Current UK EPG DVB-S Setup (1 Viewer)

oliccm

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Hi,

Can anyone please point me in the direction of the current setup to get the UK EPG DVB-S working please?

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Deco

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The Freesat EPG seems to be carried on it's own radio channel: Freesat Info.
However, after doing a satellite scan a few times it would not show up for me, so I entered the radio channel manually.
Settings I used are as follows:
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I then selected the grabber in the MediaPortal TVServer configuration:
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Left running for a while and EPG was populated! No plugins necessary!
 

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Wo0zy

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    Hi Deco,

    May I ask where you found the tuning details? They're different to the others I've seen posted here (and tried without any luck).

    Going to give yours a try but wondered where you found the info for future reference.

    Thanks,

    Wo0zy
     

    Deco

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    Thanks DJBlu, you're quick on the reply!!! King of Sat is where I got the info. also. Strange how the Freesat Info channel did not show up on a full channel scan. After I manually add the radio channel, signal strength appears about 84% and quality about 95%, same as other satellite TV channels.
    BTW looking forward to giving your automatic channel sorting a go! Been following your threads on the Development forum for a while. Is your new Sky/Freesat EPG TV Server plugin ready to be used on a day to day system? I've used you Sky EPG grabber on previous MediaPortal releases.
     

    pcnut_uk

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    The Freesat EPG seems to be carried on it's own radio channel: Freesat Info.
    However, after doing a satellite scan a few times it would not show up for me, so I entered the radio channel manually.
    Settings I used are as follows:
    attachment.php


    I then selected the grabber in the MediaPortal TVServer configuration:
    attachment.php


    Left running for a while and EPG was populated! No plugins necessary!


    Deco, i could not see an option to do a manual edit of the freesat epg: Where would i find this or did you use an external editor on the xml file?
    Regards
     

    munklefish

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    G0 to the radio channels under epg. On the all channels tab, there is an add button in the lower left area.
     

    Wo0zy

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    I finally got this working :)

    It seems that if I set the modulation type when manually adding ANY channel it fails to tune. If I leave it at "not set" channels tune just fine (including Freesat info awhen using the rest of the above settings).

    I'm using the DVB-S part of a Hauppauge HVR 4000 BTW.

    Thought I'd mention it in case it helps someone else.

    All the beat,

    Wo0zy
     

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