Calling all Aussies, do you have a guide ? (1 Viewer)

[craigcurtin]

Hey MM,

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

Not reluctant to use IRSS - just wasnt sure if i had to or not.

With my MCE remote (genuine MS one) itr came with both a Keyboard and the MCE V2 Remote.

These both communicate through IR to a small box (IR Reciever) that is USB attached to the MP PC. This box is identified as the EHOME receiver and it has two ports for IR Blasters to attach to.

Craig

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again Craig

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

No problem.

Not reluctant to use IRSS - just wasnt sure if i had to or not.

The remote support in MP is quite good I think... and it needs to be because many (if not most) HTPCs will have some kind of remote. The same is not true of blasters in the sense that they are not as widely used, and the support reflects that in some ways. I guess what I'm trying to say is that aside from ServerBlaster there is no built-in support for blasters, so you'll need something to get them to work... and that something is usually IRSS. Whether IRSS would support blasters connected to the USB box is something I'm not sure about - you'd have to try it and see...

mm

 

[craigcurtin]

Just to close this one out - i installled the IRSS and my Foxtel blasting through the Microsoft MCE USB hub is working beautifully

regards

Craig

 

[Dadeo]

I've got an XMLtv feed file I use with Media Center just need to understand how I feed it into MP, as well as setting up the tvserver to display Foxtel

Will MP's EPG change the channel for me? I'm using the media center remote with bladders on MC so expect to do the dame with MP

Hi ipguy
Just wanted to check if you got your XMLTV EPG data working? It is actually pretty easy (I use it )
You can get instructions on the XmlTV Wiki page.

Just to be clear, you only need IRSS to blast when you use a Set Top Box (STB)

If either you or craigcurtin are willing to add a guide to our Wiki about using Foxtel in Australia, there is a section for Aussie users under Customization > Localization > By Country > Australia Not many aussies have added much there, so it would be great to help out new users like yourselves. Then we can link to it from here or any forum post.

@craigcurtin IIRC to create a new wiki page you have to have entered at least 10 forum posts, but if ipguy starts a page you can add to it.

 

[DJBlu]

Hi guys,

I have now written a plugin that will grab EPG and Channel scan for Foxtel

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...st-here-48/custom-data-grabber-plugins-96767/

Please could you try it and let me know if it works correctly. Thanks.

 

[redeye19987]

I will give it a shot! Thanks!

EDIT: Actually, after reading the install notes, is this only available for satellite? I'm on cable, will it still work?

 

[DJBlu]

I will give it a shot! Thanks!

EDIT: Actually, after reading the install notes, is this only available for satellite? I'm on cable, will it still work?

At the moment.

I can modify it for Cable if they use the same system.

 

[redeye19987]

What do you mean by the same system? You got me all excited and now not so much.....

 

[DJBlu]

What do you mean by the same system? You got me all excited and now not so much.....

OpenTV system.

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again DJBlu

Were you aware that Sky NZ uses OpenTV too? I could definitely get you a dump of that from 12519H on Optus D1.

mm