USBUIRT and Sky Digibox problem

[jakex]

I am running GBPVR09211 and USBUIRT drivers v1_3. I am using the direct recording plugin and a PVR350, my EPG is set to Bleb(UK) and channel changer is set to USB-UIRT plugin.

The problem I am getting is the sky box is sent the wrong signal to change channels. The signal sent causes the sky OSD to display a speaker icon and then two numbers which are the two numbers from the GBPVR config, recording source, source channel numbers.
If I edit the source channel numbers for the correct Sky channel number, for example 101 for BBC1 then the digibox is sent the correct signal. :confused:

How can I synchronise these numbers with the correct Sky channels?

Also, my EPG has many missing channels, MotorsTV (sky 413) to name but one. How can I get a complete EPG?

[sub]

If I edit the source channel numbers for the correct Sky channel number, for example 101 for BBC1 then the digibox is sent the correct signal.

How can I synchronise these numbers with the correct Sky channels?

You need to type in the correct channel numbers for every channel.

Also, my EPG has many missing channels, MotorsTV (sky 413) to name but one. How can I get a complete EPG?

Bleb is a little limited in the channels it offers. If you need more channels, you'd need to switch to xmltv.

[jakex]

You need to type in the correct channel numbers for every channel.

Thanks Sub I suspected as much. Surely there must be a way of keeping those numbers in sync though. I don't know about you but I think all this manual editing/config is just too much. I mean it will take ages to initially input all of the correct channel numbers, and Sky also has had habit of moving the digital channel numbers around every now and again meaning you constantly have to manually check that the numbers in the config match the Sky guide. there must be an easier way

Bleb is a little limited in the channels it offers. If you need more channels, you'd need to switch to xmltv.

I definately need more channels ( but that will mean typing in more channel numbers!!!!).
Also I have very briefly investigated into XMLTV. Again though this seems like a very manual process. From what I can gather it requires 'AT' scheduling and command line scripting. I may be completely wrong on this though as I only looked into it briefly. I spend too much time in front of computers anyway, I thought to myself this was going to be a fun project at home to show my mates that you don't need to fork out for Sky Plus. I am begining to think I was so wrong, unless of course there is a simple way to create a working PVR. Or even a comprehensive guide to what appears to be standard, but complex, way of building a PVR. I mean even the name XMLtv sends shivers up my spine :eek: , parsing XML files and such like surely is the realm of developers?

[sub]

Thanks Sub I suspected as much. Surely there must be a way of keeping those numbers in sync though. I don't know about you but I think all this manual editing/config is just too much. I mean it will take ages to initially input all of the correct channel numbers, and Sky also has had habit of moving the digital channel numbers around every now and again meaning you constantly have to manually check that the numbers in the config match the Sky guide. there must be an easier way

The channel numbers are not supplied by bleb, so I have no idea what they are. I provided a method for doing the channel numbers too, as these are listed in the bleb.ini file with GB-PVR, but asking several times for any UK user to update the master file with the correct numbers, no one ever did.

The is mainly a problem for bleb users. zap2it and most xmltv files contain the channel numbers.

Also I have very briefly investigated into XMLTV. Again though this seems like a very manual process. From what I can gather it requires 'AT' scheduling and command line scripting. I may be completely wrong on this though as I only looked into it briefly. I spend too much time in front of computers anyway, I thought to myself this was going to be a fun project at home to show my mates that you don't need to fork out for Sky Plus. I am begining to think I was so wrong, unless of course there is a simple way to create a working PVR. Or even a comprehensive guide to what appears to be standard, but complex, way of building a PVR. I mean even the name XMLtv sends shivers up my spine , parsing XML files and such like surely is the realm of developers?

XMLTV isnt as hard as it seems. See http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/ for relatively easy to use XMLTV grabber.

[jakex]

Sub, Thanks for that mate

XMLTV Radiotimes is just what I was after, but unfortunately it returns the Radio Times channel IDs and not the Sky IDs.
What you can do though is edit the 'altchids.txt' file to correct the IDs (a bit easier working with .txt files than using the GBPVR config GUI).
I cannot believe that I am the only person to have encountered this config dilema :mad: therefore I have posted my (almost) complete edited 'altchids.txt' file in the hope that it will help out others. It has the IDs synched for about 95% of the channels retrieved by XMLTV RT.

I now have another issue, which really deserves a new topic. THX
Jake


altchids.txt FOR SKY DIGIBOX

#Radiotimes channel ID - XMLTV channel ID
22 560
39 570
1761 571
40 157
223 812
661 415
1877 457
43 800
1942 801
118 811
48 507
49 508
92 101
93 951
94 944
95 949
96 946
97 945
98 948
99 943
101 941
102 955
1869 953
103 957
100 942
104 956
105 102
106 102
107 102
108 102
110 102
111 102
109 102
112 962
1860 962
113 960
1861 960
115 102
1862 102
116 102
114 961
521 961
117 102
45 115
47 116
594 644
119 229
120 504
1661 603
122 124
1221 125
123 410
1876 411
128 601
129 602
482 616
483 617
1853 430
131 121
1872 122
28 837
132 104
1741 421
1763 464
125 510
126 513
1542 585
147 551
152 552
148 554
149 154
1953 155
151 615
150 133
1764 134
153 555
154 553
155 556
156 611
157 612
1421 193
158 163
1161 164
159 528
124 410
1946 636
582 419
160 323
584 324
1041 325
134 105
1141 473
921 199
1461 270
137 671
180 190
1802 634
184 525
24 103
25 103
461 103
27 103
33 103
29 103
26 963
30 103
31 103
35 103
36 103
32 103
185 118
1859 119
165 609
166 610
191 454
609 450
197 112
841 113
1873 114
588 452
176 136
1581 413
202 440
203 443
610 444
204 442
205 445
206 406
1543 417
213 558
214 559
215 618
216 605
217 604
664 606
1061 127
1201 128
225 202
1948 805
1142 966
421 614
587 437
1541 635
613 453
228 630
1949 432
1854 431
746 187
231 892
133 151
721 151
1766 519
244 130
1143 471
1783 429
1781 434
1261 700
219 770
249 310
250 311
922 107
257 301
251 302
258 303
252 304
259 305
253 306
260 307
255 308
254 309
256 501
248 106
262 401
264 402
265 403
300 408
263 404
266 139
1662 141
592 451
267 802
590 803
591 804
1950 654
271 327
1956 592
1955 592
279 969
280 967
1144 469
281 449
981 682
182 561
183 562
1544 458
1681 330
1501 448
422 613
742 621
1462 148
1855 149
287 607
1202 608
274 633
1951 643
276 825
923 196
1601 564
625 565
292 147
423 145
1621 146
289 111
1871 256
288 109
665 110
801 582
1521 583
1602 566
1874 591
291 142
666 143
1882 144
293 441
294 447
1482 446
581 808