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<blockquote data-quote="delicious" data-source="post: 64735" data-attributes="member: 22534"><p>Ok, well, I'll start at the beginning, but it sounds like you have your channels already. I'm going to write this as broadly as I can, so that maybe someone else will also find it useful.</p><p></p><p>First off, I'm using two plugins, as mzemina already surmised, the DirecTVTune plugin to tune my stb via the serial port and the Zap2It plugin for my epg information.</p><p></p><p>DirecTVTune thread</p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=11511&highlight=directv" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=11511&highlight=directv</a></p><p></p><p>DirectTVTune plugin download</p><p><a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/func,fileinfo/id,125/" target="_blank">https://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/func,fileinfo/id,125/</a></p><p></p><p>Zap2It plugin discussion</p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=16034" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=16034</a></p><p></p><p>Zap2It plugin</p><p><a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/EPG/Zap2itEPGPlugin/" target="_blank">https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/EPG/Zap2itEPGPlugin/</a></p><p></p><p>First off, I would make sure that your serial cable is working. I've been using mine with mythtv, so I know it already works. Information on making the cable and software to test it is here:</p><p><a href="http://www.dtvcontrol.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dtvcontrol.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Ok, onto MP. Configure the plugins according to the instructions provided from the download pages. Media Portal Setup - Plugins.</p><p>Next, fire up MP to make sure that the guide is populating correctly. This takes a few minutes on broadband. </p><p></p><p>Here is where I ran into my first real issue. I didn't have any channels in MP Setup - Television - TV Channels. I had to go to MP Setup - Television - Program Guide, scheduler tab and run the grabber. Discussion is here:</p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=12165" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=12165</a></p><p></p><p>A couple of notes on the grabber. I had to use an older xmltv version, not the current one, as it didn't seem to have support for tv_grab_na_dd. Also, just run it once to populate the tvguide.xml file. Why doesn't the Zap2It plugin do this? I don't know. Perhaps I missed something.</p><p></p><p>Ok, after tvguide.xml is populated, go to MP Setup - Television - TV Channels and hit the "Import from TV guide" button. And now you have your channel list. Note that it is completely out of order and all the types are set to internal. This is where some scripting is going to come into play. Hopefully.</p><p></p><p>Some discussions on mass changing ChannelList.xml:</p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=7319" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=7319</a></p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=10777" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=10777</a></p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=10330" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=10330</a></p><p></p><p>Back on topic, the things that need to be changed in the channels are: 1. The order of the channels 2. The id? of the channels, which is preventing me from tuning them via number input (I need to research this more) and 3. The type of input that is being delivered.</p><p></p><p>The third is the one that is most important here, as it allows us to use the DirecTVTune plugin. Set it up manually for now. Pick a channel and hit edit. Go to the external tab. Set type to "Received by external settop box". Set input via to whatever you are inputting the signal on. I'm using the coax input on a WinTV-PVR-150, so I chose SVHS. Now set channel number on settopbox to the channel number of whatever channel you are editing. DO NOT set it to the channel number output of your settop box, as MP instructs you to do. Now, do a few of these and when you go back into MP, you should be able to tune them through the epg.</p><p></p><p>Now, without looking at the source code of the DirecTVTune plugin, I am guessing that it has channel 3 set as the default input channel. This is what I am outputting on and I can see and change channels just fine. </p><p></p><p>Sometime this weekend, I'll research the mass changing of the channellist.xml file and report back. </p><p></p><p>Good luck, Steve. Let me know how it goes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delicious, post: 64735, member: 22534"] Ok, well, I'll start at the beginning, but it sounds like you have your channels already. I'm going to write this as broadly as I can, so that maybe someone else will also find it useful. First off, I'm using two plugins, as mzemina already surmised, the DirecTVTune plugin to tune my stb via the serial port and the Zap2It plugin for my epg information. DirecTVTune thread [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=11511&highlight=directv[/url] DirectTVTune plugin download [url]https://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/func,fileinfo/id,125/[/url] Zap2It plugin discussion [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=16034[/url] Zap2It plugin [url]https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/EPG/Zap2itEPGPlugin/[/url] First off, I would make sure that your serial cable is working. I've been using mine with mythtv, so I know it already works. Information on making the cable and software to test it is here: [url]http://www.dtvcontrol.com/[/url] Ok, onto MP. Configure the plugins according to the instructions provided from the download pages. Media Portal Setup - Plugins. Next, fire up MP to make sure that the guide is populating correctly. This takes a few minutes on broadband. Here is where I ran into my first real issue. I didn't have any channels in MP Setup - Television - TV Channels. I had to go to MP Setup - Television - Program Guide, scheduler tab and run the grabber. Discussion is here: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=12165[/url] A couple of notes on the grabber. I had to use an older xmltv version, not the current one, as it didn't seem to have support for tv_grab_na_dd. Also, just run it once to populate the tvguide.xml file. Why doesn't the Zap2It plugin do this? I don't know. Perhaps I missed something. Ok, after tvguide.xml is populated, go to MP Setup - Television - TV Channels and hit the "Import from TV guide" button. And now you have your channel list. Note that it is completely out of order and all the types are set to internal. This is where some scripting is going to come into play. Hopefully. Some discussions on mass changing ChannelList.xml: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=7319[/url] [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=10777[/url] [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=10330[/url] Back on topic, the things that need to be changed in the channels are: 1. The order of the channels 2. The id? of the channels, which is preventing me from tuning them via number input (I need to research this more) and 3. The type of input that is being delivered. The third is the one that is most important here, as it allows us to use the DirecTVTune plugin. Set it up manually for now. Pick a channel and hit edit. Go to the external tab. Set type to "Received by external settop box". Set input via to whatever you are inputting the signal on. I'm using the coax input on a WinTV-PVR-150, so I chose SVHS. Now set channel number on settopbox to the channel number of whatever channel you are editing. DO NOT set it to the channel number output of your settop box, as MP instructs you to do. Now, do a few of these and when you go back into MP, you should be able to tune them through the epg. Now, without looking at the source code of the DirecTVTune plugin, I am guessing that it has channel 3 set as the default input channel. This is what I am outputting on and I can see and change channels just fine. Sometime this weekend, I'll research the mass changing of the channellist.xml file and report back. Good luck, Steve. Let me know how it goes! [/QUOTE]
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