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[chemist]

Hello all,

I've been using Mp version 1 for about 9 months but only just joined the forum. I have a DVB-S tuner and use it to receive Freesat channels. I was wondering if there is a way to receive red button content? Not BBC iPlayer, but rather the alternative content that the BBC pipe out. I am guessing they are just additional channels that need to be tuned and mapped. Can anyone kindly offer any hints and tips?

Regards, JIm

 

[robbo100]

Channels 301 and 302 are the red button channels. Just rename them. I haven't got them set up at the moment, but I am pretty sure that the DVB-S EPG will give you the now and next programme info (it did when I had it set up before in any case).

Rob

 

[chemist]

Thanks Robbo, will try that

 

[polyfusion]

Channels 301 and 302 are the red button channels. Just rename them. I haven't got them set up at the moment, but I am pretty sure that the DVB-S EPG will give you the now and next programme info (it did when I had it set up before in any case).

Rob

I think you might be confusing DVB-S and DVB-T.

The satellite streams are on TP "12441 V" (FlySat Eurobird 1 - Astra 2A/2B/2D @ 28.5/28.2° East)

There are 7 channels there. Often only content on a handful of them, but with the recent Wimbeldon, World Cup, Glastonbury, etc, they've been pretty much chock-full.

 

[robbo100]

Ahh,

Sorry, I suspect I may have given the right answer to the wrong question!

 

[jameson_uk]

Channels 301 and 302 are the red button channels. Just rename them. I haven't got them set up at the moment, but I am pretty sure that the DVB-S EPG will give you the now and next programme info (it did when I had it set up before in any case).

Do you mean DVB-S?

I was under the impression there was no EPG data for the BBC-i streams ???

If it is DVB-S how are you getting EPG? (do you still need to grab EPG via something like Brit Shorts or Sky EPG Background music channel ?)

 

[robbo100]

Jay,

I have DVB-S and T and think I have got mixed up. It must have been DVB-T that I had setup. But I did get red button EPG data from 301 and 302 for now and next automatically.

Rob

 

[polyfusion]

There is a "BBC Sport Interactive (red button)" channel listing available through XMLTV from the UK_RT source.

I don't know how comprehensive it is though, seeing as it's just one channel listed, but 7 (sat) or 2 (terrestrial) streams.

 

[jameson_uk]

There is a "BBC Sport Interactive (red button)" channel listing available through XMLTV from the UK_RT source.

I don't know how comprehensive it is though, seeing as it's just one channel listed, but 7 (sat) or 2 (terrestrial) streams.

This used to be just sport (basically what is shown BBC Sport - TV and Radio - BBC Red Button schedule) but having had a look at the data (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/2040.dat) I am not sure now as this seems have things like CBBC Extra listed

Matching data between the BBC listing page and the xmltv data looks like this is Freeview only.

I can't be sure but I am fairly sure this basically relates the 301 on Freeview