No UK services (1 Viewer)

[e87]

I have installed MediaPortal 1.3.0 on my Dell Studio 1745 laptop running windows7 . The dropdown list in TV Server/enotebook/"DVB-TP MediaPortal IP TV Source filter" lists SAP Announcements, 4 Austria, 1 Finland, 3 Germany, 1 Imagenio Test, 1 Norway TelenorFiber, 1 Slovakia Swan and 3 Slovenia Services but no UK services.

None of the services listed provides channels (e.g. the Norway service tests 120 channels).

Please advise.

 

[mm1352000]

Hello and welcome

Do you have an m3u file from your IPTV service provider?
Might be good to have a read:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...ver_Configuration/02_TV_Servers/6_Scan_DVB-IP

mm

 

[e87]

Thank you for your advice. In "TuningParameters" there are several files among which are "dvbip" containing a list of m3u files corresponding to the services I see in the dropdown list in TVServers (SAP Announcements ----- Slovenia t2tv) and "dvbtp" containing xml files of many more services, including the UK services.
I could just interchange the two file names but from what you have said I suspect that MediaPortal would not be able to cope with the xml files. I shall therefore see if I can find a way of converting xml to m3u.

 

[mm1352000]

Okay, let's try this from a different perspective...

What kind of tuner do you have?

The DVB-IP tuner that you're attempting to use is for TV-over-the-internet. Generally it is only useful if you subscribe to a TV service that is provided by your internet service provider. I suspect this does not actually apply for you.

A DVB-T (or DVB-T2) tuner is used to receive digital channels using an aerial. Physically speaking, you need a USB, PCI or PCIe tuner connected to your PC in order to receive such channels. You'd also have an aerial connected to that tuner.

So... do you have a DVB-T tuner?
If so, do you see it listed in the tuner list in TV Server configuration?

Thank you for your advice. In "TuningParameters" there are several files among which are "dvbip" containing a list of m3u files corresponding to the services I see in the dropdown list in TVServers (SAP Announcements ----- Slovenia t2tv)...

Yup, that is for internet TV. Again, if you don't know what this is then I don't think it applies for you.

..and "dvbtp" containing xml files of many more services, including the UK services.

This is dvbt (ie. DVB-T), as explained above. You must have a physical tuner to receive these services.
If TV Server recognises such a tuner connected to your computer then you'll see a section like this in TV Server configuration:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...Server_Configuration/02_TV_Servers/Scan_DVB-T

That is where you would scan for channels. Not with the DVB-IP tuner.

I could just interchange the two file names but from what you have said I suspect that MediaPortal would not be able to cope with the xml files. I shall therefore see if I can find a way of converting xml to m3u.

This will never work. Don't bother even trying.

mm