[mythtv] DirectTv, etc.

[Ray]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 07:37:07PM -0500, tarek Lubani wrote:
> Well, it all depends what you consider "directv support", in my opinion..
> 
> 1) I have LIRC, which serves to control my receiver.. Many people, 
> especially those using sony / RCA use some serial cable thingi..

Just to add to this, since I'm using this setup:

1a.  Connect your RCA or compatable receiver to your pc with a serial cable. 

1b.  Add a line like "str ExternalChannelCommand=/usr/local/bin/changechannel" to
your settings.txt 

1c. Put your channel changer utility in usr/local/bin and call it
changechannel (or whatever you want).  If you don't have such a utility
check the archives, I think I posted where I got mine from a while back.

> 
> 2) There are some outstanding issues.. because there aren't that many 
> people using directv and myth, I think it may be a while longer before 
> they're sorted out.. These issues include some channel change problems 
> (using the menu to change channels).. Not much you can do about those 
> except for maybe patch them if you have the knowhow once you recognize 
> them..

What do you mean?
 
> 3) This has NOTHING to do with mythtv, but absolutely the worst thing about 
> using directv with MythTV is that zap2it's channel guide system has *no* 
> ability to get pay per view movie information.. I have been trying to 
> figure out how to appropriately query www.directv.com 's site for PPV 
> information.. This is, as I understand, totally a zap2it.com / xmltv 
> issue.. but it still hurts me deeply..

I'm going to take a shot dealing with tonight so if you have any
ideas/comments about parsing the directv listings please post or email me
(use ray@sonictech.net address rather than maillists@...).

-- 
Ray