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

[Jon Heizer]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Martin Compton <martinc at itrans.com> wrote:

>  On 02/25/2015 11:15 AM, Dan Wilga wrote:
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> On 2/25/15 11:49 AM, Martin Compton wrote:
>
> On 02/25/2015 09:47 AM, Dan Wilga wrote:
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> 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> 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 out-of-date than Dish's site.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'.
>
>
>
>
Same on the 211.  The url eventually goes 404.

I had thought about a wget or curl option.

Jon
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