[mythtvnz] xmltv

[James Booth]

On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:03:28 Simon Green wrote:
> There are also two other possible benefits depending on the source you use:
> 
>    1. Consistency of title names, so that (for example) House , 'House MD'
>    and 'Mouse M.D.' all appear the same, which is helpful for series linking.
>    2. Retrieval of IMDB or other Internet based information.
> 
>   -- simon
> 
> 2009/9/4 mythtv <mythtv at jagds.com>
> 
> >  Superior because you have 7 days ahead of guide data, instead of 24 hours
> > worth.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > *From:* mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz [mailto:
> > mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *James Booth
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:12 PM
> > *To:* mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> > *Subject:* [mythtvnz] xmltv
> >
> >
> >
> > I have both DVB-T and DVB-S cards in my Myth box, and use Freeview only. I
> > have been happily using EIT data, but have noted comments that some people
> > have made about xmltv data being superior, so I have downloaded
> > tv_grab_nz-py and installed it. As far as I got was having it download
> > channels (not all Freeview channels were listed) and running
> > mythfilldatabase, but on first test no cards using this source would tune.
> >
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> >
> > Before I go any further, can anyone advise on what makes the xmltv data a
> > superior solution to just using EIT?
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> > Cheers,
> >
> > James.
> >

OK, I've given xlmtv a go and can get it working fine with either DVB-S *or* DVB-T, but trying to get a single guide from xmltv working with both sources is proving a bit problematic. I have created two sources, both using tv_grab_nz-py, but one assigned to my DVB-S card and one assigned to the DVB-T card. I have scanned for channels on the respective sources and downloaded xmltv data, but I get double listings in the guide, problems tuning to some channels, and when I press the channel up/down button during LIveTV it always starts at channel 1 even if I am tuned to, say, channel 10. I'm sure I'm just missing some subtlety in the setup - any advice greatly appreciated. Something I am not clear on is how to handle having both the scanned channels and the xlmtv channles listed against each source - do I keep both and hide one set from the listings, or do I set their callsigns and channel numbers the same and list them both, or what? Thanks in advance.