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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/25/2015 10:56 AM, Jon Heizer
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:45 AM,
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<div class="h5">On 02/23/2015 08:03 PM, Jon Heizer
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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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Basically a few weeks ago I randomly plugged my STB
into the network for the first time in years. Being
the curious type I did port scans and such. There
was now a Upnp port open with control abilities.<br>
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Benefits over lirc scripts:<br>
- No LIRC<br>
- Super fast. Live tv is ~ 5 seconds to change
now. Even faster on first start up.<br>
- No more idling out to the screen saver after 4
hours. I disable it.<br>
- No LIRC<br>
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The one Negative: our VIP 211 receivers are smart
enough to use the same guide number for both HD when
available and SD when not. Sadly, the upnp
interface is not and it displays the SD feed. You
must update your channel data to use the super high
number channels. A bit of a pain I'll admit, but I
can't imagine going back now.<br>
I've been using this on my production system for
about 3 weeks now on 2 receivers and have not had a
single issue.<br>
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You can find the script at <a
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href="https://github.com/jheizer/UPnPChannelChanger"
target="_blank">https://github.com/jheizer/UPnPChannelChanger</a>
and I'll be updating that page this evening with
instructions for people using a different STB with
steps to detect Upnp and instructions to modify the
script.<br>
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Enjoy,<br>
<br>
Jon<br>
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Nice. I do something similar on my ViP222k using
"miranda.py" to handle the UPNP, but it is a little clunky
compared your to all in script direct SOAP.<br>
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I noticed you hard coded the tuner number. The ViP222k
has 2 tuners, the second being 480i (SD). I use the same
script to control both tuners from MythTV. I also use the
script to turn off the tuner after the recording unless
another recording is immediately pending via MythTV
events.<br>
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Regards,<br>
MC
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<div>Yes I did since I didn't have a way to test otherwise
or sure how many people would be using the second SD
tuner. Since it sounds like you reviewed it, were all the
calls the same otherwise. If so I'll add a dual tuner
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I just checked and both scripts work fine with the ViP222k, and
tuner 1 (TV2 on 222k).<br>
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A "wget" of the "AuthChannels.xml" would be a nice option in the
"channellist" script.<br>
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MC<br>
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