NZ DVB-S Tuning ini

[Jaggy]

Prime has moved transponders therefore you will need a new 1600 OPTUS D1 FTA (160.0E).ini (attached).... (or use the full OPTUS D1 (160.0E)) to tune it...... this was meant to be included in the new 3.1.1 version but somehow seems to have got missed at the last minute

[siliconaudio]

Bugger! This re-introduces a problem that is the reason I stopped getting C4 from the SKY transponder. For the TVNZ channels, I now have the FreeView EPG and the SKY EPG overlaid. As I click to the right through the EPG, I have to click twice per programme. Each click gives me a slightly different show synopsis, one from FreeView and one from SKY. What a pain in the butt!

Is there any way around this? If not, it's not worth the grief and I will just ditch Prime.

[JonnyCam]

I just use epg collector and get one DVB-S for the sky channels, and one DVB-T for the freeview.
Then I have the channels set to use one or the other file, and it updates fine.

I find epg collector faster that the scanning in NPVR (although haven't tried it for a while)
It's another program to install & maintain, but once setup not an issue.

[Jaggy]

I also use EPGCollector & don't have that problem, it's really easy to setup & I also do some post work (automatically) on the xmltv file after epgcollector grabs it to remove things like "All New" from the program titles etc. before NextPVR imports it.

[siliconaudio]

Thanks guys - I will give EPGCollector a try. If this solves my problem, I may even grab C4 again I prefer to keep things as absolutely simple as possible, but there's no escaping I will need to work around this.

Thanks again.

[Waynesm]

post work (automatically) on the xmltv file.
Jaggy,
I am very interested in this to remove eg Film,Prime Flicks,Sunday Cinema etc.
Is it possible to provide details?
Thanks

[Jaggy]

Yeas ago another member posted about a find & replace utility & I have used it ever since, I just use the Replace.exe version from here http://www.bestcode.com/html/file_utilities.html (it took some googling to find this link again I can tell you)


I have a copy of rename.exe permanently in c:\progs\tvguide\guide

Code:

REM guide title rename
cd\
cd c:\progs\tvguide\guide
if exist tvguide.xml del tvguide.xml
if exist c:\progs\tvguide\tvguide.xml copy c:\progs\tvguide\tvguide.xml c:\progs\tvguide\guide

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New A" -replace "<title>A"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>All New A" -replace "e>A"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New B" -replace "<title>B"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>All New B" -replace "e>B"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New C" -replace "<title>C"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>All New C" -replace "e>C"

copy c:\progs\tvguide\guide\tvguide.xml c:\progs\tvguide
cd\

The reason for the two lines for each change is I found in the past that it would sometimes miss the odd one but since I started doing it twice slightly differently it has never failed in years

I can't remember if I tried just doing a

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New " -replace "<title>"

when I set this up years ago or if didn't think of it at the time but it would be worth trying (& I will someday soon)

[Waynesm]

Thanks for reply. Something to work on a rainy day.
In the meantime I found "A.F.9" Windows freeware which I can use manually and achieve what I want for now
Cheers
Waynesm

[Jaggy]

I wouldn't think that it would need a rainy day...., maybe a rainy hour (or two)....
I did go with the rename.exe program because it was rather basic & easy to understand (there are many more powerful, but also harder to figure out varieties of find & replace out there). Once you have a full list for replacing a prefix it's just a case of copying it & doing a find & replace (notepad style) on the name & then pasting it back in so it takes no real time to add different ones to it.

I have also had another think about using just replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New " -replace "<title>" & I seem to remember the problem with it was it left the space at the beginning of the name... but I will have another play as soon as I get some spare time

[Jaggy]

I have also had another think about using just replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New " -replace "<title>" & I seem to remember the problem with it was it left the space at the beginning of the name... but I will have another play as soon as I get some spare time

Well what do you know, it pays to go back & re-look at stuff after you have done things in a big hurry to keep the Boss happy..... the

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New " -replace "<title>"

works just fine

so here is my updated rename part out of my UpdateEPG.bat

Code:

rem I add these on a case by case basis
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>James May's" -replace "<title>James Mays"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>James May's" -replace "e>James Mays"

rem removed from the beginning of the title
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>All New " -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>All New " -replace "e>"

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Film: " -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Film: " -replace "e>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Film:" -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Film:" -replace "e>"

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Movie: " -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Movie: " -replace "e>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Movie:" -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Movie:" -replace "e>"

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Prime Flicks: " -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Prime Flicks: " -replace "e>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Prime Flicks:" -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Prime Flicks:" -replace "e>"

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Prime Presents: " -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Prime Presents: " -replace "e>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Prime Presents:" -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Prime Presents:" -replace "e>"

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Prime Rocks: " -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Prime Rocks: " -replace "e>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Prime Rocks:" -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Prime Rocks:" -replace "e>"

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Sunday Cinema: " -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Sunday Cinema: " -replace "e>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "<title>Sunday Cinema:" -replace "<title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find "e>Sunday Cinema:" -replace "e>"


rem removed from the end of the title
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find " Continued</title>" -replace "</title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find " Continued</t" -replace "</t"

replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find " Encore</title>" -replace "</title>"
replace -fname tvguide.xml -casesens -find " Encore</t" -replace "</t"