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<blockquote data-quote="kaliatech" data-source="post: 22903" data-attributes="member: 15173"><p>Maybe try searching for "DirecTV" or "DTV", not direct tv. Your choice of keywords sucks. </p><p></p><p>I use MP with DirecTV and there are few others on the forums that do as well. I control my external DirecTV settop box channels with a USBUIRT. I also have some satellite functions integrated outside of MP by using Girder. A better way to have MP change DirecTV channels, is to get a settop box that supports a serial control cable. There are few utilities/plugins floating around that help with this, but it isn't easy unless you were willing to try a few different keywords other than 'suck'. Worked for me anyways, but it did take too much time and a lot of reading.</p><p></p><p>After you figure out how to control your settop with MP, you need to get your TVGuide info imported, probably via XMLTV format. DirectData (Zapit) does have DirecTV programming info for the US.</p><p></p><p>All this assumes you already understand the basics of using MP (or any PVR). Items such as getting a TV capture card, etc.</p><p></p><p>Getting MP to work *cleanly* with DirecTV right now is definitely not easy. Support is limited. Many (most) of the devs are not Americans, and so haven't prioritized things like entering channel numbers directly for example. </p><p></p><p>The FAQ, wiki, and support forums are not as strong (or as 'nice') as what you might find elsewhere, even other opensource projects. This project is relatively new. IMO, MP currently rules on features and looks, but I don't think its easy to install/setup for my configuration and the last beta version hasn't been very stable in my experience so far. I'm fairly new to MP myself though.</p><p></p><p>In summary, try not to suck on your first forum posts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaliatech, post: 22903, member: 15173"] Maybe try searching for "DirecTV" or "DTV", not direct tv. Your choice of keywords sucks. I use MP with DirecTV and there are few others on the forums that do as well. I control my external DirecTV settop box channels with a USBUIRT. I also have some satellite functions integrated outside of MP by using Girder. A better way to have MP change DirecTV channels, is to get a settop box that supports a serial control cable. There are few utilities/plugins floating around that help with this, but it isn't easy unless you were willing to try a few different keywords other than 'suck'. Worked for me anyways, but it did take too much time and a lot of reading. After you figure out how to control your settop with MP, you need to get your TVGuide info imported, probably via XMLTV format. DirectData (Zapit) does have DirecTV programming info for the US. All this assumes you already understand the basics of using MP (or any PVR). Items such as getting a TV capture card, etc. Getting MP to work *cleanly* with DirecTV right now is definitely not easy. Support is limited. Many (most) of the devs are not Americans, and so haven't prioritized things like entering channel numbers directly for example. The FAQ, wiki, and support forums are not as strong (or as 'nice') as what you might find elsewhere, even other opensource projects. This project is relatively new. IMO, MP currently rules on features and looks, but I don't think its easy to install/setup for my configuration and the last beta version hasn't been very stable in my experience so far. I'm fairly new to MP myself though. In summary, try not to suck on your first forum posts. [/QUOTE]
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