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

[Jon Heizer]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Michelle Dupuis <mdupuis at ocg.ca> wrote:

>  Awesome - I'll try this soon (Canada's Bell Expressvu uses VIP 211 from
> dish too)
>
>
>  I'm not sure what you mean about HD and SD channels.  I load my channel
> list from Schedules Direct.  What are you saying needs to be done
> differently?
>

Take FX as an example channel.  On Dish it is channel 136.  Using the guide
the standard way if there is no issues reaching the sat that is
broadcasting the HD feed for this channel you'll see the HD version. If not
It'll try showing the SD feed.  If you scroll way up in the channel guide
you'd also see FX as 9475.  So the guide channel selector is smart enough
to show you 9475 when selecting 136 and when it is available and 136 SD FX
when it is not.  Sadly the UPnP interface is not.  So now all my channel
data is using the huge numbers.  Sucks having to make the switch, but well
worth it IMO.

Oh and I totally forgot, I can write a script now that will dump out a list
of all subscribed channel numbers.  I complete forgot about that when
uploading everything tonight.  Check github in 15 minutes or so and it'll
be posted.

All this may be not applicable though since you are on another provider,
but I would think across this same receiver it would be.  If you start live
tv and then from ssh do a channel change with this script you can test it
out easily without modifying myth itself.

Jon
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