United Kingdom
Hi,
Firstly this thread is not about helping people to view Sky's encrypted subscription services. To do this you need your own legal subscription and smartcard. You cannot ask for any help regarding this on the forum. Thanks for you co-operation.
What this thread is about is enhancing MediaPortal so it has the features of an official Sky receiver (such as the EPG and series link). These enhancements are originally based on the exellent & hard work done by DJBlu of this forum. DJBlu and myself are actively continuing development.
Sky operate in numerous countries around the world, but I believe these enhancements are currently limited to the UK, Italy and possibly Australia (Australia has not been tested).
Current features (in latest 1.1.1 installers attached)
Full Sky EPG grabbing
Grabs and populates the full Sky EPG (titles, summaries and genres) from the default transponder
Series link scheduling
Records each episode in a series, works exactly like an official Sky receiver. Similar to MediaPortals standard "Record every time on this channel" but is based on a series id and doesnt rely on the title of a show. The advantages of this are repeated broadcasts are not recorded and episodes in a series where the title changes are still recorded.
Future features / To do list (in development)
Channel and grouping synchronisation
Will automatically keep channel numbering, ordering and grouping (Entertainment, Sport etc) in sync with a Sky receiver based on your region. Will automatically add channels you dont have (or that launch) and delete channels that close down. Will be able to find channels that only broadcast at certain times of the day.
Channel tuning synchronisation
Will automatically update channel tuning information when Sky move channels around without having to perform a full satellite scan.
Extend series link to freesat
Extend the existing freesat EPG grabber so series link can be used in the same way as Sky
Bug in series link scheduler
If tvservice is restarted whilst a series link programme is recording, it can cause said recording to be spawned again.
Features unlikely to be implemented (not by us anyway)
Direct handling of smartcards
Red button services (eg press the red button to watch a different match)
Interactive services (Sky active)
Box office event ordering/handling
Version 1.1
Changes:
More user friendly to enable Sky grabbing (simply check the Sky option rather than selecting a radio channel)
Fixed Sky Italy grabbing (Items that cannot be decoded will be marked (Cannot decode) in EPG)
Quick record menu is now configurable. You can choose which schedules to include and in what order.
Series link is now available from the "Search" screen
***** PLEASE READ CAREFULLY *****
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following applies to this post and any other post made by "miroslav22" in this forum
All attached files are provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind. There is no intention made to infringe on any of Sky's intellectual property, copyrights or patents. All information, attachments and source code are provided for educational purposes only. The data extracted from the satellite stream belongs to Sky and must not be used for any commercial purposes.
Nothing provided here attempts or allows you to bypass Sky's conditional access system. You need a smart card and a valid subscription to view Sky's subscription based channels. It is illegal to view Sky's subscription based channels without a valid subscription. It is illegal to share your subscription with anyone else. I do not condone these practices and you must not be involved in them in any way.
Please be aware that you are breaking your service contract with Sky if you use your smart card in an unofficial CAM or software emulator.
This add-on is released under the same licencing terms as MediaPortal (GNU General Public Licence). Any derivative works must be released under the same licencing terms. The source code is available on Github here: https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/tree/EXP_Sky_UK_IT_Enhancements
You must understand and agree with these points to make use of any information/attachment/source code
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Version 1.11 installers
25th July 2012 - Current testing release compiled over 1.3.0 Alpha
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h6u8wi
Version 1.10 installers
15th April 2012 - Current stable release compiled over 1.2.3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/r5laqp
Development branch
https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/tree/EXP_Sky_UK_IT_Enhancements
Patch files (source code)
Firstly this thread is not about helping people to view Sky's encrypted subscription services. To do this you need your own legal subscription and smartcard. You cannot ask for any help regarding this on the forum. Thanks for you co-operation.
What this thread is about is enhancing MediaPortal so it has the features of an official Sky receiver (such as the EPG and series link). These enhancements are originally based on the exellent & hard work done by DJBlu of this forum. DJBlu and myself are actively continuing development.
Sky operate in numerous countries around the world, but I believe these enhancements are currently limited to the UK, Italy and possibly Australia (Australia has not been tested).
Current features (in latest 1.1.1 installers attached)
Full Sky EPG grabbing
Grabs and populates the full Sky EPG (titles, summaries and genres) from the default transponder
Series link scheduling
Records each episode in a series, works exactly like an official Sky receiver. Similar to MediaPortals standard "Record every time on this channel" but is based on a series id and doesnt rely on the title of a show. The advantages of this are repeated broadcasts are not recorded and episodes in a series where the title changes are still recorded.
Future features / To do list (in development)
Channel and grouping synchronisation
Will automatically keep channel numbering, ordering and grouping (Entertainment, Sport etc) in sync with a Sky receiver based on your region. Will automatically add channels you dont have (or that launch) and delete channels that close down. Will be able to find channels that only broadcast at certain times of the day.
Channel tuning synchronisation
Will automatically update channel tuning information when Sky move channels around without having to perform a full satellite scan.
Extend series link to freesat
Extend the existing freesat EPG grabber so series link can be used in the same way as Sky
Bug in series link scheduler
If tvservice is restarted whilst a series link programme is recording, it can cause said recording to be spawned again.
Features unlikely to be implemented (not by us anyway)
Direct handling of smartcards
Red button services (eg press the red button to watch a different match)
Interactive services (Sky active)
Box office event ordering/handling
Version 1.1
Changes:
More user friendly to enable Sky grabbing (simply check the Sky option rather than selecting a radio channel)
Fixed Sky Italy grabbing (Items that cannot be decoded will be marked (Cannot decode) in EPG)
Quick record menu is now configurable. You can choose which schedules to include and in what order.
Series link is now available from the "Search" screen
***** PLEASE READ CAREFULLY *****
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following applies to this post and any other post made by "miroslav22" in this forum
All attached files are provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind. There is no intention made to infringe on any of Sky's intellectual property, copyrights or patents. All information, attachments and source code are provided for educational purposes only. The data extracted from the satellite stream belongs to Sky and must not be used for any commercial purposes.
Nothing provided here attempts or allows you to bypass Sky's conditional access system. You need a smart card and a valid subscription to view Sky's subscription based channels. It is illegal to view Sky's subscription based channels without a valid subscription. It is illegal to share your subscription with anyone else. I do not condone these practices and you must not be involved in them in any way.
Please be aware that you are breaking your service contract with Sky if you use your smart card in an unofficial CAM or software emulator.
This add-on is released under the same licencing terms as MediaPortal (GNU General Public Licence). Any derivative works must be released under the same licencing terms. The source code is available on Github here: https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/tree/EXP_Sky_UK_IT_Enhancements
You must understand and agree with these points to make use of any information/attachment/source code
*********************************
Version 1.11 installers
25th July 2012 - Current testing release compiled over 1.3.0 Alpha
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h6u8wi
Version 1.10 installers
15th April 2012 - Current stable release compiled over 1.2.3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/r5laqp
Development branch
https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/tree/EXP_Sky_UK_IT_Enhancements
Patch files (source code)
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