[mythtv-users] New Sky+ App - control Sky box via tcp/ip network

[Michael Watson]

Give this version a try.  If it works, can you send me the 
/tmp/skychange.txt file it creates.  I just want to add a check that it 
has changed the channel successfully.



On 15/12/2012 8:14 AM, Dave Pearson wrote:
> RE: [mythtv-users] New Sky+ App - control Sky box via tcp/ip network
>
>     -----Original message-----
>     *From:* Michael Watson <michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au>
>     *Sent:* Fri 14-12-2012 20:49
>     *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] New Sky+ App - control Sky box via
>     tcp/ip network
>     *To:* mythtv-users at mythtv.org;
>     Not a Problem, happy to assist.   I am by no means an expert in
>     python
>     either, but if you need help with the error handling and checking of
>     current channel, let me know. I will need an example of the data
>     returned after a successful channel change, and after a change
>     when its
>     already on that channel.  I found the code to query the current
>     channel.
>     but it looks a bit vague.
>
>     Current playing or current channel is returned by:
>     SkyControl SkyPlay GetMediaInfo
>     Set InstanceID value to: 0
>
>     CurrentURI : xsi://17FC
>     This indicates channel ITV1 Meridian South or
>     CurrentURI : file://pvr/29004438
>     in the case of a recording.
>
> Yes, I've managed to amend the script now so that it first checks 
> (using GetMediaInfo) to see what is showing on the Sky box, if the 
> CurrentURI line contains a match for the hex code of the channel we're 
> changing to, the script exits. I had to write the response.read() data 
> into a file before I could search for the value - I'm sure there's 
> probably a more efficient way of achieving this, but hey - it works!
>
> I've attached the scipt and the channel data file (which I now store 
> in /etc/mythtv/sky_channel_guide.txt) just in case anyone else might 
> find it useful. It's not particularly neat and tidy (unlike your 
> original), so hopefully people won't look too closely at it and give 
> me a hard time.
>
> Thanks again for all your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.
>
>

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