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

[Martin Compton]

On 02/25/2015 11:15 AM, Dan Wilga wrote:
> On 2/25/15 11:49 AM, Martin Compton wrote:
>> 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 be more out-of-date than Dish's site.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.
> Perhaps this question is for Jon:  Do we know if the data fetched by 
> http://[IP-ADDRESS]:49200/AuthChannels.xml is always up to date, or 
> does the SOAP call in vip211-channellist need to be done first? If I 
> can omit that step, all the better.
On the 222k, I think the list is unchanged until you explicitly call 
GetAuthChannelList.  The AuthChannels.xml file remains available after 
the call until the next system (daily) 'update'.

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