OzTivo EPG

[graemef]

Here is my "rough as guts" EPG downloader for Ozivo new format. You need to modify the two cmd files for your settings.
Get_EPG.cmd for your channels, first parameter of each line is OzTivo channel name and second is MP name
EPG.CMD change the username and password for oztivo login. I need to tweak the time offsets for the downloaded files to make them work for Perth.

This downloads three days data.

This is rough, but works according to OzTivo API requirements, will do me until someone cleverer does it properly.

BTW, this is for the standard TV engine, not TV Server.

Cheers
Graeme

EDIT: Noticed I was missing two 2 second sleeps that OzTivo require to be compliant. Now in there. I know it runs a lot faster without the sleeps, but this is one of the requirements of the API so please leave them in there for production systems.

[runner01]

Checking it out now, You might want to Change and remove your account details from the +2 and +3 days

[graemef]

Oh crud..... Removed my logon details, guess I have to go and change it now, bugger....

I just re-checked the API documentation, you can change the sleep 2 to sleep 1 in the epg.cmd file to make it go quicker.

[graemef]

Is anyone else interested in this, is it worth me doing some basic documentation ?

[pete c]

Hey Graeme

I just wanted to let you know that I downloaded your program and with tinkering I was able to get it to work perfectly. Some documentation would have helped but to be honest it was more fun trying to work it out for myself.

Pete

[graemef]

Hi Pete,
I'm glad you like it, it was fun to write. Probably does need documentation, but I am terrible at documentation so it would probably be easier to rename it to NerdEPG and let people work it out themselves. :-) I use it all the time now, even though it is rough it gives me complete control over the EPG download details like timezones etc. It is also simple and not dependent on any DLL's etc.
I have attached the latest version, this I did for TV Server as import application does not apply for the server. This creates a single .xml file for the whole EPG then renames it to the correct filename. The TV Server then does it's automatic import. Would be very easy to modify for non server.
Cheers
Graeme

[graemef]

Fixed some bugs with edlin, replaced with ssed. New version in first message.

[mbork]

Hi m8,
it is interesting. I just start to learn about MP, have some problems with crashes ect...hehe.
I do lot of reading now and I come across this post
I wander if you can get ie. Fox Sat EPG for few days ahead while using Ozivo ?

Thanks,
mbork

[graemef]

Hi mbork,
Yes, ozTivo has fox for about 5 days ahead generally, the script files are documented (sort of) and it is fairly easy to modify it to get extra days, only gets 2 days at the moment.