Custom Data Grabber including Sky UK Channel/EPG Grabber (8 Viewers)

[DJBlu]

@Miroslav,

Going to need some help with the Series Link for freesat, I think I have worked out a system to implement it however implementing is going to be the issue,

I have worked out how Freeview+ and Freesat implement series link.

They use CRID's which are Content Redirection Identifications. They have one which says which series it is and one that is unique to the program. To include this in Mediaportal I suggest changing the SeriesID column to VARCHAR(200) so as to not change the sky series link method, a quick change to string instead of int is easy enough. The trouble with freesat/freeview is they don't send the termination flag, instead they have a unique identifier for each program. I suggest adding a new column to "schedule","program" and "recording", ProgramCRIDid VARCHAR(255). A lookup of the schedule and recordings to see if it has been added before should prevent it being scheduled again.

One issue I thought that may arise is how to differenciate between the 2 systems. Maybe a "OT:" at the start of the series ID for OpenTV and "CR:" for CRIDS of Freesat and Freeview. Then if StartsWith("OT:") use method a. for series termination or startswith("CR:") use method b. of Lookup of ProgramCRID.

The trouble I have is the TV Plugin/scheduling as I haven't a clue where to start with it.

If you could help then it would be a great.

Quoting as it was lost in the thread.

Really need your help on this one, already lost trying to implement it.

 

[DJBlu]

New TV Server Setup file uploaded to first post, will fix the error with 1.2.0.7

MAKE SURE TO DELETE YOUR DATABASE

The EPG will be updated alot faster as I have created a new update method. Full scan should be around 60 seconds.

A reminder,

If something isn't working then attach log files to your post. I can't help without these. If there are no logs then I will not reply. Thanks guys/girls.

 

[miroslav22]

Hi,

Sure no probs will have a think and start looking at it at the weekend. Why is it necessary to remember which episode ids have been recorded? Do repeats have the same series id?

Btw i'm still not sure the FECs are being populated correctly with the latest version. I tried it yesterday and they all seemed to be set to "not defined". This was a completely new installation and a fresh scan.

thanks,

Jon

 

[DJBlu]

Hi,

Sure no probs will have a think and start looking at it at the weekend. Why is it necessary to remember which episode ids have been recorded? Do repeats have the same series id?

Btw i'm still not sure the FECs are being populated correctly with the latest version. I tried it yesterday and they all seemed to be set to "not defined". This was a completely new installation and a fresh scan.

thanks,

Jon

Got it in one m8, duplicate CRIDs on re-runs.

The FEC's are now set to not defined at the moment. I have taken a look at the Scanner to see how it works at the moment and it gets the FEC from the .ini file. I'll work it out and implement it later.

*edit

Found the problem, doh.

*edit

Problem fixed, New file on first post. v1.2.0.8

 

[psygnosis]

Can any one tell me how to delete the database as suggested as I'm getting error occured method not found void tv database program

 

[DJBlu]

Can any one tell me how to delete the database as suggested as I'm getting error occured method not found void tv database program

You need to re-download the Setup file for TV Server and plugin as stated.

What database system are you using? MySql or MSSQL?

 

[psygnosis]

Hi DJblu I had it all working fine with 1.2.0.6 version, but the 1.2.0.8 seems to have given me this error Ill try what you suggest MySql I just installed the new SVN and got the same error void tvlibrary epg epgprogram

 

[DJBlu]

pjuegos - I don't know what is happening with your Freesat, I am getting the same error but I didn't play with it much as I was wanting to use the Sky grabber. I also had channels pre-existing in my setup which I think might be the cause. With regards to the Sky grabber. The 1.2.0.7 version has the issue you are seeing (I had this problem). I am now using 1.2.0.5 (I think) which was linked to by wonkyd. Just take the Sky grabber from that Plugins.rar file and replace with the one in the instructions at the start of this thread and it should then work.

I have a couple of separate problems and I am not sure of the cause...

The replacing of standard def channels (BBC1, ITV1 and Channel 4) with high def channels didn't work on my system. The HD channels (apart from ITV1) were added to the high def channel group though so I am not sure what is going on there...?

There are some channels that don't get mapped to groups at all using the Sky grabber, these are un-ticked so do not appear in the EPG too. Is this because they are not channels you would get if you had a Sky subscription but Freesat ones instead? - Note I have removed the encrypted ones that I can't decrypt so these are FTV channels.

Sky doesn't replace BBC1, 2, ITV and Channel 4 with the HD versions. They only do this with their own channels. So the plugin can't do this.

 

[DJBlu]

Hi DJblu I had it all working fine with 1.2.0.6 version, but the 1.2.0.8 seems to have given me this error Ill try what you suggest MySql I just installed the new SVN and got the same error void tvlibrary epg epgprogram

I need your log files.

 

[psykix]

Same problem.. I dropped my database and recreated...