[mythtvnz] Nova-T 500 working with Freeview HD

[Mark Catley]

Hey all,

> Are the instructions following still correct?
Yep, I used them a couple of weeks ago. The only problem I had was  
that I had forgotten to install xmltv or whatever the required package  
is.

> Also, how do you choose the source? Or does the script just default to
> epg.pvr.geek.nz/pvr? Is it possible to change a URL in the script to
> point to xmltv.co.nz instead?

Sorry mate, no idea.

Mark

On 22/05/2009, at 1:26 PM, Aaron Drysdale wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/290834
>
> It's just that these are pretty old (2007). I think you wrote this,  
> so I
> am sure you'll know.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> [mailto:mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Hadley  
> Rich
> Sent: Friday, 22 May 2009 10:52
> To: MythTV in NZ
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Nova-T 500 working with Freeview HD
>
> On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 10:28 +1200, Aaron Drysdale wrote:
>> 2. EIT data on the DVB-T card isn't all coming down. I get perfect  
>> EIT
>> data on the DVB-S, but lots of gaps in the guide data in the other
>> tuner. I thought that the guide would pull the best information from
>> across the tuners, or give you the option to only use the information
>> from a particular source, but it doesn't seem to work like that. I
>> think
>> I need to take the step to using XML data from somewhere - people  
>> from
>> my work have been singing its praises telling me that if I use this
>> data
>> I will get proper categories and more consistent naming. Any links to
>> where I can look at this?
>
> DVB-T in NZ doesn't use EIT (except perhaps now/next). If you want
> consistent data across multiple sources then you're best to use an XML
> data source. There's one available at epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg and I see a
> new one has popped up at xmltv.co.nz.
>
> You can use tv_grab_nz-py to grab the data with mythfilldatabase. If  
> you
> search the list archives it's been discussed a few times.
>
> hads
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