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<blockquote data-quote="mitchellmedia" data-source="post: 1159786" data-attributes="member: 155706"><p>Back to the point of this thread - my apologies for the detour. There's been a lot of talk about the time taken to add all the channels. The easiest way I found to do this was to add one channel and then use the export function to create a template XML file. I then setup an excel file with columns for each of the tuning ID, channel number, tuning number, channel name etc. Then setup a mail merge in word using the text from the XML template and replacing the channel name/number etc with the fields from the excel table. Completed the merge and then copied the text from that back into the XML and then imported it into Mediaportal. Takes about 20 mins to add 80 odd channels (well any number of channels). I've attached the resulting XML file for reference in case any future users want to give this setup a bash. And I would really recommend it. This XML sets up the video coming into the colossus off the HDMI and the sound off the optical. But you could change that easily enough with a find/replace in a text editor.</p><p></p><p>I mentioned above that I use a really good IR blasting app. Anyone who used to use the 1geek1tool DVBlink for Colossus add-on will also have a copy of this app. I'm not sure about the licensing arrangements for this - so I'm not prepared yet to just share it. Will need to check that out. But for those that have a copy you can open the MCEIR.exe file and learn the codes for your STB. In the IRSS plugin STB setup tab, for each of the digits you can call a program - set it to MCEIR.exe with %1 as the parameter. Rock solid channel changing. But I'm also going to see if I can get the hauppauge method working reliably as that's going to be more universal as it comes with the colossus.</p><p></p><p>I'm still keen on putting all this into a user friendly guide - as I'd love to see more people giving this a go. Has anyone got a working hauppauge IR blaster setup that you could give me a quick rundown on? A year ago or so I got it working but it wasn't as reliable as I would prefer and I never tried to get it to change channels in MP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mitchellmedia, post: 1159786, member: 155706"] Back to the point of this thread - my apologies for the detour. There's been a lot of talk about the time taken to add all the channels. The easiest way I found to do this was to add one channel and then use the export function to create a template XML file. I then setup an excel file with columns for each of the tuning ID, channel number, tuning number, channel name etc. Then setup a mail merge in word using the text from the XML template and replacing the channel name/number etc with the fields from the excel table. Completed the merge and then copied the text from that back into the XML and then imported it into Mediaportal. Takes about 20 mins to add 80 odd channels (well any number of channels). I've attached the resulting XML file for reference in case any future users want to give this setup a bash. And I would really recommend it. This XML sets up the video coming into the colossus off the HDMI and the sound off the optical. But you could change that easily enough with a find/replace in a text editor. I mentioned above that I use a really good IR blasting app. Anyone who used to use the 1geek1tool DVBlink for Colossus add-on will also have a copy of this app. I'm not sure about the licensing arrangements for this - so I'm not prepared yet to just share it. Will need to check that out. But for those that have a copy you can open the MCEIR.exe file and learn the codes for your STB. In the IRSS plugin STB setup tab, for each of the digits you can call a program - set it to MCEIR.exe with %1 as the parameter. Rock solid channel changing. But I'm also going to see if I can get the hauppauge method working reliably as that's going to be more universal as it comes with the colossus. I'm still keen on putting all this into a user friendly guide - as I'd love to see more people giving this a go. Has anyone got a working hauppauge IR blaster setup that you could give me a quick rundown on? A year ago or so I got it working but it wasn't as reliable as I would prefer and I never tried to get it to change channels in MP. [/QUOTE]
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