<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Dan Wilga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv-users2@dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu" target="_blank">mythtv-users2@dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 2/25/15 10:06 AM, Jon Heizer wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Dan
Wilga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv-users2@dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu" target="_blank">mythtv-users2@dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 2/23/15 9:03 PM, Jon Heizer wrote:<br>
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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? :)<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Anyway, thanks for the great script.<br>
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<div>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. :)</div>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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<br>___________________________________<br><br></blockquote><div>If there are enough people that can use these scripts to warrant the effort, I have been debating writing something to automate the process. My problem just becomes the same as Mobile Myth. I could write it in .Net in an hour or two, but not one will want to use it because installing mono is "evil".</div><div><br></div><div>Jon</div></div><br></div></div>