[mythtvnz] EPG Data for 'niche' channels ?

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 6:26 pm, David Moore wrote:
>> On 10/05/12 17:18, Steven Ellis wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 3:14 pm, David Moore wrote:
>>>> On 10/05/12 09:07, Steven Ellis wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi David. In your MythTV setup for the freeview source what time zone
>>>>> do
>>>>> you set for the EPG. In my case I default to using AUTO as I import
>>>>> multiple EPG feeds for different timezones, for example SBS (now sadly
>>>>> off
>>>>> air).
>>>>>
>>>>> When I generate listings with epgsnoop the data contains the +1200
>>>>> offset
>>>>> based on my local system vs the DVB data.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the case of DTT I merge DVB and MHEG data so that my DTT and DTH
>>>>> channels are being provided with identical EPG information. For the
>>>>> DTT
>>>>> exclusive channels I just pull them from the MHEG file using tv_split
>>>>> and
>>>>> tv_cat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>> Hi Steve. My setting is "none" for the EPG timezone. I only have DVB-T
>>>> so it works fine with the MHEG EPG local times. I'll probably do a
>>>> quick
>>>> fix just for you :) that gives you the option to generate UTC +1200 (or
>>>> +1300 for DST). Then I'll think about a more general solution. /David
>>>>
>>>
>>> Dave. That would be brilliant. Cheers
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
>>> OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
>>> email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
>>> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
>>
>> Version 0.3.4 just uploaded. Turned out to be not so simple because (a)
>> I decided to try and do it right rather than quick and dirty and (b)
>> surprisingly Python doesn't do time zones very well. Anyway I think it
>> works. Just add "-z" command line arg. Enjoy.
>>
>
> Nice try but times are off by a couple of hours.

12 hours isn't it? (one says 0600 hours or 6am, t'other says 1800 or 6pm)

>
> For example take from DVB-S i get
>
> <programme channel="1035.dvb.guide" start="20120512180000 +1200"
> stop="20120512190000 +1200">
>        <title lang="eng">ONE News At 6pm</title>
>        <desc>The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the
> latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather
> report.</desc>
>        <category>tvshow</category>
>        <category>News/Current Affairs</category>
>        <!-- Cat:2-0 -->
>        <!-- Unknown rating:0 -->
> </programme>
>
>
> From MHEG I get
>
>        <programme channel="1200.dvb.guide" start="20120511060000 +1200"
> stop="20120511070000 +1200">
>                <title>ONE News At 6pm</title>
>                <desc>The nation's leading team of journalists brings
> viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most
> comprehensive weather report.</desc>
>                <episode-num system="dd_progid">10272257</episode-num>
>                <subtitles type="teletext" />
>        </programme>
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
> OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
> email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
>
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