[mythtvnz] Re: DVB issues

[Steven Ellis]

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 8/10/06, David Zanetti <david.zanetti@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 16:52 +1200, Steve Hodge wrote:
>> > > Alternatively perhaps someone could figure out how to get the
>> categories on
>> > > a linux box, I don't get warm fuzzies by downloading guide data
>> from a
>> > > windows machine for my linux pvr.
>> >
>> > I have been messing about with tv_grab_dvb and have a version that
>> > gets the categories in Sky's data. But they use non-standard
>> > categories and also seem to be putting some ratings advisory flags in
>> > there (e.g. contains violence, language, etc). Sky themselves don't
>> > seem to use the categories in their decoders (at least I haven't found
>> > it in my non-MySky decoder), and their website only uses the top level
>> > categories. So I've got nothing to compare against. When I get this
>> > stuff working nicely post it to the list.
>>
>> When you've got it in a functional state, post a URL or flick me a copy,
>> and I'll switch hairy.geek.nz's EPG feed to it.
>
> I've finally got around to getting something working reasonably well -
> I've modified tv_grab_dvb to decode the content categories using a
> text map file. I've even had a quick go at figuring out Sky's
> non-standard categories. I'll email you a copy directly. If anyone
> else is interested let me know.
I'm very interested :) It will be interesting to see how well this works
on the DVB-T network once they actually turn on the EIT support.

Steve

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