I'm so frustrated at this point I'd really like to hear from some people exactly how they've managed the feat of mapping digital cable channels to the guide info.<div><br>I have a lineup setup in schedules direct. From that I can generate a report that shows the mapping between XMLid and call sign. However I don't know if a particular call sign maps to 83#2 or 2-1 and I have several very similar call signs.<br>
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Channel</th><th style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left !important; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap; ">
XMLid</th><th style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left !important; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap; ">
Call Sign</th><th style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left !important; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap; ">
Name</th></tr></tbody></table><table border="1" style="margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-collapse: collapse; ">
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2</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
10760</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVU</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVU</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><table border="1" style="margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-collapse: collapse; ">
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188</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
50439</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVUDT2</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVUDT2 (KTVU-DT2)</td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="1" style="margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-collapse: collapse; ">
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622</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
50439</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVUDT2</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVUDT2 (KTVU-DT2)</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
702</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
19571</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVUDT</td><td style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; ">
KTVUDT (KTVU-DT)</td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><br></span></div>Question 1): can I get the show listings directly from my lineup? For example is Scrubs on XMLid 10760 or is it "Videos por favor"? </div><div>
<br></div><div>I tried looking at comcast's listings but they only tell me virtual channel number, call signs(that don't appear correct in all cases) and the list of shows. So it doesn't help me map channel 2-1 to an XMLid.</div>
<div><br>Next I tried dlou99's program to scan for QAM256 channels (<a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=793017&page=330">http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=793017&page=330</a>). This gives me 10 lineups that look like:<br>
<br> VC CARRIER PROGRAM MODNUM NAME<br>============================================<br> 2 79 1 4 KTVU<br><br>But after scanning for channels I have a few channels such as 2-1 and some like 79#1. I figure that 79#1 would match the carrier=79 program=1 in the example above but I have no idea how to deal with 2-1 since my output from scte65scan does not list any carrier=2 program=1.<br>
dlou99 said:<br>> you can tweak the output of my program to set the <br>> channel's freqid to the virtual channel from the map. <br><br> <br>2a) which option is that "-f 1 -n 3" ? I've been playing with this but don't think I've found an output option that gives freqid but I'm not sure I'd recognize it unless the heading was "freqid".<br>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">> I believe mythfilldatabase can match channels based on freqid, <br>
> so that means you don't need to mess with xmltvid any more. </span></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">2b) that would be great but I still don't know which of the 10 VCT_ID's to follow. How do you determine what matches?<br>
<br></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">I would be infinite grateful if someone can help me resolve this. I've wasted so much time already trying to get this working that WAF is slipping dangerously low. If I don't get it setup before comcast stops analog broadcast (next week!) we are going to start losing most of our shows and WAF will plummet to dangerous levels. ;)<br>
<br></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">thanks in advance!<br>Matt<br></span></span></div>
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