), aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9), and also add the genre too. It's often wrong though Rolleyes

Iain

steeb · (This post was last modified: 2012-01-09, 12:52 AM by steeb.)

imilne Wrote:I don't do much processing of the files, but it does help. For usage with GBPVR, I strip out all the channels I'm not interested in, and also rename some of them too (this isn't an issue with NPVR). I also take some of the extra fields that aren't displayed and tag them onto the description field, so I can see stuff like audio format (Mono, Stereo, Dolby Digital), aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9), and also add the genre too. It's often wrong though

Iain

If it is GB-PVR related I think we can all give up on that now? :

I would suggest just getting rid of any pages that are not supported yet (that require serious geek input)....

McBainUK you are working too hard on this, I wish I could help you but time is not my friend at the moment....

cheers

steeb