Custom Data Grabber including Sky UK Channel/EPG Grabber (6 Viewers)

[IanJ]

Hi,

Am running 1.2RC and with SVN 28160, and with the latest DLL (1.2.0.20)..........and am still getting duplicated channels at every grab......any reason for this?

Settings ticked:
Update/Add = yes
Update EPG = yes
Use sky numbers = yes
Use sky categories = yes
Use sky region = no
Replace SD = yes
Include extra info = no
Set mod = yes
Ignore scrambled = no

PS. Any ideas if the Hauppage Nova HD S2 issue will be fixed (modulation problem). If it's not possible to produce generic code for all different types of cards could you not detect the card and make an exception in your code.

Ian.

Screenshot duplicated channels:-

 

[BillyTheFish]

So to get all the FTA channels (and Freesat channels) do I need the Freesat grabber AND the Sky UK Grabber or can I just do it with one or the other?

Also, does anyone know where this patch fits in?

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...eview-hd-card-uk-85404/index4.html#post785609

 

[icam2]

Cheers For That I'll give it a run now and report back as there are a few out of date channels in my list at the mo.

Ive been able to replicate the channels not being deleted correctly by going to a channels tuning details eg sky sports hd2 and changed the service id from 3881 to 9999 then run a scan and the plugin adds a new channel with 3881 but does not remove the incorrect one (9999) as far as i can see this is what happends every time a channel updates. And also as i've said before the new channels get added to the end of the listings and not in the correct place. Anyway if you need more info just do as i've done above and your see it face on. Yesterdays fix works perfect with channel name changed to channel name bug cheers for now

@IanJ do you get duplicate channel if you scan with an empty database or do they appear after a while. if its after awhile then it will be down to the problem i've just quoted i would think

@Billythefish as far as i know if you run the freesat and sky plugins they will keep overwriting each other lists (well they did last time i tried it). Best way i can think of is to run the newest sky plugin and tick the "ignore scrambled channels" in the settings page. That way the sky plugin will only add Free To Air Channels and leave the pay ones out.

Also, does anyone know where this patch fits in?

Is it TSwriter.ax if so you will need to replace your existing one. If you try it make sure you back the old one up first also DJBlu's plugin wont work (at least i dont think it will) if you change the files.

 

[IanJ]

@IanJ do you get duplicate channel if you scan with an empty database or do they appear after a while. if its after awhile then it will be down to the problem i've just quoted i would think

Now you are asking!......I can't remember, it's been a while since I upgraded to 1.2RC.

I don't remember if that very first grab resulted in duplicate channels, but for sure it builds up with daily grab (3am daily) .......so I ended up de-selecting a few of the settings and living with it like that for a while........then I saw 1.2.0.20 was released so I installed thinking it would fix this issue. I re-enabled the settings, left it overnight and E4+1, E4, ITV4 & CH.4+1 were added..........then the next morning the same 4 added again as you can see from the screenshot. I'm guessing that tomorrow the same 4 will be added again.

Funny how those duplicate channels all have "4" in them, and there are 4 of them............hmmmm!

This combined with the Hauppauge problem is a shame really.......DJBlu has done some great work.

Ian.

 

[icam2]

Dont worry ian DJBlu will sort it oneday i'm sure of that!.

 

[BillyTheFish]

Thanks icam2 -fantastic and concise reply.

 

[DJBlu]

Those who are getting channels adding.

You are not using Sky regions. The only option you have is to Do a scan with the Sky Region selected.

If you wish to add channels that are not in your region then go into all Channels. Delete the channels you want to add. Rescan the transponder using standard scan then add them to the group.

I will be adding something in the future that will ignore channels that are not in the region, it will add them to the database but will do nothing with them. This will stop them being added.

Hauppage Update
Ok so I have been testing with my Nova-S2 and I have a quick method to fix the HD Channels.

If you are using MySql then you can try this

Open up the MySql Command Line Client

enter your database password, is is MediaPortal by default.

Type the following after you have scanned for your channels

use mptvdb; [return]
update tuningdetail set modulation = 31 where name like '%HD%'; [return]

this will update all the HD channels to QPSK2 and will allow them to work on the Nova-S2.

I still have to change the diseqc to simple but I haven't had any trouble with it since.

I will be adding something in the future to allow SD and HD setting of modulation.

You will be able to have "Not Set" for SD and have the proper modulation for HD or visa versa.

 

[icam2]

Those who are getting channels adding.

You are not using Sky regions. The only option you have is to Do a scan with the Sky Region selected.

If you wish to add channels that are not in your region then go into all Channels. Delete the channels you want to add. Rescan the transponder using standard scan then add them to the group.

I will be adding something in the future that will ignore channels that are not in the region, it will add them to the database but will do nothing with them. This will stop them being added.

Got you! i see what your getting at DJBlu i'll clean all my channels out and use the region set to my local area. I'll report back if anything strange happends cheers once again

edit Ok DJBlu i've cleaned out all channels and started fresh. Using v20 of the plugin first scan puts in all the channels fine but every scan there after it keeps moving everything around! I've gone to v19 and that put them all back in order and keeps them there. So looks like a new bug in v20.

 

[robyf]

Hi DJBlu

can you please update sky italy plugin to have all the features added for UK one? I will then make extensive tests to see if everything works fine here in Italy too.

Thanks

 

[icam2]

Those who are getting channels adding.

You are not using Sky regions. The only option you have is to Do a scan with the Sky Region selected.

If you wish to add channels that are not in your region then go into all Channels. Delete the channels you want to add. Rescan the transponder using standard scan then add them to the group.

I will be adding something in the future that will ignore channels that are not in the region, it will add them to the database but will do nothing with them. This will stop them being added.

Just confirming guys with having the sky region set correctly all channel changes and updates are working fine with me DJBlu many thanks this is spot on. I'm still still using V19 due to the above but all ok reguards dupe channels etc