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<blockquote data-quote="morpheus_xx" data-source="post: 1216486" data-attributes="member: 48495"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><em>AVM FritzBox / WLAN Repeater DVB-C channel scan helper</em></strong></span></p><p></p><p>This is a new plugin for the current "TV Engine 3", which is the version of both main products MP 1.16 and MP 2.1.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>What is it about? </strong></u></p><p><u><strong></strong></u></p><p><u><strong>The Problem:</strong></u></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The AVM FritzBox Router 6490 and the WLAN Repeater DVB-C provide a nice feature: they have inbuilt DVB-C tuners (2 / 4) that allow streaming of TV and radio channels. The AVM web configuration allows to scan channels and provide channel lists (.m3u) for HD, SD and Radio channels.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">By default, those playlists are not completely supported by TVE3. Some additonal comments and the kind of pid filtering in the URL prevent a successful channel scan.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TVE3 also does not yet support the "Sat>IP" standard. And also AVM does not fully support it yet (at least on the WLAN Repeater).</li> </ul><p><u><strong>The Solution:</strong></u></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The plugin detects available FritzBox/Repeater devices in your local network using UPnP/SSDP</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The available .m3u channel lists will be downloaded from detected devices, then processed for proper scanning</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It does a channel scan using DVB-IP cards</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It automatically assigns found channels to all available DVB-IP cards (until the supported number of tuners by the AVM device)</li> </ul><p><u><strong>Known Issues:</strong></u></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Concurrent tuning of 2 channels from one single device is not working. This is a limitation of the AVM devices for which I could not yet find a workaround (concurrent streaming to multiple devices works, though)</li> </ul><p><strong><u>How it looks like:</u></strong></p><p>[ATTACH=full]188627[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Requirements:</strong></u></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You need an AVM FritzBox device with DVB-C streaming support (FritzBox 6490, Fritz WLAN Repeater DVB-C)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You have to do a channel scan inside the AVM web interface first</li> </ol><p><u><strong>Installation:</strong></u></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Extract the attached .zip archive to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Server\Plugins\SlimTv.Service3\Plugins" (MP2 folder)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Run "MediaPortal 2 TV Configuration"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Enter "Plugins" -> Enable "AVM Tuner Helper" plugin</li> </ol><p><u><strong>Available options:</strong></u></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Auto map to available tuners": The found channels will be automatically mapped to the number of available tuners of the AVM device. If you did not increase the number of DVB-IP cards yet, enter the TV cards configuration and set the number of DVB-IP tuners.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Auto combine channels": If you have already another DVB-C card and channels available, you can add the new DVB-IP details to the existing channel. This saves the manual combination of channels. (new since v 0.2)<br /> [ATTACH=full]188654[/ATTACH] <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"TV Channels SD / HD / Radio": The AVM devices are grouping the available channels into those categories. By enabling/disabling the checkboxes you can define which kind of channels you want to import. Note: the AVM devices only support FTA (Free-To-Air, non-scramled) channels.</li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>Please try it out and post feedback! [USERGROUP=39]@Developers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=40]@Testers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=38]@Designers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=54]@DocumentationGroup[/USERGROUP] </strong></span></p><p></p><p><u>Release history:</u></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2018-12-13 [v 0.4]:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Updated plugin to support FritzOS 7.0 and newer. It modifies the urls to remove "avm=1" argument so that multiple streams can be decoded.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2017-04-20 [v 0.3]:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Updated plugin for MP1.16 and MP2.1 final releases (<span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>not </strong></span>MP2.1 <strong>pre2</strong>!)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2017-03-28 [v 0.2]:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fixed radio channels in TV groups</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New feature to auto-combine channels with existing DVB-C ones</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2017-03-27 [v 0.1]: Initial release</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="morpheus_xx, post: 1216486, member: 48495"] [SIZE=6][B][I]AVM FritzBox / WLAN Repeater DVB-C channel scan helper[/I][/B][/SIZE] This is a new plugin for the current "TV Engine 3", which is the version of both main products MP 1.16 and MP 2.1. [U][B]What is it about? The Problem:[/B][/U] [LIST] [*]The AVM FritzBox Router 6490 and the WLAN Repeater DVB-C provide a nice feature: they have inbuilt DVB-C tuners (2 / 4) that allow streaming of TV and radio channels. The AVM web configuration allows to scan channels and provide channel lists (.m3u) for HD, SD and Radio channels. [*]By default, those playlists are not completely supported by TVE3. Some additonal comments and the kind of pid filtering in the URL prevent a successful channel scan. [*]TVE3 also does not yet support the "Sat>IP" standard. And also AVM does not fully support it yet (at least on the WLAN Repeater). [/LIST] [U][B]The Solution:[/B][/U] [LIST] [*]The plugin detects available FritzBox/Repeater devices in your local network using UPnP/SSDP [*]The available .m3u channel lists will be downloaded from detected devices, then processed for proper scanning [*]It does a channel scan using DVB-IP cards [*]It automatically assigns found channels to all available DVB-IP cards (until the supported number of tuners by the AVM device) [/LIST] [U][B]Known Issues:[/B][/U] [LIST] [*]Concurrent tuning of 2 channels from one single device is not working. This is a limitation of the AVM devices for which I could not yet find a workaround (concurrent streaming to multiple devices works, though) [/LIST] [B][U]How it looks like:[/U][/B] [ATTACH=full]188627[/ATTACH] [U][B]Requirements:[/B][/U] [LIST=1] [*]You need an AVM FritzBox device with DVB-C streaming support (FritzBox 6490, Fritz WLAN Repeater DVB-C) [*]You have to do a channel scan inside the AVM web interface first [/LIST] [U][B]Installation:[/B][/U] [LIST=1] [*]Extract the attached .zip archive to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Server\Plugins\SlimTv.Service3\Plugins" (MP2 folder) [*]Run "MediaPortal 2 TV Configuration" [*]Enter "Plugins" -> Enable "AVM Tuner Helper" plugin [/LIST] [U][B]Available options:[/B][/U] [LIST] [*]"Auto map to available tuners": The found channels will be automatically mapped to the number of available tuners of the AVM device. If you did not increase the number of DVB-IP cards yet, enter the TV cards configuration and set the number of DVB-IP tuners. [*]"Auto combine channels": If you have already another DVB-C card and channels available, you can add the new DVB-IP details to the existing channel. This saves the manual combination of channels. (new since v 0.2) [ATTACH=full]188654[/ATTACH] [*]"TV Channels SD / HD / Radio": The AVM devices are grouping the available channels into those categories. By enabling/disabling the checkboxes you can define which kind of channels you want to import. Note: the AVM devices only support FTA (Free-To-Air, non-scramled) channels. [/LIST] [COLOR=#ff0000][B]Please try it out and post feedback! [USERGROUP=39]@Developers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=40]@Testers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=38]@Designers[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=54]@DocumentationGroup[/USERGROUP] [/B][/COLOR] [U]Release history:[/U] [LIST] [*]2018-12-13 [v 0.4]: [LIST] [*]Updated plugin to support FritzOS 7.0 and newer. It modifies the urls to remove "avm=1" argument so that multiple streams can be decoded. [/LIST] [*]2017-04-20 [v 0.3]: [LIST] [*]Updated plugin for MP1.16 and MP2.1 final releases ([COLOR=#ff0000][B]not [/B][/COLOR]MP2.1 [B]pre2[/B]!) [/LIST] [*]2017-03-28 [v 0.2]: [LIST] [*]Fixed radio channels in TV groups [*]New feature to auto-combine channels with existing DVB-C ones [/LIST] [*]2017-03-27 [v 0.1]: Initial release [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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