[mythtvnz] TVNZ SportExtra guide data?

[Steven Ellis]

On Thu, August 16, 2007 1:32 pm, Wade Maxfield wrote:
>>Wade Maxfield wrote:
>>>  OK, so with the switch to horizontal, I've updated all my channels a=
nd
>>>  now have a pretty standard Freeview setup.  I'm copying my normal
>>>  guide data from the Sky lineup channels so that all the descriptions
>>>  and timings are are exactly the same.
>>>
>>>  But how do I get data for SportExtra?  I've tried tuning to SportExt=
ra
>>>  then running epgsnoop, but that only seems to find data for 1, 2 or
>>>  Maori TV...
>>>
>>>  Is there any data for SportExtra to be found?
>>>
>>
>>The data is on 1904.dvb.guide. You need to make sure you are tuned to
>>12483H when you run epgsnoop and you should get the data for that
>>channel. What do you have the xmltvid for Sport Extra set to?
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>--
>
> Thanks Steve,
>
> That was the hint I needed.
>
> One thing to note is on my setup, SportExtra is 1903, not 1904 (1904
> is TVNZ 6).
>
> I've now edited my .epgsnoop/channels.conf  and added:
> 1903|sportextra.freeview.co.nz|SportExtra|sportextra.jpg|http://www.fre=
eviewnz.tv/|
> 1904|tvnz6.freeview.co.nz|TVNZ 6|tvnz6.jpg|http://www.freeviewnz.tv/|
>
> Then made certain that in my channel table that the xmltvid matched
> for those two items.
>
> Then I modified my grab_dvb script, so that after pulling the normal
> sky based data from 12519 (I have no idea where I got that number
> from though - it's just what I've had working for the last year or so
> ), I then wait 5 seconds, and retune to 12483 and do it all again
>
> /usr/local/bin/dvbstream -s 22500 -o:/dev/null -f 1219 -p h -n 60 8192 =
&
> /usr/local/bin/epgsnoop > $NEWFILE_BETA
> killall dvbstream
> sleep 5
> /usr/local/bin/dvbstream -s 22500 -o:/dev/null -f 1183 -p h -n 60 8192 =
&
> /usr/local/bin/epgsnoop > $NEWFILE_FREEVIEW
> killall dvbstream
>
>
> Then pass all that lot along to mythfilldatabase:
> mythfilldatabase --no-delete --file 3 -1 $NEWFILE_FREEVIEW
> mythfilldatabase --no-delete --file 2 -1 $NEWFILE_BETA


Try using tv_split --output %channel.xml  to pull out just the channels
you want.

At the moment a lot of the data is blank as a holder as they are only
broadcasting on selected days.

Steve
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