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

[Martin Compton]

On 02/25/2015 09:47 AM, Dan Wilga wrote:
> On 2/25/15 10:33 AM, John P Poet wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Dan Wilga 
>> <mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu 
>> <mailto:mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>
>> http://www.freepreview.tv/
> Thanks for pointing me to that site, but it's still not structured 
> data. Not only that, it seems to be crowdsourced, so it's likely to be 
> more out-of-date than Dish's site.
>
> I think I need to wait until a channel I don't subscribe to is being 
> offered for free and see if the output from the receiver's 
> AuthChannels.xml feed changes. If so, I could periodically parse that 
> file and change the available channel list in Myth. (Thanks, Jon H., 
> for figuring out that this feed exists.)
I can confirm that with the ViP222k, the "AuthChannels.xml" list changes 
to reflect free previews, including movie channels.

The channels are made available on the high 9200+ channel numbers.

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