Australian TV GUI - new extras

[Big_Kev]

Thanks to all who have helped test my little program.

I have added a few extras that I would appreciate some feedback on:

1. Multi source downloads - so for example if you are on the Central Coast in NSW, you can get data for Newcastle and Sydney.

2. A search utility for downloaded data, you can search for a phrase in all the titles and descriptions in the data you have downloaded. Then double click it for more details, and the option to add it to the MediaPortal recording file (so it will record like other MediaPlayer recordings).

New program is available at:
http://home.people.net.au/~threebridges/downloads/tv/ download the OzTvServiceSetup.exe file.

Be sure that you do not overwrite the oztvsetup.ini file when you instal the new version or you will loose all of your channel mappings

Please give some feedback if possible.

Regards
Kev

[Big_Kev]

Now available for TV Engine MySQL/MSSQL

http://home.people.net.au/~threebridges/downloads/tv/

[dVenator]

thanks oh so much for the tv server support. much appreciated.

[Big_Kev]

Originally Posted by dVenator

thanks oh so much for the tv server support. much appreciated.

I have added a new version 0.1.1.6 with a fix for client / server on different computers. You may want to download this version.

Regards
Kev

[scythelt]

Hi Big_Kev, does this grabber support getting guide information for the HD channels as well as SD? At the moment I just grab HD EPG information from the DVB-EPG info, but if I could get more than 1 day (or even now+next) information for HD channels, that would be great.

[Big_Kev]

Originally Posted by scythelt

Hi Big_Kev, does this grabber support getting guide information for the HD channels as well as SD? At the moment I just grab HD EPG information from the DVB-EPG info, but if I could get more than 1 day (or even now+next) information for HD channels, that would be great.

You need to create channel groups in MediaPortal that have the SD and HD channel grouped together in one group.

Then you can tell the program to load the same data to all channels in selected groups. So, if you make a group that has channel 9 SD and channel 9 HD in it, you can load the data to both.

Have a look in the PDF file that installs with the download, if you need any more info, just let me know...

Kev

[Big_Kev]

Fixed auto download displaying message and not closing properly.

Added support for delay start on download in auto mode. Add flag -delay:ss where ss is the number of seconds to delay.

Parameters would be -auto -delay:20 for a 20 second delay before downloading.

I have an external USB wireless card, and it does not start for about 30 seconds after startup of the PC. This is a problem as my auto download is on login (which is automatic). Hence the delay feature.

Kev

[jimbolina]

The new fix works good for me. Cheers!

Another bug though...

On the configuration screen, if you select "mssql" before entering the parameters, it tries to connect anyway and eventually throws a "cannot connect to database" error but this error is in the background and you need to alt-tab to click ok and make it go away. If you don't alt-tab, the program doesn't respond to any clicks and would appear to be frozen (but it is just the error dialog in the background locking the program).

If you do find the dialog and click ok, you can setup the program and load the data fine, but after you close it, you will get the windows error reporting dialog a few seconds later. If you then run the program again, it opens and connects fine and when you close it there is no error (because the login data is already stored I guess).

So my guess for a fix is to stop it from trying to connect on selection of "mssql" and only connect when you click the connect button. Or maybe just implement a test to see if the login data is != null before trying to connect?

[Big_Kev]

Originally Posted by jimbolina

The new fix works good for me. Cheers!

Another bug though...

On the configuration screen, if you select "mssql" before entering the parameters, it tries to connect anyway and eventually throws a "cannot connect to database" error but this error is in the background and you need to alt-tab to click ok and make it go away. If you don't alt-tab, the program doesn't respond to any clicks and would appear to be frozen (but it is just the error dialog in the background locking the program).

If you do find the dialog and click ok, you can setup the program and load the data fine, but after you close it, you will get the windows error reporting dialog a few seconds later. If you then run the program again, it opens and connects fine and when you close it there is no error (because the login data is already stored I guess).

So my guess for a fix is to stop it from trying to connect on selection of "mssql" and only connect when you click the connect button. Or maybe just implement a test to see if the login data is != null before trying to connect?

Thanks - Will fix...

[Big_Kev]

Originally Posted by jimbolina

The new fix works good for me. Cheers!

Another bug though...

On the configuration screen, if you select "mssql" before entering the parameters, it tries to connect anyway and eventually throws a "cannot connect to database" error but this error is in the background and you need to alt-tab to click ok and make it go away. If you don't alt-tab, the program doesn't respond to any clicks and would appear to be frozen (but it is just the error dialog in the background locking the program).

If you do find the dialog and click ok, you can setup the program and load the data fine, but after you close it, you will get the windows error reporting dialog a few seconds later. If you then run the program again, it opens and connects fine and when you close it there is no error (because the login data is already stored I guess).

So my guess for a fix is to stop it from trying to connect on selection of "mssql" and only connect when you click the connect button. Or maybe just implement a test to see if the login data is != null before trying to connect?

Made changes you suggested - does not try to connect unless IP / User ID / Password filled in.

Version 0.1.1.8

Kev