[fixed] Channellist update really up to date? (3 Viewers)

[high]

ini-files are updated daily from fastsatfinder and stored locally just to save them some bandwidth.

 

[findftp]

ini-files are updated daily from fastsatfinder and stored locally just to save them some bandwidth.

Are you sure that it is still updating? Because the files have different contents.
For example:
http://www.fastsatfinder.com/bin/T/0233.ini
http://install.team-mediaportal.com/tvsetup/DVBS/0233.ini

How do you synchronize them? Do you have special read access?

 

[high]

Are you sure that it is still updating? Because the files have different contents.

I'm not familiar with this stuff on mp-side but we get a special zip with formatted inis which are different from the generic ones.
So yes, it includes the latest provided data from fastsatfinder (15.12.)

 

[findftp]

Are you sure that it is still updating? Because the files have different contents.

I'm not familiar with this stuff on mp-side but we get a special zip with formatted inis which are different from the generic ones.
So yes, it includes the latest provided data from fastsatfinder (15.12.)

Please compare both files I linked to, in my post earlier.
They both contain different information and are updated december 15th
I think the zip script is broken at fastsatfinder, because the ini files differ.
Also, it is strange that ini files contain information from december 15th since it is already 21st.
Maybe they update only once a week or month?

For example, http://satellites-xml.eu/ or http://www.satbeams.com/downloads update their ini files daily!
I already asked fastsatinder if this is right or not. I will post back with the answer

 

[findftp]

I checked the zip file (http://www.fastsatfinder.com/bin/Transponders.zip) which contain the ini files.
These files are the same as the files located at http://www.fastsatfinder.com/transponders_europe.html
But these are different than the ones located at MePo server.
Are you sure that the download and unzip of the files is done right?

0233.ini @ fastsatfinder says:

[UPDATE]
0=Dec 15, 2012
1=4729
2=http://www.mixesoft.com

[SATTYPE]
1=0233
2=Astra 1D,3B

[DVB]
0=86
1=10876,V,22000,56
2=10891,H,22000,56
3=11461,V,6666,78
4=11462,H,9600,56,S2;8PSK
5=11470,V,6111,34
6=11472,H,4936,34,S2;QPSK
7=11477,V,3300,78
8=11478,H,4936,34
9=11484,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
10=11488,H,7200,56,S2;8PSK
11=11490,V,3250,34
12=11500,H,3600,34
13=11506,V,14400,34,S2;8PSK
14=11519,H,6666,78
15=11524,V,14400,34,S2;8PSK
16=11528,H,6666,78
17=11626,H,14400,34,S2;8PSK
18=11639,H,6111,34,S2;8PSK
19=11647,H,10000,34,S2;8PSK
20=11659,H,3333,78
21=11660,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
22=11666,V,4434,78
23=11672,H,3600,34,S2;8PSK
24=11672,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
25=11677,H,3656,34,S2;8PSK
26=11678,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
27=11681,H,3656,34,S2;8PSK
28=11684,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
29=11691,V,3333,78
30=11720,H,28200,56,S2;8PSK
31=11739,V,27500,23,S2;8PSK
32=11758,H,30000,34,S2;QPSK
33=11778,V,27500,91,S2;QPSK
34=11798,H,27500,34,S2;8PSK
35=11817,V,27500,56,S2;8PSK
36=11836,H,27500,56
37=11856,V,27500,23,S2;8PSK
38=11876,H,27500,56
39=11895,V,27500,56
40=11914,H,27500,34
41=11934,V,27500,34,S2;8PSK
42=11973,V,27500,56
43=12032,H,27500,91,S2;QPSK
44=12051,V,27500,34,S2;8PSK
45=12070,H,27500,34
46=12110,H,27500,34,S2;8PSK
47=12129,V,27500,23,S2;8PSK
48=12148,H,27500,56,S2;8PSK
49=12168,V,27500,34
50=12188,H,27500,56,S2;QPSK
51=12207,V,27500,56,S2;8PSK
52=12304,H,27500,56,S2;8PSK
53=12344,H,27500,56,S2;8PSK
54=12363,V,30000,34,S2;QPSK
55=12382,H,30000,89,S2;8PSK
56=12525,H,27500,56,S2;8PSK
57=12525,V,27500,34
58=12550,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
59=12556,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
60=12562,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
61=12568,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
62=12572,V,3300,78
63=12576,V,3300,78
64=12580,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
65=12593,V,10000,56,S2;8PSK
66=12605,V,9874,34,S2;8PSK
67=12617,V,9874,34,S2;8PSK
68=12639,V,941,12
69=12645,H,30000,89,S2;8PSK
70=12660,V,477,12
71=12662,V,555,34
72=12668,V,2400,34,S2;8PSK
73=12671,V,2400,34,S2;8PSK
74=12674,V,2400,34,S2;8PSK
75=12677,V,2320,34,S2;8PSK
76=12683,V,2320,34,S2;8PSK
77=12685,H,30000,89,S2;8PSK
78=12687,V,6666,78
79=12691,V,4800,34,S2;8PSK
80=12695,V,2320,34,S2;8PSK
81=12698,V,2320,34,S2;8PSK
82=12711,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
83=12717,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
84=12723,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK
85=12725,H,30000,89,S2;8PSK
86=12729,V,4937,34,S2;8PSK

0233.ini @ MePo says:

[UPDATE]
0=Dec 15, 2012
1=1355602468
2=http://www.fastsatfinder.com

[SATTYPE]
1=0233
2=Astra 1D,3B (23.3°E)

[DVB]
0=27
1=10876,V,22000,56,DVB-S
2=10891,H,22000,56,DVB-S
3=11461,V,6666,78,DVB-S
4=11470,V,6111,34,DVB-S
5=11477,V,3300,78,DVB-S
6=11478,H,4936,34,DVB-S
7=11490,V,3250,34,DVB-S
8=11500,H,3600,34,DVB-S
9=11519,H,6666,78,DVB-S
10=11528,H,6666,78,DVB-S
11=11659,H,3333,78,DVB-S
12=11666,V,4434,78,DVB-S
13=11691,V,3333,78,DVB-S
14=11836,H,27500,56,DVB-S
15=11876,H,27500,56,DVB-S
16=11895,V,27500,56,DVB-S
17=11914,H,27500,34,DVB-S
18=11973,V,27500,56,DVB-S
19=12070,H,27500,34,DVB-S
20=12168,V,27500,34,DVB-S
21=12525,V,27500,34,DVB-S
22=12572,V,3300,78,DVB-S
23=12576,V,3300,78,DVB-S
24=12639,V,941,12,DVB-S
25=12660,V,477,12,DVB-S
26=12662,V,555,34,DVB-S
27=12687,V,6666,78,DVB-S

Both "updated" december 15th, but different information.

 

[high]

yes, they are different. Default fastsatfinders.inis contains dvb-s and dvb-s2, we get them both seperated in 2 files
check
http://install.team-mediaportal.com/tvsetup/DVBS/0233.ini &
http://install.team-mediaportal.com/tvsetup/DVBS/0233-S2.ini (or ad -S2 to any other ID)
tvsetup creates one xml out of that informations but that really should be answered by anyone else, I'm just the server-guy

 

[findftp]

When I updated the satellites.xml file (which is added to mantis), I used the combinated files as a reference.
I cannot check if they differ from the ones you actually extract from the zip file because I cannot find that zipfile anywhere on fastsatfinders website.
Can you post that zipfile here? I would like to check if I forget something.
I also suggest that other people test if the satellites.xml file works for them.

I'm curious to the reason why there was ever chosen to use seperate files for DVB-S and DVB-S2. To reduce scanning time for "DVB-S only" people?

 

[findftp]

yes, they are different. Default fastsatfinders.inis contains dvb-s and dvb-s2, we get them both seperated in 2 files
check
http://install.team-mediaportal.com/tvsetup/DVBS/0233.ini &
http://install.team-mediaportal.com/tvsetup/DVBS/0233-S2.ini (or ad -S2 to any other ID)
tvsetup creates one xml out of that informations but that really should be answered by anyone else, I'm just the server-guy

Thank you for the private message containing the zip file.
I noticed something which could make life a lot easier and prevent future problems with expired satellite positions.
The zipfile you send me also contains a satellite.xml file linking to all relevant ini files.
It is almost the same as my manual made xml file which was added to mantis.
I would like to sugggest to use this file as a reference for the tvserver "satellites.xml" file. The only thing which should be replaced is "http://fastsatfinder.com/bin/mp/" with "http://install.team-mediaportal.com/tvsetup/DVBS/" and then you're almost sure that you never have any outdated satellite positions anymore.

To prevent future problems with moved or abandoned satellites, you should not only update the ini files, but also the satellite.xml by the tvserver!
By doing this, you're *always* sure that latest fastsatfinder info is being used. Now, if fastsatfinder decides to point Astra 3B @ 23,5E to 0235.ini again, everyone would still use the 0233.ini file because they have the old satellites.xml file. I think that in current release it would implicate that when people update the satellites.xml through tv-server, they have to restart the tv-server configuration application to actually use it (because then the xml file is being read, I think)

For now, I did the find and replace thing and attached the new satellites.xml file to this post.
The previous one I did almost manually, don't ask how. In that file I also replaced a lot of other characters till I finally figured that I had to use UTF-8 encoding to prevent error messages by tv-server.
Please use this xml file in mantis, it's better. (but other people should also test it)

 

[flokel]

Looking at the code I can confirm that only the single satellite files are updated and not satellites.xml itself.
So for a 1.3.1/1.4.0 release we should rework this area to update satellites.xml as well.
I've created a mantis entry for this.

For 1.3.0 RC we should include the updated satelittes.xml + the updated .ini files
so that the user does not necessarily has to start the update process.

 

[Sebastiii]

Looking at the code I can confirm that only the single satellite files are updated and not satellites.xml itself.
So for a 1.3.1/1.4.0 release we should rework this area to update satellites.xml as well.
I've created a mantis entry for this.

For 1.3.0 RC we should include the updated satelittes.xml + the updated .ini files
so that the user does not necessarily has to start the update process.

I have created a branch : Created a branch for it :
https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/commits/EXP-4130-Rework_the_update_process_for_satellite_files

Now setuptv always take latest satellite.xml and update to latest .ini converted to .xml from setuptv

I have tested it locally seems to be working correctly