[mythtv-users] New Upnp Channel Changer Script (Dish VIP 211 users definitely read)

[Dan Wilga]

On 2/25/15 10:06 AM, Jon Heizer wrote:
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>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Dan Wilga 
> <mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu 
> <mailto:mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu>> wrote:
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>     On 2/23/15 9:03 PM, Jon Heizer wrote:
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>         Mythtv users. I'd like to present a new channel changer
>         script.  If you are a Dish VIP 211 users this will definitely
>         work and it is AMAZING.  It uses ethernet to change the
>         channels.  NO MORE IR BLASTERS!!  Can you tell I'm excited? :)
>
>     I'm excited, too. Now I can finally get rid of my blaster! You
>     should note that this script also works, unmodified with the VIP 211k.
>
>     Aside form the 4-digit HD channel issue you described, there is
>     one other minor drawback. I occasionally schedule things to record
>     that aren't currently available to me because they are on channels
>     I don't subscribe to. Why? Because Dish occasionally offers free
>     preview days, and these things often eventually get recorded.
>
>     If you use a blaster, it's very easy to tell at a glance that the
>     program didn't really record because the thumbnail in the
>     Recordings list shows the Dish error message telling you it's not
>     a channel you subscribe to.
>
>     Unfortunately, with your script, the receiver just ignores any
>     attempts to tune to an unsubscribed channel, and Myth records the
>     previously-tuned channel. So now the thumbnail shows something
>     that looks like a TV show, even though it's not the right one.
>
>     Ideally, there would be some way for the channel change script to
>     tell Myth, "I can't tune that" and have the recording marked as
>     "failed". Looking at the Myth source code, I don't think it does
>     anything with the script return value, so I guess there's nothing
>     to be done in this regard.
>
>     Anyway, thanks for the great script.
>
>
> Ahh, I usually add/remove those channels.  Glad to hear at least one 
> person was able to get some use out of it. github updated to add 211k 
> to the list.  No blasters make slightly less jealous of cablecard 
> users. :)
Hm. I actually wrote a script to scrape the web page listing the 
channels offered for free, and send me an email when it changes. If only 
that page's format was structured strictly enough that I could pull out 
the list of channels and dates I could show/hide the channels as needed. 
Instead, that page is obviously maintained by a human who changes the 
structure frequently.

Don't be too envious of the cablecard users. Cable operators tend to 
compress HD far more severely than Dish, so the quality is noticeably 
inferior.
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