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Your satellite probably has hundreds of channels - it is painful to set this up manually and auto-tune will not work if your input comes in via S-video or on channel 3.

1) Setup XMLTV for the tv guide. if you are in the US/Canada, Zaptoit has channel listings for just about everything.
2) Import the channels into MP from the TV guide .xml file
3) See the following threads to edit the .dbl tv database file:
http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10330
http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10777

You will also need a USBUIRT to get MP to change the satellite channel via the TV guide or via your MP remote. You can always change the channel with your satellite remote but then MP will not show the correct channel display info and if you record, the show names will not be correct.

Finally, you will probably want support for LCN (logical channel numbering) which is not yet been added in MP - if you type 333 on your remote, you will not get channel 333 but instead will get the 333rd channel in your database (not good). A workaround is to add dummy/disabled channels to fill in the blanks (so channel 333 will be the 33rd channel) but this is a pain.

<blockquote data-quote="gdirwin" data-source="post: 25845" data-attributes="member: 12202">Your satellite probably has hundreds of channels - it is painful to set this up manually and auto-tune will not work if your input comes in via S-video or on channel 3.1) Setup XMLTV for the tv guide.&nbsp; if you are in the US/Canada, Zaptoit has channel listings for just about everything.2) Import the channels into MP from the TV guide .xml file3) See the following threads to edit the .dbl tv database file:<a href="http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10330" target="_blank">http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10330</a> <a href="http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10777" target="_blank">http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10777</a>You will also need a USBUIRT to get MP to change the satellite channel via the TV guide or via your MP remote.&nbsp; You can always change the channel with your satellite remote but then MP will not show the correct channel display info and if you record, the show names will not be correct.Finally, you will probably want support for LCN (logical channel numbering) which is not yet been added in MP - if you type 333 on your remote, you will not get channel 333 but instead will get the 333rd channel in your database (not good).&nbsp; A workaround is to add dummy/disabled channels to fill in the blanks (so channel 333 will be the 33rd channel) but this is a pain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gdirwin, post: 25845, member: 12202"] Your satellite probably has hundreds of channels - it is painful to set this up manually and auto-tune will not work if your input comes in via S-video or on channel 3. 1) Setup XMLTV for the tv guide. if you are in the US/Canada, Zaptoit has channel listings for just about everything. 2) Import the channels into MP from the TV guide .xml file 3) See the following threads to edit the .dbl tv database file: [url]http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10330[/url] [url]http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10777[/url] You will also need a USBUIRT to get MP to change the satellite channel via the TV guide or via your MP remote. You can always change the channel with your satellite remote but then MP will not show the correct channel display info and if you record, the show names will not be correct. Finally, you will probably want support for LCN (logical channel numbering) which is not yet been added in MP - if you type 333 on your remote, you will not get channel 333 but instead will get the 333rd channel in your database (not good). A workaround is to add dummy/disabled channels to fill in the blanks (so channel 333 will be the 33rd channel) but this is a pain. [/QUOTE]