[News] MediaPortal 2 - 2.5 Release (2 Viewers)

[AdHu86]

Will be version 2.5.1 ready quite soon? I read somewhere it will be a bugfix release, no new features are probably not in focus.

 

[Mike Sutherland]

I have given up on MP2. It doesn't find all the channels available (it never finds W25), it doesn't pick up on the correct channel names (ie showing Pick instead of Sky Mix) and it doesn't provide the correct channel numbers - "Pick" and "Sky Arts" being two of many that are allocated incorrect channel numbers.
Have moved to Hauppage WinTV 10 where everything works as it should.
I wish you well and hope things improve but there is too much wrong for me to stick with you.

 

[CyberSimian]

I have given up on MP2.

We all waste far too much of our lives trying to get software to work, so if you have now found a software solution that does what you want, you should continue using it.

If it turns out that WinTV 10 does not do exactly what you want, I would point out the following:

• MP2 is quite confusing, because there are three different TV Servers included in the package, but only one of them works correctly (TVE3 -- the oldest one).
• Not picking up the correct names for some channels indicates that the scan was inheriting the names from the existing channel database. Solution: delete all TV channels and radio channels before performing the scan (using TVE3).
• I don't have an explanation for the missing "W" channel (which I have renamed "Watch" on my system). If it is the only channel that is missing, that is a real puzzle. If there are other channels missing, that might indicate that you are missing an entire MUX, possibly due to marginal signal strength for that MUX. (MUXes are not all broadcast with the same signal strength -- some are weaker than others.)
• MP1 might work (it does for me), and it is still being developed.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

 

[Mike Sutherland]

We all waste far too much of our lives trying to get software to work, so if you have now found a software solution that does what you want, you should continue using it.

If it turns out that WinTV 10 does not do exactly what you want, I would point out the following:

• MP2 is quite confusing, because there are three different TV Servers included in the package, but only one of them works correctly (TVE3 -- the oldest one).
• Not picking up the correct names for some channels indicates that the scan was inheriting the names from the existing channel database. Solution: delete all TV channels and radio channels before performing the scan (using TVE3).
• I don't have an explanation for the missing "W" channel (which I have renamed "Watch" on my system). If it is the only channel that is missing, that is a real puzzle. If there are other channels missing, that might indicate that you are missing an entire MUX, possibly due to marginal signal strength for that MUX. (MUXes are not all broadcast with the same signal strength -- some are weaker than others.)
• MP1 might work (it does for me), and it is still being developed.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

Thanks for the response.

W (Channel 25) does get picked up by TVE3.5 but I cannot watch any TV channels on that because it always gives an error regarding buffering not working (or something like that) so TVE3 is that only one that ever worked but doesn't pick up W. It is the only missing channel.

 

[CyberSimian]

TVE3 is that only one that ever worked but doesn't pick up W. It is the only missing channel.

If WinTV 10 can receive the "W" channel, that rules out my previous suggestion of a weak MUX with marginal signal strength.

My best guess at the moment would be a corrupted channel database. Deleting all of the TV and radio channels in "TV Server Config" before performing the scan should cure that. But if you are happy with WinTV 10, stick with it!

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

 

[Mike Sutherland]

As ever, thank you for responding will try it.

 

[Mike Sutherland]

Well just tried that. Chose TV Channels and clicked "Clear". All channels cleared then did a rescan.

What a shitshow! All channel number mappings a total mess: STV as Channel 1, W as Channel 18, BBC channels way down the list.

Thanks for trying to help but this software, for me, is just a mess.

Appreciate all the time you have taken to try and help. Cheers.